Guy, Bina, and Kayson

Lazy days in the sun...

2011-11-04T22:11:00.003-06:00

Dallie is soaking up the last warm days of fall in St George. She loves sun as much or more than me.

Visiting the Parowan Gap...

2011-11-04T22:04:00.003-06:00

We went for a ride last Saturday to the Parowan Gap. I had never heard of it before now so it was a new adventure for me. There are tons of petroglyphs on the rocks through a cut in the mountain.

Halloween...

2011-11-04T21:56:00.004-06:00

Kayson had 2 costumes to wear this year, so he dressed up 2 days in a row. The first day he was a monster...I think it looks like a character from the movie Monster Inc. I especially love the bink in the pic too. So cute.

And on the actual day of Halloween, he dressed up like a cow. The costume was so squishy on him. He loved it, but he was so tired most of the day. I was only able to capture a pic while he was napping.

New play mat...

2011-11-04T21:26:00.004-06:00

Every time we have been to Costco for the past month, Guy has wanted to buy this really cute play mat for Kayson. I didn't think he was ready for it just yet until last week...we finally bought it. And as you can see from this first pic, my dogs immediately thought it was a new toy for them. They loved it...

Then Kayson finally got his turn after the dogs...and he loved it. His favorite part is the mirror...he tries talking to the other baby in the mirror. I layed down next to him in the play mat, and he could see me in the mirror...he thought that was way cool.

He reaches up and hits the toys. It is mostly out of control flailing of his arms and legs, but he thinks that it is fun.

Nap time...

2011-10-27T16:29:00.002-06:00

I layed Kayson down for a nap while I was doing some laundry. This is what I found...

Swimming with Samantha...

2011-10-27T16:25:00.002-06:00

My sister Samantha came and stayed with me for a few days. We had fun hanging out and she was a good helper with taking care of Kayson. It was still warm enough to go swimming, so we took advantage of that. Kayson wanted to stick his feet in the water so that was fun for him.

Staheli Farm Fun...

2011-10-24T17:29:00.006-06:00

We went with friends to the staheli farm in St. George. There are a lot of things to do for kids and the friends we went with had kids just the right age. Guy thought this sign was for him to stop and pose for a picture. Nice pose Guy...we always want to see your tongue in pictures.

There was an animal petting area. Kayson got to ride his first horse there...don't tell his horses at the farm...they will be jealous. He can't wait to grow up a little bit more so that he can ride a horse with a saddle with his mom.

After being in the stroller for a while, Kayson realized that he was missing out on all the fun. So I carried him around the rest of the time. He was so curious looking around at all of the stuff. We stopped to pose at the board that you stick your heads through. We tried to stick our heads as far in as we could but it was a bit difficult. Next year he can put his head in the pumpkin at the bottom and me and Guy can be the taller ones.

And finally, we rode the wagon to the pumpkin patch. That is what I really wanted to take Kayson to and get a picture of him in the pumpkins. Most of the pumpkins are much bigger than him, but he enjoyed it anyway.

Dogs and snakes...

2011-10-17T15:25:00.003-06:00

Last weekend, Guy took us for a drive out of town in a place called the Arizona Strip. It is nothing but sand, sagebrush, and lots of dirt roads. It had rained the previous week, so Guy was dying to get out there and get some mud on his truck. We were only going to be a few hours, so I packed a cooler and the diaper bag. We headed out and drove through lots of mud and muck and the truck was looking pretty awesome with mud. We were just about to turn around and head home when Guy found a road that he had never been on. He doesn't have an Arizona map, so we just started driving on it not knowing where it was headed or how long it was. I wasn't worried because that is usually what Guy does. We drove, and drove, and drove some more. Finally Kayson was starving, so I fed him while Guy and the dogs went exploring around. They spotted an old cow corral that they wanted to drive to, so I strapped Kayson back into his seat and away we went to see the corral. We got out and were walking around when Guy stopped in his tracks and said that he could hear a rattlesnake. I ran to the truck as fast as I could because I didn't want to be near a rattler if it really was near us. As I ran to the truck, I hollered for the dogs to get in the truck with me. They followed and I helped them in, and grabbed for Guy's gun and the camera. Guy found the snake, and sure enough, it was a rattlesnake. He has been wanting to find one so that he could have the rattles. While he was shooting the snake and getting the rattles, I was putting Kayson's bink back in his mouth back at the truck. I noticed that dallie had some blood around her eye and that it was swollen up. I realized that she had been bitten by the snake. I was in immediate panic mode. Guy called the vet to see what we should do...he said get her to the emergency vet clinic as fast as we could. Well...that fastest we could ended up being 2 hours. The road was rough, it was slow going, and I had dallie wrapped up in my jacket on my lap. It seemed like forever and I really thought she wasn't going to make it. We got to the clinic and the vet was waitng for us there. He checked her over and after all was said and done, he said that she was the luckiest dog to be alive. The snake has just barely grazed her eyelid with its one fang. Her body had fought off the venom really good. She was sent home with some antibiotics.
The picture is that night when we brought her home. We wrapped her up in her fav blanket and she stayed there for a few days of resting. The swelling went away the next day and she is doing so good. I can't believe that she was bitten by a rattlesnake and lived to tell the story.

Kayson's first day of church...

2011-10-17T15:16:00.002-06:00

I think that church is a germ fest, so I have held off taking Kayson to church yet. Yesterday he turned 6 weeks old, so I decided that it was time to take him. I had a hard time deciding what babies wear to church. I know that I have seen plenty of babies at church, but I guess that I have never paid much attention to what they are wearing. I found a very cute white long sleeve onsie and some tan shorts. He looked so handsome. We tried to snap a family pic too, but babies just don't pose that well when you want them too. He was so good at church too. He loved the music...it put him to sleep. Thank you Kayson for not crying...I have this fear of a crying baby in public. I'm sure that I will get past that, but right now I leave the store the second I think that he is going to start fussing. I know...laugh. It is kind of a funny fear.

Roasting hot dogs...

2011-10-17T15:03:00.002-06:00

We loaded up the fam and headed out of town to build a fire and roast some hot dogs. Guy is always taking us somewhere new on a dirt road, and this was no exception. We drove a ways out of town and built a fire. The sun went down and it got a little chilly, so me and Kayson put on our jackets. His is a little big for him, but very cozy. We didn't get to stay too long because some weird people were being annoying, so we put out the fire and left. No hot dog roasting for us, so we stopped and McDonalds on the way home. Guy calls it camping Great Gpa Coates style. You are probably wondering what the heck that means, so here is the back story...My gpa coates goes camping, but it only takes a few hours. He has my gma cook up some hamburgers and wrap them up in tinfoil, take some drinks and a bag of chips too. Drive up on the mountain, eat the food, and drive back home. He calls that camping.

Dad's weekend project...

2011-10-17T14:54:00.001-06:00

Guy has a very long list of things that he wants to do to his truck. So this weekend, he crossed one thing of that list. He painted the inside of his grill red...but not just any old red...farmall m red. That is the same color that he painted his tractor last year. He is obsessed with that color and has big plans to put a flat bed on his truck and get pin stripes of red to match. When he gets the other stuff done, I will post more pics of the finished product.

Helping mom plant flowers...

2011-10-17T13:30:00.003-06:00

Mom has had flowers on the back porch waiting to be planted for about a week now. She finally had some time to plant them, so I hung out with the weiner dogs on ground. They shared my blanket with me. I just layed there watching mom play in the dirt and make the back porch pretty with flowers. I love being outside.

Spike kept wanting to play with his toys. I can't wait to get bigger so I can throw his toys and pull his ears and chase him around the yard. He doesn't know it yet, but we are going to be best friends and have so much fun together.

Some of the flowers that mom planted and notice Spikes toys in the background.

More pretty flowers...

I think I have had enough pictures for one day. Will someone just hold me amd love me???

1 month old...

2011-10-05T14:37:00.002-06:00

Kayson is now a month old, and we have learned alot in that time. But looking back, it has gone by pretty fast. My mom gave him this halloween outfit and he couldn't wait til halloween to wear it, so we at least waited til October.

Strong neck...

