Abnormal Acres

Addison

2011-04-19T13:32:00.004-06:00

This is Addison LaRae Bassett was born March 19th! I decided that I gave her mom plenty of time to post something on here but since she hasen't, it is up to her favorite aunt! And just in case any of you were wondering that is me Brandee!!!

grandpas funral

2011-03-02T09:50:00.003-07:00

Family time

2011-01-23T16:14:00.002-07:00

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T15:42:00.002-07:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! 2011 Wow!!

Family Fun!!! Dec 2010

2010-12-22T09:26:00.004-07:00

The Powell pool was pretty fun! It was a sight to see when Donna was on the Lilly pads. and thanks to the life guard there was no casualties.

All mine!!!

2010-05-19T16:32:00.003-06:00

Well I figure it is about time that someone posts on here I have been holding off so that it doesn't look like I am the only one that posts on here but apparently I am! Well things have been a bit crazy around here even with out trying. The end of school is coming and I am so looking forward to it. and hopefully a fun summer. Well most exciting news is that we were able to finalize our adoption. Ryan is now ours and from now on will be know as Ryan Matthew Walker it has been so nice to be able to know he is ours what a relief. Taycee is love getting to tell people and to have a little brother she is so proud of him. Well I was planning on posting some pictures with this but I am having some issues finding the one I want. or any for that matter. oh well just wanted you all to know any hoo!

Family!!!

2010-01-15T08:44:00.003-07:00

Thought that you might enjoy these picures! I thougth it was about time we got some family picture taken I think the last time was Pre-cancer so... 2004?? Yeah about time!!!

Going going gone...

2009-10-15T11:36:00.003-06:00

Today for the first time in our lives we are selling our first home. We will sign papers and then move on to something new. There are a lot of things that we will miss about this house. We put a lot of work into it and finally got a kitchen we loved with a dish washer and a back yard with grass things that you may or may not take for granted. These picture are from when we were renting it to Jake and Gretchen. I just wanted to post pictures so we would always have something to look back on and help us remember! and it was way cuter when Gretchen was the decorator.

and still more... FAMILY!!!

2009-07-30T16:14:00.002-06:00

The Fishing boat!!
Fishers on shore

We took some great fisher people with us!!!

Look at this place we were so lucky!!!

What a crew!!

Silly girls

Burrrrrrrr! That is all I have to say!

Video's from the Family Reunion!

2009-07-18T11:44:00.004-06:00

I thought that everyone would enjoy some of the videos that I got from the family reunion. I think that I would consider this a TIM moment or moments as well!!

The Wall of TIM

2009-07-15T15:49:00.007-06:00

I don't want to ruin Brandee's fun of putting pictures on from the reunion-but I did think I better add the wall of TIM. Not that there weren't more Tim moments on the trip, but I didn't capture them on camera. I do think however that when the zipper of the life jacket poked up my nose and made it bleed was probably a note worthy "tim" moment!

FAMILY!!!

2009-07-15T14:39:00.000-06:00

Wow our family is getting bigger. There are now 11 adults and and 9 kids. We were all able to spend a few days at sunshine Reservoir. It was a lot of fun and a lot of sun. Most of us were there from Wed. after noon. Sam couldn't come up until Th. night so we missed him. He stopped in Burlington and picked up Ashtin. It was a lot of fun to all be together. The food was excellent. It always seems better when you are camping. Taycee loved getting to sleep in a tent. (Over the 4th I set it up so that I could sweep it out. Taycee was having so much fun that I told her we could sleep in it. The things we do for our kids. Sam wasn't so thrilled about the idea so we waited until she was asleep and moved her to her bed and got to sleep in our own.) The first night up there I was in the tent with Ryan and Taycee by myself but I tried to be brave and lucky for us no bear tried to eat us. The water was a little cold. Too cold for Sam. But Mom (Donna) and I went for a swim every morning that we were there. It was cold when ya first get in but if you move around it starts to feel warm. The boat was fun even if Sam get "BOAT" sick. The tube was a hit Taycee Loved it. Most of the kids opted to stay off. Liberty would have rather went out on the fishing boat and fished. She was sure a little fisher women. It was a ton of fun just getting to be together. Oh one last thing JOE...He was so funny. He was the one that we had to watch the closest because he thought that he needed to be right by the water. But we tried to take him in with us and he decided that the water was just too cold for his liking.
I will put picture and video on here after Sam shows me how to put the pictures on the computer. "its a new camera"

