How Bout' Them Cowboys!!

 We Just got back from the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas- We had soooo much fun- The boys did great too- I seen so many people I knew. It's funny when you go out of town and actually see people that live here in town that you never see!! I also seen several people that I work with. We were able to go and do more stuff now that the boys are getting older- Our schedule was pretty much up at 7 A.M. breakfast, Shopping ( They have 3 different Expo's that go on during the rodeo-Cowboy Christmas, Country Christmas and The Cowboy Market place) They usually take almost all day to go thru. They have tons of vender's with neat stuff that you can't get here in town- After shopping we would go to dinner- Watch the Rodeo and then a fun activity after the Rodeo- Stop for a Ice cream- get to bed about midnight and start all over again! It was AWESOME!! I can't wait til Saturday the final round to see where our UTAH Cowboys end up-

Tough as nails- (or should I say Needles...)

Kolt had surgery on his foot today to get out a needle that he had stepped on. He stepped on it about 3 years ago and he had surgery then but they could not get it out. We had a second opinion from a different Dr. and he said to wait until it started to bother him and so that's what we did...So here we are three years later...Kolt kept telling us his foot was hurting again- I took a look at it and sure enough the needle had worked it's way to the top of his foot. I could see a red spot on his foot where it was trying to exit-When we went to the Dr.(The 3rd one) and got new x-rays they show that the needle has actually broke into 2 pieces. One was on the top of his foot by his toes and the other one is on the bottom of his foot and stuck in the muscle- The Dr. said it would probably do more harm than good to go after the piece on the bottom of his foot. Today they were able to get the piece out by his toes so it will stop hurting him and hopefully we will be done for a while..Having all "BOYS" there is never a dull moment or needle apparently!

CAUTION- Men At Work!

Our barn

Shawn's leather shop in the back- Tonight we poured one more section of concrete in our barn/Shawn's leather shop- No, these men are not the local inmates from jail. They are the guys that work with Shawn for the city- We have had to pour our cement in 3 sections because it's to hard for them to finish more than that at one time. It's a little easier on the checkbook that way too. Shawn is still working on his shop in the back. He will be able to do all his leather work out there. It will be so nice to get his mess and sewing machines out of MY laundry room!!!

Cub Scouts Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we had the Cub Scouts carve pumpkins to display in the Weber County fair grounds PUMPKIN ALLEY! The pumpkin alley is Thursday, October 30th from dusk til about 10 p.m. You go and walk around all the decorated and carved pumpkins in the dark. They have all sorts of sponsors so they are usually handing out cookies, chocolate milk, orange juice and all kinds of treats. It' a fun family night with the kids. The best part is it's FREE!!!

Halloween Fun Times

Tonight the boys, Scott & Erin and I went to the Haunted Hollow- It was pretty fun and scary too! I was really surprised that Kyle was more scared than Kolt- Not to say Kolt was not on edge all night! When the chain saw man came after Erin she fell down and took Scott with her- That was worth going right there- (Sorry Erin) It's a tad bit pricey- $15.00 each even for kids-I guess that's another reason why I go to work! All in all it was a pretty fun night considering Shawn was too chicken to come with us-He just might find out that there are 3 little MONSTERS at home just waiting for the chance to scare the crap out of him- We'll get you tough guy! Ü

Kyle, Kolt & Brooke

Shawn and the boys have been taking Brooke to a Pheasant Ranch in Tremonton to work her and get her ready for pheasant hunting- They are having alot of fun this year- Kyle is old enough to bird hunt now so they are out every chance they get- Kolt is the other bird dog for now- He don't care- He has a blast too- This is what they did while I was at the movie last night- It all works out they get to go do what they like and I get to go do what I like! it's a win-win- I was so glad they thought of me and the blog and took a few pictures for me!! Sorry the pictures are so dark!

Cub Scouts Bike Derby

Tonight at Cub scouts pack meeting they did a bicycle derby- They put cones out in the parking lot and had the kids do different obstacles with their bikes-After that we all went inside and the kids made up their own personalized license plate- Kyle chose 2COOL4U and Kolt could not decide on one so I had him use the one off valerie's Corvette- 4BENAQT (For being a cutie) They voted and Kolt's won!! Pretty Funny.

Youth Duck Hunting Day

Saturday was Youth duck hunting day- Shawn and the boys went out with some friends duck hunting in the morning and again in the evening- Kyle was able to get 4 Mallards! They decided to have their friend make them duck jerky (they love it) so I don't have any pictures of them to post- Way to go Kyle Ü

Home work Bites!

My poor Kyle, He is in the 6th grade this year and is in an advanced class which is great except for all the home work- He has really been getting a bunch lately. The sad thing is half the stuff I have no clue how to do! Shawn has been gone hunting so between me working late, picking up kids and home work we have not had alot of fun. I had to take my car in to get the back bumper painted so my Dad was so nice to let me use his brand new truck for a few days! It was so nice of him- I hate being inconvenienced and no car to drive! LOVE YOU DAD!!! My sister & Mother in law have also been there to help with the boys getting them after school- cooking dinner & doing their homework before I get off work. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have family to help- I usually don't get home til about 8 p.m. so there is no way I could do it without them! The neighbor even offered to irrigate for me! (yahoo!!) It's just not the same for me when the man of the house is not around- A few less messes but taking care of the house, horses, family & trying to paint my craft orders it's crazy around here this week!

That's about all I have been up to- Hopefully I will have something fun to post soon Ü

Swiss Days & Strawberry

This weekend we went to Swiss days and camped at Strawberry reservoir- Kind of a trade off- I like to shop & the boys like to fish!!I'm not use to this blogging stuff-I took my camera with every intention of taking a few pictures to post on the blog and sure enough left it in trailer every time- Dang it!! The boys caught a bunch of really nice cutthroat most of them 3 or 4 pounds- No fish stories told here-That's why every time I mention Swiss days they are all for it! Sorry no pictures to post. I'll try and be better next time!