I'm Cade, Tud, Tuddy Boy, Bubba SMart and I'm "free" now ...(3)

My Birthday was really on February 10th, but my family tricked me into thinking it was on Saturday Feb. 14th. That is when I had my AWESOME party!!I was so exited allll day. My nana had this really cool cake made for me with trucks and tractors.

The night before my cool party, my aunt alli and uncle "shimmy" (Jimmy) took me on my own special date. First my mom tricked me and dropped me off at Alli's work, and she cut my hair, then we went to the San Tan mall and I couldn't hold it, so I peed a little, and they bought me some cool new undees and clothes, my mom thinks that is a really funny trick for her kids to play on aunties and nana's. You pee and then you get some cute new clothes!!After that, we ate at Jimmy Rockets. THEN....we went to build a bear, and I made this...MC BETTY!! He is a great dog.

ALL of my cool friends came..Van and Ashley....Frank....Raygan....and lots of fun cousins. I had a blast!! I am so happy to be "Free"

This is my AUNT Lindsay and my Uncle Matt. They think I'm wierd, but they play with me and always take me to have fun times. They are sooo fun during the summer, we have lots of swim parties.

This is my Cousin or my mom's cousin NICOLE she is the best person to EVER invite to your bday party, because she made this really cool book all about me. COWBOY CADE. It had lots of fun picutres of me. I think she is so nice. I wish my mom made me cool stuff like that. O'well at least I have Nicloe. She hooks me up!! The little girl is one of her daughters Kylee. She is fun and soo cute!!

Thank You so much for coming to my party!! Thanks for helping with my party!! Sorry my mom took so long to put this on her computer!!

LOVE, CADE EMMETT SMART

THIS POST IS ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT I AM CATCHING UP

JOSH BROUGHT A HUGE LOAD OF HAY IN A FEW WEEKS AGO. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 180 BAILS. HERE SOME PIC'S I TOOK WHILE THEY ALL UNLOADED IT....

THIS IS FRANCIS. OR PAPA CLOUDT (CLEWT) AS THE KIDS CALL HIM. HE HAS BEEN THERE ALL WINTER LION HUNTING.


HERE THEY ARE UNLOADING THERE IS CHRISTIAN CLOUDT, FRANCIS, BRADY, AND JOSH. JOHN WAS THERE TOO, BUT I THINK HE WAS HAVING A FULL BLOWN ASTHMA ATTACK AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

HERE IS BRADY....

OH, HERE HE IS AGAIN....

THEN WE HAD TO GO RESCUE THIS BABY STEER. HE WAS LYING ON A ROCK AND HADN'T MOVED ALL NIGHT. WE LOADED HIM IN THE RANGER AND WE HAVE BEEN NURSING HIM BACK TO HEALTH. HE IS DOING JUST GREAT. HE COULDN'T WALK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

OK. HERE IS ME THIS WEEKEND. JOSH BROUGHT THIS HORSE DUNNY UP TO THE HOUSE, HE HAD PUT MY NEW SADDLE ON HIM AND TOLD ME TO RIDE HIM. I WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE THIS HORSE HADN'T BEEN RIDDEN IN LIKE 8 WEEKS, AND WE HAVE BEEN FEEDING HIM THIS CRAZY EQUINE FOOD SO HE WILL PUT ON A BUNCH OF WEIGHT. SO I FIGURED HE WAS REALLY "HOT" WHICH MEANS REALLY HYPER FROM THE GRAIN. JOSH SAID OH NO HE'S FINE. SO I RODE HIM AROUND. THEN CADE WANTED ON SO I RODE HIM AROUND AGAIN. THEN HE BLEW UP AND STARTED BUCKING WITH US. I HELD ON AND PULLED HIS HEAD TO THE SIDE REALLY HARD, AND JOSH CAME RUNNING TO THE RESCUE. WE WERE OK. AND CADE THINKS I AM THE GREATEST BUCKING HORSE RIDING MOM IN THE WHOLE WORLD!! HE SAID LIKE 30 MINUTES LATER. "BUT MAMA YOU DID GOOD, ONLY YOU FORGOT TO PUT YOUR HAND IN THE AIR AND SAY OK I'M READY BOYS, I'M READY BOYS!" SO FUNNY!!

YESTERDAY, I CAME HOME AND THIS WAS ON THE FRONT DOOR FROM KALLIE... (SHE'S REALLY INTO VALENTINES DAY)....

TRANSLATION: (HEART)TINES DAY IS FUN. YOU GET ALONG FOR (HEART)TINES DAY. DON'T BE MEAN TO ANYONE.

AND HERE IS KID ROCK AND HER DAD......SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE KID ROCK WITH HER RAG A MUFFIN HAIR WHEN IT ISN'T DONE!

HERE IS THE COW WE RESCUED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. JOSH WAS WORKING WITH HIS PUPPIES TRAINING THEM TO BE COW DOGS, AND COLTON DECIDED TO RIDE IT. I THOUGHT I RECORDED IT, BUT I NEVER PRESSED THE BUTTON. IT WAS GREAT!! HE DID SO GOOD!!

