I have to say how proud I am of Clay this year! He has completely turned around academically from last year. I believe it has a lot to do with the fact that he has a great teacher that is nice and likes him, therefore Clay tries hard to please her and so far it has worked for him! He has 4 A's, 5 B's and 1 C. The C was in math because he didn't turn in a worksheet, interesting how that 1 turned his average to a C, but he is doing great! I am so proud and want him to feel encouraged to keep up the hard work! He usually gets his homework done first thing when he gets home. He still doesn't like to read, so that is our challenge with him, but eventually he will get it that books are very interesting..
Clay has a lot of privileges, he gets to go boating, snowmobiling, hunting, riding 4 wheelers, has a cell phone. He knows that he has to try hard and do well in school in order to keep all of those privileges. So far, so good!
Clay loves to be rough and tough and act like such a boy, but he is really kind hearted. Our elderly neighbor and Clay have become great friends. Clay goes over and hangs out with Mr. Green, listens to his stories, learns how to tie knots and lately has been going over every night to help him feed his cows. I think it is so sweet, and he refers to him as Mr. Green. If Clay can't go help he wants to call to let him know he can't come. I think it is just so respectable for him to want to help.
Michayla was the only student in her class to get all S+'s. Her teacher said that she doesn't typically give Satisfactory + to any students, but Michayla does so well with all of her assignments, and is always willing and able to help anyone if they don't understand, reads above and beyond her grade level, so she felt it was appropriate. I am a very proud momma these days! Michayla loves to write, read chapter books and is of course always a little helper.
I really like the school's that the kids are going to this year, not that the other schools were really bad, but they have great teachers, activities and school functions.
I expect great things for my kids this year!
More to come: Halloween..
Friday, October 31, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Getting the job done..
Our weekend started early Friday afternoon, and we have so much that is changing in our lives that it really shows me how much God is watching after my family.
Anyone who works in the Construction industry knows what a whirl wind it has been this year. Mick went to work for a company called Willtran/JBBJ this past Jan. He really likes working there. He was sent to Crouch to work and when the business up there couldn't get all the funding they pulled Mick out and brought him back down here to the valley. There were rumors that layoffs were on the horizon and of course Mick went into his "how to take care of my family" mode. He did some calling around and toyed with the idea of going out of state for work. Eventually deciding that he would go to Colorado at the beginning of Nov to work with my brother. He quit working there to do 2 weeks of sprinkler blowouts before going, JBBJ did not want to see Mick go. He was well liked there, they told them they were bidding on the new private prison and if they got it they would call him. Well, Wed night when Mick got home from picking the kids up Dan from JBBJ was here waiting at our house and wasn't leaving until Mick agreed to come back to work. They had gotten the winning bid and were going to start work within the next week. After thinking how scarce work is in the valley and how he really didn't want to be away from us this winter, he took his job back and will be starting work on Monday. I am relived, I didn't really want to be running our household all by myself. Not that I couldn't do it by myself, but it's a lot of work with all of the animals we have and having to have the kids somewhere else after school when I work late, it just works out so much better, and I am just excited to keep him here!!! Thank you lord for listening and answering my prayers..
On to the rest of the weekend:
Firday after getting off work at 1, Mick brought the kids to me and we went and picked up Clay's 2 new pairs of glasses. He hadn't been wearing them since school got out before summer and the other day, said that he needed to get them again. So we got an awesome deal for two pairs and once again, he looks adorable. He has a weird perscription, he is near sighted in one eye and far sighted in the other. So, he will always have to wear glasses/contacts, hopefully when he is older he can have the lasic surgery and not have to worry about that through his young adult years.
Michayla has been so excited since hearing about the HSM 3 coming out. So as a surprise I took her to see it Friday afternoon. We invited one of her very best friends: Kayla, and her mom Christina. The girls are just a month apart in age and they get a long really well. Christina and her husband Shawn have so much in common with Mick and I, it's kind of scary.
They both met in High School and started dating at 16 just like Mick and I. They were married young and had Kayla shortly after. They are awesome friends. The moved up here from California about 4-5 yrs ago and we just love hanging out with them. Here they are being silly after the movie.