2011-10-05T14:28:00.002-06:00

Kayson loves to hang out with dad on the couch, and dad's way of holding him is like this...

He is getting such a strong neck. He is facing the big sliding glass window and loves to look outside. He can see his dogs playing out there and can't wait til he can play out there with them.

BBQing...

2011-10-05T14:16:00.004-06:00

We love when Guy cooks, because he is so creative and it tastes great too...and I don't have to cook, just help. We made steaks, veggie kabobs, and pineapple shrimp kabobs. It was too much food, but it was delicious and fun.

Here is the cook himself...
Dallie was hanging out in the kitchen in hopes of a morsel of food hitting the floor. She looks a little disappointed.

And and angry baby in his swing while mom and dad were cooking. I swear that he knows when we are about to sit down and eat. He can be content and having a good time and then he starts crying, but its not just crying, it is screaming. So then he sucks on his binki very madly. Its kind of funny.

First Day Trip with Kayson...

2011-10-05T13:51:00.002-06:00

Guy was getting stir crazy and wanted to go out for a drive on a dirt road. The day was nice and we packed up Kayson, the dogs, and a picnic basket of food. We left the house early in the morning and were gone all day. It was nice to get out, but definately a learning experience with a baby.
We found this really cool rock and decided that we needed to take a family pic by it. I held Kayson while Guy set the timer on the camera and ran into the pic. It didn't work out how we thought, but it is a funny picture. If you look at Kayson's head, you will see Guy's hand trying to turn it toward the camera. What a good memory...this was when Kayson was only 2 weeks old. And he loves riding in dad's truck because he drives fast.

Hanging out...

2011-09-16T19:33:00.002-06:00

Spike decided that he needs to protect "his" baby. He goes everywhere that Kayson goes, sleeps everywhere that Kayson sleeps, and follows me around when I am holding him. Spike doesn't get much sleep cause he has to keep at least one eye on him at all times. One thing that Spike can't figure out is that we won't let him have any of Kayson's toys.

Kayson loves Nascar too, but his favorite thing is napping through it...just like mom and dad do. And as you can see, Spike is here keeping an eye on him too.

Kayson Guy Whalen...

2011-09-05T11:49:00.002-06:00

Kayson Guy Whalen was born on Sunday September 4. He is 8 lbs 8 oz and 21 inches long. We are so happy that is he finally here, and he is so cute. He is a happy baby and we have had lots of family and visitors to pass him around to. He loves to be held and especially loves mom to hold him because she has the food. We feel very blessed.

No baby yet...

2011-09-01T13:06:00.002-06:00

So Monday, August 29th came and went with no baby still. After 40 weeks, you would think that this baby would be ready to come out and play, but no. We decided that he must be too comfy in there and not want to come out. I had my last dr. appointment yesterday and nothing had changed from the week before. I am still dilated to a 2 and only having a few contractions, nothing that is going to make this baby come out. So the dr. scheduled me to be induced on September 6th. On the instructions, it says that they will call early in the morning to have us come in, but then it also says that it could be later if they are busy. So I don't know much more than that, but at least I can have my bag packed. And my dr. left to go out of town today and won't be back for 10 days, so his nurse midwife will be the one to deliver my baby. I am a little disappointed that my dr. will be out of town, but the midwife is very nice and so I guess that is just how it will have to be.

Tarantula

2011-08-25T14:12:00.002-06:00

Last night I was laying in bed and had a thought to run out to the garage and get some jam out of the freezer for breakfast. I was in bare feet and didn't think twice about it and went into the garage. I caught a glimpse of a huge spider on the ground about 2 feet from the door. That was all I needed to see...I slammed the door and ran all the way back into the bedroom and jumped into bed. Guy said, "Wow...I have never seen a pregnant woman move so fast in my life." Spiders freak me out, and especially tarantula's that are this big. Guy wanted to catch it in tupperware and take it to work to put on someone's desk so that is why it is in this container. The dogs were pretty scared of it and were hunting for more around the yard. I hope that I don't see anymore in our garage, but I think we probably will since we live in the desert. I just really hope that I don't see and scorpions. I hate creepy crawly things like this...

I almost forgot...

2011-08-25T14:04:00.003-06:00

Well, I almost forgot that I haven't posted about this yet...we are expecting our first baby any day now. My official due date is August 29, so only a few days left. It is a boy and we couldn't be more excited. We found out in December, so sorry about the delay but I obviously haven't kept up with the whole blogging scene. And we still haven't officially decided on a name...I know its crazy to be this close and not still have a name, but we will get it figured out.
I had these big plans to do a belly pic every week or at least every couple of weeks, but that didn't really happen either. I only have a few pics of my prego belly, but they are on the computer that isn't unpacked yet, so you have another post to look forward to of belly pics.

Moved to STG

2011-08-25T13:53:00.002-06:00

After Guy graduated from USU, we started throwing around the idea of moving back to STG. We couldn't decide what to do so I started watching the job board through my job to see if any jobs came available at the Dixie Hospital. In April, my exact job was posted at Dixie, so I applied for a transfer. It only took a couple of days and an interview over the phone to finalize our decision to move to STG. Guy started looking around for him a job and found one shortly after me, so we were set. All we had to do was pack up our house and find a place in STG to live. Easier said than done...we moved to Guy's parents house at the beginning of June to just stay for a week or two til we could find us a place. We just couldn't find the right place for us, so we ended up staying with them for 2 months instead of a couple of weeks. It was very nice of them to let us stay, but we were glad to finally find our own place too. So we just moved into our house about 3 weeks ago, and I am still working on unpacking boxes and getting us settled in. It is nice to be back home in STG, but we are still getting used to the heat after being in Logan.

Guys Graduation

2011-08-25T13:12:00.002-06:00

In May, Guy Graduated from Utah State University. I am so proud of him for going to college. He finished with a degree in Agriculutre Mechanics with an emphasis in dealership management.

His parents and brother were able to make the trip up from STG to spend graduation day with us. Thank you so much for coming...it meant the world to Guy.

happy birthday to me...

2011-01-23T18:47:00.001-07:00

I was craving cupcakes so I made some for my birthday!

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Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T16:33:00.001-07:00

We wish you a merry christmas.

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Homework helper...

2010-12-14T22:22:00.001-07:00

I don't know why but somehow this stupid cat talked me into letting it in the house. And now its helping me study for my final.

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Happy finals week

2010-12-12T21:09:00.001-07:00

Its finals this week and I decided to kick it off with a delicious german chocolate cake. There isn't a pic of finished product yet cause its still cooling. I can't wait for this week to be over!

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Three things we did this summer...

2010-11-13T07:57:00.007-07:00

At the beginning of the summer, we went for a drive up the canyon looking for anything cool.
Guy spotted an area that kind of looked like a mine, so we got out and hiked up to it. From the bottom of the hill, it didn't look like a very far hike, but once we got started, it was a very huge and steep hill. But we kept hiking and what did we find??? A really cool old mine. We were too nervous to go inside, but there was very cold air coming out of it, so we took pics and rested. Guy was hunting around more and found the real entrance above us with a really cool wooden door. We kept hiking around and found rocks and even a deer shed. It was a very fun day.

Western Underground came to town to put on a show, so we bought tickets and went to the concert. It was a great concert, and we stuck around so long afterwards waiting in line to get an autograph that we got to take a picture with the band as well. I got my purse signed by all of them.

My dad invited us to help push cows off the mountain up Salina canyon. Guy didn't want to go, so I drug my friend Jamie along with me. We rode all day long and the weather was mostly good. It sprinkled on us a little bit, but we're tough. Lots of cows, lots of riding, and lots of food when it was over.

Texting...

2010-05-15T09:34:00.000-06:00

Is this considered texting and driving???

Emergency Room...

2010-05-13T23:30:00.002-06:00

I know that most of you don't care to see these pics, but Guy wanted me to post them. He was at work and a pry bar hit him in the head to cause this nice gash above his eye. Just so conveniently, I was at work at the hospital when this happened so I didn't have to go far to to visit him. He had to get 10 stitches, which left quite a scar.

Hiking...

