Family

I am truly blessed to have the mother I did. She was caring, funny, loveable, sometimes grouchy, and always helped others!! Ohhh how she loved the grandkids - Jake still thinks she will get well and come home. I don't know how to explain death to my children, I know they know but understanding is a whole different story. And my dad, i wish I could make the pain go away for my Dad and Wrangler. I know there house is very quiet now. And I know they have to work it out, but i still wish I could take there pain away. Her and my dad were great together, they grouched around alot, but thats just who they were - they complimented each other well. I always laughed growing up because if we did anything wrong and had to go home and explain, my mom believed anything and everything we told her and my dad believed NOTHING - so somewhere in the middle they came to pretty much the real story. My mom was the mediator I guess maybe all moms are.

I am still wondering how something so natural can hurt so bad? I keep saying that dying only sucks for the ones left behind. I know that my mom is in a much greater place, but the selfish part of me still wants her here.

I miss her so much and its only been a week. I love you mom and will miss our daily talks - we always used to talk, laugh and complain about things, life, and sometimes people:) she would always say "well if only the world were as wonderful as you and me, we would get along great" and yes she was being sarcastic, but we laughed alot!! I talked to my mom everyday, I am actually kind of feeling sorry for my dad because now he has had to talk to me everyday:)

During this difficult time though I need to let you all know how much i appreciate each and every one of you! So many people gave time out of there day to go out of there way for our family and it is heartwarming, to say the least!!

I could guarantee on some, and a few surprised me(sorry but they did) but it made my heart a little happier with each person that called or wrote. I'm not a very sentimental person, my dad always said you could only cry on the day of funerals because our life has to go on(that changed a bit-not much-but a bit this time around) and alot of you knew me and how I wanted to deal with it which is don't talk about it and go on. But I do have to say the love that was thrown my way was GREATLY WANTED AND APPRECIATED. I don't feel like I couldn't thank any of you enough!!!

I also have to give a special thanks to Brandon, whom was so perfectly wonderful!! The day my mom passed we were not expecting it so I told Brandon I would just go to Farmington by myself and he could just do his thing. Well am I ever glad he insisited on going, he also sat through quite a few days of just sitting and helping keep my dad company with some cattle talk etc - it really helped I LOVE YOU BRANDON!! And a great big thanks to James who is just always there - in a good way- and does all the crap jobs no matter how hard, or gutwrenching, or whatever. James is one of my few heros and I could not live without him!!

And of coarse Glenna, she called, and answered my calls no matter what- she had gone out of town for a weekend with her siblings and yet she still made me a priority, I LOVE YOU GLENNA!!!

Tammy, Tammy, Nan, Becky,Jennifer Oliver, Stacy, and Jamie who constantly checked on me througout - Thank you all of you I am so blessed to have you!! I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND AM A BETTER PERSON FOR KNOWING YOU!!

once Again thank you to everyone!! I couldn't live without you, and I don't want to miss anyone because you all were so wonderful!!!

Where OH Where does the time go?

CONGRADULATIONS to the Mayo family - wooohooo so glad you have a new family member she is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Now the countdown is on for Little Kelby to arrive(hopefully sooner than later for Heathers sake!!)

Well - Beans are in the warehouse, most of the hay is in the barn(or at least baled and stacked) we have about 40 acres to finish up - and it seems to be taking us FOREVER. It however was only cut so we could pasture so its ok. Cows are home from Dolores - I do miss going to Lightenburgers though to check cows, it is so pretty over there. So a whole new set of business, but its nice. Hopefully Brandon and James can slow down, and Dillon can do nothing but hold his son(as soon as he makes his appearance in the world).

Riley is wrestling this year so that has started and practices go everynight until 7. Kind of a pain, but its good for him! Ty will be next, how nice that peewees strart as soon as middle school is over. I'm trying to decide if Jake should wrestle or not, he is old enough but.......

Not really a whole lot going on. Just an update more for myself than anyone else!!

We love you all and thanks for reading - HAPPY FALL!!!

Life, people, places, things

Life -
seems to just pass us by, it seems like just yesterday school got out for summer, Stacy and Heather both told everyone they were expecting, we were planting beans, etc, etc, etc. And here it is September 22. Where does the time go? When did summer happen?
Amongst all the time flying by - I have learned many things. HUH who knew at 3yucky1 I don't know it all??????????????????
Some things I did allready know:)

PLACES-
We went to Phoenix over the labor day weekend, it was so nice and relaxing. We were looking for farm equipment in Buckeye, Az. We didn't buy any equipment there. But what we came home with was a new puppy, new shoes, and a little fun behind us. Once again when we do things like this I have to thank Brandon, he just works all the time, he fretted the whole time we were gone - however he knew that James and Dillon were here to "hold down the fort" in which they do exceptionally well. Then last weekend we went camping up at my dads place up at Groundhog and gathered wood - it was ALOT of work, but it was so nice up there!! It rained, but it was still nice!! Also in that we had a little fun with Tommy, Tammy, Kenna and Hayden. Whom by the way we owe BIG BIG BIG time because they wasted there whole weekend helping us get wood:) They are to wonderful to us.

People-
Sometimes you get something in your mind about someone, and that seems to just be it - good, bad or indifferent! But once I open my eyes and my heart sometimes I am PLEASANTLY surprised. Things happen for a reason only God can understand sometimes. But when these things happen, the people that come forward with sincerity in there hearts is overwhelming! It pulls at your heart strings, and makes you wonder what you ever did to deserve such awesome people in your life, and how can I be a better person, because being around these people makes me want to be better! Also the old ones that you count on always - they continuously come through without hesitation. Whether with a helping hand, an ear, or just a simple, I don't know what to say but i'm here for you and I love you.

