THE BAXTERS

HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY GRANDMA HELEN

2009-11-04T13:48:00.001-08:00

We all wanted to wish you a very happy birthday. I wanted to surprise you and and drive there and take you out to dinner. I guess just saying that we love you very much and hope that you had a great day and a Happy Birthday will have to be enough. We love you.
Love, Dennis Lori and family

Jayla the princess

2009-11-04T10:09:00.000-08:00

Jayla feels like a princess since she gets dressed up all the time in pink and cute dresses. She looks so cute in all of them.

True Bronocs Fans

2009-11-04T09:36:00.000-08:00

Jayden and Jayla are true Bronocs fans. They dressed up for the Halloween party at Northern. He was the player and she was the cheerleader. They looked cute.

Halloween

2009-11-04T08:49:00.000-08:00

Jayden and Syrus had fun on Halloween Trick-or-Treating. I watched Jayla and Tevyn because it was really windy. Jayden was a Denver Broncos player, Syrus was a Cowboy, Tevyn was a horse, and Jayla was a pink leopard. We tried to take a picture of all four of them together but they would not cooperate all at the same time.

Halloween Day Hab Party

2009-11-02T22:13:00.001-08:00

At the clients Day Hab (Northern) they had a Halloween Party. All the boys dressed up and they had a pizza party and games and contests. They had fun and I took the pictures. Chris dressed up as winged reaper, Clayton was an evil clown, Eric was Michael Jackson, Jesse was a werewolf, and Ryan was a zombie. They had fun. Bill was a state trooper and he arrested Michael Jackson. They had fun.

Beauty While Hunting

2009-11-02T21:26:00.000-08:00

Dennis is now taking after me. He is starting to stop and take pictures of the beautiful scenes around him while hunting. He never used to do this. I think that I am rubbing off on him. He took them all to bring home to show me since he knew that I would like them. He took some awesome pictures while hunting. WOW!!!!

Wayne's Buck Deer

2009-11-02T21:07:00.000-08:00

Wayne really wanted to get a big whitetail buck this year. Before bow hunting opened he took video pictures of a really big and tall whitetail. But during the bow season he never saw it close enough to shoot at it. Then rifle season started and he still wanted a big one, but after all the goat hunting and rock climbing, his legs and feet were so sore that he did not want to keep deer hunting and settled for this one. It still wasn't bad but at least he is done deer hunting.

Jesse got his Mountain Goat

2009-11-02T18:47:00.000-08:00

Jesse drew a tag for a Mountain Goat this year. Ed or Dennis have never hunted for one and they were excited to hunt for one. They went out hunting several times and it was one of the hardest hunts that they ever have done. They wanted a billie goat and kept hunting hoping to find a big one. Jesse finally shot the biggest one that they saw and it turned out to be a nannie goat. His tag was for either sex but he did finally get one. After they got it they had to go back the next day to finish getting it out. They had to use a rope and rock climb up the rocks and mountain to get it. It had fallen a ways down and broke the horn and did some damage to the body. Jesse was excited to get it.

Dennis' Elk

2009-11-01T21:58:00.000-08:00

Dennis got a nice elk this year. It was during the cold spell that we had. They rode on horses way up on the mountain to get this bull elk and he had left the camera in the pick-up. By the time they got it back to the truck it had ice and snow so stuck to the horns. We took some pictures of it when he got home. He is not as big as the one already on the wall, but he was old. He base is bigger than the one on the wall and the Game and Fish think he is over 20 years old. They sent in a tooth to be analyzed and we should find out how old he was. They figure that he used to be bigger and was on his downhill side since his teeth were so wore down.

Dennis and Wayne's Antelope Hunt

2009-11-01T19:54:00.000-08:00

Dennis and Wayne went back to Jeffrey City to try to get their buck antelope. They both got one and they were pretty nice ones. It was cold and snow on the ground. This was during that cold front that we had here.

Eric and Jesse's deer hunt

2009-11-01T19:37:00.000-08:00

Jesse and Eric each had 3 deer to get. One buck each and two doe deer. Jesse got all of his and Eric got 1 buck and 1 doe. They had fun and both ended up with mule deer bucks even though they hunted the whitetail bucks first.