Daddy

2009-06-21T17:52:00.003-06:00

Today at church for sharing time we did daddy surveys. It was fun to see what the kids love about their wonderful dads. But no one (except Dondee, Josh, Britany, and Mallory) has a great of a dad as me. He is the best. He is not really one for saying I Love you but you we all know that he does by all the wonderful things he does for us. He is the best. My dad was always there when we need him. In our primary survey one of the questions was what is your favorite thing to do with your dad???
So that made me think and I thought back to when he went out in the yard and was playing soccer with Brit and I (I think he was our biggest fan). We had so much fun and he gave us a run for our money until he blocked one of our goals and had to limp off to the house. He had a pretty good bruise but it sure was fun... I love you daddy and Thanks for being so awesome!!!

Is she a Bassett???

2009-06-21T17:46:00.000-06:00

Yesterday Sam and I got to spend a fun day in Billings just the two of us and baby Ryan. Taycee got to spend the day with Alex and Brooklyn in Lovell. (Just a little something to show you who she is most like... Taycee, Brooklyn, and Alex were all playing in the sprinklers and Aubrey was working in the yard and all the suden Brooklyn and Alex start yelling don't Taycee Stop that Kids will be kids so Aubrey went on with her yard work not thinking much about it. Ben was on the Tractor and saw Taycee chasing the girls with the sprinkler and by this point is up on the porch soaking everything in her path, Towels, cloths, and the front door so to get Taycee's attention decided to honk the horn. I hope I got the story right I just thought it was too funny not to share. I am not going to tell you which of us (Sam or me) that Taycee might have picked something like that up you will have to guess!!!!!

Cute and Not so Cute!!!

2009-06-11T14:20:00.005-06:00

Well some people have these wonderful stories of a bird building a nest and getting to enjoy the cute little birds but not me all that we have to brag about at our house is a snake that lived just outside our front door!!!! Ok it is only a gardener snake but he still scared Taycee enough to have been the most poisonous snake ever. He was all curled up next to the step and as we passed Taycee caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye and started the girly screams. (yeah and with a yard sale going on up the street I am sure we got some crazy looks!!!) He hung around for a few days but finally I had had enough of the freaking out every time we went to leave the house so being the tough person that I am I made Sam get rid if it. Don't worry all you snake lovers he just moved it to a new home.

Ryan is getting so big!!! He has been with us for 10 months. He is such a joy to have around. He some how transformed from a baby to a little boy. He is learning so many things. He is walking along the furniture and once in a while he will stand on his own. Taycee is one of his biggest fans. She love to cheer him on and is the first to tell him what a good job he is doing. He finds her very funny. She is always making him laugh and it is the best sound in the world. I don't think that there is a sound quite like it.

Ryan is learning to Maneuver the stairs!!!
He is learning from his cousin Dalley. He isn't around stairs that often so he is actually doing very well. He is even able to come back down a few of them. He is even so brave to stand up while hanging on to the railing and that makes me a bit nervous.

Taycee is always doing things that make me laugh! She wasn't even trying this time. She was cold and so I handed her my sweat shirt. She started whining about not being able to get it on with her seat belt on but then figured it out. She looked to me to be coming out of the seat but maybe you won't see it but I thought it was funny!!!

I love that we live in a place were if we are quiet we can peek over the back gate and see a deer not to far away. The kids (and Sam) thought it was just so cool!!!

Taycee's school is out!!!

2009-05-22T12:35:00.006-06:00

Wow Taycee's last day of preschool!!! It is so crazy! She started at Absorka Head start in 2007 When we lived in Lovell. She moved to the 4 year old class in 2008 and now we live in Worland and she just finished her last day. She is going to start kindergarten in the fall. It feels a little crazy that she is already going to start into school. She is very excited but also very ready for summer. She is getting so big and such a good little helper.

These pictures are of Taycee at school. It is the last days that I could volunteer and I have been really bad about taking pictures of her. I don't normally get pictures of her at school because I am not there.

At school I learned the right way to set my place at the table. (even if I won't do it at home)

I like to read stories! But like it even more when mom reads to me!!!

My Friend Ariceli!!

(Greg, Colin, Gaberial, Andrew, Taycee, Ariceli, Nicole, Allison)
Standing in line after the potty break!

Working hard to Write my name! (Taycee Walker)

It is play time at school and I am Taycee the cowgirl and I am singing!!!