2010-05-13T23:13:00.003-06:00

A few weekends ago when the weather was warm, we went for a ride up to the reservoir a few minutes from our house. The dogs were having fun and hunting for whatever they could find. Jetta tried to get Spike to swim in the river, but as you can see in the pic, he just wanted to get as far from the water as possible. The water was icy cold.

As I said earlier, the dogs were hunting everywhere along the way...and I mean everywhere. Dallie was up on the hillside going crazy and decided to come back down. She didn't come down the way that she went up...she got a little close to the edge and decided to jump. It ended up being a little bit farther than she anticipated. I can't believe that Guy actually caught the jump mid-air.

Dog Treat Thief...

2010-03-17T20:55:00.005-06:00

I bought the dogs some treats and gave them each one when I got home. I set the rest on the table and was just hanging out with Guy watching some tv. Dallie finished hers and decided that she wanted another...So she helped herself over and over again. We thought it was so funny and cute that we couldn't tell her no. Spike couldn't figure out how Dallie was getting the treats so he kept following her around and looking on the table to see where the treats were. He wasn't smart enough to jump on the table like her...watch the videos and see what happens.

Spiral Jetti...

2010-03-16T00:19:00.002-06:00

Trains at Golden Spike National Park...

2010-03-16T00:01:00.001-06:00

Hiking at Golden Spike National Park...

2010-03-15T23:56:00.001-06:00

Horse Expo...

2010-03-15T23:49:00.002-06:00

Me and my friend Jamie have been waiting for weeks to go to the Horse Expo in SLC. We printed off the schedule and planned out our day and decided to drag our husbands along with us...if only for their money. The day finally came to leave and we set off. Well...I have to say that it was mostly a disappointment. We paid 8 bucks each to get in and only stayed long enough to look at all the vendor diplays. I bought a really cute cowgirl wallet and we talked Guy into snapping our pic by the huge boots at the entrance. It snowed pretty much the whole day, but since we were highly disappointed in the main event, we made Shannon stop off at almost every western store between SLC and Logan. It was fun and we bought lots of goods. And we topped the day off with eating at Guy's current favorite restaurant...Goodwood BBQ.

Movie Night...

2010-03-15T23:43:00.002-06:00

Jessica is obsessed with Jonny Depp and somehow convinced us to go to Alice in Wonderland at a midnight showing. So this is us with our goofy 3D glasses on waiting for the show to start. And the movie was flippin' awesome. Go see!!!

More pics of Oklahoma...

2010-03-06T13:43:00.008-07:00

Spike was so tired of being in the car.

We drove through the tunnel on the freeway in Colorado.

Falisha had the Mario Kart game on Wii...we played it a bunch.

The boot hill museum is in Dodge City, Kansas. We pulled up right about closing time, so we didn't get to see as much as we wanted but that's ok. We bought matching t-shirts that say "Get the Hell out of Dodge"

We took a family pic since we were all together. That doesn't happen that often anymore.

Guy and my dad were practicing their poses for the family pic...there are no words.

Trip to Oklahoma...

2010-03-06T12:53:00.004-07:00

We drove through all of these states and on this trip I wanted to get a pic of all of the state signs to show where we were. Guy didn't want to stop for most of them, so I had to take them at 65 mphs hanging out the window. I do have to say that I caught most of them pretty good.

If you think about what states are here, you are probably wondering why there are so many...well, Guy never wants to drive the same way twice, so we had to basically make a loop on our trip. On the way out, we left Utah, drove through Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and into Oklahoma. Then on the way back we left Oklahoma, drove through Kansas, Colorado, and then into Utah.
We stopped a bunch of places to sight see cause that is what we do best...see alot of stuff and drive a bunch of miles. It took about 21 hours to drive to Falisha's place even with all our stopping. We made it in just under a day...we left at about 1 am and arrived at 8 or 9 pm that night. It was a little wild cause we saw the sun rise and set and still had to drive more miles.

I like road trips, but next time I think we will fly because it seems like the road trip never ends and them you have to turn around and make it back home.
We took the two little dogs with us and they were so good on the way out, but on the way back they knew it was going to be a long drive. They were up and down and all around the car. I was so ready to get them home and have a break. We ended up getting a hotel in Colorado so that the dogs could have a break from the car and I could have a break from them. We took them to a Petsmart doggie run and let them play for a few hours. It was a good break...

New Semester...

2010-01-19T22:17:00.003-07:00

Well the spring semester is in full swing and I have so much homework to get done. That's school for ya though. I am taking a leadership class this semester, which I am enjoying so much, and we had to take a personality test. I posted the results up at the top of my page, so check them out and let me know what you think. We have to take the test again in one week, so I will be posting those results up soon. It doesn't tell you what the letters stand for, so I will tell you. E is for extroverted, S is for sensing, F is for feeling, and J is for judging.

Finals week is over...

2009-12-11T22:20:00.002-07:00

I am so glad that finals week is over. I didn't get a chance to post about what we did for the Thanksgiving holiday this year. Falisha invited us out to her house and we were lucky enough to be able to go. My mom and dad made the trek out to her house too, so we were all together for the big feast. We snapped a quick pic of all of us while were out there. I have plenty more pics of the trip since we drove...which I don't think I will willingly do ever again. It took almost 20 hours to get there. Later this week I will post the pics from our trip...

Holidays...

2009-11-24T10:46:00.003-07:00

Holidays have a way of bring the "flu" around to just about everyone. I have been so careful to keep up on my vitamins and get the flu shot and lysol wipe my desk at work everyday and wash my hands and all the "precautions" we are told to do so that we don't spread the germs. And here it is one day before we are supposed to leave for Oklahoma and I come down with laryngitis and bronchitis. I can't talk, and when I can talk, I am coughing my head off. I'm trying to finish up school projects and pack and get all the last minute arrangements made for all the animals, but all I really want to do is get in bed with a bottle of cough syrup and a box of tissues and sleep through Thanksgiving. Thank goodness I have an awesome manager who sent me home the minute that she heard my voice, or lack of voice, so I don't have work to worry about for a week. Now that I have vented about my woes of life, I really am excited to eat lots of food for Thanksgiving. And see my family that I haven't seen for a few months at least and some of them a while longer than that. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

Halloween stuff...

2009-11-19T00:07:00.001-07:00

I know that this is a few days late, but better late than never. We went to Frightmares at Lagoon on Halloween night and had a blast. We invited our friends that live just down the street to go with us. I thought that it was going to be freezing so we packed sweaters, gloves, coats, and scarves but it really wasn't that bad. We ended up just wearing our sweatshirts.

The lines were not long at all, so we rode every ride at least twice. Guy and Shannon wouldn't ride the Wild Mouse with me and Jamie so we rode it by ourselves.

We couldn't pass up getting cotton candy. And we were pretending to be "Lady and the Tramp", but with cotton candy.

This is what Guy dressed up for Halloween as. I didn't get a picture of my shirt close up, but that was my whole costume. It was a glow in the dark picture of a skeleton walking a skeleton weiner dog. It was so cute.

Work Halloween party...

2009-10-30T21:34:00.002-06:00

We had a little Halloween party at work on Wednesday...yeah a few days early, but it was fun. Everyone brought treats and we ate and ate all day. This is a pic of the girls and one boy that work during the day.

And here are the few of us that work during the evening. Happy Halloween!!!

Guy's new toy...

2009-10-30T21:22:00.000-06:00

Guy has been obsessively looking on ksl and auto trader for a new truck. Well, not exactly new, but new to him. He found a black one that he really wanted, and that was a great price, but when he called, the owner had just sold it the day before. So he kept looking and looking and found one in Heber. So we went there for a day trip today to check it out. First we had to fill our bellies with delicious food from Granny's. My boss at work highly recommended it and now I highly recommend it too. Don't leave Heber without eating there.

Then off to the house where the new truck lived. We took it for a test drive, and Guy looked it over and even had to put it in 4-wheel drive just in case. It passed the test and we bought it.

This is a very happy boy driving his new toy.

On the way back to Logan from Heber we passed this rock formation on the side of the highway. It is called Devil's Slide, and I think it is crazy looking. So we jumped off the highway just long enough to snap a pic.

New Heater...