Sat I had to work, and Mick, Clay and my dad along with Tessa, went to Parma to duck hunt again. I went to dinner with Laura and then met up with some of our other friends for drinks. It is great hanging out with her. I can't wait till they get their house bought so that we can be at eachother's house more often!
Sunday has been a relaxing day, just hanging out around the house. We went to my sister's house around 3 to carve pumpkins and have dinner. It was fun to watch the kids put their hands in the pumpkins and hear their reactions.
All I remember is hearing Ash say, "oh my gosh, eww gross." She is so funny! After her little pumpkin was all cleaned out, she started putting all the gunk back into it. She is a seriously funny little monkey!
Wew, I have had a lot to say for this post. This week, Clay and Michayla have their Parent Teacher Conferences. I am very much anticipating Clay's. All of his papers he's brought home have all been A's & B's this year, so I am excited to see what his grades are! Michayla is such an over achiever. She has always done well. I can't wait to hear what good things are going on with her! I'll be updating I am sure!
Anyone who works in the Construction industry knows what a whirl wind it has been this year. Mick went to work for a company called Willtran/JBBJ this past Jan. He really likes working there. He was sent to Crouch to work and when the business up there couldn't get all the funding they pulled Mick out and brought him back down here to the valley. There were rumors that layoffs were on the horizon and of course Mick went into his "how to take care of my family" mode. He did some calling around and toyed with the idea of going out of state for work. Eventually deciding that he would go to Colorado at the beginning of Nov to work with my brother. He quit working there to do 2 weeks of sprinkler blowouts before going, JBBJ did not want to see Mick go. He was well liked there, they told them they were bidding on the new private prison and if they got it they would call him. Well, Wed night when Mick got home from picking the kids up Dan from JBBJ was here waiting at our house and wasn't leaving until Mick agreed to come back to work. They had gotten the winning bid and were going to start work within the next week. After thinking how scarce work is in the valley and how he really didn't want to be away from us this winter, he took his job back and will be starting work on Monday. I am relived, I didn't really want to be running our household all by myself. Not that I couldn't do it by myself, but it's a lot of work with all of the animals we have and having to have the kids somewhere else after school when I work late, it just works out so much better, and I am just excited to keep him here!!! Thank you lord for listening and answering my prayers..
On to the rest of the weekend:
Firday after getting off work at 1, Mick brought the kids to me and we went and picked up Clay's 2 new pairs of glasses. He hadn't been wearing them since school got out before summer and the other day, said that he needed to get them again. So we got an awesome deal for two pairs and once again, he looks adorable. He has a weird perscription, he is near sighted in one eye and far sighted in the other. So, he will always have to wear glasses/contacts, hopefully when he is older he can have the lasic surgery and not have to worry about that through his young adult years.
Michayla has been so excited since hearing about the HSM 3 coming out. So as a surprise I took her to see it Friday afternoon. We invited one of her very best friends: Kayla, and her mom Christina. The girls are just a month apart in age and they get a long really well. Christina and her husband Shawn have so much in common with Mick and I, it's kind of scary.
They both met in High School and started dating at 16 just like Mick and I. They were married young and had Kayla shortly after. They are awesome friends. The moved up here from California about 4-5 yrs ago and we just love hanging out with them. Here they are being silly after the movie.Sat I had to work, and Mick, Clay and my dad along with Tessa, went to Parma to duck hunt again. I went to dinner with Laura and then met up with some of our other friends for drinks. It is great hanging out with her. I can't wait till they get their house bought so that we can be at eachother's house more often!
Sunday has been a relaxing day, just hanging out around the house. We went to my sister's house around 3 to carve pumpkins and have dinner. It was fun to watch the kids put their hands in the pumpkins and hear their reactions.
All I remember is hearing Ash say, "oh my gosh, eww gross." She is so funny! After her little pumpkin was all cleaned out, she started putting all the gunk back into it. She is a seriously funny little monkey!Wew, I have had a lot to say for this post. This week, Clay and Michayla have their Parent Teacher Conferences. I am very much anticipating Clay's. All of his papers he's brought home have all been A's & B's this year, so I am excited to see what his grades are! Michayla is such an over achiever. She has always done well. I can't wait to hear what good things are going on with her! I'll be updating I am sure!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Another great Craigslist find..
