Schnepf Farms

 In October Schnepf Farms has their Pumpkin and Chili Party

We took the grandkids across the street to enjoy the activities

The younger kids rode on the merry go round

Landon

Colton with his broken leg

Mayley had a lot of fun

Brogan had a big smile

The kids then went to the airplanes

It was fun to see how high they could fly

 Colton and Landon had fun in the bumble bee ride

Mayley and Brogan enjoyed the ride also

Morgan Ruth Kenny

Introducing

Morgan Ruth Kenny

After a short labor Brooke delivered a 

beautiful little girl on Aug 22, 2012

She weighed 6 lbs 15 1/2 oz and was 19" long 

Brooke and her 2 sweet little girls

Morgan was sucking her little thumb

 Maddy is giving Morgan a kiss

Maddy getting to know Morgan

Maddy loves her new little sister

Annie Mae Reed

Introducing Annie Mae Reed

 On April 29, 2012 a beautiful little girl

came to join James and Larissa's family. She weighed 

in at 9 lbs 7 oz and 19" long.

James is such a proud daddy

Larissa did a great job!

Brian holding his newest granddaughter

Brian just loves his grandchildren

Aaronic Priesthood

Caleb and Carson are ordained deacons in the Aaronic Priesthood

Ben ordained these 2 awesome young men

It's hard to believe the twins are 12.

They are such wonderful young men

and are a big help for Briana

Ben, Caleb, Carson & Pres. Richardson

 Brian, Caleb, Carson & Ben

 Here are some powerful priesthood holders

2 Dog power

Our dog Pepper and James dog Dally love to chase things.

So James and Nich tied the dogs lead ropes up to the

kids tractor. They then threw a ball so the dogs would fetch it and pull

Weston in the tractor.

Nich ready to grab Weston so he doesn't fall out

Dally is ready to get the ball

This tractor is 2 dog power

Pepper watching James and waiting for him to throw the ball

James and Nich had a blast but I think that Weston got the best end of the deal

Traveling Family Style

This is how we traveled "family style" to the Bear Reunion. Just kidding! We were getting ready to go and all the kids piled into Brittany's suburban to watch a movie and we couldn't resist taking a picture!

The Field is Green...

Chea Lamb took such wonderful pictures of our family before Caleb and Carson got baptized. She does a wonderful job. To see more of the pictures, click here.

Rattlesnakes!

Guess what we found at Grandma and Grandpa's house? You guessed it! Rattlesnakes! Yikes!

These are the biggest rattlesnakes that any of us have ever seen! They were huge!
James...the pitchfork man. :) See the story below.
At the time we only thought that there was one, but there were two down there hiding under the sticks by the creek.
Between Conference Sessions on Sunday, all the kids were out playing. When I called them into eat Devin was running as fast as he could, crying and calling my name. I ran out to see him and he said that there was a rattlesnake. I didn't think that he knew what a rattlesnake was. He kept saying that it was moving and then he would put his hand up in the air and move it back and forth. It looked like the motion that the rattles would make. He kept talking about it and he was really scared. So Ben walked down there and Jared met him with a gun. Ben said a prayer that if there really was a snake that they would find it. Soon after that, Jared yelled out that he found it. It was near the creek where the water from the sump drains into the creek. It is all dried up right now. But he saw the snake down in the little gorge under some old mesquite tree that fell down. He started shooting at it. Ben ran in and told us that Jared found it and we went out to see. I told all the kids to stay, but I took Devin with me so we could put some closure on the rattlesnake for him. James took the pitchfork and got the snakes out from under the sticks and there were two! We were all surprised. They were gigantic! The rattles were huge! We are so blessed that Devin was safe. I truly believe that someone was watching out for him.
For more pictures, see Briana's blog.

The Wagon Ride

The day after Thanksgiving, we all got together and went to the back to brand the three calves. But we had a special ride to take us out to the back. Grandpa hooked up the old truck to the wagon. We all hopped in and had a great time waiting for the ride to start.

The neat thing about the ride was that Caleb and Carson drove the truck all by themselves! No one was in the truck with them. They loved every part of it and felt so grown up!
Here are a few pictures of everyone waiting for the ride to start. This is Devin and Bridger. For every picture they would say "cheese" and smile at everyone.
This is before the ride started when Carson was "visiting" us in the back. Carson, Calvin and Briley had alot of fun.
Dayton, Ashton and Tillison posed for many pictures. They are all good friends and have fun goofing off.
Here's another one of Calvin and Briley.
Here's the gang that rode in the trailer.
See what I mean about them goofing off. They're alot of fun to watch.

Performing in Snowflake

John is trying to play a small violin to keep up with the grandkids
This is when we are locking horns playing Boil the Cabbage. It doesn't sound good but it is fun to do.

This is when we Performed in Snowflake this year at the park. We enjoy performing here every year has a family and getting out of the heat.

John's Graduation

John graduated from Queen Creek High School in May. Almost everyone in the whole family was there. Ben and the twins went to another graduation that night. Apparently many high schools all scheduled the same night for graduation.
Everyone was excited and had a great time.
All the brothers and sisters were there: Jared, Brittany, Briana, John, Brooke, Bridget and James.
What proud parents!