2009-10-30T21:20:00.002-06:00

So we bought a space heater to go in our room because it is so flippin' cold up here in Logan. We really love it, but I think that Dallie loves it way more than us. This is where she lays 24/7, except when she is outside or beating Spike up. But even then, she doesn't hardly let the heater out of her site.

Snow day and dogs...

2009-10-27T12:12:00.003-06:00

My dogs love to look out the upstairs window to see if anything is in their yard. This morning Jessica was in the way but that didn't stop them from looking out the window.

It snowed at our house last night. Not very much, but enough to make it way colder than I would like it to be.

Dallie is looking outside and telling me that she doesn't want to go out there.

Jessica did her nails in the theme Corpse Bride. I think or maybe it is Nightmare Before Christmas, well either way it took her a long time.

Date Night...

2009-10-26T23:11:00.002-06:00

Sorry that these pics are so dark, I had some couple that we didn't know take these pics and apparently the flash wasn't on. So I didn't notice until it was too late that the pics turned out bad. Anyways, if you are wondering why I posted the same pic twice on this post, then look a little closer.

Look at Guy if you still haven't figured it out. He had his sunglasses on for the first pic. What a punk...so we had to take a second one.

We have been going out on Saturday nights with this couple we met in our ward and we have had so much fun. They like alot of the same things that we do, so we get along really well. Thanks for being our friends you two. We ate at the Texas Roadhouse, which just barely opened up here a few weeks ago. It was really packed with people in there and the food was delicious. Before we went to eat, we tried going to a haunted house, but couldn't find it, so we just ate instead.

Apple Pie...

2009-10-26T23:07:00.002-06:00

I forgot to put a pic of my apple pie that I made. It was so good that I had to put 3 pics up to show how good it was. Enjoy!!!

Apple Making Weekend...

2009-10-26T22:57:00.001-06:00

My neighbor has a few apple tree's in her backyard and has been giving me the wormy apples to feed to my horses (which they love). Then the other day she said that she wasn't going to have any time to put up the good apples that she picked and asked if I wanted them. Well at first I was thinking that I don't have any time either, but then I thought, well they are FREE. So I got all my stuff together and went to work washing and peeling and coring and cooking and stirring and filling and cleaning.

And bottling and peeling and cleaning and coring and cooking and filling and on and on an on. I couldn't believe how much work it was to make this stuff.

I was sure glad that my friend down the street let me borrow this apple peeler and corer. It was so handy.

I made many bottles of apple pie filling and I even bought a crust and made a pie during all this bottling action going on. It was so delicious.

And of course, we tried our hand at applesauce too. It turned out way good, but kind of thick. I still have apples that need to be made into something, but I'm not sure if I want to go through all that work again.

A little late...

2009-09-19T10:32:00.002-06:00

I am a little late, but it was our anniversary on the 15th. We were both busy with school, but Guy found some time in the middle of the day to take me to lunch. Thanks dude...also he gave me the cutest cowgirl belt and a mane brush for my horses. Just what I was needing. Now for the good part...brace yourself, and Guy will probably be so mad that I posted this, but oh well. I got him a wok for our anniversary...yeah a wok. He loves cooking and when I saw it, I couldn't resist getting it for him.

First week of school...

2009-08-28T00:24:00.001-06:00

Well, we are almost through the first week of school and we are still barely alive. I'll update you more later.

You are looking at the new girls camp director...

2009-08-18T21:04:00.003-06:00

Well I don't really know where to start cause there are alot of details to this story, but the short version is....I'm the camp director for our ward. I know...I was thinking the same things. 1) I'm too young...2) I don't have enough time...3) I already have a calling...4)Do I really know how to do this...and on and on. So anyway tonight we had our first certification activity to finish up certification for this years camp and kind of get started on the right foot for next summer. I was in such a rush and kind of stressed today so I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pics. But next time the young women better watch out cause they are so my next blog victims. My husband, dogs, and yard are about sick of being blogged about. So anyway....we made a fire, and yes it actually started up just fine. While the fire was burning down a bit, we did skits about the YW values and they were absolutely hilarious. The girls were so creative with all of the props that I brought for them to use. Then we roasted marshmellows and talked about all the yummy desserts that are fun to make around the campfire. We had a little more daylight, so we played the cup game with our water cups. And if you don't know what that is, then obviously your girlscamp days weren't as fun as mine. I need more ideas and to be reminded of all of the stuff that we did at girls camp that made it fun, so give me all your idea's people...

Novel (sorry)

2009-08-14T23:39:00.003-06:00

I haven't had any time to update for a while cause I have been so busy with life in general that it really hasn't even crossed my mind. We finally talked our landlord into letting us use the horse corrals in the back of the property...yeah they didn't want us to use them cause our horses would destroy the weeds that were growing in the corrals. Can you tell that they aren't really horse people. Anyway...we brought up Minnie and Ellie to live with us for a while. They love it so far, and Guy is actually riding with me pretty much every day. Minnie takes good care of him and is teaching him lots of stuff. Guy is finally getting riding lessons out of me, and I do have to say that I don't really think that I am that great of a teacher. It kind of sounds like this: "Guy: How do you get the horse to trot? Sabrina: Just cluck at her." Like Guy even knows how to sit in the saddle or even stop for that matter. Oh well, he seems to be having fun and it is great to have someone to ride with once in a while. He does keep my horse in shape...kind of. I have started Ellie into my barrel racing training program...if I can even call it that. Sounds good anyway, so she is doing so great. Last year when I worked her on the barrels, it didn't really go that well. She would get crazy and throw a fit and basically stop working at all. To say the least, I was frustrated at the end of the summer last year cause she wasn't getting what I was trying to teach her. So this summer, I started her slow on the barrels cause I didn't want to run into any fights or jams. She is doing so much better, I kind of think that she is being able to handle it better cause she is more mature. I can show her something and she wants to learn more and actually try to do what it is that I want her to do. Okay, now that you are bored to death with that, I will bore you more and tell you about my garden. At the beginning of every summer, and even before that, I get bigger and better plans in my head about how I want my garden to be. Well this summer was like all the rest, except bigger. I love growing a garden and think its all great and dandy until weeds start taking over. Yeah, the weeds have been extremely bad this year and I have not been able to stay on top of them. Oh well...maybe next year. Also there has been a particular bug that has been very annoying to me. I can do spiders and grasshoppers...but not earwigs. I hate earwigs and they have been so bad this year. Not only in my garden, but in my house. Guy sprayed for them a couple weeks ago and it got better, but I still see a few every now and then. The grossest(if that is even a real word) earwig thing that has happened to me was the other day. I got a cup out of the cupboard and went to the fridge to get ice to put in the cup. I pushed the cup under the ice dispenser and out came ice and any earwig. That was almost the last straw for me. I am drinking bottled water now because I don't want to have another earwig incident until I forget about it. Now onto the really great part about having a garden...I always have fresh produce. I have been making hashbrowns straight from the garden pretty much every morning for the past couple of weeks. Today I bottled up some green beans and I hope they turn out good cause I have way more green beans on my bushes waiting to be picked. My peppers are getting bigger each day and I can't wait to make homemade salsa. Well, now that I written more than necessary, I will end and I promise to put more pics than words next time.

Day 3 and 4....coming home

2009-07-22T23:13:00.004-06:00

Guy was so excited to see that this sign...he was going to be able to drive fast because it was required, not because he was crazy. Then he realized that this was in Canada and meant kilometers per hour not miles per hour. So in all reality it was slower than our freeways. That's okay with me cause I would rather be a little on the slower side anyhow.

After so many hours in the car, you get a little bored. I took lots of games and puzzle books and reading books and coupons to clip, but that will only keep you entertained for so many hours. I resorted to playing with my food. Guy couldn't help but laugh and take a quick pic.

This was what Canada mostly looked like from the view out my window. Wheat fields for as far as you could see. We didn't really like not being able to see mountains. When the sun went down at about 9pm, it was light outside for a few more hours because there weren't any mountains to hide the light.

On our way back to the states, we stopped at the Cardston temple. It was so pretty...an older gentleman stopped to talk to us and point out three owls sitting in the windows of the temple. I couldn't believe it...usually it is pretty rare to see one owl let alone three together.