Two posts in one day, I promise it's good. :)
Before we moved here, I had a western couch that I bought from RC Willey just sitting in the garage. Thinking that I wouldn't ever need it again, I sold it, very cheap I might add during one of our garage sales.
After we moved in here I was bummed because we had 2 living rooms, the main living room got our furniture and flat screen TV. While the other got the old TV and no furniture. That is where the kids always watch TV and have been asking if we are going to get furniture for them to sit on instead of the floor.
I have been scouring Craigslist for a nice couch at a reasonable price, and well, I happened upon it today!
I was so excited to see that it was just like my old couch from RC Willey, and BONUS it had a chair and ottoman with it. The only bummer was it was in Mtn Home, Oh well, I called her and she told me where she lived. So the kids and I loaded up in the truck and were off to Mtn. Home.
Very very reasonable price, I almost felt bad that she was practically giving them away, because I know how much they cost brand new. The bottom mesh stuff is ripped open, but oh well we just cut it off, after the picture was taken of course. But it's in great condition otherwise, the color isn't faded on the couch and chair, it is a little on the ottoman, but I once again think I found another great Craigslist find!!! I wonder how we were able to find such great deals before Craigslist? We probably didn't.. :0)
Before we moved here, I had a western couch that I bought from RC Willey just sitting in the garage. Thinking that I wouldn't ever need it again, I sold it, very cheap I might add during one of our garage sales.
After we moved in here I was bummed because we had 2 living rooms, the main living room got our furniture and flat screen TV. While the other got the old TV and no furniture. That is where the kids always watch TV and have been asking if we are going to get furniture for them to sit on instead of the floor.
I have been scouring Craigslist for a nice couch at a reasonable price, and well, I happened upon it today!
I was so excited to see that it was just like my old couch from RC Willey, and BONUS it had a chair and ottoman with it. The only bummer was it was in Mtn Home, Oh well, I called her and she told me where she lived. So the kids and I loaded up in the truck and were off to Mtn. Home.
Very very reasonable price, I almost felt bad that she was practically giving them away, because I know how much they cost brand new. The bottom mesh stuff is ripped open, but oh well we just cut it off, after the picture was taken of course. But it's in great condition otherwise, the color isn't faded on the couch and chair, it is a little on the ottoman, but I once again think I found another great Craigslist find!!! I wonder how we were able to find such great deals before Craigslist? We probably didn't.. :0)
A weekend full of pictures...
We had a great weekend. I was off on Friday, so I ran around with Mick while he is doing his sprinkler blow-outs. Honestly, not the most exciting time riding around in a truck all day, but it was nice to hang out with Mick, go to lunch and just talk to eachother about things that we can't normally because the kids are near. It is so interesting that kids are like little sponges, they listen to everything that you say, and then when the time is just right, they repeat it to anyone. I know that all of you parents know exactly what I am talking about. And my kids know how to spell every word, so we can't use that old trick, so we usually wait till after they have gone to bed to talk about the important things..
Firday evening we went to the Linder Farms pumpkin patch, we have done this w/ my sister and her family, we enjoy it. The pumpkins weren't as good as I thought from last year, but we managed to find 4 that suited us just fine. This is the only picture I got before my camera batteries died, good thing Amanda got some better one's.
Sat I worked, which I don't mind working on Sat, they are such easy laid back days, don't get me wrong, they are very busy, but their aren't any surgerys so that makes the day so much easier.. Mick did a few sprinkler blowouts then came home to do some yard work around here. I forgot how nice the yard looks when it is mowed.. We visited Mick's folk's then came home.