I AM TRULY TRULY BLESSED with people in my life! I have the most wonderful hardworking husband, the orneriest but most awesome boys. My parents are my heroes and I love them very much. My brothers and sisters are far away but always right there. I have and extended family that can not be beat - my inlaws are the greatest(just another wonderful thing that Brandon has given me). And friends that I wouldn't trade for all the money in the world!!
So thank you to all of you for just being you!! You make me a better person!

Now off to the things-
Oh please oh please oh please hold off on the freezing! I can't believe its September 22 and we just today started 3rd cutting, and we have beans to do, and so does alot of other people!! We(Brandon, Dillon, James, so therefore I guess Heather and I also) now have 3wire hay equipment. Hopefully small bales will move better than ton bales - we are diversified, you want 2 wire, 3 wire, or Ton bales - we have them:):) Thanks to those hard working men,who don't give up they just work on another idea!!

Thanks for reading and I hope everyone has a wonderful fall!!!

Camping

I have the greatest husband ever!! He works so so hard, and still finds the time to try and do somthing good for me and the boys. I think he had finaly had enough - We went to bed on Thursday night, both of us grumbling, not so much at each other, just stuff in general. Friday morning when we woke up, we got to talking about Tommy and Tammy going camping(thank you so so much guys for going camping and letting us barge in!!) and Brandon said "when are they leaving? Call Tammy, were going" We had so much fun! We really didn't do anything out off the ordinary - just relaxed. Well kind of, Brandon fretted all weekend about pivots and him and James went down to Dolores on Saturday and rode through and checked cows(yes some sort of work has to be done for Brandon to have a good day). But the boys enjoyed themselves ALOT. Tommy has some really neat older horses that Kenna and Hayden ride and as you can imagine, all the kids fought and wanted to ride, but they all did! We had so much fun hanging out with James, Tommy and Tammy, and girls, and Tammy Dufrene and her kids!!

Also a GREAT BIG THANKS to Dillon for staying here and checking pivots and thrashing wheat, (we were hoping Dillon and Heather would be able to go, but he wanted to Thrash and Heather wasn't feeling well - we missed you guys and hope Heather feels much much better!!)Morgan for shutting off our water on Sunday, Julie for changing Fettermans on Fri and Sat night, and Luis, for being an honest hard worker and keeping the rest of the water going while we were gone.
and once again to Brandon for going ahead and saying "lets go" even though I know he worried all weekend. We love you Brandon and appreciate all your hard work!!


Jake, Tammy, Hayden and James

Chase, Ty, Jake, Tierah, and Stetson playing in the river, I would have thought it was to cold, but not them!! Tammy made some homemade Tom Sawyer fishing poles - we didn't catch anything but the kids had fun.

Jake and Tierah, these two have so much fun together

Ty on one of Tommys horses - they loved to ride

Jake on Dietz - this is James's horse, but he is so friendly and good natured that usually James has to ride a different more ornery horse and the boys and I ride him - The greatest Brother-in-law and uncle ever REALLY!!

And poor Riley, he rode Dietz when Tommy, Tammy, Kenna and Hayden and went on a good ride, and as i was getting ready to take the picture my camera messed up. I think Tammy has a picture, and I have many more on their cameras - so there will definatly be more to come!

13 Years

On August 24, 1996 I married the greatest man ever!! Happy anniversary Brandon, I hope there are many more to come! Brandon is the hardest worker, and he has to be the best - he could take up quilting and master it, because thats how he is!

With 13 years there have been many smiles, tears, hard work, lazy days, and even a few(hehehe) angry words and ALOT ALOT of Love. Brandon has given me 3 wonderful boys, a safe and warm home, and more memories than I could ever write about! I love you Brandon, You make me and my life what it is!!

Same ole' Just stuff

Do you ever get tired of my boring old just stuff blogs?? Sorry, but I love the random pictures I take - I like to share, i'm like old people with there slideshows of all there travels:):)

Poor Jake, he is a true farmers kid, he loves to eat wheat and since we are thrashing right now(well Dillon) there is always some around to munch on. Well in our storage shed on the mesa, there was some poisonos wheat(the kind that you feed to gofers and stuff to kill them) Yep, you guessed it - Jake ate some. Dang kid - they were in there with Brandon looking for something and as they were walking out Ty says"Jake don't eat that, thats gross" Brandon said he turned around, and about had a heart attack. The ER dr said he didn't think Jake ate enough to hurt him, but poor kid he had to drink the charcoal stuff and have an iv, and get blood drawn. After they drew blood, he said"Did you take all my blood? Do I have any left" it was cute. Rhonda Conrad was the ER nurse, she was great(which I allready knew). Brandon keeps asking him if he wants to go eat rat poison, he say NO!

And he really is ok. This picture is after he drank the charcoal - it was messy!! I think that was the scariest phone call I have ever gotten - lets hope its the last!!

Other than that not much is going on, almost done with second cutting - yipeee- Jake is awfully tired of the swather!! Brandon is awfully tired of the Baler! I am actually looking forward to winter:) I know I shouldn't say that but I am. Not of coarse until the beans are done!

Fair#3

Wow - how could I have missed??

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU - to Cruzan Construction for buying both of the boys steers. Alan Schaffer, Farmers Telephone, and Superior auto and Grandma, and Grandad Oliver for the add - ons for the boys - without the businesses of this community support, the fair would not be what it is.

THANK YOU!!!!