Yeah...finally back into our own country...Montana was beautiful. We navigated our way to Glacier National Park so that we could see some more stuff. The park wasn't too busy so we could make as many stops as we wanted to. And of course we stopped and took lots of pics. We are getting great at using our timer on the camera so that we both can be in the pics.

A little farther down, we saw a mountain goat. Everyone around us was snapping pics like crazy. I couldn't believe that people thought it was tame enough to be around. I thought that it would probably be the same way if it were a bear. The goat could have hurt someone, but that didn't matter, they were getting the best pics.

Well, we had a great time in Glacier and finally got to the end of the park. We drove a bit farther and stayed in a hotel. The next day we drove home and stopped at a museum somewhere along the way. I can't remember what city or state it was in. Oh well, we had fun looking around the old equipment and goofing around. And if you look real close, you can see that I am wearing my George Strait t-shirt that I got at the concert. I am proud of that shirt, I stood in line for an hour trying to buy it.

The main event...

2009-07-22T22:58:00.004-06:00

We still had plenty of time to kill waiting for the doors to open so we took pics of us in front of the building. We still couldn't believe that we were going to a George Strait Concert. It was awesome...

And another pic...look at all the people waiting around to get in. When we got inside, there were so many people. It is amazing how many people they can stuff into one building and still function. Also this picture makes me realize how much shorter I am than Guy...look at how much of the pic he takes up and then look at how much of the pic I take up. Huge difference...

And finally the concert started...on our tickets it said that camera's were not allowed, but once it started, everyone was snapping pics. It was one flash after another, so I whipped my camera out...if everyone else was going to break the rules, then I wasn't going to miss out on my chance to have my own pic of my favorite country singer ever.

You will probably have to stop my blog music to listen to the music on this video. Its not great, but good enough for me.

And the rest of the trip...day 2

2009-07-22T22:42:00.003-06:00

We were bored waiting for the rodeo to finally start. It seemed like forever before they opened the first gate. But it was so worth it...we loved every minute of one of the biggest rodeo's on the circuit.

I caught a snap shot of the cowboys with their hats off while they sang the Canadian National Anthem. Can't say I have ever heard that before or will ever again...The grand entry show was a huge deal and they had fireworks and queens from all over. Flags racing around the arena and then all the cowboys and cowgirls ran into the arena to form a horseshoe shape. It was really fun to watch.

After the excitement of the rodeo, we ran down to the table they had set up in front of the arena where all the winners of that days events would be signing autographs. I borrowed Guy's hat and had Stran Smith sign the brim. Guy took a pic while we posed. If anyone doesn't know who this cowboy is, then I will educate you. He is the 2008 world champion calf roper...so there you have it.

And then we had a few hours to kill before the main event...George Strait of course. So we mosied around the fair and saw lots of animals and stuff. We couldn't resist taking turns putting our faces through this silly cut out of a John Deere tractor. I think that this was meant for kids, but we are kids in grown up bodies.

It looks like Guy was a little shy about putting his face through the hole very far. Thats okay dude...you still look silly enough. Thanks for the fun day at the fair.

Our trip out of the country...day 1

2009-07-15T11:29:00.002-06:00

We hit the road early cause we had about 800 miles to go on the first day. Guy had the trip completely planned out as far as the routes we were taking went. So this was what would happen every time we stopped...out the map would come and Guy would be checking to see how many more miles we had to go.

Our first pit stop we decided to make was in Idaho. The town was Idaho Falls and the river went right through the middle of town. The falls were amazing...I couldn't believe that so much water was running through there. We wanted to hurry and just take a few pics, but we ended up spending an hour there. That's okay, we probably won't make it there again, so enjoy it while you can.

While we were there, we captured this great pic of the temple. It was awesome and I bet that it is a great view for tourists which probably attracts them to the visitors center. Later we saw post cards with this similar pic on it, but we captured it for ourselves. So we hit the road again and not even 20 minutes from here...which was almost the middle of nowhere...my car starts to cut out and act wierd. Yeah not a great thing when you are only a few hours into an 1800 mile trip. Guy was sleeping while I was driving, so I woke him up and told him what was happening, so we pulled over on an off ramp and we checked it out. Guy found that it was a short in the wiring harness, so we wiggled it around and got back on the road. It worked for about 100 miles, then started shorting out again...by this time, we had made it to Butte, Montana. So while we were getting fuel, I ran in to buy electrical tape so we could fix it a little better, but they only had duct tape. So that is what we used. But before we even got out of town, it got worse, so we turned around and headed to the Ford dealership and tried to buy a new wiring harness which wasn't going to be cheap. The didn't have one in stock, so we headed to the parts store and bought a few things including a wrench. Yeah I am married to a mechanic who has alot of tools, but decides that it isn't important to take any with when we travel. So we fix it up and get going again, but less then 60 miles out of town, it starts acting up again. We were both frustrated with what was happening, but over the course of the next couple hours, we stopped about 10 times to wiggle the wire to make it work again. Before one of the last stops, Guy had a bright idea to use his shoe lace to hold the wire over a little and see if that would work. Well, it worked about as long as not using the shoe lace. So Guy started to fiddle with the wire more, and realized that it was actually a wire next to the one we thought. So on the side of the freeway, he tore it apart and rewired the plug it went to. And.................finally it worked. We didn't have any more car problems the rest of the trip.

So we planned on getting to Canada at about 8pm, but we didn't pull into our hotel til 11pm. Thanks to the car problems, but thank goodness Guy fixed the problem. This was at the border, which was kind of scary going across. We were so far away from home and heading to a new country. There were no mountains and we could see forever in all the directions. When the sun was going down, it took forever cause there were no mountains to dip behind.

Welcome to Alberta....

Helping with 1st crop...

2009-07-05T23:51:00.005-06:00

Well, my dogs have figured out the whole traveling thing. They know when we are about to leave and they do not want to be left behind. I was in the bathroom packing up hair stuff to put in the bag, and I could hear rummaging around in the bedroom so I peaked around the corner and this is what I found...a spike dead asleep in the over-night bag. He did not want to be left behind at all so he was going to pack himself into the bag so that I couldn't forget him. What a goof.

Then we got to the farm and Samantha's kitty's had kittens since the last time we were there. They were so cute, and of course my dogs had to chase them around and tease them. The kittens would sit there and hiss at them like they were so tuff. The yellow kitten was the cutest and Guy kind of wanted to take it home, but I am so not wanting a cat. All my dogs would do all day long would be to chase it up and down the stairs. They already chase the neighbor cats up on the porch and corner it. They never grab them though cause apparently it is way funner to bark at them really close.
We were the hired hands for the weekend, and there was plenty to do...hauling hay out of the fields was the job me and guy had. Guy would load up the bales on the bale wagon, and I would guide him into the stack of hay. Dumping the load can get pretty western, but we got a handle on it.

We were taking a break from hauling hay by loving on my three favorite horses. They are all so nosey...if you look closely, you will see that Ellie(the horse on the far right) is trying to steal my gloves cause they are delicious, and Minnie(the horse in the middle) is about to lick the side of my face like a dog. And then there is Sunny eating the fence cause it is still two hours til dinner and it just might hold her over til then. They tried to talk us into accidently leaving the gate open because their gate leads right into the freshly cut hay fields. We didn't fall for their smooth talking, but maybe next time.

The most exciting summer vacation ever...

2009-06-26T00:07:00.007-06:00

Well, Guy bought me tickets to see George Strait in concert...AND I AM SO FLIPPIN' EXCITED. So now you are probably wondering where this concert is and when. It's at the Calgary Stampede...and if you don't know what that is or where it is then you are in for a suprise. It is like one of the biggest rodeo's ever and it is in Calgary Canada. Yeah, so that is in two weeks and we are headed there for the rodeo and the concert. Also, we are going to drop down into Montana and go to Glacier National Park. And I am so excited if I didn't mention that before. I have always wanted to see George in concert and now I really am going to. I can't wait and til we leave and I am probably going to drive Guy insane between now and then. It was kind of a last minute plan to do this, but I can't wait. So I called my mom to see if my dogs could spend the weekend at the farm, she said that they could but once she found out where we were headed, her and my dad wanted to jump in our luggage and go with us. Maybe next time mom and dad...thanks for keeping the spoiled dogs for us while we travel.