If you look close you can see me at the top of the tower. I am a princess and i am defending my castle so LOOK OUT BELOW!!!!

Branding at the Preator's!!!

2009-05-12T07:54:00.006-06:00

The day didn't start out as early as planned because we had to wait for things to dry just a little but the sun decided to shine what a nice day!! We all had our jobs and the kids even helped. Haden kept the calves out of the branding area and Libby kept track of how many bull calves there were. Ryan loved being outside and was helping by waving his bottle in the air and yelling on occasion. Josh's job was to keep the calves coming and he did a great job. There was not many calves but we were all there to have a good time and get some work done. Of course I had to make sure that those boys new that a girl can do anything they can do and was doing an ok job until this one calf got an attitude. I wont go into details but I ended up with a pretty good bruise on my face.(it was worse then it looks in this picture) "I got some pretty funny looks at church the next day." There was also a pretty good save done by Tyler! A calf got in were the kids were and so he went to save the day, the calf tried to jump through him and Tyler caught him mid air. AWESOME TYLER! You are our hero!!!!! And after all the work was done we got to enjoy some wonderful food! Thanks Jeanie for the great food and Norman thank you for letting us come out and enjoy the day with you.

TIME OUT!!!!!!

2009-05-04T08:15:00.006-06:00

Yes we are all crazy and had so much fun together! Not only did we get to spend time together but we laughed and cried and laughed some more. Family is such a blessing!!!!

What a fun weekend we just had! We went to Time out for women!! It was so fun to be together and the speakers were all just awesome. Our Time out started Friday. On Friday we had the pleasure of hearing some songs from Hillary Weeks. We also had the opportunity to listen to one of the greatest violinists I think in the World, Jenny Oaks Baker!! Not only was she good but FUNNY!!! We started Early on Saturday to be at the metra by 8:15ish (that is Bassett time)! We were uplifted and learned! We laughed and we Cried and then laughed and cried some more. It was nice to listen to people that have experienced the things that we are going through (to some extent) and handled it with grace and optimism! Such examples!!! All of the speakers from Friday had written books so that will be fun to read some of those. For those of you who have never been to a time out for women you should definitely give it a try. It is so fun to be together as a group of women. If anyone wants to learn more about it or see when it is coming to your part of the world here is a web site to help!! http://deseretbook.com/time-out

Meandering thoughts

2009-05-01T19:09:00.002-06:00

Well, what can I say...all the pictures I have taken recently(and not so recently) are still on the camera, so I threw in one from this summer. Yep, here they are the fearless leaders on the horses from retard ranch. Just sitting around being frustrated today. 3 of the 4 short people have the stomach flu and after spending two nights awake with them, they shared with me. Apparently it has been long time since I've had a fever, because I really didn't remember it being this bad, but such is life. We are just enjoying the Wyoming spring of hot and cold, rain and snow. The kids are so excited for all the mud:( Joe and Rylee have found their way into those muddy little puddles twice and have been covered from head to toe-I try my best to be stern but they look awfully cute covered from head to toe, with Rylee saying "Joe pushed me into the puddle and then jumped in!" It may be a true story, it may be wishful thinking. The pile of laundry that needs folded and the dirty dishes in the sink are not enough to coax me off my chair today, although we did go move our little herd-nearly complete for the year, we are short one calf and I'm guessing two baby goats.....life on the Abnormal Acres never is boring.

Bikes!!

2009-04-26T13:16:00.003-06:00

Taycee is getting so big and the weather is so nice! We have been teaching Taycee to ride her bike without training wheels. She is doing pretty good but she would be content to ride with them for ever I think. She is learning on her little bike and in our back yard. She can make it from one side of the yard to the other. She is going to have to learn to use her handle bars before we take her out of the back yard. She is not sure about the turning. She will get it because hopefully we will get to ride our bikes a lot this summer. We are getting so excited about summer. It comes and about cooks us then the next day it is snowing and it freezes us. What a confused season???

2009-04-16T17:52:00.003-06:00

Yes it really is Spring! Not every day, but we are grateful that we have had a few days that resemble springtime. It is a wonderful time of year...all of the new birth and Easter. We are very blessed to have our family so close that we get to enjoy our grandchildren and children part of everyday.
The grandchildren seem to love life on Abnormal Acres as much as we do. You never know what you will find within our fence lines...!

2009-04-16T17:40:00.002-06:00

Nan

Taycee caught her a baby goat to love!