Playing in the Snow

2009-10-06T20:12:00.001-07:00

Jayden and Ryan Hannon were so excited for the snow that they went outside and built a snowman. They put horns on top of it and Jayden said that it was a reindeer snowman. Jayden has been wanting it to snow to make a snow angel.

The grandkids

2009-10-06T18:55:00.001-07:00

The grandkids are growing like weeds everyday. Jayden and Syrus were making faces everytime I would get out the camera. The babies are growing daily and they coo and smile and laugh. Jayla just got her ears pierced at Walmart this last weekend. She has pink earrings in and looks so cute with them in her ears.

Antelope Hunt in Jeffrey City

2009-10-06T13:40:00.001-07:00

Dennis, Wayne, and Chris Hancock took Chris, Jesse, and Eric hunting at Jeffrey City last weekend. They got 12 antelope out of 16. Dennis and Wayne are going back this weekend to finish and get their bucks a a few doe they still need to get. They had a good time hunting.

Lori's Antelope Hunt

2009-09-23T22:29:00.000-07:00

I got two antelope in one morning. I had two doe antelope to get and got both of them on Monday. Jayden and Syrus went with us and they loved it. They posed for a few pictures with me and the antelope.

The Moose Hunt

2009-09-14T13:30:00.001-07:00

Dennis, Wayne, Ed, and Randy went to Jackson on Randy's moose hunt. They had a good time and got a moose. They only saw two moose. One was smaller than this one that Randy got and was still in the velvet. It took them until 2:00 in the morning to get this moose caped and quartered and back to camp. Thank goodness for headlamps to see. They were happy to get this one and I'm glad they made it home. They had to stop in Yellowstone Park and sleep on the way home. They got home at 7:30 this morning. Dennis had a bear tag and was hoping to see a big black bear that a guy told them had been there in that area, but he did not get one or see one.

IT IS HUNTING SEASON ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-07T13:41:00.001-07:00

Hunting season is here. Dennis, Wayne, Ed and Jesse have been hunting a lot near the Clark Fork Canyon for Jesse's mountain goat. The goats are actually in the rocks on these canyons. They saw 30 goats on Saturday, but they were all nannies and their kids or yearlings. They only saw one big billie goat on the day it opened on Sept. 1st but could not get close enough for a shot. They are there again today trying to find that big one again. Antelope season is this month also. I will have to post more pictures when I get my antelope.

These goats are two nannies and one kid. But they did manage to get a picture of them.

They tun up and down this steep canyon and run up and down the rocks.

Jannica, David and Wayne went riding

2009-09-07T10:23:00.001-07:00

Dennis took Jannica, David and Wayne up the same trail in the Southfork that he had been
going with Northern every week. This horse is Buck, Wayne's new registered buckskin that he got a great deal on. He sure is an awesome horse. They loved the ride and thought that it was really pretty there.

Horse back riding

2009-09-07T10:07:00.001-07:00

Northern started a program for the summer on every Wednesday Dennis and another guy took all the clients that wanted to ride on a trail ride up the Southfork. Chris, Ryan and Eric rode quite a bit. They liked it.

The grandkids are growing up so fast!!!

2009-09-06T22:10:00.001-07:00

The grandkids are growing so much everyday. Jayla is over one month old now. Tevyn will be 2 months old on Sept. 8th. Syrus is 2 years old. Jayden in 3 years old now and Saundra will be 11 years old in December. The new babies are getting so cute and growing so fast.

The Rodeo

2009-09-06T19:21:00.001-07:00

Saundra came back from being in Idaho only long enough to go to one Rodeo with the boys. They had fun and learned how to rope and Grandpa Dennis bought a couple of ropes for them all to keep practicing. They liked sitting on Hollywood the bull and they loved the clowns.

Jannica's Surgery

2009-09-06T16:09:00.000-07:00

Jannica had surgery on August 19th in Billings, Montana. She had a thryoid cyst that got removed. Everything was ok but they took out the cyst and part of the neck bone that it was attached to. She is now recovering from that and on September 10th she goes back to the doctor here in Cody to see if she needs shoulder surgery that she hurt on the job with Schwan's.

