Jordan's Moving Party

Congratulations Jordan.  My niece, Jordan, accepted a teacher position at King Elementary in Des Moines.  She will be teaching reading and math to K-3rd graders that have issues with those subjects.  We are so proud of her.

The moving/pool party was August 10th.  Jordan started her new position on Monday August 12th.

Here are some pictures from the party!

 

Congrats Jordan...in honor of Jordan, we all brought her favorite side dish/appetizer.  I thought that was a clever idea!

 

Kali and Hoyt love the pool!!!  They would swim until their lips were blue....oh yah...I think they did!!  Kali went the entire day with no floaties.  Kali's swimming has really improved this summer!!  Hoyt also jumped off the diving board for the first time!!!  It took him a little convincing, but after he did it once, he was all in!!! :)

 

 

Laura and CJ

Austin

Ben

I love Hoyt in his goggles!!! :)

 

Grandma Roseberry and Aunt Vicki

 

Katelyn is holding Austin and Gma Holub!

 

Jackson and Kali

 

 

Hoyt normally doesn't eat that much ice cream but on this special day he had 2 Dilly bars from DQ!!!  Not sure how much he ate because it is all on his face! :)

 

Congratulations Jordan!  I hope you have a wonderful 1st year of teaching!!! Good Luck!!! 

 

Rodeo

Sunday, August 4th was a new experience for me.  I attended my first rodeo in Alburnett.  It was put on for "Benefit Days".  Most importantly it was Kali and Hoyt's first rodeo that they went to and  participated in...yep...I'm not joking.  They both were so brave and courageous and rode calf's....and they did AWESOME.  They were so fearless!!!  I wish I could say that I had no fear....I was shaking like a leaf when Hoyt got on his first bull (calf).  So, I'm sure my first rodeo won't be our last...I think it will be an annual event!!!

We all know that Hoyt is a cowboy, but Kali is quite the cow girl!!!  Gma Dolores and Daddy went shopping the day before and bought the kids some of their wardrobe to make them look the part!!! Hoyt had a lot of stuff already...but there were a few final touches he needed!! :)  Initially we thought that Kali just wanted to enter to get some new duds....but she followed through.  Look how adorable they looked!!!

 

Daddy even bleached out Hoyt's jeans so it looked like he had a chew can ring.....

 

 

Both the kids were so excited to compete!!  Hoyt was watching the other riders and he was getting so excited, just taking it all in.  He kept tell Chad, "Daddy, I want the BIG BULL."  I couldn't believe it!!  I was so nervous!!! 

 

Hoyt rode first.....here are some action shots...Brianna took so many pictures it was hard to pick just a few!  As you can see the "rodeo clowns" held on to the little ones!

 

 

Hoyt waiving to the crowd...soaking it all in!!

 

He was so determined to ride, he even lost one of his spurs from his boot!!!

 

Kali impressed me a lot.  Daddy told her to hold on to the rope tight!!!  And that she did....as you can see from the below pictures...she never let go of the rope...Kali said the rodeo clown was telling her to let go and she didn't until her feet were on the ground! LOL!!! As you can also see, Kali has a smile on her face the entire time.

 

Waiving to the fans!!!

 

Hoyt was lucky and was able to ride twice because they had an extra calf in the shoot.  It was cute they announced, "Hoyt Washburn for a re-ride."  This was right up Hoyt's alley....When he was in the shoot, he said, "Let's go boys."  IT WAS SO CUTE!!!!!

 

 

 

Waiving like Lane Frost from the movie 8 Seconds!!!  He loved waiving at the crowd!!!

 

My little cowboy!!!  I love this pic that Brianna took!

 

We had a great day! Like I said before, I definitely know this won't be our last Rodeo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit Days 2013

We went to the Alburnett parade and Benefit Days on 8/3/2013.  It was a beautiful day!  The kids were happy to hang out with the Coufals, go on some rides, and enjoy the day.  They walked away with a tons of candy....holy cow!!!

 

Kali got some tattoos from Alburnett Pom girls!!!

 

Hoyt didn't want any tattoos...which was very surprising!!

Kali and Kathryn...they always have a GREAT time together!!!

 

 

 

Hoyt was pretty smitten with his cousin, Lexi.  There was a guy that came up to Lexi while she was holding Hoyt and he pushed him in his shoulder...I guess Hoyt may have been a little protective or territorial...I guess it could have gone either way!  He does like the older ladies!! :)

 

 

 

The kids did an amazing job on the rock climb.  Kathryn and Kali did way better than many of the boys that competed!!

 

 

 

It was a great afternoon the kids and moms had a lot of fun and even got a little sun!!!

 

Next Blog will be pictures of the kids in their first rodeo!!!!