Rosie is a first calf heifer and she had a heifer calf. The Abnormal Acre branding should be a good time this year.

Life at Abnormal Acres

2009-04-16T17:13:00.002-06:00

Easter at Grandma and Grandpa GUNNER's!!!

2009-04-16T09:15:00.003-06:00

What a good day! We all were able to be together and just have fun! We all met for a late lunch and then had to take a few hours after to recover from all that food! Then came picture with the KIDS! Yes I do think we are crazy. They were quite a sight to see. None of them would cooperate at the same time.

Grandma and Grandpa Gunner did a spiritual Egg hunt out in the trees. The kids had fun and I think Grandma Gunner enjoyed it as much as they did! Oh and for those of you how are not aware, The Gunner's are a.k.a Donna and Jodee Bassett!!!

Then it was time for the big kid games!!! We tried a new and I think we will blame that one on Lila. It is called moose moose! Wow that is a wild one! I think it would be a great one to try out the next time the Matt Bassett Family comes to visit!!

Updates from the Walkers

2009-04-10T11:37:00.005-06:00

Well now we have finally updated our blog so that any time that any of us write on the blog it will now say who it was that wrote it.....

Maybe it will be less confusing??? We will see!

Well I just wanted to share with everyone a some of the things that have been going on at our house. Taycee, Ryan, and I are really getting excited about Easter. We have been doing fun crafts and Taycee is a natural! I found the cutest idea in a book Dondee gave to me. It is an Easter Tree! I am not sure if a picture does it justice. But it is so fun to do. I was out doing yard work and my neighbor had a tree that was growing through the fence so I cut it off and was about to throw it away well I didn't and it became our project. Taycee colored the eggs and I stamped names on them. Then on Easter The kids will be able to decorate their own egg with stickers.
We are so glad to be spending Easter and Post Easter with the ones that we love.

Conference Sunday!!

2009-04-07T09:08:00.002-06:00

I just want everyone to know I gave you enough time to post something especially the ones with picture from this weekend! But you didn't so here I am...
It was a super fun day of being together and listening to uplifting speakers. It was even good with all the kids. There are 9 of them now and sometimes it is hard to keep them all quiet for that long. I had gotten an E mail from a friend of mine that had a conference pack attached. So I decided to make each of the kids that are old enough a folder with their name on it and their own stuff inside. We all played conference bingo!! What a sight! Dad and Josh each had 2 sheets and were the rule enforcers. "I think they cheat!" hah Erin? and poor Erin every time she would get a pretty good start on hers one of the kids would bump it and she would have to start over. At lunch the kids and a few of the adults got to go out and see the baby goats. Lunch was yummy! Dondee made her famous chicken, and Sam and I made won tons and Egg rolls, Brit made some pasta that was good enough to fight over! I was so stuffed that I thought I would not eat for days but then Jodee made his famous popcorn. It was a great day of getting to be together and even learning a little something!!!

Birthdays and Family!!

2009-04-04T17:11:00.000-06:00

Wow I can't believe he's one! He is getting so big I think He day before his birthday he had a huge growth spurt. We had a birthday party at DFS. It was so fun I made cup cakes and decorated them to look like basketballs and baseballs. They turned out cuter then I thought they would. Then I got to spend the rest of the day with Dondee and Britany. It was fun we worked on making some pages for a bulletin board at the church. They turned out so cute. I will post a picture of the board when it is all put together. And how lucky am I. I got to go back over on Friday. Dondee had a crazy day and so I came to watch kids so Dondee could do her thing and Josh and Erin could go to the Temple. The kid were realy good. Then after Dondee had gotten home the big kids decided to go and play out side and Joe agreed that that would be a great idea. They all headed out side. A few min. later Dondee went out to check on the kids and found Joe Running and splashing in every puddle he could find. That might not have been that big of a deal but unlike the big kids he didn't have shoes on. Dondee was talking to him about how he needed to ware shoes and not play in the puddles and he commented back "oh cold", and "pants WET"!!! it was so funny. It was a long day but very enjoyable!

2009-04-02T11:11:00.001-06:00

These are more pictures of from dinner at Mallory's and Lila's!!

2009-04-02T11:05:00.001-06:00

I had to post these pictures. They are just so funny. This is Sunday lunch at Mall & Lila's House. It was fun!

