Macady's 10th Birthday

We tried ushering Summer in with a Luau party. They bobbed for apples, got their faces painted, made flower hair clips and ate lots of pizza, cake and ice cream. Macady got loads of prezzies from friends and family, including her first dirtbike. Because what little girl isn't complete without one of those?

Happy 10th Birthday to my most cherished blessing.

4th Grade Science Project - Root to Shoot

May came in like a lion and went out like a lion. Actually, it didn't get nice until July, but I'm getting ahead of myself. We had a science project the last month of school:

April 2010 Easter and Barrel Racing. Hello Spring!

In April, my bestie and I hit the Salmon Select horse sale, which is an annual auction we go to every year. We rent a hotel, hang out and watch horses all day, let the kids run wild and best of all, we get to run barrels in the afternoon. So we saddled up and ran our butts off against some 100+ other girls. We didn't get any good pix of us running,so these warm-up ones will have to suffice. Later in April, we went to Farmington, UT and ran in another 2-day barrel series. I was in way over my head, but it was a blast!

Along the way, we celebrated Easter and Ms. Red went on an Easter Egg hunt in the snow.

Someone should tell Ye Olde Calender Planner that Idaho doesn't thaw out until sometime mid-May. Usually.

Anyway, she got a basket and a new truck/trailer coymbo from Nanny and a basket and a new bike from Mum and Dad

March/St. Patrick's Day

In honour of all things GREEN, I made a green dinner, complete with cubed elk steak (a family fav), green mashed taters, green gravy and of course, homegrown green beans.

And a very English non-green/non-Irish Ginger girl!

Mid-February 2010

We went to Utah to get a new backhoe trailer, went to the SLC temple...

And took Macady to Chuck E Cheese for the first time. Dirty, gross and overpriced food, but she got to ride the horse, so that made it worth it. Obviously, the six real ones we have at home just aren't enough :)

Valentine's Day

Treats for my Sunbeams.

Treats for Macady.

And Scottie 2 Hottie made me something too.

Short and sweet. Pun intended.

Quick update

We had Thanksgiving, here's a picture of all of the grandkids together.








Scott and Macady bought ski passes for Christmas, and here's a shot of them sorting out skis. Not sure what that means, but they worked on them for quite awhile.








Her fish, Big Boy, died the other day, but here's a pic of him in happier times. *Big sigh* Ok what else.... Uhm, I started a job in September at Pathology Associates, not sure if I mentioned that earlier. I hated it at first, but it's like fungus and it's grown on me. No pics for that though, I'm afraid.





Macady and I ran Shiner in a barrel series and won some moolah. What's a blog post without yet another video of one of us running a pattern?

Frightmares at Lagoon

We hit Lagoon this weekend and had a riot. We managed most of the rides, (My thanks to Colossus, for making me ill) and I skipped Wicked because I turned into a freaking pansy...Anyway, we saw some awesome chainsaw band who rocked out to our fav. song by Muse, and although I missed the first 30 seconds of recording, I swear Macady turned around, flashed the "Rock On" sign with her hand and was head-bangin' with a HUGE grin! We watched a fun kids' show do the Monster Mash and a bunch of other numbers, took in a hypnotist show, and rode more rides until everything closed. Loads of fun and we are so taking Chris and Mandy there next year. After Vegaz of course.

A very happy birthday

This was one of the most happiest days I've ever had. It was perfect in almost every way, with the exception of my family not being here with me to help me celebrate, but I spoke with them on and off all day, and their prezzies and flowers and cards all arrived on time, so everyone was happy! So I just wanted to post pictures of the beautiful flowers received, and my uber-surprise party planned out by my dear sweet Scotty, including cake and friends and everything I could've asked for. ♥♥♥

Go.Fight.Win.

Macady has been going to the cheer clinic at Bonneville since she was little. I am in the process of looking for older pictures of her, but for now I am posting the ones from yesterday. After going to Gus' birthday party, she spent the night and Kammi fixed her hair in oh-so-cute pompoms which she sprayed green for the school colors. I got some fun videos, but somehow I deleted them, so I will post the only routine I was able to salvage. (She was behind the dancer on the left, in the front of the vid. most of the time).