Jayden learning to Irrigate

2009-09-06T14:57:00.000-07:00

Jayden loves to go help Grandpa Dennis with his horses and waters them and tries to rope them. (since he has been to the Rodeo too many times now.) He went out and wanted to learn to irrigate. He loved that, the getting wet part. He loved to shovel also. This horse is Buck, Wayne's new horse.

The Balloon Fest

2009-09-06T14:37:00.000-07:00

They have an annual balloon fest the 1st weekend in August. They lift off at the park right by our house. Then they fly right over my house. I took some pictures this year early in the morning from the backyard. They were some pretty ones with bright colors.

Tubing

2009-09-05T23:27:00.001-07:00

Jayden and Syrus loved tubing this year. They rode on the new tube with Jenna Baxter (Randy's Wife) They both rode one big circle around and they loved it.

Great Grandparents

2009-09-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

Having Great Grandparents to come visit is awesome. It was good to have them come to see their new great grandkids. Mom and Larry came for a short visit and saw Tevyn. We hope that they can come back to see Jayla.

Great Grandma Edna came for a visit and held both grandkids together. We were glad that she got to come to see them.

We went to Powell to the nursing home so that we could get pictures of Great Grandpa Baxter and Great grandma Baxter together with the grandkids.

New Granddaughter

2009-08-02T07:48:00.000-07:00

Jennifer had her baby girl, Jayla Louise Scheid, on July 28, 2009 at 8:50 AM. She weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches long. She has the full face and chubby checks that Jennifer had when she was born. She is sure cute and it looked weird to finally see a pink hat on a baby. Jayden is playing the big brother part well. Tevyn is only 20 days older but has grown so much in those 20 days.

Kirwin Mines

2009-07-19T22:25:00.000-07:00

While Mom and Larry were here we took them up the Wood River. We went all the way to the end of the road to Kirwin Mines. There is old abanded buuildings. In 1870 it was started up. They had over 200 people in the town. It closed in 1907. We saw a moose when we got up in there to take pictures.

Four Generations

2009-07-19T21:56:00.000-07:00

We got a four generations picture already with Tevyn since Grandma and Grandpa Anderson showed up this weekend. It was good to see them. I had to go to Billings since Clayton went there by ambulance on Wednesday. They got to come to Billings and eat with me.

The New Baby Boy

2009-07-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

Jamie had her baby boy on July 8, 2009. They named him Tevyn Wayne Bates. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 19 inches. He is so cute. Syrus was so excited and kept saying, "My baby." Jamie and Tevyn are doing really good.

Swimming and Boating

2009-07-19T20:18:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to the Rec Center to swim, and also went to the Reservoir boating, fishing, and tubing. Everyone had fun. Eligh, Jayden, and Syrus fished with their little fishing poles from the shore.

4th of July

2009-07-19T19:39:00.000-07:00

Kim and the boys came to visit for the 4th of July. We went to the kiddie parade and the big parade. They had fun. It was hard trying to get four boys to sit still though. We tried to go to the park, the museum to take pictures in front of the teepee, and we went to the Rocky Mountain Sheep Foundation museum. The boys did not cooperate very good. I did not get many pictures and they would not sit down. Just think, next year if Kim comes back to visit we will three more kids to worry about.

Yellowstone Opening Day

2009-07-19T14:59:00.001-07:00

Dennis and I drove through Yellowstone on the opening day this year in May. There was quite a bit of snow on Sylvan pass. I took some pictures on the Fishing Bridge with the snow. At the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone had so much snow that you could not climb all of the stairs to get up there to see the top.

2009-07-19T14:26:00.000-07:00

The grandkids are geting older and so are the kids. Jennifer turned 29 this year and Wayne turned 22 years old. Ryan played a trick on Jennifer and took all of the cash out of her safe at home for their payements and gave it to her in her birthday card. She was excited at first to see all of the money, and was mad when she found out that it was her money for bills. The grandkids have grown Saundra is 10 years old and will be in the 5th grade this year. Jayden will be 3 years old on August 29th. Syrus just turned 2 on April 13th.