Sunday Mick and Clay went hunting, Sis went to church with my sister and I sat with my Grannie at the Rehab Facility she is in. She looks great! I am so glad that she has pulled out of all this ok. She's not 100%, still has problems eating a lot, is getting fed through a stint in her stomach, and can't walk without help. BUT, she is on the road to recovery. I hope that she gets her strength back so that she can have Thanksgiving dinner with us next month. I enjoyed sitting with her, we talked about dogs, recipies, kids, grandpa, and then I got her out of that stuffy ol' room and we strolled the halls in her wheel chair. I'm praying for you Grannie, you can do it, I know you can... Mick and Clay got done hunting and stopped by to see Grannie, then we met up w/ Amanda to get Michayla back and headed home.
It was such a nice day that I had to get the horse out and ride. The kids weren't able to ride the other day when I rode, but they were up on the fence anticipating the opportunity to get to ride. Goldie is an awesome horse, you can do anything on her. She has such a soft mouth to her that you just pick up the reins and she will move anyway you want her to. I love riding her! Here's a few pictures:
Michayla took the one of me, she didn't know how to zoom out, so it's not the best. Mick and Clay went with my friend Billy to get hay. We just did some clean up in the barn and house and then did the never ending laundry and baths before the school week started again.
I took some pictures of the pigs, they are growing so fast. Wilbur is the bigger one and Charlotte is Amanda/Jason & my mom/dad's pig.. Aren't they cute...
I can't wait for next spring/summer. Michayla will be old enough to be in 4H, and she is expressing that she wants to show sheep, and they are so much easier than when I showed that I don't have a problem with it. Clay will show a pig again, I think at both Fairs this year.. Can't wait.
Well I didn't get to vaccum yesterday so I better get on it. Have a great week!!
Firday evening we went to the Linder Farms pumpkin patch, we have done this w/ my sister and her family, we enjoy it. The pumpkins weren't as good as I thought from last year, but we managed to find 4 that suited us just fine. This is the only picture I got before my camera batteries died, good thing Amanda got some better one's.
Sat I worked, which I don't mind working on Sat, they are such easy laid back days, don't get me wrong, they are very busy, but their aren't any surgerys so that makes the day so much easier.. Mick did a few sprinkler blowouts then came home to do some yard work around here. I forgot how nice the yard looks when it is mowed.. We visited Mick's folk's then came home.
Sunday Mick and Clay went hunting, Sis went to church with my sister and I sat with my Grannie at the Rehab Facility she is in. She looks great! I am so glad that she has pulled out of all this ok. She's not 100%, still has problems eating a lot, is getting fed through a stint in her stomach, and can't walk without help. BUT, she is on the road to recovery. I hope that she gets her strength back so that she can have Thanksgiving dinner with us next month. I enjoyed sitting with her, we talked about dogs, recipies, kids, grandpa, and then I got her out of that stuffy ol' room and we strolled the halls in her wheel chair. I'm praying for you Grannie, you can do it, I know you can... Mick and Clay got done hunting and stopped by to see Grannie, then we met up w/ Amanda to get Michayla back and headed home.
It was such a nice day that I had to get the horse out and ride. The kids weren't able to ride the other day when I rode, but they were up on the fence anticipating the opportunity to get to ride. Goldie is an awesome horse, you can do anything on her. She has such a soft mouth to her that you just pick up the reins and she will move anyway you want her to. I love riding her! Here's a few pictures:
Michayla took the one of me, she didn't know how to zoom out, so it's not the best. Mick and Clay went with my friend Billy to get hay. We just did some clean up in the barn and house and then did the never ending laundry and baths before the school week started again.
I took some pictures of the pigs, they are growing so fast. Wilbur is the bigger one and Charlotte is Amanda/Jason & my mom/dad's pig.. Aren't they cute...
I can't wait for next spring/summer. Michayla will be old enough to be in 4H, and she is expressing that she wants to show sheep, and they are so much easier than when I showed that I don't have a problem with it. Clay will show a pig again, I think at both Fairs this year.. Can't wait.
Well I didn't get to vaccum yesterday so I better get on it. Have a great week!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Duck Fajitas and flies... not together of course...
We had a great weekend. Mick, Clay, my dad and Tessa had a great hunt on Sat morning. They shot 7 ducks. Clay shot 1 duck and what he thought was a Quail but ended up being a tweety bird, oh well atleast he shot it. The camera that I gave them didn't work, and I totally forgot to take a picture of them with their earnings when we got home. Mick said Tessa did awesome and he can't wait to go again, so much easier when you have a dog to swim after the birds than yourself.