2009-04-01T08:55:00.002-06:00

Can't beat this, can you? I love that they are friends. I had a few cousin/friends growing up and lucky for me I still got them. Family is such an amazing blessing and maybe at times a curse. I guess each helps us grow into the people that our Heavenly Father would like us to become.

Lovell B-day Party!!

2009-03-30T16:38:00.004-06:00

We went over to Lovell to do a party for Ryan and just hang out. We had a lot of fun. We got there and Sam and Ben spent the morning painting the basement and then thought they needed a break so spent the late afternoon Hunting. They went out to a bird farm I guess. I love Pheasant so I didn't mind because he brought me some home. Taycee, Brooklyn, and Alex helped decorate Ryan's cake. They did a great job. What good little helpers. We took lots of pictures and thought we would share them. Ryan was not shy when it came to cake time he devoured his piece and started hollering for more. Hope you like it!

Sam, Brandee, Taycee, and Ryan

Whats new???

2009-03-27T09:46:00.005-06:00

Ryan is getting so big! He will be a year old on April 2nd. I can't believe how fast they grow. You would think that after watching one grow that fast I would be ready for it but not the case. He is starting to eat big people food and thinks that he needs to feed himself. He is quit insistent on that if I won't let him grab the spoon with his hands he will bit the spoon when I put it in his mouth to feed him and not let go until he can get it with his hands. He is a strong little bugger! So when I do let him feed himself he holds the spoon like he really knows what he is doing but then uses his hands to put the food in his mouth. His favorite thing to do is put his bowl in his head and make Taycee laugh at him. They are quit a pair. Both have a pretty strong personality. I am learning a lot more about the RED head temper! I know I grew up with it and you would think I should be use to it but not so much! I have some pretty sweet kidos here. Taycee love Ryan and would do anything for him and Ryan is the same you can already tell that he love her and will laugh at her when ever she tries to make him laugh and some times when she doesn't try.

Worland has been a good move for us. Even if I miss my friends! I have been able to see Whitnee and Anna a lot more. I have tried to set one day a week a side for each of them so they can come over and work on personal progress for Whit and Faith in God with Anna. I am having a lot of fun with it. I taught Whit how to make cards and a few of the tips that I have learned. So she made cards for her Young Women leaders. She is so thoughtful. Anna and I have just gotten started. We have made some goals and next time we get together we are going to make a pillow case. It will be fun! They are getting so big! The last time I got to be around them this much was 7 or more years ago. Wow I am getting old! It is nice to be around them again.

2009-03-26T15:48:00.002-06:00

I just loved this picture and wanted to share it with everyone! My little man is growing up so fast. He has a heart of gold. He is so caring, and is always worried about everyone. All the grandkids love Aunt Me Me and always want to go to her house. Although it is not exactly kid proof. Her and Lila have one of those huge exercise balls and between Uncle Erik, and the 3 boys I thougth we would leave there with something broke. All is well no accidents.

2009-03-25T08:48:00.003-06:00

Brit is training Bingo so well. Look how he herds these goats. Thought this was funny. Hope you all enjoy!

2009-03-24T09:16:00.002-06:00

We are so Blessed!

We are so blessed to be able to have Grandpa with us. He is always there the encourage, support and make us smile. He is always game for anything. His new "tractor" gives him going power. Although I don't think it was made for racing(grandpa on the his tractor and Donna on her horse). YIKES! We love having him around. Porter is usually found at his Grandpa's side. Those two are quite the pair. Thanks Grandpa for the love that you show to all those around you.

Walking paths and Bonfires!!!

2009-03-22T14:21:00.004-06:00

I know everyone is just waiting for me to add this one... Friday Sam wasn't feeling well and stayed home from work to try and recuperate so I thought that I would help out by getting our busy kids out of the house. So I made Sam lunch, packed up the kids and headed for Basin. Dondee and the boys were there waiting. We loaded Ryan up in the stroller and the kids on all there bikes and started out on our walk. We walked over to Britany's so that Bingo could come to and then walked the walking path. I am not sure how long of a walk that was but I am sure that walks are a lot harder when you have 4 kids on bikes, 1 in a stroller,and a puppy on a leash. It was quite a sight. But very worth it!!! Then when we got back to Dondee's we loaded up the suburban and headed for Grandma and Grandpa Gunners (aka Donna and Jodee) for a bonfire or as the kids called it a fire bomb and a few other names I can't remember. Anyway we got there and got to shoot clay pigeons. The kids watched as I missed all 6 that I shot at. Mallory I think hit all of hers. We tried to let Grandpa Smith shoot but he said he would rather watch CJ shoot. Grandma Gunner did great and well I think everyone but me hit one including Haden!
The kids thought they were getting hungry about 6:30 or 7 imagine that... so Lila and I helped get them all organized and roasting away. Libby wanted to start with the marshmallows but mean aunt Brin said she had to eat a hot dog first. We all had a good time hanging out and just being together.The best part was that there were no injuries.

