Our new addition to our Family!

So I know it has been FOREVER since I posted... Things have just been so crazy, and I have honestly just been loving the time with my husband, and our little baby! Well we were able to buy my brother in laws civic from him. We bought it about July, and there were some pretty sweet rims on the car. Well someone tried to break into my car, and they were scared off thankfully. Well we decided that it was time to add someone to our little home! :D I finally was able to get a puppy! We looked for a little while, and found an add on KSL, and went to see what we thought of the puppies. Well we came home with our baby, and named him Bruiser! He is such a good pup, and absolutely LOVES his mom and dad and uncle Wayne! He is such a smart dog! We brought him home, and he was pretty much potty trained from day one with us! He started out so tiny, and has grown quite a bit! To this day, here are some things he can do: He knows come, sit, shake, lay down. He knows the word time out, (Does not mean that always works, but he knows!) he tries to open the front door. He stands up and pulls at the handle with his paw, and when that doesn't work, he tries biting it! When I was leaving the other day for work, Landon let him look out the front door, and he was still watching me when I got in the car. I came home that night, Landon said he was searching the house for his mom all night, and than when Landon took him outside to go potty, he still was looking for me, so Landon walked him out to where my car was, and had to say look mom isn't home. He is our baby! We couldn't have asked for a better pup! Well here are some pics!
We LOVE these ears! They are always doing something different! We always know if he is concerned because he holds his ears a certain way! We love you Bruiser baby!

Going Private!

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Home sweet Home!

So here are some photos of our house, and just a few of the animals that Wayne my brother-in-law has! ( The picture with the cows laying down is for Afton and Mike, with all the rain it explains why they have been laying down so much! :D) The past two years, I have been able to go on a cattle drive with my friend Afton. It is so pretty in Pendleton Oregon! I realized on Monday, that it was just preparing me for what was to come that day! Monday I had off with Landon, and we had planned on going shopping for a new toilet, and sink, because we are finally putting in a bathroom downstairs. Well as I was going upstairs to get ready, I just happened to glance out the window. (The horses in the picture are not actually ours, they are our neighbors. Our neighbor is a retired horse jockey, and so that is all the animals he owns.) Well I happened to see a cow in front of his horse trailor, and I think to myself that is odd that he tied the cow up to the trailor, and that he even got a cow! I looked a little closer and it looked like Waynes cow. Well I went running downstairs as fast as I could, and told Landon and we went outside to get him back into the pasture. As I was opening the gate, and making sure the other cow didn't get out as well, I turned to see Landon running with a long 2 by 4 chasing Blackie. I jumped behind the fence, since it looked like he was going to charge me, and instead of running into the pasture he came back by me behind the fence. I went running the other direction a little nervous. ( I know Afton what a true cowgirl am I! :D Later when I talked to Wayne, I found out he has started charging.) So we were back to square one with the cow. Another minute goes by, and the cow came running my way again, but this time I was brave and stepped out just enough, and we finally got him back in. It was a very interesting day! The perks of living on a farm!

They grow so fast!

So a couple nights ago, one of my brother-in-laws rabbits had babies. This was kind of unexpected. He was however trying to breed her, but had no reason to believe she was pregnant, until one day saw the signs that she would have babies soon. He put the box in, and checked, and these little guys were not even a full day old. I came home from work, and ended up trying to help warm these little guys up. They were cold to the touch because the mom had not pulled enough fur, and they were squeaking lots, which Wayne informed me was not a good sign. He told me rabbits don't make noise unless there is something wrong. Well after we had a couple things to try and get them warm, Wayne realized the incubator was still set up from when he had done the chicks. We put them in there, and later that night put them back outside in hopes the mom would still nurse them! It has been about a week, and their eyes should open on Sunday, and all of them have survived! What fighters they are!






This little brown bunny in the above pictures is my bunny Annabelle. She has grown so fast! It has been fun though because she knows me. She is a really docile rabbit. I finally decided I wanted a bunny since the dog thing wasn't working out so well.

Happy Late Birthday!

So May 27th was Landon's birthday! We were able to have his birthday off together, and enjoy it! I took him to Outback for his dinner, one of his favorite places! We celebrated it with his family that following Sunday, and had pizza, and cheese cake! I am such a lucky girl! I have a great husband who really does love me! He spoils me. The more I get to know him, the more I love him! I know cheesy, but I really do feel that way! It was fun on his birthday to watch him arm wrestle one of his brothers. Boys will be Boys! ( the above pictures)


I love this picture! My cute nephew Chris and Uncle Bubba!

Finally!