Friday night after work we went and picked up my wedding ring from Jarrods. I dropped it off to have the prongs around my solitaire redone, they were looking a little worn and I am always affraid of losing it. It's once again beautiful!! Then we went to dinner at JB's, it's been a while since we had eaten out.
Sat I took the truck and got the monthly maintenance done, change oil, rotate/balance tires and a good washing. Sis and I met my mom at the Rehab Facility where my Grannie is. It's here in Meridian, so it's going to be real easy to go and visit. She looks good, and is getting better. She just needs a little drive behind her to get her out of there!
We went back and picked Mick up from hunting and headed home to do some much needed cleaning inside and out. My vacuum belt had been broken for a week and there was all sorts of wood chips and dirt all over the entry, so I needed to vacuum like crazy, and then there was the Barn. My horse Goldie for some reason likes to poop inside the barn instead of in the run outside. So everyday I have a wheelbarrow full to get out of there. Then we needed to fix the feeder for the pigs and just do some clean up outside before the really bad weather hits. The flies around our place are just feroucious, I can't stand them. They hang out on the screen door ready to fly into the back porch when you open the door. Anyone else annoyed with them like me?? I swear we killed 10 yesterday... I wish it would hurry up and really freeze to get rid of them for good.
Sunday I went to lunch with my best pal Laura. We had such an awesome day together. We always have fun, she knows me inside and out and we are just able to talk freely about anything and everything. We went to the mall to buy some much needed makeup from Macy's. I love hanging out with that girl. Her and Zach are looking at buying a house, so we went house hunting yesterday. She wants a house remotely close to me for when she has that baby one day, I can be close to help her and I am sure babysitting is in the mix too..
I came home to Mick making Fajitas with his Duck meat. Oh my gosh, it was delicious! He soaked it in some Teryiaki marinate and it really just tasted like elk or chicken, couldn't even taste the difference. Once again, Mick did a great job of cooking!
This morning I dropped Mick off to get the air compressor and start that thing he does in the fall of blowing out sprinklers. He has about 500 contracted residence he is doing them for this year through his contacts and his buddy George. If you need yours done, just let me know, I'll pass the info onto him.
Have a great week~
Friday night after work we went and picked up my wedding ring from Jarrods. I dropped it off to have the prongs around my solitaire redone, they were looking a little worn and I am always affraid of losing it. It's once again beautiful!! Then we went to dinner at JB's, it's been a while since we had eaten out.
Sat I took the truck and got the monthly maintenance done, change oil, rotate/balance tires and a good washing. Sis and I met my mom at the Rehab Facility where my Grannie is. It's here in Meridian, so it's going to be real easy to go and visit. She looks good, and is getting better. She just needs a little drive behind her to get her out of there!
We went back and picked Mick up from hunting and headed home to do some much needed cleaning inside and out. My vacuum belt had been broken for a week and there was all sorts of wood chips and dirt all over the entry, so I needed to vacuum like crazy, and then there was the Barn. My horse Goldie for some reason likes to poop inside the barn instead of in the run outside. So everyday I have a wheelbarrow full to get out of there. Then we needed to fix the feeder for the pigs and just do some clean up outside before the really bad weather hits. The flies around our place are just feroucious, I can't stand them. They hang out on the screen door ready to fly into the back porch when you open the door. Anyone else annoyed with them like me?? I swear we killed 10 yesterday... I wish it would hurry up and really freeze to get rid of them for good.
Sunday I went to lunch with my best pal Laura. We had such an awesome day together. We always have fun, she knows me inside and out and we are just able to talk freely about anything and everything. We went to the mall to buy some much needed makeup from Macy's. I love hanging out with that girl. Her and Zach are looking at buying a house, so we went house hunting yesterday. She wants a house remotely close to me for when she has that baby one day, I can be close to help her and I am sure babysitting is in the mix too..
