Bear World!!

We took the kids to Bear World to see the baby bear cubs. Kade and Porter loved seeing the cubs. Kade was so excited to hold them, he loves animals and is always wanting to find out more about them. Porter tried to actually take it out of Kade's hands. Benson was being a little stinker that day so he wouldn't even look at the bear cub. When he saw the pictures afterward he felt bad that he did not get to hold or pet one.

The Making of John Deer!!!!

In February Jordan, Riley, Scott Stoker and Dee Stoker all took a trip back East to Waterloo and Maline Iowa. They were invited to tour the John Deer Plants. Of course any guy would not turn down a great opportunity to see how the tractors and combines were really built. The first tour was in Waterloo Iowa where they got to see how the tractors were made. They weren't allowed to take camera's or cell phones in that plant. I guess it was top secret. The plants were so big that just the building alone was built on 60 acres of ground.

The guy who took them on the tour through the plant said they do not make a single tractor or combine unless it's been ordered. Can you imagine all those tractors that Jordan is standing infront of are already sold and waiting to be shipped out.

This is a picture in Moline Illinois at the Combine Plant. After the Combines are put together they line them up in an assembly line and test evey single part of the machine to make sure it is working properly.

Every Man's Dream.....

I got the pictures switched but this picture is of the inside of the combine where it processes the grain and dumps it in the bin.

Rigby Youth

Kade was so excited to start playing Basketball. We put him on a team this year when he really shouldn't be playing until next year when he is in 2nd grade. He is one of the shortest kids on the team. Hopefully he will get some height on him soon. He loved every minute of it. Mark Lounsbury and Jordan were the coaches. I think Jordan enjoyed coaching them as much as Kade loved playing.. This is of them starting to warm up. I had a hard time getting good pictures of them playing.

Kade was actually guarding that tall kid behind him.. He pretty much had to jump on him.

It was a fun year for basketball he was pretty sad to see it end.