Halloween!!

We had such a fun Halloween this year.
The girls got to be dressed up all day long!
They were the three little ladybugs.
Adorable right??

We went grocery shopping & Daisy's dance class.
And then the main event trick-or-treating!!
We visited Grandma L in the care center.

Nama at work, Grandma S at her house.
Came home, unloaded the groceries, made some scones, and headed to our wards trunk-or-treat.

Which was a total BLAST!!!
We then went and seen Grandma Teresa and Grandpa Scott.
And on the way home they fell asleep.
:)

Koda and I had a wonderful long conversation about everything!
Seriously one of the best nights ever!!!
Next morning I woke up cleaned the house, did the laundry, and finished the flower girl dress I was making for my SIL's wedding!

I know I'm late and everyone is onto gratitude thoughts, but
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Darling Little Family

I LOVE how my family pictures turned out this year!
What do you think???

Which is your favorite???

Hello

I've been busy.
Deep cleaning my carpets.
Cleaning my chairs and couch.
Yep it looks so nice.
We poured cement for our pump shed on Monday.
That was a busy day.
Tuesday I abandon my true hair color...blonde and went totally dark.
Its odd, yet fun.
I'm getting use to it, I think Koda is too.
Wednesday we had family pictures.

From the sneak peaks she's given us, I LOVE THEM.
Bet you can't wait to see them!
Thursday we once again trekked to the city.
But hey I got to go see what IKEA is all about.
Let me tell you, I love it.
Friday was kinda lazy, besides cows being in the wrong pasture.
Dang Cows.
But Its back to the grind, Koda is back to work.
Thanks heavens it's not nights.
Well, I'm going to go splurge and buy Taco Bell for Lunch.
I know long drive.
But I'm going to do it.
How you been?

Horsing Around

 We went up to put my brothers stud colt in with his new pack of brood mares recently.
We got to see some cute babies and beautiful mommas.
Many people these days keep their mares and foals right close by and they are very use to humans.
Not my family.

Is rare to have a ride-able  catch-able mare around my family.
We raise our mares and colts much the same as wild horses are.

The stud is turned out with the broodmare bunch in the summer time.
He runs with them for a good six months, getting acquainted very well with each mare.
He then comes out of the bunch in wintertime, along with all the new foals.
He gets a break from being 'the king' and the foals get broke to lead.

 Spring time comes around and the foals are back onto the mountain to work on that surefooted thing.
The stud gets to do cowboy work all spring and winter.
The mommas spend the winter in a lower desert pasture.
The new foals start showing up eleven months after the stud was put into the bunch.
And soon after the stud gets to go and be 'the king' again.

This is the Stud, notice the way he is all tensed up.

I love horses and watching the fuss these horses go through when a stud is first placed in the bunch is classic.

He prances around does some dance moves and chases the mares like crazy.
They all fight back with teeth or kicking feet.
That is as long as they aren't "horsing"---in other words wanting a little summthin-summthin.

It is amazing to see, plus its lots of fun to watch.
Really if you ever have the chance to see a stud put in with a mare bunch don't pass it up.

Even better is watching the pecking order establish itself with a band of wild horses.
Then you get to see awesome fights between the stallions.
Yes its a must see.

Side note: Why did we put the mares into the corral then turn the stud loose? Because if we would've turned the stud loose in the pasture he could have not collected them all and kept some from being in his band. Being turned loose into a smaller area like this he was able to show his dominance over all the mares and collect them all. This way there is a better chance he will cover and breed them all.

Well also on this trip the girls and I got to do a bit of riding.
Duh that is a must when your my kid.
Sorry girls its a curse, :) But you love it.

They also had fun playing in the mud. 

(How does she find this stuff???)

And climbing all over the random stuff that is around the corral.

I had a blast and I got to have a good talk with my mom.

 Plus we got to see baby foals.
They are SO cute.
But when we were done we once again turned them loose into the mountain pasture and came home.
Sigh....

Daisy Child

This is my oldest.

Daisy.

Three years old.

