Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Gene Autry on Encore

Does taking pictures of the TV count? I think so, especially when it turns out so good!

Gone fishin'

With Spongebob!

365 Resolution

Bowling Night

Chads bowling tonight...I should find something to do. Oh wait, I did!

Lunch

Anthony

This was taken today having lunch with my son. We both have lunch at the same time so we meet up in a parking lot to eat lunch together, it our own cars. This was the first day he was in his new truck.

Not my dog

Peanut

A customer brought this puppy into work just as I was leaving today. I think it may be one of the cutest things I have ever seen!

Snow dog

Ruby - I think she enjoyed the snow!

Sunday

How I'm spending my birthday

365 Resolution

I never make New Year resolutions.

It's always seemed silly to me, to proclaim some random resolution for the New Year.

This year though, I'm playing by a new set of rules.

I hear a resolution coming on. Do you?

Starting today - New Years day 2011 - I'm going to "try" to take and post a picture every.single.day.


Think I can do it? I don't know, but I'm gonna start here:


Day 1

Bowling today with Chad and Anthony

2010 Review

January

Elder Reid

Inspiring house guests.

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February

Liberty Tax Mascot in the rain along Highway 160

More rain then shine which brought springtime, out of control weeds.

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March

The experience of a Mexican Circus with the Pahrump kids.

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April

A road trip to St. George, where I fell in love with the sun and red dirt.

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May

Karley

The extraction of a cotton ball that landed in the ear of a smiley little girl.

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June

Fishing Minorsville Reservoir.

A  family reunion in Utah followed up with a quick fishing trip that could have landed us in jail.

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July

Chads 300 ring

Finally...the arrival of an award dreamed about for many years.

Kim, Jabez, Chad

And fireworks that did not disappoint with family sharing the occasion.

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August

Quart

A fake tummy ache, just to get the Vet to come out.

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September

 

Good food and good company at the track for a  long over due thanks to those who help us make it possible.

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October

Camron, Kristy, Christopher

Photo shoots in Halloween costumes make for some of the best.

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November

Elder Cooper, Me, Chad, Elder Reid, Kathryn, Trent

A marriage that proves that the 3rd time's the charm.

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December

taken on a short resting walk on the way home from St. George

Beautiful Nevada landscapes...no matter what time of year.

Happy New Year!

A Chistmas Story (kind of) (ok, not so much)

It was a little later than I intended when I went out to feed the horses this morning.  It was still  beautiful out, but it was getting pretty light, and the fog was already starting to lift.

We don't normally have frost here, so I noticed the frozen dew right away as the lawn crunched when I walked across it. The cold tempratures and humidity from several days of rain had coated everything in a beautiful layer of Christmas morning white.

 The gate was frozen, not solid, but just enough to keep the latch from easily lifting. And when I looked down to open it, I noticed that it wasn't just the lawn that had frosted.

I ran back in the house to grab my camera.

 I was so surpirsed at all the spider webs.

 Kristy and I tried all summer to get good pictures of spider webs.

 I often complain that there isn't anything pretty enough to take pictures of  during the winter in the desert. And then Christmas morning I get this.

Merry Christmas!

Confessions via text

Me:  I like Marshmallows

Alivia: Me to

Me: And hot Chocolate.

Alivia: And eggnog.

Me: And strawberry jam.

Alivia: And you.

Me: :)

Weekend Celebration

I cant think of anything to blog about today.

So how about if I just post some pictures from our weekend in St. George where we celebrated Chad's moms 70th birthday.

click on picture to enlarge.

Me with Urainna and Mackenzie

Shelby

Amanda

Athena

 

 We had a great time and Mom was so surprised and happy.

***I have more pictures to post, but blogger just told me I am out of space. I wasn't expecting that and am not sure how to fix it. So when I figure it out, I'll get some more up.

Missing her

I have a story to tell. One that I haven't been ready to tell yet. Until yesterday, when I wrote about the change in our back yard.  It's not the yard I want to talk about though. It's this girl:

 My sweet Alley!

We had to put her down late one night in August of 2009. Her health had been going down hill for a a long time. She was starting to have a hard time walking. Her hips were just getting too old to support her. And finally, in the end, she just couldn't walk. She was in a lot of pain and we knew what we had to do.

Alley was a giver, she wanted nothing more than to please us. And she did. She was a very kind and loyal member of our family.

 One afternoon, we found Alley outside unable to move her hind end. She just laid there looking at us with the same loving eyes that she always had. We were very scared and upset and weren't sure what to do. We put her on a blanket and carried her inside where we gave her an asprin. In no time at all, she was up and wagging her tail and following us around the house like normal. We thought maybe she had pinched a nerve or something and the asprin relieved the pain enough to heal. Then, by the following Sunday night, it happened again. This time though she was in a lot of pain. She could not move her back legs at all. She tried to get up and just couldn't do it. We couldn't watch her suffer like that so we called the vet.

 Our vet lives in Las Vegas and tried to talk us into waiting until morning. But we just couldn't do it. She was in too much pain. Finally, he agreed to come.

 We called Anthony and Kaylynn and they both met us at the vets office to say goodbye. Chad and I were holding her as she went to sleep.

 We miss our Alley so much. I heard some strange noises in the kitchen the other night. Chad told me it was Alley. I believe him.

Change

It's everywhere. We can't get away from it. Even things that stay the same...change.

I really noticed it in this picture of our back yard on Thanksgiving in 2008. There was no grass, just dirt. Also, you can't see in the picture, but our beloved Alley was back there, somewhere.

 The most noticeable change in this picture that I took today, is the grass. We finally got it to come in this summer. It still has weeds and bare spots, but it's grass. The shrubs have also grown a lot since 2008. We have 3 trees back there along the fence now. We didn't plant them, the shrubs did. We noticed them sprouting up in the spring of last year. They are kind of hard to see right now because all the leaves have fallen off for the winter. But they're there. And you wouldn't know it from this picture, but our beloved Alley is not back there...anywhere.

 By the way...Now that it's been pointed out to me. I'm going to try to change the path I walk every morning to feed the horses. I'm still sleeping that early. What can I say?