The Carnival

2009-07-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

The carnival came to town. Wayne and I took the boys. David, Jannica, and Saundra also went. Saundra has missed the carnival and fair for the last 4 years. She goes to Idaho to see her Mom and misses our fair and comes home before the fair in Idaho. She had a blast and rode one ride nine times in a row. Wayne watched since he does not like the rides and I took pictures.

2009-07-19T07:22:00.000-07:00

In May, Jennifer, Jayden and I went to Idaho to visit Aunt Sherry. We had a good time. Jayden got to feed the Geese and ducks. He did like it. We got to see all of the baby geese. On the way to Sherry's we saw one of the biggest grizzly bears before we got into Yellowstone Park. He has huge claws. Jayden liked the elk crossing the water.

Baby Shower for Two

2009-07-18T22:26:00.000-07:00

We had a baby shower for Jennifer and Jamie together. We had fun and they got some nice stuff.

Perrine Bridge and the Dairy

2009-07-18T09:43:00.000-07:00

We walked half way Accross the Perrine Bridge and they it started to rain. We walked back in the rain. We still had fun doing that. We also went to the dairy that Dennis used to work at and they are even expanding more. They are building their 3rd milking barn and have over 30,000 cows now. They boys and Sherry liked it.

Trip to Idaho

2009-07-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all of you for making our trip to Idaho so fun. We had a really good time and all the boys enjoyed it so much. We enjoyed seeing all of the sights and spending time with our family. Thanks for all the memories of the games at Kenny's.

Bear World

2009-07-01T09:19:00.000-07:00

We stopped at Bear World on our way home from Idaho. They boys all really liked it. We had fun in the petting zoo. Jayden loved most of the animals. He hated the chickens. The baby deer were twins and only two days old. They sure were cute.

Horse Riding Program

2009-06-30T22:31:00.000-07:00

Northern started a horse riding program to teach the clients how to ride and saddle a horse. Dennis has been helping one of the trainers named Marty. They worked in the corral for two weeks and now they are starting to trail ride once a week. Jayden got to go with them and ride the horse. Grandpa fixed his saddle and the stirrups actually fit. They have all love it.

Wayne, David and Ryan

2009-06-30T21:54:00.000-07:00

Wayne, David, and Ryan have went to two caves now. The last cave they went to was a lot harder and had many areas that they could barely crawl through. They did love it though. And as a Mom and mother-in-law I was trying to get them all not to go. As you can see they are dirty and so is Ryan's jeep to get to the cave.

Dennis and Lori

2009-03-26T20:13:00.001-07:00

We moved to Wyoming almost 6 years ago. We love it here. Dennis and I have 5 disabled adults who live with us. They attend a Day Hab during the day that gets them invloved in the community and they do outings. Dennis's brother owns it. They go there from 9:00 to 4:00. They are with us in the evenings and weekends. We go to movies, camping, boating, hunting, fishing, go for ride's so I can take pictures of the beautiful scenery and wildlife here. We have horses and go riding. All of our kids are here and grandkids.

Jennifer

2009-03-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

Jennifer is 28 years old. She has been married to Ryan for almost 2 years. They have one son named Jayden who will be 3 years old in August. She is expecting a baby girl at the end of July. Ryan works for Process Power and Control. He working on being a journeyman. Jennifer works for us and helps with Clayton. Jennifer and Jayden are at our house everyday, and our a big help. They like to go fishing, camping, boating, riding the motorcycle, and keeping track on one very busy boy.

Jannica

2009-03-26T18:47:00.000-07:00

Jannica is 27 years old. She has been married to David for almost 6 years. They have one daughter, Saundra, who is 10 years old. Jannica works for Schwan's driving their trucks. David was working for SCC roofing company. Last June he fell from the top of the ladder from the roof and shattered his heel bone. He has had 3 surgeries since then, been on crutches for over 7 months. They like to go camping, boating, riding their motorcycle, going to the movies, and hanging out at our house.