A wild child.

 Yes, she's into the dog food....again....

 Breaking in Carson's new saddle with Page.

Oh how she begs everyday to go riding.

Today she was out feeding the horse.

I can't wait till she rides by herself.

Next year. Yay!!

 The little smurf.

I had some paint that I painted in their room.

She hid some.

Two months later pulled it out.

And painted herself.

She looks good huh?

Puppy got a big hug too.

He was blue. Haha

She's quite the girl. 

I love her little Who-Ville Smile.

Can You Do This?

I Can't I'm to old.
I'd probaly break my back.
I tried to do a summersalt today.
Don't ask the outcome.
What would it be like to be three again.

Oh yes the energy they expound.
I'd love to be three again.
What age do you want to be again?

The Oldest Turns 3

Yesterday was my daughters 3rd birthday.

Amazing.

She's grown up so much.

From this:

To This:

I've changed alot too, though.

She is defintaly the child that makes me want to pull my hair out the most.
But then she smiles with her wild hair do.
And she's forgiven.
She's such a girl but a huge tomboy.
I don't know anyone else who can wear a tutu princess dress, high heels to big for your feet, with a crown.
And still run down the muddy road to go help change water.
Can you?
I can't.
I can't do it in tennis shoes and levis.
Oh but I did just give birth two weeks or so ago.
That's my excuse.
So today we are in the aftermath of partying.
Yep, all three...I mean four are asleep right now.
So I'm being lazy and sitting her eating pizza and frosting.
SHH don't tell anyone.
I'm really folding laundry, or I will be soon.

Have a great day Ya'll!

Weekend Fun

Even though the weather was kinda miserable we had a fun productive weekend. We helped my family shear sheep. The girls LOVED it. Here's some fun pictures from the weekend.

Also my organizing challeng pictures. The challenge was to clean off and organize the computer desk. Well seeing how I just got a new desk and its all cleaned and organized, I thought I would do the desk area were the computer use to be, the baby is going to be for a few months, and maybe one day I can make it my crafting area.

Before

After

Quarter Life Crisis

I believe my husband is having one. Seriously. In January he brought home a 1978 CJ7 Jeep. Ya its a piecer. Sorry no pic....he drove it to work today. But he's been having a blast in it. I thought maybe he'd fixed his craving and we could move on. Well look at who joined our family night before last.

Bruce. Yep. A rottiwieler. Not sure about this one. Funny thing is, we had him named within the first ten minutes of having him.

This guy...Puppy....still hasn't been really named except for Puppy, he's been around for six or so months.

But our favorite is still Annabelle, even if she is almost completely blind and death. Only four and she needs lasik surgery. It's sad.

So I wonder what I'll do when I have my quarter life crisis...hmmmm...maybe I should start planning.

Christmas 2010

Well the jolly ole fat guy in a red suit came and visted our house Christmas Eve and the girls thought that it was  just plain AWESOME!! I always try to get some pictures taken, but I"m not the best. Here is the few I do have. I have some on another camera, but I'll have to wait till I get home to get it! 

Stuff from Santa

Books and Movie

Page's Stocking and gifts

Page grabbing and checking out all her toys

Daisy's stuff from Santa 

Daisy putting on all the jewlery she got in her Princess bag

Daisy putting on some of her Dress up stuff. This is what I have on the other camera all of her dress up stuff. It was defintaly the 'gift' of the year. Good thinking Nama

I have no idea what the smirk is all about. But there's my handsome husband.

Page playing in the box

Page's favorite gift. A blow up ball pit. Another great Idea Nama.

We had quite a good Christmas. We started it out at hour house and then traveled over to Koda's mom's and Dad's to eat breakfast and open gifts. (Again Pics on a different camera). Then we went home fed the cows and headed out to the Ranch to open gifts and eat lunch with my family. Also on Sunday we went to Koda's parents and had dinner with the whole family since Scott was home for the holidays. It was lots of fun...although quite noisy as you can imagine with seven grandchildren five and under. Hope you all had a great Christmas.