Winter Wonderland

We have had a crazy winter. It has snowed more in the month of December than all of last winter. It is also very beautiful as long as I can sit in my house by a roaring fire and enjoy the kids playing in it. Harvey was so excited though to make a snow man. One of the storms he was standing on the porch and diving off into the snow drifts loving life. We were loving life and enjoying it until the temp were so cold for so long and this last week we have had frozen pipes and no water in the house for a week. Lots of fun let me tell you. Well several days of huge fires and heat lamps not to mention digging up the pipe line and trying to unthaw with a torch. In the wee hours of the morning we woke up to one of the showers running full blast. I have never been so happy to hear running water!!!!!! Moral of the story is don't take turning on a faucet and water coming out for granted.

Fall /Catch up

Colten with Savannah his newest cousin

(Jens baby)

Colten helping dad with the cows

He loves riding

hiding in the flowers

Jay helping Preston with his elk

Colten in the back ground taking a closer look

Boys mud and elk horns( coltens favorite)

We are still alive and well. We have had a very busy and crazy fall. We have had hunters since August and are just finishing the last of the hunts these next few weeks. We are very ready for the season to end even though we have had a lot of fun with it. It is fun for Jay and I to be able to work together with the outfitting. It makes it not seem so long and it is fun for me to meet most of the people that Jay guides. Jay was able to hunt a couse deer down by the border of Mexico. He packed in 12 miles and camped with a few other guys and said it was quite an experience. We look forward to things calming down a bit!

Harvey Turns 5 and Halloween

All the Platt grand kids

Platt grandparents and cousins in Alpine

The cake request this year a iguana

I tried my best!

Party at the ranch with umpa grammie and Josh

Colten and Harvey the leopard and the skunk

Halloween party in Mesa Jordan ,Josh, Colten and Harvey


Halloween and Harvey's birthday were a little disappointing this year. We were all completely down for almost 2 weeks with the worst flu ever. So we didn't go out at all on Halloween and Harvey's birthday was celebrated a little late but turned out to be a good time. We had a little party here at the ranch with us , mom and dad and Josh. Then since Harvey was feeling much better we meet up in Alpine with all the Platt cousins and grandma and papa and had a really fun party.

Catch up

Fathers day

Harvey's first arrow head

Harvey's newest giant lizard friend

Colten enjoying corn at the Hamblin reunion

One of the biggest horny toads I've ever seen

One of the many horny toads of the year

Josh and Colten helping in the garden



Summer is always a fun time at the ranch. Harvey has had great fun lizard hunting everyday. We have had a huge variety of lizards, horny toads and the giant lizard we are still trying to figure out what it is. It is funny I keep seeing lizards without tails around the house from the little boys pulling a little to hard on them. Harvey always seems to have something in his aquarium. We planted a garden with my parents and have been trying to get a yard in at our house. It has been an eventful summer thus far and we look forward to the rest of it.

BRANDING

the branding crew
Robert flanking a calf

Randy and Justen

Harvey riding a calf

Jay roping

Branding is always one of the favorite things to do in the summer. It is always entertaining!

CATWALK

Dad and Colten

Casey, Jen and Josh


Harvey playing in the river

Jen, Josh , Casey and Mckelle and Brigden came to visit so we went to the catwalk to celebrate Mckelle's B- Day. It was fun to see everyone.

Life on the Range

Harvey playing in the mud
Randy the moss monster

This is a cow boy swimming pool (dirt pond)

Harvey, Jay Randy and Justin

Swimming in the pond

Colten and Jay

It is starting to get warm and it has been so nice to play outside. The boys got so hot working the other day that they decided to go for a swim in the dirt pond. It was cold but felt pretty good after the heat all day. The kids loved it. It is always fun to go for a ride on the horses. Colten lives to see and ride horses. He has a little bit of an obsession. I guess we live in the right place for it. That's all he wants to do. It is constantly on his mind. It is kind of funny though.