2009-03-20T10:33:00.002-06:00

Brit and Erik went to Nebraska with a load of cows and ask if I would
babysit. Doesn't he look like hard work. Little Bingo! The most pampered
cow dog in the state of Wyoming!

2009-03-20T08:54:00.002-06:00

Why does it seem that our favorite past time is cutting and hauling wood? Cheap entertaiment! Last weekend while mom and Ashtin were playing around at State Cheerleading, Erin aka the old woman who lived in the shoe, Brit, Bingo, the boys and I helped Grandpa Jodee cut wood. I don't think he could have had a better crew we got about 2 and a half pickup loads. These pictures weren't that day but I thought we needed a little visual to go along with my comments. Hope that next time we go we have a little support from all of those that were playing around while we slaved! LOL

2009-03-19T12:14:00.002-06:00

Time goes by so fast! It seems not that long ago that none of you had kids and CJ and I were following you around to all of your highschool activites. Look at as now with all of our kids. It is fun to see all of the little ones on here and hear how they are doing. We are doing great. Haden is quite the little reader and wants to read everything no more spelling over his head. LOL

Cash wants to be just as big and smart as his big brother and so tries to spell the word or answer the question first. He has just learned to ride his bike without training wheels.

Porter doesn't really care what is going on around him. He just does his own thing. He isn't to sure about school but he is always up for going, going going anywhere that anyone is willing to take him.

We are all glad that spring is here and are more than ready to enjoy the outside!

Happy Happy Birthday!!!!

2009-03-17T13:30:00.002-06:00

Well I was just looking through some pictures and found this cute one of Josh and Dondee and since they celebrating their Birthday's this week I thought that I would put this up and wish them a happy birthday. SO... "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and I love you guys. Hope you have great fun on your special days!

Brandee's Crazy life!!

2009-03-12T14:49:00.004-06:00

On Friday of last week I got to go to Dondee's and watch Porter. Porter and Taycee were so good. The kind of good that you could forget that they were there good. Then the boys got out of school at 1:45 so Taycee, Ryan, Porter, and I picked up Haden and Cash and headed for Worland. What a crew! It was fun to have them.

Well this week has been a crazy!! Sunday Ryan wasn't feeling good so he and Sam stayed home from church. When I got home I was holding him and he was really raspy so I decided that it was time to take him to the Dr. It was Sunday so it was actually the ER. We got there about 2 and Ryan was admitted into the hospital by 4. Ryan practically lived in a plastic tent crib From Sunday evening to Thursday morning. The nurses were very nice and the cook even made me a hamburger special just because I commented out loud that one sounded good. It has been a long week and only doable because I have awesome sisters that kept Taycee for me and came over and helped me clean the house to get ready for Ryan to come home. Thank you Brit for staying with Ryan so I could get a little break from the hospital room, and Dondee and Erin for the amazing cleaning they did. Also to all the other amazing friends that came to visit and bring Ryan things to keep him occupied and me things to keep me occupied as well. There were a few times when I thought that Ryan was going to break out of his special little tent but luckily he was really an angle most of the time. He slept a lot and did ok with the few toys that I had there.

Island Park!!

2009-03-06T12:32:00.000-07:00

(This must be the little cabin they stayed in!)

Ok I realized that Dondee and Brit and Mallory are all slackers so I am here at Dondee's and thought that since I have acsess to her pictures that I would be the informer and add a few. I can't really tell you much about the trip but maybe if I put enough Picture on here we can make up our own stories about how there weekend went...

What a TRIP!

2009-03-05T09:55:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday I had to drive all the way to Billings it is a lot farther from Worland then it was from Lovell, but the trip was made super fun when last minute changes made it on Wednesday instead of Friday. This made it possible for both Lila and Britany to come with. The day started a little rocky when we were about 30 min. late for Ryan's apt. But made it and got that out of the way (he is all done with that dumb "but helpful" helmet!) we were so excited about that that we decided to celebrate. We went to Red Lobster for lunch. I haven't been there in so long. It was so fun to spend time with Brit and Lila like that we haven't really gotten to do anything like that I think since Brit's Wedding! "At least it feels like it has been that long!" Then lunch followed a super fun day of hanging out and shopping. Costco, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Cozmo prof, and finally home-word. What an awesome day "Thanks Britany and Lila for making the trip with me!"

