Ok so we haven't posted for a long time... I know. I am at school right now so I don't have much time but here is a picture I took with my phone a few days ago. I am almost positive this is Shelley. Why she doesn't stand on the ground to get a drink.... I don't know. Her legs look like frog legs... it's funny.
Life has been crazy. We took Trevor to the MTC, spent time at the cabin, spent more time at the cabin, celebrated 2 glorious years of marriage, spent a week in Frannie, and took our squirrels EVERYWHERE.

I really don't have much time right now soooo I hope everyone enjoyed the picture. Hopefully, maybe, I will have a newer post soon.

Adios

Benji and the squirrels

Well... Here is a little video that was filmed last night. This is the first time I have figured out how to put a video on and so for the next little while I might be a little video happy. Anyways... here are the cutie patootie squirrels and ever so manly Benjamin.

Service with a Dollar (The Article)

So here is the dealio:
I may be an English minor but my writing skills are seriously lacking. I know this isn't the best article ever BUT New Era bought it, so they must have liked it. It is pretty short but oh well. I am very VERY self conscious of my writing so... well here it is.

Service with a Dollar

My name is Ryanne Roberts, and I am a student at BYU-Idaho. Last semester I had an experience that changed my idea of service. One day a professor of mine gave everyone in the class a one dollar bill. Our assignment was to find someone who really needed help and find away to serve them using just the dollar we were given. I did not think much about the assignment; in fact, I gave my dollar to a little boy so he could get a snack while he waited for his parents.
In class the day the assignment was due, a girl got up and said that everyone in the class got together to do their service project together because if they combined their dollars they would have a lot more to help someone out with. I felt completely out of place because I had no idea what they were talking about. The girl continued by putting a cardboard box on my desk and then she said, “Ryanne, this class loves you for your strength. We each started out with just a dollar but we were able to put our dollars together and collect some from other people to give to you to help you pay for your arthritis medicine.” Each member of the class took turns going up to the front of the class and telling me why they loved me, they then took the money they had raised and placed it in the box.
There were only ten people in my class, but together they had raised a few hundred dollars because they cared about me. I was very appreciative of the money because it was able to help me get my medicines I needed, but even more I was grateful for the thought they had put into the assignment.
Everyone is blessed with certain gifts and talents. It is up to each of us to come up with ways to share our gifts and talents to serve those around us. In my case, my classmates were each given a dollar and they were able to find away to use their dollars to impact my life, it was more than just the money, it was friendship.
As we keep God’s commandments we will be blessed with more gifts and as we use those gifts to serve others we will be blessed even more. Service is not always about huge acts of kindness but can include small and simple things; such as, listening to a friend, giving encouragement, and sharing your feelings of appreciation to someone you love.


After reading it again... there are some things I would change and add but I'll leave it how it is for now. I hope you all enjoyed it.

ok I'm going to bed.
Goodnight

A Brazillion Pictures

It was a friday night and we were crammed into my father's truck in the middle of the wilderness. I, the best observer of nature of the bunch, spotted a bear upon the mountainside. He disappeared into the cover of trees and we hoped he would return into our view. Moments we realize he has made his way down the mountain and was heading toward the dead cows for a nice steak dinner. We watched him chow down on rotten cows. Some hunters were in a truck next to us and we told them to go shoot it. One of the hunters geared up and started on his way to get a closer shot. As I was observing the bear through binocular... BANG! the bear did some somersaults then made his way back into the trees. It was actually another hunter that shot the bear not the one we had spoken with. We drove down there and followed the bloody trail.... it was neat.

Anyways... this is the bear.

We spent the weekend at the cabin and we had a ton of fun. I added SOOOO many pictures because I don't feel like typing much. Plus... it is more fun to look at pictures than to read my endless babbling.

Dallin is going to place the target

Look at that handsome man... what a stud.
This is quite a candid picture of the boys
Rokons... I think that is how they are spelled. We tore it up. (I don't even know what "it" is)
Ben is shooting Dash's Ruger (I think that's how it is spelled) hand gun. He shot some balloons with his amazing aiming skills.

Here I am concentrating very hard.
Back to home life.... Here is my modeling photo shoot. That's right; I am a professional model now. Cool huh?

it was for a milk ad
Ben has recently introduced Tanner into the wonderful sport of biking.


