V-Bar-V Heritage Site

One of my favorite day trips we made while in Arizona was the V-Bar-V Heritage Site. This is a small little place with a big archaeoastronomy find! This is where the ancient Sinagua people left petroglyphs with shadow stones to make a solar calendar telling when to plant crops, harvest crops and run all of daily life. It was so amazing to be there to see the sun cast its rays as it fell onto the shadow stones.

This is the path we walked to get to the petroglyphs!

 These shots show the petroglyphs and what they were carved on.

Here is our friendly park ranger explaining the shadow stones (two stones jutting out of the rocks at the top of the photo) and how the Sinagua people interpreted the shadows to live every day life.

Robyn and Debbie - this is the only photo taken of the two of us together during our entire trip! Sorry, Robyn, for not asking if I could post this before I posted it. At least our shirts match! =) It was very hot that day - I think the temperature was close to 100!

While Mom's Away...

While I was on my trip to MT and AZ, Rick and some of his friends went fishing on the Snake River. They caught this big sturgeon and now have bragging rights I guess. It was catch and release so they had to let it go but not before they took a picture or two! The pictures were taken with cell phones so aren't great quality but thankfully we have them to share.


It's warm here...the hottest day of the year so far. Things are finally starting to turn from green to yellow. Harvest won't start until the 15th at the earliest.


We are enjoying a few days with Grandpa. I hope to get pictures to post in the next few days.

Back home!

I am back home and enjoying my family. Bailee went to basketball camp last week and we were able to watch her play ball on the day we picked her up. She had fun but was glad to be back home because she could sleep in. The kids pick out pigs for the NILE show in Billings tonight and bring them home. It'll be fun to have baby pigs around the house again.

My Blog Begins

I finally am attempting my first blog post. Let's see if this works. I just returned from a trip to Arizona; the Sedona area, Grand Canyon and Antelope Slot Canyon. Here is a shot I took of the beautiful Antelope Canyon.