2009-03-04T09:50:00.000-07:00

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Do I not have the most wonderful family ever???YES I do...
Thanks for your posts everyone...I love the pictures and the notes of what is happening in your lives...
We have been totally consumed with care for grandpa...getting easier all the time....he is getting to be a great help, and cheerleading...one I will not be sorry when it is over.
Ashtin has done great. The two teams won regionals and we leave for State BAsketball in the morning...moan!

If Josh is going to be Thirty....what does that make me besides old....he was the second child arghhh. 50 looks older everyday.
I have been having a great time riding with Britany and am so proud to see the little cow woman that she is becoming. She even has her own cow dog...can't believe there aren't pictures on this blog..or a blog of his own...a dog blog named Bingo....ha!
Dad had to go to SLC for a few days to get trained.,..you would think after 20 years they would figure out that they probably know more than the trainer that has been there 5. He did however pick up a cold so I sure he felt that that trip was worth it. We missed him. Ashtin liked his side of the bed however.

Happy Birthday!

2009-03-03T14:14:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to Josh-can you believe he is 30! Well, he will be on the 19th anyway.....Just wanted to put a little happy birthday note to all the rest of you with March birthdays: Dondee, Cj, Preston, Eric, and all you others!

Friends and Oatmeal Pancakes!

2009-02-27T10:46:00.000-07:00

Well I just thought that I would let you all now that we are adjusting and making friends here in Worland. Taycee got to have some friends over, but the sad part is that it is snowing. All week it has been beautiful, sunny, and well wonderful and the day she gets friends over she is couped up in the house. So SAD! But they are making the best of it and decided to watch Care Bears. Oh and I have to add this little tip too because well it was good... This morning the girls were hungry and all voted for pancakes (blue berry pancakes) I didn't have that kind so I was just going to make regular ones (krustez just add water) but then I had an idea, I had the individual instant oat meal packs and one was a mixed berry so I made it like I was going to have oat meal cooked it in the microwave for 1 min and added the pancake mix and a little water. They turned out really well. Next time I am going to try apple cin. oat meal pancakes. "Sounds yummy to me"

Stupid Stoves

2009-02-23T22:16:00.000-07:00

Well I have to admit-I have a different blog-started much sooner by the way-but it doesn't really get many posts to it either, but as I just finished a quite wordy one, if any of you would like to read it here is the address
www.joshnerins.blogspot.com

Hello! Is anyone out there

2009-02-23T15:15:00.000-07:00

Sheesh I sure was glad that Brandee posted something-I was beginning to wonder if everyone had fallen off the face of the earth......I wonder did Britany get lost in the hardware store? Did Dondee's heart condition do her in? Do we even want to know what happened to Donna? Mallory phone home....

Our out door adventure!

2009-02-23T11:16:00.000-07:00

I thought that I would share with you the results of a walk and little outside adventure. Ryan lasted most of the walk and then decided it was nap time and Taycee did a great job keeping up on her bike. (Oh what a nice day it has been today) and then while Ryan slept I pushed Tacyee on the swing! (wow she is flexible) It sure was fun but it would have been funner if you all were here with us.

Making Bread

2009-02-17T19:26:00.000-07:00

Rylee and Joe are big helps when it comes to making bread! They love to be involved-as you can see. We each have our jobs-mine is measure and hope to get all the ingredients into the bowl. Rylee is the taster-she lets me know when there is enough wheat flour( yep she actually tastes the dough when it is still in its gross liquidy batter form) And then we start adding white flour-this is the part Joe loves-I usually try to let him dump the flour on the table while I knead it in. He is becoming quite the little chef and loves to steal those moments in the kitchen when there is no one there to inhibit his creativeniess-if you ever need a recipe for cookies that includes cornstarch and eggs-let us know, it can also double as wall paper paste!

