Catching Up

I know you were worried about me right? Figured something terrible happened since it has been so long since a post. I know how inconsiderate it seems knowing you are coming back every day, sometimes twice, to see if I've posted...right? Right? I know...I'm sorry.

In my defense, it was the Holiday Season. And there was so much to do, I didn't even come close to getting half way done. And we travelled. And we worked. And we survived. And here we are! So I apologize and for those few viewers that stuck with me...Thank You!!!

So here's a quick catch up that gets us at least through just after Thanksgiving. We had family come in. It was so exciting to have visitors out here in the middle of nowhere!!!

This is what we do when my In Laws come in. We play games...and more games...and more games!!! Sometimes it gets pretty brutal. But we all have a great time!!!

Board games, card games...you name it! The competition grows and tempers may flare. But we all get involved and we all leave loving each other rarely with any bloodshed.

We try to teach em young too. At all costs...YOU MUST WIN!!!! Naw....I'm only kidding.

So while it happened, a rare circumstance of all the grandchildren being together, my darling, talented niece took pictures of all the grand kids with The Grandmother. They turned out sooo cute!!! I'd show more but I didn't ask permission to post all her work. Guess I'll have to do that...

As you can see, the boys played some Football after pictures. Then we all went to the corral to help name the horse and let everyone say hi!

This is me and my Mom In Law. I love her so much. She is an incredible woman!!! So many times I hear other woman say they can't stand their in laws but I honestly have to say all of my husband's family means so much to me. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful in law family!!

So the girls here usually stay pretty goofy. They are only 6 months apart and are cousins believe it or not. Sure can tell they are related huh? The cute little goobers...

These next photos pretty much sum up the relationships of these siblings/cousins.

Yep...

Sums it up quit well actually. No words are needed...

On a sad note: we have lost our Trixie girl. Her and Rex usually spend time outside and meet us at the door when we get home. Well, one day, Trixie never showed up. It's a mystery. Especially when you consider it was Rex whose Gimpy at the moment. He has a hurt hip and hobbles around while Trixie is shy and darts back and forth unless she feels like giving you the time of day. Not sure what happened to her but I tell myself she found a nice home that has nothing to do with the Coyotes out here. Dang cats!!!

Here are some pictures of Brandon's horse, Buttercup. She is adjusting quite well to her surroundings except for the day we came home and she was gone!!! But that is another story for another time. Don't worry...I'll get to it...eventually. I promise!!

In fact, while it was going down...all I could think about was running into the house to take pictures so we could share the experience. Blogging is like an addiction. It begins to affect the way you view things that happen in your life. You begin to ask yourself questions like "Is this really blog worthy?" or "Oh my gosh!!! This would be great in my blog". Except for the part where I don't blog for a whole month. But gosh!!! I sure was thinking about it!

Anyway, she's only just turning 2 here pretty soon so we are getting her used to being in a harness and soon we will try to get her used to having a saddle on her back. It will be awhile before we can ride her. Did I mention that I'm hugely afraid of horses? Yeah, I am....

We also missed my baby's birthday here. So now my baby is 13. I no longer have "babies". I have teenagers. It's just not the same I tell ya.

His birthday is just a few weeks before Christmas and he asked for baseball stuff for Christmas so that's what he got for his birthday. Then we were clueless about what to get him for Christmas. Yeah, times that by 13! I think he was happy though.

And not only do we celebrate a birthday (besides THE birthday of Jesus) we decided to get married only 2 weeks before Christmas! Wasn't that smart thinking??? Anyway...my husband and I celebrated 19 years of marriage. Yay!!! We have certainly made it interesting right hunny? Nobody ever accused us of doing it the easy way! And as much as he gets on my ever-lovin' nerves ( and in fairness, I, on occasion, may get on his) I love him and wouldn't want anyone else gettin' on my nerves. True love folks! True Love!

So with the promise of a post very soon, I have to explain that my computer is moving veeerrryyyy slow these days and I'm just not too sure how much longer she's going to be with us...sniff. So, in part, that is why I am so sporadic between posts. It just takes so dang long for my computer to upload pictures. I will, on my honor, to no one in particular, resolve this 2011, to post more regularly on my blog for the enjoyment of my 5 or 6 readers so you may get back to your life and not be distracted by checking every so often whether or not I've posted. That is all. Thanks for hanging in there!