In my free time...

2009-06-25T23:41:00.003-06:00

Well it is summer time and I was craving some good reading, so I went to the library...where they made me pay $30 because I live too far out of town...and found some books that looked really good. So I read and read and read some more...it was raining for two weeks straight, so I didn't feel bad about neglecting my yard. If anyone is looking for some good reading, these are great, and I still have one more book to read in the series. I can't wait, but now that the sun is shining, I don't have that much time. But there is supposed to be rain in the next few days, so maybe I will get it read, but maybe not.

So I got so used to the rain, that I let some of my plants dry out too much and I don't think that they will be coming back to life anytime soon. Oh well, I'll just grow more or buy more to replace them. If they do come back to life I will be excited cause I have been growing them for a while. It was my squash starts and cucumber starts and my pumpkin starts, so I guess there goes that for my garden. Oh well...speaking of my garden, it is doing so good. Everything is growing great. The other day I was heading out to the garden, which takes quite the effort to get out there because the grass growing around the garden is pasture grass that grows up to your waist. Anyways, I was heading out there and all of a sudden I took a step and a snake slithered out from under it. I screamed and ran all the way to the garden and was creeped out the rest of the time. And my neighbor asked me if I wanted an extra pumpkin plant...I told her that I could use another one, so I thought she would bring it over later and leave it on my porch for me to plant. Well, that wasn't the case at all. I kept waiting for her to bring it over, but that didn't happen, so I just assumed that she had forgotten. Well, when I went to the garden the next day or two later, she had planted the pumpkin plant for me. But she planted it right in the middle of my corn patch. I don't think that she realized that I had planted corn there because the corn was just barely popping out of the ground. I didn't have the heart to tell her or to move the plant, so I guess that I'm going to have a pumpkin plant right in the middle of the corn. Oh well...hope it does fine.

Harvest...

2009-06-16T22:27:00.002-06:00

So these are the fruits of my labor(actually veggies of my labor). My garden is doing so awesome this year, and I have started everything in my garden from my own seeds. It was so fun and exciting to have everything grow. It took alot of work, but now I'm getting radishes and turnips. My radishes look a bit wierd, but that is what I was going for. I bought the seed packet of assorted shapes and sizes of radishes. I also bought the packet of seeds that is called watermelon radishes. I haven't seen any of those kind yet, but once I do I will definately post a pic. And in case you are wondering what I use turnips for, I don't really know, but they are pretty delicious raw and dipped in ranch.

It was too dark to take any pics of the other stuff that is growing in my garden, but I will take some tomorrow and post some more pics. My potatoes are coming so fast, and my pea patch is like a jungle. I have to get my fence up in the pea's so that they have something to crawl up. And my beans are coming great, my peppers are looking okay and my tomatoes are almost as tall as me. Okay not all of them, but I have two plants that really are almost as tall as me. I will prove it with pics and I don't have a secret to growing them, they just grew that tall and they keep on growing. I also planted some corn, but I'm not exactly sure if it is coming or not. I have never grown it, so I don't know what it looks like when it sprouts. Guess I will just have to wait and see when it gets taller. With all the rain we have had the last week and a half, the weeds are starting to get ahead of me.

Greatest Husband of the Week...

2009-06-16T22:16:00.002-06:00

Well, if you don't know what this picture is, it is an empty sink...duh. There is more to it than that. I got off work early today and all I could think about was getting outside and working in my yard and enjoying the great weather we are having today. But I have this dumb OCDness that I have to clean my house before I can go outside and feel okay about it. So I was kind of dreading going home because I knew that I had left a whole sink full of dishes and I was going to have to do them before I went outside. When I walked into the kitchen, I found this...an empty sink. I was so excited...thanks babes...love you lots and you don't know how excited I was to just be able to head outside and play with all my flowers. But that wasn't the end of the greatness of my husband today. I texted him to tell him thanks and he said that he had made food and left me some in the fridge. I opened up the door, and there was a plate of food just waiting for me to heat it up. It was like my greatest dream come true.

On our way home from the weekend...

2009-05-28T23:23:00.002-06:00

Well, a weekend on the road wouldn't be complete if we didn't do something totally spontaneous. Even though we had 5 dogs in the car and were kind of sick of driving, we saw the sign for Antelope Island and said, "Why the heck not?" It started out as an exit off the freeway to grab something to eat and have a potty break, but then it grew into an afternoon at the island. I had never been and Guy had been, but it was when he was a scout, so just a few years.

We saw all sorts of wildlife...birds, antelope, deer and our favorite, the buffalo. We almost didn't get to see these guys. We drove through the entire park and didn't see a sign of them, but then on the way out, we saw a few of them at a watering trough way up on the hill. We stopped to take some pics and then they started down the hill so we had nothing but time on our hands, so we waited to see if they would come closer. It took about 45 minutes for them to walk down the side of the hill and we waited and waited. I took about 100 pictures while we were waiting and finally they were close enough to get this great pic. It was funny cause there were birds riding on their backs.

And how could I forget about these cute things. They were so sick of riding in the car that when we got home, I couldn't get them to stop running around wildly.

Samantha's Graduation...

2009-05-28T22:51:00.004-06:00

So I can't believe that my youngest sis is graduated...that means that I'm getting older. Oh well...congratulations Samantha. We are so proud of you for making it to graduation and best of luck to you in the future.

My Grandma Gene made the drive over to support Samantha and congratulate her.

Also Kathy and her daughter McKayla came all the way from STG to come to Samantha's grad. They stayed over night and we all had a blast catching up with them.

Another huge suprise that we were keeping from Samantha was that Falisha was flying out. We were so excited to see her and Samantha had no idea. I picked Falisha up from the airport at 11 o' clock at night, so we didn't get to my mom and dad's til about 2 am. I couldn't wait for morning, so I woke Sam up as soon as we got there and she squealed with excitement. It was the best surprise ever.

Lost puppies...

2009-05-28T22:43:00.002-06:00

The other day, I couldn't find my puppies anywhere. I looked in their cage, and I looked on their blankies, and I looked under my bed, and finally I found them on the pillows between the couches. They were so worn out from playing so much. Aren't they so cute??? This week is the sad week because they are old enough to go to new homes...we already sold the tan one which was the cutest one. Tomorrow the black one is going to a new home too. The bandit one is going to be so lonely and spoiled rotten...as if they aren't already spoiled enough.

I have a lot to catch up on...

2009-05-28T22:17:00.004-06:00

A few weekends ago, we got recruited for branding weekend at the farm. It is actually our favorite thing to help with...we look forward to it every spring.

Samantha wanted to learn how to fill the syringes up with the medication, so my mom was showing her how. She did great...

And my dad did all of the branding...

Now that you have taken a double take...yes that is Guy on a horse. Us three were the cow herding crew. We had so much fun and I didn't get a picture, but Grandpa was on his four wheeler helping us round up cows.

Spike wanted to help so bad that he followed all the big dogs because he thinks that he is a big dog...don't tell him that he isnt...but after following for about an hour, he just couldn't keep up anymore. So we put him in the saddle with Guy and he loved it. So if you look close, you can see Spike.

My first daffodil blooms...

2009-05-03T22:46:00.002-06:00

I have been waiting for a while for these to bloom. My neighbors across the street have all of their bulb plants in bloom, but mine haven't hardly started. But here are the first one's and I'm so excited.

Day at the farm...

2009-05-03T22:26:00.002-06:00

We had plans to spend the day at the farm branding calves, but it rained so much that we weren't able to. We drove down anyways cause we hadn't been out of Cache Valley in a while. When the sun came out in the middle of the day, I ran outside to snap a few pic's.

Roonie thought it was so fun to chase the chickens around...my mom has a new obsession with chickens lately. This yellow rooster we call Fancy Feet cause he is so pretty and has furry feet. Leave it to my dad to name it something crazy like that.

Here are some of my m0m's new chickens. They would't get away from each other, so it looks like a pile of chickens.

And here are the baby chicks that just barely hatched. They are so little and Spike was so curious about them that he had to get in the cage and check them out.

