Ten on Tuesday

1. Had another training session with Jolene last tuesday. Now that Millie is in our back pasture Jo came over to help me work on getting her trust and respect. It is a little more difficult without a round pen . Also with the dogs started barking every time I asked Millie to trot, which freaked her out. By the end of the lesson she had sweat pouring down her face. I worked with her alone again on thursday and she seemed a little more relaxed.

2. Went out to Stockman's for dinner friday with the usual group and had a great time. Like always the food was great!

3. Saturday We went on a horse ride with Brad, Jolene, Daniel, and Heather.I was my first time riding Millie on a "trail" ride and I was excited to find out how she would do. We went riding at the sand dunes and it was one of the funniest rides I have ever been on. Millie was awesome! She did not spook or scare at any of motorcycles and was very sure footed on the trail. I love that she never hesitated when it came to and unknown obstacle she would just walk on through.

4. Dave and Daniel both had the fun experience of riding horses that attempted to roll while they were still in the saddle. The ground was just to tempting for Miss and Barney and they really just wanted to roll onto their backs and rub a little. The look on their faces were priceless. you could tell they were think how did I just end up on the ground.

5. At the end of the ride Jolene wanted to test her colt that she was riding to see if he would cross water. Water is always one of the biggest tests because to a horses a pond looks like a black hole. We brought all the horses to a shallow pond at the Dunes and Barney like always just walked right in. Millie just followed without even checking it out. The other horses all had to test the water with their feet, but they all made it in even the young colt. It was a pretty exciting moment. I love the feeling of moving through water. Something about the water splashing all around.

6. After the ride we all went over to Brad and Jolene's and had some pizza.

7. Sunday morning I could barely get out of bed. I woke up congested and felt like I was getting the chills so Dave insisted I stay home from church and rest.

8. Had a lot of people over for Sunday dinner. For once every roll was gone by the end of the meal. Brianna had ran into an old friend Mellisa Scherck and invited her to join us for dinner. We also invited Jesse over since Louisa was out of town. With Daniel and heather that made 7. We had a lot of fun.

9.Even on the antibiotics Tevi got worse last week and even started vomiting over the weekend. So I brought her back to work and we took more xrays. This time it looked like there may be stones in her bladder. So Dr. Francis opened her up today to check and there were two pea sized stones. poor kitty! I am so relieved that we have finally found something. This surgery should make her all better! Dr. Francis said this is only the third case he has ever seen where a cat had stones.

10. This is the first tuesday in months where I have pretty much done nothing all day. Once in a while it is nice to not have anything pressing going on.

Ten on Tuesday

1. Saturday Dave and I went to Idaho Falls with Daniel just to look around. We stopped at a western/ranch store to check out some saddles. I had fun looking at everything I need to get. Then we went to the boat store to see if they had any anchors, we lost our anchor at bullards bar. They didn't have what we were looking for so I guess we will need to get it online.

2. By the time we were done it was nearly three and we were starving. So we stopped and had lunch at applebees. We enjoyed a lot of appetizers. I ate so much that I didn't need anything else for the rest of the day.

3. For the first time in over a month I made a sunday dinner with rolls. We had Brianna, Daniel and Heather over so I actual felt motivated enough to bake some rolls.

4. Started watching the new season of TV shows. I love having DVR that way I can watch my shows when I have time too. I tried watching the first episode of the new show Fringe, but I must admit that it was just a little to weird for me. Plus it was slow, too bad though because I love Joshua Jackson. I guess I'll just stick to the shows I already love.

5. Last week we got the boat winterized and have moved it into our garage. I sure am going to miss the summer!

6. bought the new book Brisinger, the third in the Eragon series yesterday. Now I just need to see if I can put off starting it until I finish the Ender series I have been reading. then I plan on starting some Shannon Hale since she was highly recommended by several people. I just don't know which of her novels I should start with?

7. Was shocked when I bought dog food yesterday and it cost nearly $40, just a few months ago it was $26. I know they had to raise prices because of gas, but really that much!

8. Dave came home from work last night to discover that the cats had tore into their can of treats and had eaten the whole container. what a surprise that they were not hungry the rest of the night. I wonder why I can't get weight off of Piper?

9. I have been leaving Frodo loose in the backyard for short periods of time and have been happy to find him still in the backyard when I get home. I still don't think I can trust him while I am at work. 10 hrs is just gives him to much time to find a way out.

10. Now that it is cold we have been battling the wasp. after killing several nest around the house, it has gotten better. But I think there is one under our deck because there are always several swarming around the back door.

Ten for the week

1. Dave and I left for our vacation saturday morning. We drove ten hours to Reno and stayed in the circus circus for two nights.

2. Just for some entertainment we took a few dollars and played the slot machines. I of course didn't make much. I did win about 50 off of one dollar, but of course I played all that away. the next time I played a couple quarters and won 45 dollars, I was a little smarter and cashed out. Dave on the other hand won nearly $500, he sure has all the luck!

3.Monday morning we made the 2 hr drive to Bullards Bar. After getting the houseboat all loaded we found a great spot to anchor and spent the week playing in the water. I was glad that my parents and sister and family all made it. maybe next year we can plan for a week when more people will be able to come!

4. I did a lot of surfing and I actually feel really comfortable on the board now. I am much more willing to try doing tricks surfing because sit doesn't hurt when I fall. I did some wakeboarding but like always I had a pretty hard fall, ouch.

5. Got up friday morning and drove the houseboat back to the dock and made our 12 hr trip back to rexburg. We got back at around 11:30 and all the animals we very happy to see us.

6. We very lucky to have Brianna available to stay at our house while we were gone. that way the dogs didn't have to stay at the Kennels all week and the cat got her antibiotics. She did learn how neurotic my dog is and called me tuesday because frodo hadn't been eating. no worries though, he doesn't always eat even when I am around!

7. Slept in Saturday morning, needed to recover from the long drive the day before.

8. Went over to Brad and Jolene's in the afternoon so I could ride Millie. It was my first time on her and I had a lot of fun. For a short time Millie actually did her gait and wow it was smooth. Jolene took some pics , so as soon as she sends them I will post a couple.

9. Spent tuesday cleaning the house and getting caught back up from a week off.

10. Tuesday afternoon Jolene taught me how to hook up her goose neck trailer and then had me drive in a parking lot practicing backing up, turning, etc. After the lesson we loaded Millie and Sunny up in the trailer and I drove them over to our house. I was very pleased to learn that Millie is very easy to load in a trailer. Now we once again have a couple horses in our pasture.

Bullards Bar

I was very excited to take a week of vacation last week. My Parents and sister and family, Joined Dave and me at Bullards bar reservoir for the week. We rented a houseboat and enjoyed spending a relaxing week on the lake. It was a great week to go, since it was the off season. With very few people on the lake and water like glass, we had a great time playing on the water.

our camp site

Dave surfing

I love to surf!

Dad learning to surf

Kerri and Aidan enjoying the beach

Aidan with Uncle Dave