OK THIS IS MY WEIRD KID COLTON. HE PUT IS ALMOST NEW $40 DOLLAR CINCH PANTS ON THE FIRE PLACE TO WARM THEM UP BEFORE HE WORE THEM LAST WEEK. THEN WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL HE HAD A MAJOR KNEE BLOW OUT. HE SAID HE JUST KNEELED DOWN AND THEY BLEW OUT, WELL AFTER SOME CLOSE INVESTIGATION, HE HAD SCORCHED THEM AND BASICALLY BURNT THEM. SO HE CUT THEM INTO SHORTS WHILE THEY WERE STILL ON HIS BODY. HE CUT THEM SO SHORT THE POCKETS HANG OUT. WE TOLD HIM NOT TO WORRY, BRADY HAS SEVERAL PAIRS OF WRANGLERS LIKE THIS, HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A TYPICAL LENGTH OF CUT OFF SWIMMING SHORTS. AND DON'T ASK ME ABOUT THE ROPE ON HIS ANKLE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.....BUT HE HAS ALL OF THE CUT OFF PARTS HE SAYS HE'S SAVING THEM FOR NANA TO SEW IT ALL BACK TOGETHER..

BIRDIE HAS AN OBSESSION WITH MY HAND CREAM...NEED I SAY MORE....

OK........I think I can do this!!

Thanks to this BIG BROWN truck, and a really super nice driver (I hope)...I CAN do this!!! I stopped our UPS man today to ask him if UPS would deliver to me way out in the middle of nowhere on our Ranch. He said that they deliver ANYWHERE!!! So I can still shop online, and still have my wonderful mother in law send me huge packages of everything we left there over the weekend! It is all Good! I am moving!

Crossroads

If you know us very well, you know that we always have a few tricks up our sleeves. We are at a crossraod in our lives once again!...

A few years ago, We moved from Linden to Vernon. We bought 30 acres sold 10, kept 20 and lived in this house...........

THEN..we sold that house. We had just finished a spec home in Linden so we moved here......................

In the mean time, we bought The Haystack Ranch, and the ecomomy went from bad to worse. So now, we are going to move here................

Eventhough we have mad alot of life changing decisions in the past 4 years, one thing has always been constant. It is the fact that with each move or decision we have made, we have fasted, prayed and attended the Temple, as we were making these choices for our family. We have been very comfortable with the answers we have recieved and in one way or another the peices have fallen into place or the doors have been opened or shut...About 9 months ago we were praying and fasting about moving to Florence. We thought we had it all figured out. In our minds we thought it was a great idea. We even had some people that wanted to buy our house in Linden. At the LAST and I mean LAST minute, that fell through and we felt so much peace and relief. We knew we should stay in Linden. Lately, we have been missing our daddy way to much. We have been away from Josh for long enough.

We have been so blessed to have the ranch. It has been such a blessing to our family. We have made wonderful friends. Friends that have always been our friends that come and see us and support us. And New friends!!

We have been blessed with work..Not like we are a custom to, and not in Show Low, but we have been thankful for what work we have had. We are so exited to be together as a family. If Josh has a job in the valley, we can all pile in and go with him. The kids are so happy about it, and we feel good. We have to make an addtition to the main house at the ranch and make a big pantry, get satelite internet to make it possible for us to home school, among a few other things. But we are so exited. It will be an adventure, it will make us so close, it will keep our family together, and we will always have the memories. It isn't forever. Unless it is forever? We don't know. We think it will be for a couple of years.

Besides, who wouldn't want to do this everyday???

We have realized that a big fancy house doesn't do it, money doesn't do it, what people think of you isn't important because they really don't have a clue. They just want to think someone's life is worse than their's. But what does do it, is a supportive family, good, true , friends. And most the relationship you have and foster with Heavenly Father. We know these things have happened for a reason. We are so happy that we have eachother. So come visit us it's an open invitation. My kids are going to need LOTS of social interaction, so they aren't weird home schooled kids. Just be aware that what used to be this........May now be looking more like this.......

SO....If you know anyone who wants to rent or lease a nice 2500 sq ft home in Linden, AZ just let us know!!!

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT....

Where do I begin? First of all I haven't blogged for so long because wehave been gone since the 18th. Also, I lost my camera. Washed my camera in my jacket pocket. Found my camera. AND IT STILL WORKS!! Only buy Kodak if you are mildly retarded like me and don't check your pockets before washing stuff!!

So we left the Thursday before Christmas break, it was a snow day so we just decided get out of town a little early. We spent Thursday through Monday at the Ranch, then Kallie, Khloe, Cade and I went to the valley. Josh and Cade came down Christmas Eve. We had a great Christmas. (see below):

For Christmas, Josh had me a new saddle built. This is a big deal for Josh-because usually Josh goes to Buckle ,Tilly's, and Tiffany's on Christmas Eve, drops like $1500 and has his sisters wrap everything. VERY nice and thoughtful, but nothing like him actually planning ahead, and putting alot of thought into it. He even smuggled/embesseled money slowly and over a long period of time so I wouldn't notice. It is so awesome. Rick Pearce built it. It has a full Ostrich Quill seat and the prettiest stamping with tons of flowers and it is sooo beautiful Thank you so much babe!!

