MORE FROM MY PHONE..

Shelby announcing the 24th Celebration Rodeo with papa (Reed)!

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An updated picture of Dark. Isn't he getting so big (compare to 5.4.2010 post)?! But of course I pick the muddiest day to snap a shot of him. He really is so georgous when he is clean and slicked off. He is the sweetest. His disposition is phenominal. He also LOVES me, thank goodness. We are still waiting a while longer to break him and cut him (eh hem, yes you know what im talkin about cutting), but in the mean time I sack him out, rub on him, blanket him, he lets me halter him, put the fly mask on, groom and fly spray him AND he is a champ at letting me pick up all four of his hooves. I believe he will make an awesome sound horse some day. I have been working hard with him and it is such a great feeling to see progression. 

P.S. Notice the background. That's right, you should see my mad tractor skills!

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I quit work at the pharmacy due to NEVER seeing Shelby. I would seriously get home sometimes at 11pm and have to work at 7:30 the next morning. Shelby would be asleep when I got home as well as when I left the next morning. She would go a couple days sometimes without seeing me...not okay. So I found a 9-4:30 job in Snowflake and we are all so much happier. BUT, I do dearly miss most of the people I worked with. Matt was an awesome boss, Steve was super cool and understanding like no other...a rule stretcher in the most charitable ways, J-Bob, a couple of the managers out on the floor, as well as a few others that I didn't mention but most of all I miss Robin. She is the pharmacists that I enjoyed working with the most. We have everything in common from A-Z, and we could talk horses literally ALL DAY LONG. She is one tough lady but such a softy on the inside. I miss her...did I mention that?

Ladies of the pharmacy calendar photo shoot!

Squirrel soup Robin made for my birthday. Thanks for shooting all those squirrels for me Rob! Sorry lil' guys. P.S. Gotta watch for bones.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE!

My blog tends to mostly be about Shelby and Shelby, oh.....and Shelby, BUT this is to good not to post about. Rent this flick if you haven't, It is beautiful. Truly. I love it.

how my little angel sleeps

SUNSHINE

 

WE WENT TO THE VALLEY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS BETH, TYLER, AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY. SHELBY BORROWED LITTLE JENNA'S BIKINI...SHE IS TWO AND A HALF! WE WEIGHED THE GIRLS, 28.5LBS EACH EXACTLY, GEEZ WILLY! WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME. WE MISS THEM SO MUCH. THE SHELBY AND TYLER PICKED UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. BETH HAD HER BABY A FEW DAYS LATER, A LITTLE GIRL.

jenna bug, isnt she beautiful like her mama!

beths baby belly

beth and i

A YEAR AGO TODAY - PHOTO ARCHIVE

CHASING TROUT #6

SILVER CREEK, AGAIN

 

CHASING TROUT (i mean bass) #5

MAKING UP FOR SILVER CREEK. THIS BEAUTY WAS OVER 4 POUNDS!

Snowflake man made

(and incase your wondering, we put her back; im the catch and release kind)

4 ALREADY

SHELBY TURNED 4 on sunday. We had a small family party, a..um...spider cake per Shelbys request, and just a beautiful warm spring day. 

OUR NEIGHBOR VANESSA who shelby likes to play with from time to time.

BLOWING OUT HER CANDLE

THE ONLY GROUP SHOT THAT I GOT

KYLE ATTACHING THE HORN WE GOT SHELBY FOR HER BIKE

KYLE AND HIS MOM

A SUN BLARING FAMILY SHOT

WALKING BRISTOL TO END THE EVENING

JUST KIDDING, SHE WALKED ME!

P.S. HAPPY BIRHTDAY SUNDAY TO TYLER LOGGINS TOO! SHELBY MISSES YOU BUD!

OH PLEASE NO!!!!!!

YOU KNOW HOW everyone has a celebrity look alike? WELL, in the last few months I have had on four separate occasions all different people tell me I "look just like Casey Anthony". Who is that you ask? It is that girl who killed her kid! I can always tell when someone is gunna tell me this because they start the conversation with..."Dont take this the wrong way, but...".

 I THINK I have you beat Chelsea, I would WAY rather look like Lady GaGa! :)

I DONT KNOW. What do you think?

THIS IS HER...

AND LETS NOT  forget the angel...

PHONE PICTURES

I HAD TO clean up my phone a little so I downloaded pictures I wanted to keep around, thought I would blog a few.

ME AND MY GIRLS

Shelby at Hebrews

Bristol a.k.a. "Brizzo"

First towell wrap, she was diggin it!

Holy mackerel! Shelbys hair after the flat iron. It is about 4-5 inches shorter on most days when I leave it natural, her curls are beautiful!

SUSHI AND A FREE CONCERT WITH FRIENDS

Quail eggs...yes we ate them and they were SO good!

Our view...of really gross people...that we made fun of terribly.

Ranch headquarters, Queen Creek AZ

Kyle Flake

Ohso

Breaking in roping steers

DEAR MOMMY...

THANK YOU SO much for all you do for us! I love you!

CHASING TROUT #4

SILVER CREEK AGAIN. Bristol stuck by my friend Kyle most of the time. She is insane...that water was ice cold! We both got skunked. Second time this year. What is it with Silver Creek?

THE FATTENING HUT

THIS LITTLE GIRL gets two heaping meals a day, dry mixed with wet food, plus treats and still her ribs show and her hip bones gouge. You would think I am a terrible pet owner if you saw her up close. She turned one this month on the 5th. Technically she is still a puppy. Lets srsly get her on a hampster wheel though, the amount of energy she has could power New York for a month alone and I think this is the problem. She could run around FAST for 6 hours straight without stopping...not kidding you. I have searched the isles up and down for higher calorie dog food with higher quality ingredients for better absorbancy, found one at the vets office - Royal Canin, OMG it glistens with the "good" fat, best dog food ever! But at $50 a bag I was back to mapping isles in Walmart. I have dissected her POOP, yes I said poop, looking for worms and unless she has one big fat tapeworm in there she is clean.
SO I REMEMBERED reading about the fattening huts of the Hima tribe of Uganda, creating heartyer brides by keeping them in a hut making them consume gallons of whole milk then periodically checking them for signs of weight gain, i.e. stretch marks. I disagree with this tradition/ritual making marriage less about love and more about the prosperity of a brides father and her groom (yes, I realize I am divorced). Comparing her to fattened cattle and their value over mal-nourished bovine and what that says to society about the owner, I mean husband. I get it though, I realize in a country of poverty, signs of a full "cubbord" is a great thing, but I stand firm in my little bit that marriage should be about something other than male societal progression and objectifying a bride counting her as nothing more than a dowry.
NOW HAVING SAID that, I will proceed to try not to make a mochery of my own argument by adopting this idea for my dog. She is after all an animal...like the cattle...they should stick to animals. ANYWHO, Bristol is beefing up after restricting (staying in her hut) her activity just a little and by giving her a cup or two more of food a day. Thank you men of the Hima tribe of Uganda. I owe you one. Would one hereford calf be enough?

SHELBYS SHOTS

SHELBY GOT MOMENTARILY fascinated with my camera at my moms the other night so I let her go for it. Here are the 4 that somewhat turned out. It was fun.

THE GHOSTLY WHITE blur that are her sweet little toes.

SHE VERY SPECIFICALLY asked to take one of my pocket. 

BRISTOL

TRYING TO HELP her hold it up, laughing histerically as she keeps both eyes open to look through the view finder.

Phrase of the day: Shelby buon lavoro!

Translation: Good job Shelby!