Bob ♥ n ♥ Bo

I had a chance to visit an old friend on Sunday, one I haven't seen in about 4 years....So we had a lot to catch up on. Although we FaceBook each other and call, it is so much better to see/talk/laugh-out-loud together in person. Since I am forgetful, I left my camera in the horse trailer, so I am posting some pictures of us when we were young, many moons ago (actually, 11 years ago this month) when she was in college at CSI, and I was up visiting. These pics are some of my favourites, and aside from having children, we both decided those weekends were some of the best times of our lives. Love ya Bobs!

A Hair Cut

I was on the phone last night, and Macady was lamenting she wanted "bangs" like her cousin has. I have told her over and over that we tried them, they didn't work, took years to grow out, etc. So before she went to bed, she decided to cut them herself. Right in the center of her forehead. A half-inch to her scalp. Daddy went into to wake her this morning, and after telling me he thought something had happened to her hair, he went into the bathroom (stifling a huge laugh) to find the secret hiding place of the missing fringe. - behind the toilet. How I missed this last night, I'll never know.
The rest of the story: Now, when I was about 5, I got bubblegum stuck in my hair. My mum was on the phone too. (When mum's are on the phone, the answer is always no, just a hereditary thing.) So I took it upon myself to climb to the top of the fridge to get scissors, and sort myself out. Needless to say, I cut the front part of my fringe, to the scalp, and came out of the bathroom with the exact same look on my face, as my little girl did today. I called it my "Little bit" and it took ages to grow out.
So I couldn't get mad, you see. I just had to not laugh out loud, try to muster a stern look and give a lame speech about choosing the right, listening to your mum when she says no, living with the consequences, etc. Anyway, here's a picture of a silly little girl who just wanted a fringe like her cousin.

Boating & a Chukars game

More condensing....A few weeks ago, Scott took Macady boating on Uncle Doug's boat. Needless to say, our water-baby didn't want to get out of the lake!

We made it to a Chukars game before school started, and before we even sat down, Macady got whacked in the back of her leg with a fly ball, and before I could tell her to grab it, some guy pushed past her and grabbed it instead. Boo to him. Oh well, it was a fun night regardless!

Easy Bake Ovens, Living Green & Rainbow-pox?

I am trying to condense my blogging, can you tell? All I can say is Easy Bake ovens are so much fun. When you are nine.

Recycling is not so fun, but well worth the effort. Yes, that's my horse trailer, before I had finished filling it. Live Green!

And the Snake River Roaring Youth Jam was cold, and rainy, but I got to paint Macady's face then watch her walk around Winco telling people she had Rainbow-pox. Good times!

Being a mum...

I was in mom-mode this night. We made Taco Faces,
and then I took pix of the cutest girl I know sleeping with the skunk-dog. But that's a whole 'nother post.

Camping, sort of.

The fam. was up camping and we went up one night for dutch oven dinner and roasted marshmallows. I mean, what's camping without them, hey? Macady got to ride a dirtbike for the first time, and loved it. Such a tomboy! Oh, and I dyed my hair, it went wacky and then really dark, so here's proof that once in my life, I was a brunette, and it's since washed out :)

4th of July

At around 6:30 in the morning of the 4th, Firetrucks traverse the City of Ucon with sirens blaring and foghorns shouting a big Wake Up! At the park next to our house, they host a Fireman's Breakfast before the IF parade starts. Some years we get up to eat, other years we stay in bed. This year, we skipped breakfast and hit the parade late. (Since I thought it started an hour later than what it was). Yay me!

Scott took Macady up to where the rest of the fam. was camping. They went on a bike ride, and I sat in my gorgeous swing out back, read a book, watched my chickens, and listened to the wind blow through the trees. When they came back, we watched the firework with our cousins (Killpacks) and hung out until it was time to go home. Nothing major....Just more grateful than anything that we have our freedom. I am a military brat, born and raised, so this is an especially meaningful holiday for me. If you know me, you know how quickly I get choked up at even so much as a picture of anyone who serves our country. I feel, really and truly feel, incredibly grateful for the sacrifices made for me, for my family, for everyone.
One of my favorite quotes is this: "If you don't want to stand behind our Military, please, by all means....Stand in front of them." I am including a link that I think everyone should watch. http://www.gratitudecampaign.org
God Bless America!!!!!