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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

JOURNALING THE "SMART" ANIMALS OF 2008

OK HERE WE GO....so if you know us, you know we go through amimals like underwear. I have been thinking back over all the dogs this year. It started out with a fun trip to Texas where we bought- for $500, 2 catahoula puppies. PETE and Junior. (not pictured) these dogs must have been bred way to tight, because they were seriously retarded. You couldn't come within 10 feet of them, ever. Pete wound up missing when we came from the valley one weekend, and Junior stayed with our old house because we couldn't catch him. Tell was also a nice border collie that stayed with the Vernon house. Also not pictured were the hounds that didn't make it through 2008-..Punkin a great lion dog, got killed by a lion this year. Ellish was killed by a bear, Poe hung himself, Naturita died having puppies, Shack Nasty died of old age, Cobb got killed by a snake, and Bones a bear dog: was traded for Belle -a lion dog..


Then I bought Josh 2 nice cow dogs for his Birthday, Miss B and Tap He really liked them, until someone told him they thought their mama was a chow, then he gave them away.



Next, we got Ben from David, one of Josh's moms neighbors, he is a cow dog see below. We had him until last week. He really annoys the neighborhood, so Josh took him to the ranch. 2 days after that we got a call from a lady who found him at SENECA!! He was headed home..she has him and said she will return him next week when she comes back this way. She lives in Tucson





Then there was Black Betty Bilamdilam. Finally, Kallie got her own dog. She loved black betty. According to Kallie was the best dog ever!! Until I ran her over on accident -taking the babysitter home one night. The next day at church she gave me this note:



Translation: it is all right (are rit) that you run over my dog. Love you



This is Milo #1. We found him at the ranch, and told Cade that if he would not have any accidents, he could take him home-which is a major stretch for me because I HATE CATS!! He had about 5 accidents that weekend, so we didn't bring Milo #1 home, and the next time we went to the ranch, he was no where to be found.





This is OTIS he is a Black Mouth Curr that came from the church ranch in Florida. As far as I know to date, this dog is alive and well, at the ranch with Josh for the week. The dog in the background is Chewy, our main cow dog at the ranch.







EVERYONE KNOWS ROXY... she has been our dog for almost 8 years. Allison gave her to Colton his first Christmas. About 2 weeks ago, she came up missing. We are so sad. She was the best dog. We think she has either been hit by a car, or got in a fight with a coyote. She wouldn't go or stay with a stranger. We love her. SHe always made us feel so safe and protected. And she was a freak about finding and killing mice. But she hated Cats more than me.








Since Roxy is gone, 2 things happened.. Colton got a new dog named Sammy a girl, she is the same kind of dog that Pate was- he was our dog for along time, about 9 years. Josh had him from just a puppy-a girl gave him the dog to ask him to prom, and he died about 4 years ago, from kidney failure. When he was a puppy, he got parvo, Josh's dad gave him a blessing and he lived. He went everywhere with Josh. One time he stole the mexican workers lunch at the job. The guy freaked out, and Pate came back having convulsions. Josh took him to the vet and he had to get his stomach pumped, because he had swallowed over an ounce of cocaine that the guy had in his lunch bag!! He would make his way from Josh's house (lindsay and warner) to Brady's house (greenfield and elliot) everytime Josh left him at home, and didn't take him. anyway- he was 1/2 queensland heeler and 1/2 austrailian shepard, and that is what Sammy is

I got a free cat at Kmart last week for Kallie to make up for killing Black Betty, hehis name is Milo #2 and hopefully he will kill the mice since Roxy is gone.







Thursday, September 11, 2008

2 of my favorite things to see Josh do........

I watched him do this week..........


Monday we got a babysitter (thanks Kaylyn) and we left all 4 kids and went to the ranch!! We were so exited because this is the first time in 10 months we have been alone!! We have been talking about being able to ride (for more than just a couple of hours), since we got the ranch. So we were really exited. And I figured it was as good a time as any to wean KHLOE... (WroNG!!) We got there Monday, things were great. We got up really early Tuesday and rode. One of my favorite things to see Josh do... RIDE




He got all the fences, it was so nice!! See it was finally getting light. By this time I was NOT glad I had left Birdie at home. My boobs felt like they were going to explode, and I cried twice because I missed her. BUT IT WAS FUN!!








So it is now Thursday, I am feeling a little bit better! Birdie slept all night in her crib, and I was taking Josh some water this morning, and realized that I love watching Josh
pour concrete... I know I am really wierd...but I always try to time it to be there when he is pouring out, because he gets all pumped up when the truck comes, and starts acting funny. I know it probably doesn't make sense to anyone else, but I just thought about it today when I saw him. I am so glad to have a nice husband who works hard, loves and honors his family, and wants to be with us more than anyone else in the world !!(Also, he is gone to the ranch for the rest of the week, and he won't know that I did this post about him, or he might not love me so much any more for embarrassing him!!)









Sunday, September 7, 2008

MAYBE WE ARE TOO ALL AMERICAN.......