Dun Dun DaDun Dun Da DUNNNNNNN

2009-02-10T14:08:00.000-07:00

Hey-you try spelling that! Anyway Fanfare, gasps of awe and all those other sights and sounds of amazement.The moment you have all been waiting(and waiting and waiting) for is here-an official post from the non blogger oriented portion of the Bassett family! We were going to get some family pictures done around Christmas but it didn't really happen due to circumstances-like mom and dad running low on patience and energy and kids making it their mission to make it seem like a really really bad idea. Anyway-we hope the effort counts! Here is us on our couch in the clothes we were going to wear to get our family pictures taken.

2009-02-03T12:32:00.000-07:00

Even though the Superbowl is probably not a sanctioned Sabbath Day activity....the family time was absolutely heavenly. Thanks each of you for your part in making the day special. The food was good as usual and the company divine. The children were wonderful in the way that they played together so nicely and they should be commended.
Everyone did there part and the cleanup was so great that it left virtually nothing for me to worry about come Monday. Thanks again for your efforts and for being part of our family!!!

2009-01-27T11:04:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone
It has been a while since I have been on here. Brin that pict. of Ryan looks like he is saying his prayers. It is a cute pict. I was reminding everyone that our Canning Day is on the 9th of Feb. so it is coming up we need to make sure we have our beans, lids, jars, and whatever else we need. Be thinking. Hope you are all staying warm! Lots of Love!

2009-01-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

Ryan fell asleep! Sam was wathing him and he crawled up on to this chair and fell asleep.

WHOOOO IS GOING TO BE 50?????

2009-01-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

Attention all of my Bassett Girls...May 1st and 2nd will be Time Out for Women! This is a great event that I intend to celebrate with my loved ones. We need to get our tickets ordered and rooms reserved. We are also going to mourn, celebrate and inilihate my 50th birthday along with it....I know, hard to believe...(for some)....that I have survived that many years. None the less it is true and what can you do? WE shall go and have fun and be uplifted and grow closer together and so lets get organized...!!! WE need to have an answer by the end of this week and we will make reservations and get tickets.

2009-01-06T19:23:00.000-07:00

This is just a little something that we wanted to share. We are kind of proud of our kids.

2009-01-05T21:01:00.000-07:00

WE had fun making cookies and decorations for the animals to eat at Grandmas...on GRandkid day!!!

Grandpa and Joe at the Smith family Party 2008

2009-01-05T20:56:00.000-07:00

Pictures taken by Jodee Bassett

You didn't realize the creativity and talent that he possesses did you???

I think they are works of Art and I intend to have them hanging in my home!!

2009-01-04T11:27:00.000-07:00

It may take us a while to get used to putting stuff on here and getting used to how to do it, but it is pretty fun to get on and see what everyone is doing. Even if you don't put a picture type a few words of something that is going on. Dad you can do this without Mom I know that you sit to the computer at least once a day and Brin this was your idea. Brit you have a computer now! So everyone get busy and blog away!

My Main Squeeze!

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Christmas brought a visit from Grandma Bassett bearing gifts for one and all. It was nice to see her surprise at how much our family has grown.

Grandma Smith's influence was very much felt as well as we shared memories and indulged in her well laid traditions.

Both Grandmas' have made me want to be a better grandmother. I hope you all know that being Grandma Gunnar, Grandma Donna or just plain Grandma is a great part of my life. I am very grateful to be A GRANDMA!!!

2008-12-31T08:12:00.001-07:00

November brought baptismal waters for Ashtin. She had great support from all of you and we so appreciated you taking part in her special day.

These two missionarys are good missionaries. Elder Youd from Hurricane Utah....not a utard!, and Elder Viyaho...that is how you say it not how you spell it.

2008-12-31T08:12:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody!

Is everyone ready to go sledding tomorrow? We are can't you see(Taycee it is the helicopter).

Bring warm clothes, something to eat, and sleds. For Dad we will need couple of pillows hot water bottles and a lot of aspirin! Can't wait!!!!!!

2008-12-30T16:00:00.000-07:00

Today the boys decided they had had enough of the house and braved it in the cold. This is their own little snowman. Mom failed them when it came to m&m's, carrot and licore that they had asked for but never fear. I am wonder mom and I started digging in my candy closet and came up with a whole bag of conversation hearts. It became the "cutest" little "loveable" snowman ever! Aren' t they great.

Dondee and i scored big!!!

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This is Mall our little superstar! She looks so "Perf"

2008-12-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

Jodee Bassett

Just the Begining

2008-12-29T09:41:00.000-07:00

Well thanks Danni for getting us to do this. We are hoping that as a whole we can keep up in it half as good as you!