Jamie

2009-03-26T18:21:00.000-07:00

Jamie is now 25 years old. She lives with her fiance Steve and they have one son named Syrus who is almost 2 years old. She works at Cellular Plus/Verizon store. Steve works for Ringler painting and drywall. They are expecting a new baby boy in July. They like to go camping, fishing, hiking and hanging out at our house.

Wayne

2009-03-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

Wayne is almost 22 years old now. He was working for the Forest Service and going to College part time until this past semester. He was having some medical problems that kept him from going. Hopefully he will finish soon. He loves to hunt, fish, camp, play SOCOM for the playstation 3, he helps us out in our business and helps Eric. He loves to bow hunt and practices in the backyard. He has been a big help for us.

Chris

2009-03-26T12:12:00.000-07:00

Chris has lived with us for almost 6 years. He was our 1st client. He loves to go hunting, camping, tubing and boating, being on his computer, playing playstation and riding his horse. He has worked at Walmart for almost 3 years. He has grown up a lot living with us and has become part of our family life all of the rest. Chris loves having a family around and plays with all the grandkids. We love having him a part of our life.

Eric

2009-03-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

Eric is 24 years old. He loves to play his playstation 3, his guitar, being on his computer, guitar hero, and rock band. He loves to go camping, hunting, fishing, and boating. He is quiet and loves to spend time with Wayne. They watch a lot of movies together. He doesn't life it when Dennis scares him. He has lived with us for four years. He is fun to habe in our house.

Jesse

2009-03-26T11:18:00.000-07:00

Jesse is 26 years old. He loves to play video games. He has a Nintendo WII, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, an X-Box 360, and a Nintendo DS. He plays them all and loves to get new games. He is quiet and shy but loves to tease Dennis. He has been told that he looks like Napoleon Dynomite. He works at the local paper and has been there for 10 years. Jesse is our newest client in the house. We love to have him with us.

Ryan

2009-03-26T10:33:00.000-07:00

Ryan is 26 years old. He loves to play chess, cards, games, going camping, fishing, tubing behind our boat, and playing sports. He loves to play catch with Jayden and tries to teach him all the rules of football. He is fun to have in our home.

Clayton

2009-03-26T07:31:00.000-07:00

Clayton is 48 years old. He enjoys painting, coloring velvet posters, looking at I Spy books, He loves to go camping, fishing, and he has a sense of humor. He has a big heart and we love having him live with us.

The grandkids

2009-03-25T17:24:00.000-07:00

The grandkids are really growing up. They have been having fun on our new trampoline and Grandpa takes them sledding after it snows in a sled behind the four wheeler. They love to come to Grandpa and Grandma's house to play.

Saundra

2009-03-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

Saundra had her 10th birthday party here at our house in December. She is in the 4th grade now. She loves our new trampoline and riding bikes. She loves to ride our horses.

Jayden

2009-03-25T13:23:00.000-07:00

Jayden is 2 1/2 years old now and will be 3 years old in August. He loves the Denver Broncos and is very smart. He knows all the A,B,C's, the NFL football teams, how to spell his name, and sings some songs. He is now teaching his little cousin Syrus some of these things.

Syrus

2009-03-25T12:24:00.000-07:00

Syrus will be 2 years old on April 13th and is Jamie's son. He has the blonde hair just like Jamie. He is talking a lot more and is quite the funny little boy. I watch him about two days a week so he gets to play with Jayden now.

The Refuge

2009-03-23T22:02:00.000-07:00

They all had a good time at the elk refuge in Jackson. On the 1st day they rode the sleigh and the big bulls were accross the river and they could not get to them. The guy gave them a free ticket to come back the next morning and they saw the big 9 point bull the 2nd day.

Jackson Trip

2009-03-23T18:47:00.001-07:00

Dennis, Jennifer, Wayne, and Jayden went to Jackson to see the Tetons and the wildlife. Jayden loved the mountains that are Grandma Lori's favorite mountains. He loved going on the sleigh ride and said that he would have shot all the big ones if he only had a gun.