SATURDAY

Was so fun. FIRST....We got up, got the house cleaned, went to Colton's Football game, then went to Brady and Jessicas(i forgot my camera for both of those events). But we got pizza, did the zip line, caught crawdads, castrated 2 bull calves, Colton rode a calf, Brady got everyone turkey feathers from his turkeys. And Cade got to keep the 1 egg of the day from the chickens. I took pictures with Jessicas camera, so when she sends them to me I will post them.. It was a blast!!



SECOND.....We headed over to the Watson's for Pauls birthday party. He wanted to have a pig ride and cake. AND that is exactly what went down. Here is Colton, Ben, Paul, Daisy, and Kallie riding or watching the festivities!!











NEXT... we showered and headed out to this pretty girls wedding reception....




We ate a great bbq dinner, and then we DANCED, and DANCED,



AND DANCED ......



AND DANCED .......
AND DANCED.....


AND DANCED.....



AND DANCED .......



AND DANCED SOME MORE ....




Notice that Cade is missing in most of these pictures?? WELL.. Josh was over talking to this guy. They were having a great conversation, and the guy pointed to Cade (not knowing he was Josh's kid) and said "Hey you see this kid?- This dude has jacked like 40 cups of lemonade and has been pouring them in this pile of dirt until now he has a huge lemonade mud puddle, and then he's been playing in it"!! he was totally laughing. THEN Josh said "are you serious? Thats MY kid!!" This guy started DYING laughing!!! Look at the pictures of his hands the next morning and his shirt from the party below!!


THEN we went to Brady's- watched the last of the UFC fight

LAST we drove home and this is what was found in the back of the suburban when we pulled in the driveway.

















These are what fingers look like after a hard night of lemonade mud pie making....






Friday, September 5, 2008

OCD????

OK- So anyone who knows me knows I am kind of border line OCD- but only on some issues*, I have my clothes color cordinated in my closet, I try to have the laundry done always-I get my car cleaned, or clean it myself every Monday, and I am a LIST MAKER. I make a list for everything. This may seem annoying to some people, but it comes in really handy-especially for meals. First of all I HATE CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST. My kids hardly ever have cereal for breakfast- When they do get to have it, they think it's great!! I make my menu and make the shopping list. I only go to the store once. It saves so much time and money. And I need to save time these days-especially when I have 2 kids that take up one whole shopping cart. I try to go when Josh can babysit. Shopping trips alone are like GOLD to me, so i try to only do it once..So this is what I do...

(you may have to double click to see it)

After awhile, you will have a few months of planned meals to rotate., along with the shopping list!!But after a year, you will have a whole years worth. I still add new recipes. I have a folder of planned meals which makes it easy to shop and plan ahead..

* i am however really easy going about letting my kids play in the dirt, helping me in the kitchen, and making play messes IF THEY ARE CLEANED UP DIRECTLY!!

HERE IS BIRDIE ENJOYING DINNER LAST NIGHT!!!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Better Late THan Never....

We were out of town on our anniversary. We were at the Ranch. ....It sounds lame, but I was a good sport because I thought about all the things we did last year without a nursing baby...we went to Portland for 4 days, Mexico for 5 days, Cruised the Carribean, Cruised the Bahamas, and went to Georgia - So I pretty much knew that I wouldn't be going to Womens's Conference and my Anniversary was going to be low key this year due to a cute little nursing baby girl. ANYWAY we were gone and I don't want to miss this post for my book, so I am making up for it now.


HAPPY 9th ANNIVERSARY TO US.....




Josh and I were married on July 10, 1999. We had the funnest wedding ever!! So many friends, so much fun, so much DANCING in the RAIN!!

















On October 18,2003- We were sealed in the temple.


We've been married for 9 years this year. We have a great life. We are so thankful for the fun times we have had, the memories we have made together, and the children we have been lucky enough to have. We are so thankful for the gospel in our lives. We LOVE our family and we are so thankful we are together FOREVER!!!

ALL AMERICAN BOY....AND WEEKEND

This weekend started out with no school Friday. It was great!! We got the house done early. NANA and Grandpa Smart came up on Friday. We went to Colton's FOOTBALL game on Saturday. They won- but I think it was more stressful for JOSH than Colton. Isn't he soo cute. I can't believe how big he is. Chip and Hallie came also. It was fun.





















































THEN we headed for the ranch-of course. Our friend Dave Kriser came with 2 of his 4 kids, his wife was having a spa weekend with some friends- WAY to go DAVE.. you have it figured out. And I think Dave was probably suggesting that Josh do that for me after I yelled at them both yesterday...ps SORRY DAVE!!





Here they are wrestling and playing around. Noah and Jacob were such nice boys and they were VERY funny. Noah was playing a card game with my mother in law who he called grandma- she was singing songs. She asked Noah if his favorite song was I Hope They Call Me On A Mission, and she started to sing it. He stopped her and said "NO WAY...my favorite song is (and he sang) DON"T YOU WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME" SO funny!!! He also survived getting attacked by yellow jackets that morning.






















Then Monday we ended the weekend with the Watson's, Ashley, and Mindy coming up. Josh bucked and bucked Colton's little mule buttercup who hasn't been ridden in a year, and then Colton got on him. We all watched like it was a rodeo, and had a great barbeque!!! Here is a video of Colton working the mule after Josh did...