Colton got Plammers (a ranch/cowboy tool), plammer holder for his saddle, a leather working kit, and a new camera, and his favorite thing...the day before Christmas he was there to see his first lion. This is the second lion taken since Thanksgiving!! Anytime one of these Beef eaters gets caught it is great for us!!


Another big highlight on Christmas Eve was BB GUNS FOR EVERYONE!! Even Cade. Aunt Alli came home and showed Uncle Jimmy these nice cute books she had bought the kids for Christmas. He said "return those that is the gayest present I have ever seen." Uncle Jimmy then proceeded to go to the nearest Bass Pro Shop and came home with a sawed off red rider for Cade, a full size big BB gun for Colton, and a Pink BB gun for Kallie. The funniest thing was what Cade said he opened up the gun and was so surprised he said "HOLY CRAP I FREAKIN LOVE THIS PRESENT!!!" They have been having so much fun killing birds at the ranch. And we were late to school today because Colton had to shoot a bird he saw on the power line. We are so hillbilly.

Kallie- got a barbie house and kitchen, some really cute new boots and lots of fun other stuff. But Kallie's CHristmas highlight was to be able to stay with her Aunt Ashley, and Nana, and Aunt Alli for the week after Christmas when we went to the ranch. She got so much new stuff, she went to my Cousin Nicole's house and made tons of new hair bows, a bird house and had a blast. She got to go to my Aunt Marilyn's and get in on some of her "best pantry for grandkids" action. She has 3 shelves stocked with totes labeled and full of every snack/treat imaginable to a person under the age of 12. It blew her little mind and she is still talking about it. She had so much fun going with aunt Alli to As You Wish and spending the night with her and Jimmy. She had fun making me a butter dish and she also made her dog Jewels a bone. I haven't seen it yet, but she said she made her a ceramic bone. I asked how she spelled Jewels, because I didn't know if she knew how. She said "yes I do I spelled in J O O L S" so cute. Our friends Brady and Jessica also had their twins on New Years Day. Kallie enjoyed visiting Jessica before and after the babies.

Cade got this backhoe he has wanted for like 6 months. I am so happy to not have to print a picture out every morning of this backhoe any more. He had a great time for Christmas and lots of fun on his pony "snickers" at the ranch.

Birdie got a new pony and some realllly cute clothes!!

We had such a fun Christmas and New Years was so fun. We went to John Griffins (the ranch below us) and we ate and danced and had so much fun. Then we came back to out ranch at about 11:30 and danced and then ate some chicken and potatoes and squash at 3 in the morning. It was so fun, but I am wayyyy to on=ld for that crap. I took 2 naps the next day. We hope everyone had a great holiday!! Hopefully, I won't take a month to post again.

I LOVE MY DINNER GROUP!! And other stuff...

About 3 months ago myself , and 3 friends started a dinner group. One of us makes dinner one night a week-Monday thru Thursday. My day is Monday. I make dinner and deliver it to the 3 other families, and I am done for the week. In return, I get a nice, hot, wonderful meal with a side dish, and sometimes a dessert-brought in the rest of the week. At first we all were a little sceptical. We figured we would just give it a shot. WE ALL LOVE IT!! It is also WAY cheaper for groceries. I only have to buy dinner for one night of groceries, and Sunday when I shop. (Friday is date night, Saturday is leftovers or something easy) We also have a ton of left overs for lunches the next day or the weekend. We love it, and everything has been really good. I get 4 meals emailed to me by the 25th of the month and I make up a calender/menu so that we aren't having a week with 4 nights of enchiladas or something crazy like that. I organize the menu so that it flows well and email it back to everyone. It is great and it has really simplified my life. So get a few friends together and try it out!!

P.S.....

Josh and I just got back on Sunday night from Vegas. We went to the NFR (National Finals Rodeo). We also went to the cowboy Christmas and 2 other HUGE shopping shows. It was soo fun. The NFR was so cool in real life. We danced til 2AM, slept in, shopped, ate, and went to the NFR at night. SO fun it will definitely be a new tradition (sorry Tracy, and my in-laws) But thanks so much for bbsitting and loving my kids!! I took my camera, but it I only took about 4 pictures. (Amazing the lack of interest in photo taking when I don't have any of my 4 cute kids around!) And in all 4 Josh isn't looking AT ALL!!

You can't see very well but this is the arena during the opening act on Saturday night. REBA was there and sang the National Anthem. It was great!

When I got home, I found these Clay pot soldiers!! My mother in law watched all 4 kids, didn't sleep at all both nights, but still managed to make these from scratch-with the help of all the kids!! I was so exited. She has a set and I just love them. THANKS SO MUCH NANA!!