The momma hen didn't like that Spike was checking the babies out, so she was chasing him around trying to get him out. The first time she did it, he was scared, but then he started to get brave and tease her. We had to drag him out cause he thought it was so fun.

Silly day at the park...

2009-05-03T22:09:00.002-06:00

So we decided to leave these little maggots home and go for a walk on the only sunny day this week. Dallie needed a break from being a mom, so we took her and Spike for a walk around the neighborhood.

On our walk, we made our way to the park and the dogs just loved it. The grass was so fun to run through and play in.

They ran and played...then they started to roll around and be silly. We were laughing at them and thought they were having a great time. We then realized that they were probably rolling in something...not just rolling.

So we called them over to see what they had been rolling in and so here they come. Actually just Dallie came...Spike wasn't done rolling around and being a dog.

And as you can see on Spike's back, they did roll in something. That something was other dog's poop. Ickkk...They smelled horrible and it ruined the whole fun at the park. So we walked them home and straight into the bathtub. I was laughing so hard the entire time, and Spike was whining the entire time, and Guy didn't think it was funny til after we were done bathing them. Spike pouted the rest of the day, and when we let him outside with Rhody, he kept rubbing up against her to get his dog smell back. It was pretty funny.

Cute Puppy Pics...

2009-04-25T11:44:00.002-06:00

Our garden...

2009-04-21T23:19:00.005-06:00

So I couldn't wait for the weather to finally break and get warm...so the second that it got warm enough to be outside, I was so there. It kind of started last friday, I was supposed to go to work and get some extra hours, but I just couldn't peel myself away from my lawn chair. I was busy taking pics of birds in the front yard.
And then I had to work all day on Saturday...so bummed, but as soon as I got home, I ran to my garden and got started on the planting process. It was 65 degree's...and that is so warm enough for me to get my garden started. Me and Guy worked the ground with our shovels because we haven't gotten our tiller up here yet. And then we made some furrows and went to planting. We planted more than I think we planned on, but it will be fun anyways. So here are all of the things that I have planted so far...peas, beans, turnips, beets, radishes, carrots, and onions. And I have plenty of starts in my dining room that need to be planted, but I'm not going to take any chances of them freezing because I have been growing them for like two months.

Arrival of Puppies...

2009-04-10T22:35:00.002-06:00

Well we are very excited to have our new puppies here. They are so tiny and cute. All they do is eat and sleep and cry for more milk. They were born on April 7...the first one got here at 4:30p.m., and the last one was born just after midnight. It was a long afternoon, but we made it.

Dallie needed a break away from being a new mommy, so I snuck a few pets in while she was gone. They are so cute because all they want to do is cuddle, so when Dallie isn't there, they kind of just huddle into a ball.

I caught this pic when they were so exhausted. I don't think that this puppy can get any closer to her mom.

Oh yeah, all three of them are girls, and different colors. The first one is a light tan, the second one is black and looks just like spike, and the last one is a kind of chocolatey mousy color.

Well I was feeling kind of bad that spike and Rhody were kind of being neglected, but I was busy checking a Dallie every few minutes. So they had to take care of themselves for the afternoon and into the night.

Once that I finally had a second to check on them, this was what I found. Spike had put his bed next to Rhody's and cuddled up next to her. The look on his face is so funny...its like he is saying that he doesn't need me cause he's got Rhody. Oh and could you please turn the lights off if you are going to make me stay out here with her.

Falisha's kitty cat...

2009-04-02T21:40:00.003-06:00

Falisha sent me a pic of her cat named Skits, so I thought I would post it up on my blog since she doesn't update hers very ofter. (that's okay sis...when the blogger bug hits you won't be able to peel yourself away from the comp...and everything that happens in your life, the first thought through your head will be "oh my gosh, I need a pic of that so I can update my blog") So anyway, until then I will keep on bloggin'.

Update on puppies

2009-03-31T10:24:00.002-06:00

Well I think that we are getting ready for the pups to come. This is the cage for the puppies to live in for the first little bit of their lives. We found out that she is going to be having four puppies so this will be great for them.

This is the latest belly pic.

Spike wouldn't leave us alone...he wanted his pic taken too. So you can see him in the corner of this one trying to be so cute and pose for the camera.

And another belly pic with Spike in the background...silly dogs.

Twilight Movie night...

2009-03-31T10:08:00.002-06:00

I know that this is kind of late, but me and my friend from work...Karlee...went to walmart on the night that they released the Twilight movie. We had a blast asking people to take pic's of us in all the steps of getting the movie.

This is us in front of the party place at walmart. They had t-shirts and books and other junk for Twilight.

And then we had to get a ticket so that we were guaranteed the special edition of Twilight. And it was only a dollar more to get the special edition, so we totally did it.

And finally we had our purchase in hand...headed home with Edward in hand.

Trip to the Farm...

2009-03-31T09:57:00.002-06:00

We made the trip to the farm a couple of weekends ago and my dogs absolutely loved it. The weather was great so we worked outside pretty much the whole time. I didn't take as many pics as I would have liked to, but here is what I captured.

Dallie is in love with this chair...it is just her size.

Roonie is helping fix the semi truck but had to take a rest on some coverall's. He thinks that he is such a big helper.

Dallie and Roonie love to go for a ride in the bomber farm truck. More than going for a ride, they love to hang their heads out the window to look at everything going by.

And then here I am down in the south forty furrowing the field. I had 20 acres to finish all in one day. I did get it done, but the sun was almost down.

Update...kind of

2009-03-30T09:07:00.002-06:00

I know that I haven't had any new pics up for a week or so, but I have been busy with school and work and life in general. Dallie is getting so fat and sleeping alot so that she will be ready to have her puppies. We bought a whelping cage for her to have her puppies in and to keep the puppies contained when they get here. We were worried about how small she was and maybe having complications during labor, so the vet behind our house took an x-ray of her tummy and found out that she is going to have 4 puppies. I can't believe it...we were guessing about 2, but we were definatley wrong. So she was up all night last night sick, so I think we will have puppies before the end of the week. I'll keep ya posted. Oh and Guy got called as the teachers advisor so now we both have callings that will keep us busy for sure. Guy is excited because he wanted to help with the pioneer trek this summer, so it's a done deal for sure now.

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

2009-03-17T23:18:00.001-06:00

So I don't have any pictures, but we did make corned beef and cabbage to celebrate today. Actually we made it on Sunday because we didn't think we would have enough time to do it today...which was right. Anyway...that's about all I have to share...

After the race...

2009-03-09T00:19:00.002-06:00

So after the race, we headed back to St. George but first we had to stop at the Moapa Valley of Fire gas station that sells fire works. And of course why would they being selling them if we didn't buy them. Yeah...Guy had to buy a bunch, but I do have to say that he hasn't even set them off. But that's okay...doesn't hurt my feelings any. Then we were off to St. George for reals...when we got there, we dropped by and picked Jessica up for a late night out for breakfast at Denny's. We were so hyper and insane...here is one of the pic's from the night. I'm not exactly sure what we were doing, but silly non the less.

And yet more Nascar pic's...

2009-03-09T00:16:00.002-06:00

More Nascar fun...

2009-03-09T00:10:00.001-06:00

Nascar in Vegas...

2009-03-08T23:58:00.003-06:00

Getting all decked out in our favorite driver's gear. Guy's mom bought him the jacket for Christmas, and I bought him the t-shirt for his b-day. Only thing left was to get to the race.

I think that the big trucks are Guy's favorite part...last year we got to walk around them and see them close up. But this year a picture from afar will have to do.

And then we finally arrived and had a blast. The sun was great and so was the race. Fun weekend...

Guitar Hero night...

2009-03-08T23:53:00.002-06:00

So I can't remember if I said or not, but I got Guy guitar hero for Christmas and he loved it. We played alot when we first got it, but since then, it is pretty much non existant. So now that it is Spring Break week, we broke it out and had a session and I do have to say that we were kind of rusty.

And of course front and center is Spike like always...he thinks that he is such a big helper. The concentration on their faces says it all...

Belly pictures...