I came home to Mick making Fajitas with his Duck meat. Oh my gosh, it was delicious! He soaked it in some Teryiaki marinate and it really just tasted like elk or chicken, couldn't even taste the difference. Once again, Mick did a great job of cooking!
This morning I dropped Mick off to get the air compressor and start that thing he does in the fall of blowing out sprinklers. He has about 500 contracted residence he is doing them for this year through his contacts and his buddy George. If you need yours done, just let me know, I'll pass the info onto him.
Have a great week~
Saturday, October 11, 2008
It's what time??
It is so funny, Mick was really excited to go hunting this morning. And as I sit here typing it's 5am! What? I find it interesting, I ask Mick the night before, "Do you have everything together so you aren't waking me up in the morning to ask me some dumb question like where your socks are?" Of course he always answers that with, "Oh yea, it's all together, I am good." When in reality we all know that can never be true. Where would these guys be without their wives? They would stink, be dirty and have holes in their socks & underwear.. :)
So as I am laying there, I hear him whisper, "Hey Annie, where's my wool socks?" I sit up look at the clock and it says 4:45 AM, ahh, there goes sleeping in! Of course whenever Mick can't find anything he says it's because I have put it somewhere and haven't told him where.. He's just too funny! I of course know exactly where his socks are, not that I wear them but I remember where he put them the day we moved in here, along with most of the other things he put some place saying he'll know right where he put it when it comes to looking for it in the future, yea right... He's very forgetful...
Anyhow they load up the truck and are excited to be gettin' on the road! I gave them my old camera to take pictures with, which I hope they get some good one's. Clay is a little oblivious to exactly what entails this hunting trip, but he thinks he's a little big for his britches. It's going to be cold, rainy, wet and honestly I am glad I didn't go on this first outing. They have made a blind on this pond that they are hunting and I think are taking the heater to sit around. I hope Tess works really well for Mick today, but we are all expecting her to be a little nervous being her first day of the actual shooting!!
Can't wait! I'll see if they take any pictures that I might be able to post in the next few days..
**Just a question? Do people read your blog anonymously? I have always wanted to just ask, if you read about my families life, why not add me to yours and I'll add you to mine.. I know there are some people out there reading mine, but don't want me to know? Well I hope we are interesting to you, would be more than happy to add you even if we don't speak on regular terms!!! You know who you are!! :)
So as I am laying there, I hear him whisper, "Hey Annie, where's my wool socks?" I sit up look at the clock and it says 4:45 AM, ahh, there goes sleeping in! Of course whenever Mick can't find anything he says it's because I have put it somewhere and haven't told him where.. He's just too funny! I of course know exactly where his socks are, not that I wear them but I remember where he put them the day we moved in here, along with most of the other things he put some place saying he'll know right where he put it when it comes to looking for it in the future, yea right... He's very forgetful...
Anyhow they load up the truck and are excited to be gettin' on the road! I gave them my old camera to take pictures with, which I hope they get some good one's. Clay is a little oblivious to exactly what entails this hunting trip, but he thinks he's a little big for his britches. It's going to be cold, rainy, wet and honestly I am glad I didn't go on this first outing. They have made a blind on this pond that they are hunting and I think are taking the heater to sit around. I hope Tess works really well for Mick today, but we are all expecting her to be a little nervous being her first day of the actual shooting!!
Can't wait! I'll see if they take any pictures that I might be able to post in the next few days..
**Just a question? Do people read your blog anonymously? I have always wanted to just ask, if you read about my families life, why not add me to yours and I'll add you to mine.. I know there are some people out there reading mine, but don't want me to know? Well I hope we are interesting to you, would be more than happy to add you even if we don't speak on regular terms!!! You know who you are!! :)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Changes...
So much is changing, can you believe that just 9 days ago it was 80 degrees and now it's not even getting to 65... I love the change of weather, the leaves changing, all of the colors changing. Mick loves living here because we have a wood stove and he gets to use his new chainsaw I bought him for father's day/birthday to cut up wood. I love the smell of a wood burning stove!