So a couple months into dating my husband, I found out that he was going shooting and muddin. Well I told him I wanted to go! Just after 6 months of being married, he FINALLY took me! It was a lot of fun. I honestly didn't know what to expect, and sadly was really nervous when it was my turn to shoot the gun! I was going to give Landon's buddy Rich a hard time when he covered his ears, and than he fired the gun. I regretted not taking the ear plugs from him, I couldn't hear for a couple days after. All in all it was a lot of fun! However, I would shoot once or twice, and need a break. I did not expect how hard it would kick back. I have a loving husband though who wanted to make sure I hit a target before we were done, and he decided I needed to shoot until I hit one. Little did he know, by that time, I wasn't focusing on the target, I was focusing on how bad it would hurt when the gun kicked back when it was fired. I started bruising by the time we got home, and the next day, if you would have seen it, you would have thought my husband beats me! (I would never have to worry about that!) Needless to say he believed that I needed a break after shooting a couple times!

More Babysitting

So as I said in a previous post, this month has been filled with babysitting. Landon and I just recently watched his brothers kids Friday through Sunday. It went really well actually! I learned A LOT about my husband! We had 3 boys to watch! I was really impressed with Landon! I knew he would be good with kids, but, I did kinda expect that I would be the one getting up at night, and I would change the diapers, and feed little Aiden. Well, the first night, I got up with Aiden, and a minute after, he came over and told me to go lay down. The next day, he fed Aiden some of the time, and helped get the other 2 boys ready. He really stepped up! I realized I found a GREAT catch! It only gets better! The last night we were there, Aiden got up more than once, and Landon was so great, he got up every time! He tried changing his diaper! He is such a great guy! I am definantly a girl who cares a lot about kids, and can't wait to have some of my own! I am so glad that we were able to babysit, and I was able to learn more about my husband! It is true what they say, I really do fall more in love with my husband with every day that passes by! I wish I would have been able to get more pictures of that weekend, but the battery to my camera was dying, and so I was only able to snap 2 shots.

Enjoying the great outdoors!

Landon and I went hiking sort of for a little bit, and enjoyed a picnic. I love having days off with my Husband, and just being o enjoy it! Things don't tend to get done when my Husband and I have the same days off, but that is okay. I am such a lucky girl! I have a great husband who treats me so well!! He does a good job trying to spoil his wife! Thanks Landon! I am the luckiest one no battle!

Its a girl thing!

So this month has been full of babysitting! I was able to babysit my sisters girls a couple weeks ago. It was a lot of fun, especially since I don't get to see them very often. Well I decided it would be fun to go and get some bright colored nail polish, and paint their finger nails and toe nails! It was so much fun, and they really seemed to enjoy it. I am excited for down the road a little bit, when I can hopefully have a girl of my own, that I can be girly with, and just have fun! Here are some pictures!

While M and L were playing outside after we had painted our nails, and toe nails, cute M was riding her scooter up and down the sidewalk, and singing. So M came walking up to me and says, "I am singing more beautifully than normal! I have a beautiful voice just like my mother!" I told her yes she did, and she went along riding her scooter for a while longer, and comes back to me. She looked at me with her cute smile, and says "Don't tell anyone about that. " I asked her why she didn't want me to tell anyone else, and she replied" Because than they might want me to sing a musical or something like that, and I just don't know if I really want to do that. " I love being around kids! The things that they say and come up with, keeps your life interesting! Thanks Jaym for letting me watch the girls!

Easter Egg Hunts!

So here are a couple pictures from both Easter Egg hunts! I love being able to spend time with family! Family means so much to me! I don't know where I would be without them, and I am so lucky with my in-laws! I really have the best in-laws, and am so glad I get along with all of them! At Landon's family, there were 2 golden eggs to be found! My cute little nephew found one of them! You can tell he was so excited! I also had to put a couple pictures up of another nephew even though he wasn't old enough to look for eggs! He is so cute! He does not help the baby hunger factor! I always look forward to playing with him at family events!

Ukranian Eggs

For Easter this year, we were fortunate enough to be able to make it to both family partys! At my parents, we used my Mom's Pysanky dying kit, or they are also known as Ukranian Eggs as well. It was a lot of fun, Landon and I both really enjoyed dying them! They are fun, because you can really take your time, and do fun designs! The other great thing, is usually you blow the egg, so it is empty, so we will be able to use the eggs for decoration next year, and years to come! Here are some pictures!

8 dozen cookies anyone?

So the other night, my sister had said she made apple sauce cookies. When I was growing up, I always loved when my dad would make these cookies! They were such a GREAT treat! I also know that all of my family thought they were yummy too, because they would be gone so fast! Well I decided I just had to make them, it was my date night with my husband, and I made him stop at the store to get ingredients on the way home from dinner so I could make them! Well I started making them at 10 pm. Landon thought I was crazy for starting them so late! Well I thought that when my dad would make them, he would double the recipe, and even with it doubled, they were always gone so fast! So I decided that I had better double the recipe so I wouldn't regret not making enough. Well apparently I was wrong, and it was never doubled, because I had around 8 dozen cookies, pretty big too! Needless to say, the pigs at our house were able to enjoy some as well since they didn't all get eaten in time! I also took some pictures, I actually remembered to put on my apron so I didn't ruin yet another shirt!