2009-03-08T23:31:00.003-06:00

Don't lie...you were thinking that I was going to announce that I was pregnant and show belly pics of myself, but since that is not the case then I will show pics of my dog. Actually Dallie is the one who is expecting...so since we treat our dogs like they are our kids, then I guess that we are officially expecting grandparents...maybe. Regardless, we are excited for Dallie to have her puppies. She is due at the end of the month, so I wanted to post pics now and I will post more as she gets fatter...ummm...cuter.

Spike wanted me to take pics of him too since he was the one responsible for the baby puppies to be. So he got to be in one of them. Silly dog...

Roonie's boy-boy...

2009-02-16T23:05:00.002-07:00

After Halloween, we bought this stuffed headless horseman for Roonie. It was in the discount bucket and we thought he would like it. Well like it was an under-statement for sure...he absolutely loved it. For days he would pack it around with him, he did not want the other two dogs to even touch it. He would actually take it outside with him to pee, and to bed with him to sleep. It was very cute. So it lasted quite a while, oh yeah I forgot the best part...it had a squeaker in the middle. Roonie would sit and squeak it for hours. He loved it to death...and somehow we started calling it his boy-boy. Just barely tonight, he started destroying it. So here is the process of destruction.

An action packed weekend...

2009-02-16T22:40:00.003-07:00

Our weekend was definately packed full of fun...so don't think you are done reading after this post because there are about 4 more or maybe 5. Sunday was the Daytona 500...and in case someone doesn't know what that is, it is like the superbowl for NASCAR. It kicks off the season for us, and now all of our Sunday afternoons are going to be filled with racing. Guy roots for Dale Jr. and I root for Carl Edwards. I was really disappointed to hear that he got married about a month ago...I was really thinking that we had something going. jk But still he could have at least told me. Well the race didn't really go that great because it got rained out at like 50 laps still to go, so they just called the results as they stood right then. Bummer, cause we were so wanting a different outcome...oh well we'll take Matt Kenseth this week.

A good book...

2009-02-16T22:35:00.002-07:00

Well for Christmas, Guy bought me a book called The Host. I'm sure you have heard of it. Stephanie Meyer wrote it...you know the author of the Twilight series that we have all been obsessed with for so long. Anyway...it has been sitting on my night stand since then and I haven't had time to even open it. Well today I had some time to at least read the back cover, and it sounds pretty good. Hopefully I have some extra time soon to read it soon. And I will let you know how it is.

Diet Coke fetish...

2009-02-16T22:29:00.002-07:00

So ever since I have started classes this semester, I have started drinking diet coke. I'm not sure why...it might be because I'm up late studying, up early getting ready for class, or working at my desk at work all afternoon. It could be a combination of all those things. But whatever it may be, I have to say that I'm addicted. And thanks to whoever thought of diet coke with lime and diet coke with cherry. I couldn't keep going without it. And Guy makes fun of me everytime he see's me drinking it because I have always give him a hard time about drinking mnt. dew. That's okay...if it helps me through my homework, it's way worth it.

Pedicure...

2009-02-16T22:16:00.004-07:00

So since we had some extra time this weekend, I decided to do my nails and my toes. I haven't had any time to keep up with it, so I haven't done anything with them since like Thanksgiving...or maybe even before that. My dogs were hanging out with me upstairs and Dallie just wouldn't stay out of lap, so I decided that she probably just wanted her nails done. I painted her toe nails bright red. I don't think that she really appreciated it. And she wouldn't hold still very much, so I accidently got some on her ear...oops.
Then when I wanted to take some pics of her pretty nails, she didn't want to pose very much. She just wanted to get back to her chewy. What dog wouldn't???

Skiing at Beaver Mountain...

2009-02-16T21:47:00.004-07:00

Well for Valentines Day, we wanted to do something fun. No flowers, no chocolate, and no candlelight dinner...we decide to go on an adventure. About a month ago, we went for a ride over to Bear Lake and had alot of fun. While there, we went to the visitors center at the lookout area. Of course everywhere we go, we have to get one of each of the brochures and pamphlets. I don't know why we do it, because we have never looked at them ever again, but still we do it. One of them was for skiing at Beaver Mountain. That was the beginning of a great idea. I suggested that we go, and then came the planning. We went home and figured out what weekend was coming up that we didn't already have packed with all the other things that we love doing. It just so happened to be Valentines weekend...perfect. So we have pretty much just been looking forwards to this weekend for a while. I hadn't been skiing since I was in Young Womens and Guy hadn't been skiing since high school, and we aren't exactly young anymore, so it's been a while. I wish that I could have had my camera in hand the whole time, but it was freezing and snowing and I was trying to stay upright most of the time, oh yeah and trying to keep up with Guy. He was a speed deamon...I couldn't catch him. One time I was ahead of him, and somehow I totally crashed into the snow bank. When I looked up to see where Guy was, he was wrecked behind me. He had run into the snow bank trying not to run me over. We had a blast, but the next day, we stayed near our bed most the day because neither one of us could barely walk from being so sore.

Oh yeah...I almost forgot the best part of the pre-ski trip excitement. I heard an ad on the radio about some sporting goods store having a winter sale on gloves. We definately needed some gloves, so we dropped by a couple days before going skiing. They were having such a better sale than we thought. We found gloves, snow pants, beanies, and glasses for 60% off. It was the best score ever, so the red snow pants that I'm wearing in the pic are part of that deal...they were regularly $100 and they were on sale for $18.88. We couldn't pass it up.

2009-02-15T00:11:00.000-07:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Fancy Dinner...

2009-02-14T22:04:00.003-07:00

So for Valentines Day, Guy made us a great dinner. I didn't really know what to expect because every time that Guy gets in the kitchen, he gets a little creative. But in a good way...everything he makes it great, but usually different than anything ever before eaten. We went to the store, and bought a bunch of stuff. Guy didn't really have anything specific planned to buy and make, so we bought some random items. Asparagus was on sale, so we bought that, then we made our way around to the meat department, and fish was on sale, so we picked out some tilapia remembering a recipe that we had seen on the back of one of our jars of spices. Then we checked out and went home to the kitchen and went to work. This was the finished product and I was very impressed with it so I had to take a pic. Happy Valentines Day!

Garden...Part 2

2009-02-08T20:20:00.002-07:00

So this isn't really part of my garden, but I took a pic of it anyway. Guy got this cactus for me when we were first married. It has been through alot, but it sure has done well. It actually has a baby growing out of it.

And all good gardens take water, and lots of it. So we decided to put the plant stand next to the faucets that come out of the wall. It's like they were put there just for my garden.

We planted tomato's and peppers of all sorts in this one. Hope they will grow.

And here are all of the seeds that we bought. Yeah we might have gotten a little out of hand, but there is still snow on the ground and I so want it to be spring. It will come soon.

I'm at the library...

2009-02-05T22:12:00.003-07:00

So I'm at the library and I can't seem to finish my paper...yeah it's due in the morning and it has to be 5-6 pages. I'm only on page 4 and have run out of stuff to add. Oh well...hope I can think of something. Oh yeah...and since I needed a break, I changed my background. I can' t believe it's going to be Valentine's Day so soon, didn't January just start?

Happy Groundhog Day...

2009-02-02T22:17:00.003-07:00

Well the groundhog saw his shadow, so that means 6 more weeks of winter. No way...I'm ready for spring!!!

Go Steelers!!!

2009-02-01T17:09:00.000-07:00

Some pic's from the snow...

2009-01-28T22:23:00.004-07:00

I caught some cute pic's when we had the snow storm the other day. I just had to share them...

My winter garden...

2009-01-28T22:06:00.003-07:00

So I have been wanting to plant an herb garden, so I when I was at the store the other day I passed the garden section. Now I know that it is the middle of the winter, but they had some seeds, so I grabbed a few. In the back of our house, there is a mud room that the dogs hang out in when it is too cold to play outside. I put the flower pot in there, and planted my seeds. I didn't really think that they would sprout cause its kind of cold, but today when I went to water it, this is what I saw. Yeah now we can have a winter herb garden.

To Dayna...

2009-01-18T16:00:00.002-07:00

Ok friend...here is the blocks for your cute new baby. I wanted to be there to see your face when you opened them, but since I couldn't wait til next time to get together...then here they are. Hope you like them...and dream about them being in Jett's room. Anyway...congrats again on the new arrival and I hope that everything is going well.