They are pretty intense about it.

Speaking of biking, we just signed up for the Tour of St. George. I, of course, will be riding the 30 miler; whilst Ben will be riding the 100 miler. Our Goals: under five hours for both of us. (I'll be honest, that will be pretty easy for me but pretty dang hard for Ben.)

SQUIRREL NEWS

I am not sure which squirrel this is. A few weeks ago they lived in that shoe box then they lived in a peach box and now they live in a huge box. They have grown so much.

I believe this is Spike (but really I can never tell) and Ben is giving him a bath.
Spike seems to be advancing a little quicker than Shell. He was trying so hard to balance on his back two legs while eating a grape. He was really wobbly and it was funny to watch.

Life is good. The squirrels are good. Work is good. School is BAD... I WANT TO BE DONE!

I hope everyone is doing well.

P.S. I found the article that got accepted by NEW ERA so I will post it soon.

Lots of News

A lot has happened in the last month. We moved in with Uncle Lane and his boys in Idaho Falls. Life is pretty exciting here...

Our Door

Those pictures are of our new home.

Uncle Lane's Birthday was last week. He is a very dashing young man.
It was also Daddy Shane's Birthday-- he also is quite the looker.

Wow Tanner looks happy.
I don't have a picture of Taylor but here is the back of Jordan's head.

In other news: Ben cut a tree down on Friday and it had two baby squirrels in it. After killing five baby squirrels on Thursday Ben couldn't just leave them there to die so he brought them home. They had fallen 20 feet out of the tree. They didn't look very good the first day they were home. It took us a while to get them to eat. On Saturday we fed them about every 3 hours and they started moving around a lot more and looking a lot better. THere is one girl and one boy. Shelley and Spike.

They sleep all the time and they often are cuddled up next to each other.

Cute little spooners
By Saturday afternoon they drank out of the eye dropper really well.
This is Shelley... She was eating so good today! We didn't have to force it in her mouth; she sniffed it out and then started drinking.
Shelley is playing with her soldiers
This is Spike. He is a little slower than Shelley and a little smaller.

Well that is all friends. I hope everyone is doing well.
Good bye

Ari and Troy Bolton

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Lotoja

Ladies and Gentlemen we now present to you.... Benjamin Roberts and Dallin Greene, riders of the LOTOJA. The LOTOJA is a bike race that starts in Logan, Utah and ends in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This journey is 1 day, 3 states, and 206 miles. Below I have posted many pictures from the race.





Now presenting: The bike. Ben's Bike.

Here is Ben eating before the race.
Dallin, too, needs some food before beginning
Dallin's bike.
Time chips adorned their left ankles
Here I am... ready to roll... ready to spend nearly 17 hours in the car. woot.

Oh the boys are just so cute. Here is Ben coming into Montpelier... this is 80 miles into the race.
I got him a subway sandwhich and he enjoyed it.
Here is Dallin rollin into Montpelier.
Here is a picture of Ben and Dallin a few miles outside of Afton, Wyoming.

Close up

another close up
The finish line

Oh cute. Dash walking to the car
They didn't die. That's a good thing. The End.

Blahhhh

Hello,
It is the first day of school today and oddly enough I am glad to be back. I have decided that I don't want this to be my last semester on campus so I have decided to get another degree when I graduate. This probably won't happen but a girl can dream.

A lot has happened lately... I don't have my camera with me so I can't put any pictures up right now. Ben and I have decided to move. I know live with five boys and it is pretty interesting. I enjoy it very much.
Two weeks ago I went down to Arizona for Christine's wedding. I am so happy that she got married and we hope to see "Chritchie" a lot.
About a month ago we went to see our good friends Aleasha and David in Provo. They are pregnant and due December 25th with a bouncing baby boy. What a delight.

I actually have to go to class but I will soon post an amazing post about Ben and Dallin's success in a daring bike race of 206 miles. That's right my friends, 206 MILES. Look it up, it's called the LOTOJA (Logan to Jackson).

My Dad took Trevor to Peru to hike 40 miles to Machi Picchu. Ben wanted me to post some pictures so he could see them. I will have to have my dad tell me what everything is so I can add some captions. They took SOOO many pictures and I put on quite a few because it is all pretty amazing.