Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Fun Pillows

I made these for my niece over a week ago.  I used some of the fabric that I am making her quilt out of.  I am so thankful for the opportunity to serve and bless people's lives!!  I love to sew!!


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thanks Giving



I wanted to wish everyone an early Thanksgiving!  I hope that while your tummies are getting filled with yummy food, that you are also getting filled with the love of your family and friends and also of what you are thankful for.

I am most thankful for my Savior, family who loves me and puts up with me, friends who know me better than I do and love me inspite of it, for wood stoves and free wood to keep us warm especially when it is supposed to be 0 tonight!  I am thankful for our animals who are also good therapy for me, and I love Amos!!  He brings me such great joy to see him and he loves seeing me come every day and misses me when I can't.  I am grateful for cupboards and fridge and freezer filled with food, for my husbands' work both the mill and when he trains dogs, also for all the "honey do's " he does around the house for his (trying to be patient wife)...  I am grateful we get to spend Thanksgiving with sweet family and will miss those who won't be able to spend it with us.  I am thankful my sweet husband and son for finishing the shelter for Amos just in time and for friends who let us borrow the tools to do so...even though you scared me really good Mike!

I am thankful for Doctors who are trying to get me well enough to be able to function better and sleep( which is why I am up so late typing this lol) and to help me be the wife and mother I desire to be.  I am thankful for my sewing/embroidery machine that my dad got me.  I have gotten lots of use out of it!!  I just made Raelene a jean quilt which I started last night and finished the top this morning.. it is a different one than I orginally planned on doing.  I am thankful for family who will help us get it tied.  I am grateful for good health, good memories and the time that I have to be here on this Earth with my dear family whom I love more than anything!

I wish you each a very special thanksgiving this year and may you know how much we love you!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Lucky Dog!

Being in the dog training business has had some real fun benefits!  Well for Ross anyway! He has gotten a dog trailer he was able to trade training for, a really nice computer, printer/scanner/copier, gun and now he is training our Kreitn to be the back up tee dog for Boise State!  Bob got Ross a side line pass for the Fresno State Game this past Friday and Ross took Kreitn to see how he would react to the crowd.  He did awesome!  People kept coming up to him and Kreitn to get their picture taken with him!  How fun!!  I am not sure which one is the lucky dog here... he he!  But they both had a great time!  Ross even got to talk to one of the Football players Byron Hout, the one who got really hurt. 
Now all we need to do is find someone who is a good orthodontist who needs a hunting dog trained...! :)

I am so happy that Ross has this opportunity to train and have fun!  Now if things go as planned, Kreitn might be the Tee Dog for Boise State Broncos next fall!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Fall Family Fotos...

My dear sweet friend from highschool who has been staying in touch with me ( I am so happy that you are!!) took our family pictures almost 2 weeks ago.  I think she did a beautiful job!  What do you think?











Thank you Carla for sharing our precious memories with our family!  We love you guys!

Her website is httpcreativefeetphotography.blogspot.com

I hope you enjoyed sharing our family with you.  We love you all! (Family and friends!)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

First time on a Donkey!

Wahoo!  We got to ride our first donkey, Amos!!  He is very smooth, I was quite impressed.  He is such a sweetie!  I go out several times a day to visit him, he even brayed at me one time when I left.  I love visiting him... he is so cute and sweet.  It was fun and alittle nerve racking for me to ride him and yes Ross led him the first time.

Ross looks so good on him.. course he looks good no matter what!  He is such a natural and has such a gift with the animals.  I love him so much!!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Things you might not know about me...

I thought it might be fun to share with you some things you might not know about me.  And if you do then you are pretty good or I am that obvious!

1. When I get nervous I bite my lower lip.
2. I am claustrophobic... very much so
3. I only need to be air tickled.. yes I know it is pretty silly, but true!   have a certain brother in law.. won't mention any names.. Larry!  Who loves to air tickle me.  Pretty sad...
4. I broke our windshield once when Ross wouldn't stop tickling me... I warned him.. so now when he wants to tickle me in the car I have to remind him of what happened before... lol!
5. I only have broken one bone in my life... my little toe.  Right after we got married and at my first reunion I was teased by one of my brother in law's... and I tried to kick him( you would too if he tried to put a spider in your face!) and missed and kicked the bottom of a bench and broke my toe then found out I was pregnant.
6. I have been in a few wrecks in my life but only one was my fault and we didn't even collide. 
7. I have been in 2 house fires where we were watched over by angels and shouldn't have gotten out but did!
8. I have made my guardian angel worn out from trying to protect me and my family.. I am sure they will be relieved when I do make it to the other side... but I can wait!
9. If I am emotional and someone asks me if I am ok, I lose it. I can hold it in till then and I don't mean to cry.
10.  My nick name used to be called Bert... yah.. don't go there.
11.  I really have never had a nick name.. not a good one.. have always wanted one though.
12. I love to sing although I am not very good...
13. I dreamed of being a Marine Biologist so I could play with the dolphins.
14. I always wanted to marry a cowboy or someone who spoke an oriental language and ended up marrying someone who is both!
15.  I love horses but am afraid of them.. I am working on overcoming my fear.
16. Ross teases me alot about how many boyfriends I had... not something I am proud of.
17. I kissed a famous bull rider....
18. I really do have a huge heart but somtimes I am afraid to open it up and let people in... I am trying to get better about that so please don't give up on me.
19. I hiccup once when I am hungry and once when I am full... weird I know!
20 .I am still afraid of the dark...heights, spiders,
21. I won the spelling bee in 3rd grade, 2nd place in 2nd grade and 3rd place in 1st grade.
22. The 2 plates that I china painted when I was 6 years old won first and second place at the county fair.
23. I get told alot that I don't look old enough to have kids.  I have been asked if I am Jerry's sister... lol!
24. I stuck a bobby pin in the light socket when I was 3 and it shot me across the room.. yes that is what is wrong with me.. lol!
25..This you will know... how much I love my family and friends!!!

Hope you found this somewhat entertaining!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Amos the Mammoth Jack...

We are so excited to have Amos here.. well at our neighbors!  He is Ross' parents and ours.. kinda a joint custody thing here.. lol! He will spend the breeding season up at Mom and Dad's house so they can have some Mules to help them with their love of horses and yet be profitable.  He came all the way from Oklahoma and arrived here at 12:45 AM Saturday night/ Sunday morning.

He is so sweet and friendly.  He is beautiful and he brays(sp?) about the same time each morning... around 4 am and again about 8 am.  Thankfully he doesn't go on for hours.. he only does it a couple times each time and then he is done.  I love  going over and seeing him, more so for me right now so I can be more comfortable around him... I am not used to bigger animals like Ross is.  We thought we would share him with you through the pictures.  Ross wants to take some when we are riding him so I will be posting them later.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Randomness...

No rhyme nor reason... just thought it would be fun to post some random pictures.. some I might be able to bribe with when Brayden gets a little older...:)











Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Artist in Training...

Drawing runs in the family for us.  My dad is an amazing artist.  He used to etch on glass and his masterpieces turned out incredible!  My sister loves to draw as well.  I love to as well.. but unfortunately am not as good as they are.  Raelene has taken up drawing as well in school.  And boy does she have a lot of potential and is really good at it already!  I am so happy that she loves to do it which is what is important to me as well as her.  I will post more of her drawings as they come.

So if you would like her autograph before she becomes famous.. let me know... lol!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Halloween




We had a great halloween!  It was so fun to watch Brayden understand trick or treating this year and that he was so self-less and when offered more candy he only wanted to take one and made sure that he told everyone thank you.

I hope you had a good time too!