Last week Clay had hunters Ed, and had his gun shoot Friday. He passed with flying colors. Sat both Mick and I had to work, so the kids went to my folk's house. Sis and my mom went to see my grandma at the hospital, while Clay and my dad went bird hunting outside of Horsehoe Bend. Clay shot 2 or 3 quail, but then decided that he and Canyon would have a little fun and roll down a hill and he lost them out of the back of his hunting vest. Oh well, Duck/Goose opens this Sat and he, Mick,Tessa and a few other guys are going.. I love the fact that Mick & Clay have such a close bond. You rarely ever see Mick w/out Clay right there wanting to be included in everything that Mick is doing. Sometimes they act more like brother's than father/son.
Tessa is such a different dog, it's like night and day. She heals right at your leg, when you stop she stops and sits, she's retrieveing like crazy. I am so happy for Mick that she is going to do really well this year. Here's a few pictures from practicing this week:
She is such a pretty girl! We are so glad that we have had the time to spend with her to ensure she continues to behave properly. I would just hate to have a dog that doesn't get enough attention or the proper training.
Not much else has really been going on. I am finally riding the horses, it's taken a lot of ground work. It's hard to just jump right on them when they haven't been riden for a while. The kids are anxious to ride and I think tomorrow afternoon they will get to do that. The pigs are growing like crazy, and we seem to have a little annoying friend that comes around at dusk. It's a fox, this fox has no fear, the dogs hate it and try to jump through the fence to get at it, so we make sure they are in the house by then. It doesn't bother the horses or the pigs, so for now we'll let it be until it does otherwise.
I am loving my job, and it is so beneficial when you have animals to work at a Vet Clinic. Tomorrow I am having trainging in the Surgery room and I am very excited. I get to help assist on a surgery that Sadie had done last Sept. So it will be interesting to see just what she had to go through.
Soon engough I will be a hunting widow while he's off Elk, Deer and Duck hunting, we really need that Elk meat, I can't belive that we ate all the meat this last year. I guess that's what happens when you actually stay home and cook, huh? I'd rather have home cooked, or I should say "Mick cooked" food over dining out any day!!
Last week Clay had hunters Ed, and had his gun shoot Friday. He passed with flying colors. Sat both Mick and I had to work, so the kids went to my folk's house. Sis and my mom went to see my grandma at the hospital, while Clay and my dad went bird hunting outside of Horsehoe Bend. Clay shot 2 or 3 quail, but then decided that he and Canyon would have a little fun and roll down a hill and he lost them out of the back of his hunting vest. Oh well, Duck/Goose opens this Sat and he, Mick,Tessa and a few other guys are going.. I love the fact that Mick & Clay have such a close bond. You rarely ever see Mick w/out Clay right there wanting to be included in everything that Mick is doing. Sometimes they act more like brother's than father/son.
Tessa is such a different dog, it's like night and day. She heals right at your leg, when you stop she stops and sits, she's retrieveing like crazy. I am so happy for Mick that she is going to do really well this year. Here's a few pictures from practicing this week:
She is such a pretty girl! We are so glad that we have had the time to spend with her to ensure she continues to behave properly. I would just hate to have a dog that doesn't get enough attention or the proper training.
Not much else has really been going on. I am finally riding the horses, it's taken a lot of ground work. It's hard to just jump right on them when they haven't been riden for a while. The kids are anxious to ride and I think tomorrow afternoon they will get to do that. The pigs are growing like crazy, and we seem to have a little annoying friend that comes around at dusk. It's a fox, this fox has no fear, the dogs hate it and try to jump through the fence to get at it, so we make sure they are in the house by then. It doesn't bother the horses or the pigs, so for now we'll let it be until it does otherwise.
I am loving my job, and it is so beneficial when you have animals to work at a Vet Clinic. Tomorrow I am having trainging in the Surgery room and I am very excited. I get to help assist on a surgery that Sadie had done last Sept. So it will be interesting to see just what she had to go through.
Soon engough I will be a hunting widow while he's off Elk, Deer and Duck hunting, we really need that Elk meat, I can't belive that we ate all the meat this last year. I guess that's what happens when you actually stay home and cook, huh? I'd rather have home cooked, or I should say "Mick cooked" food over dining out any day!!
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