Freedom! lol

Well, the girls are officially back in school today! It's so nice and quiet around here!! lol I know I'll enjoy today and maybe even tomorrow, but then I'll start getting bored and missing them! lol They conned Ed into taking them to school in the vette this morning. It was quite comical seeing them all packed into the corvette, Ed, two girls and tons of school supplies! lol I wish I had taken a pic! They were excited to go though, ready to see all their friends again!! I'm looking forward to 3:30 today so I can hear all about their first day!!

Two More Days!!

I can't believe that it's already time for school to start! The girls are somewhat excited. They are looking forward to seeing all their friends again and all that, but not looking forward to all the school work. lol They won't have too tough of a week I'm sure. They will go Wednesday and Thursday and then on Friday the school will be taking them to the county fair in Guymon! So it will be a fun way to start back to school for them! I'm looking forward to my "me" time again. I'm sure I'll enjoy for a couple days, then I'll be missing them like crazy again though!! lol

18 Years ago today!

Ed and I were married in Las Vegas!! I can't believe it's already been that long!! Time sure flies!! We don't have any big plans tonight, we're gonna go out for supper and that will be about it. But I'm looking forward to a nice evening together.

News for August!

Here is a list of events so far for August. I'm sure there will be much more to add once I get school calendars for the girls and for Bryce.

August 1st: My Mom's birthday
August 1st: Dakota and Jordan have bible school
August 2nd: Dakota and Jordan have bible school
August 3rd: Dakota and Jordan have bible school
August 4th: Dakota and Jordan's bible school swimming party
August 6th: Dakota and Jordan have cheer class
August 8th: Dakota and Jordan have basketball camp
August 9th: Dakota and Jordan have basketball camp
August 10th: Dakota and Jordan have basketball camp
August 13th: Dakota and Jordan have cheer class
August 15th: Bryce starts school. A Senior this year - man I'm old!! lol
August 15th: Dakota and Jordan start school. 5th Grade this year!!
August 17th: Dakota and Jordan going to county fair with school
August 18th: Katie's Birthday Party
August 20th: Katie's Birthday
August 20th: Dakota and Jordan have cheer class
August 27th: Dakota and Jordan have cheer class
August 28th: Bryce's 17th Birthday

Bryce had a wonderful trip!!

I talked to him this morning. He had a great time! He wasn't overly thrilled with the whole flying thing, but he said the experience was well worth it. He's already decided he wants to go back next year with the church again! He was really touched by the way the people there live and said it made him appreciate how good we have it here. But he had a good and safe trip and is now back in Shattuck.

Meet Kiera!!

This is my new horse!! We picked her up last night when we got home. She's a yearling and a little on the wild side because she's never been messed with. But she will come around soon. She's already calmed down a lot and we haven't even had her for 24 hours yet. Her name is Kiera (I think anyway! lol).

A Wonderful Vacation!!

We had a really great time!! I took tons of pics, I'll get them uploaded to my family site later today and then share them all with you!!

Thursday: We left here about 7:00 that morning, went through NM and on up to CO. We stopped at a little town called Fort Garland and the girls got to ride horses. Then we went to Alamosa and went to the Colorado Gator Farm. Tons of aligators, snakes, all sorts of creepy stuff that the girls just loved!! Then from there we went on up to Salida and Monarch Pass. Showed the girls the place that we camped at several years ago with my Grandparents. Then went to the top of the Continental Divide. Spent the night in Salida that night, took the girls to the park downtown and watched the guys kayaking (sp???) in the rapids. That was fun! Then went back to the hotel and they went swimming.

Friday: Got up early and headed to the Royal Gorge. Got and walked across the bridge. Then we rode the thing across the RG, then rode to the bottom of it. Went to the petting zoo there, drove through the wildlife park they have. Then drove across the bridge on our way out. After that we went to Buckskin Joe's Frontier Town. The girls loved that, we watched the gun fight, went in all the building and stores, took a horse drawn trolley ride and ate lunch in the saloon there. lol Then we took the train ride from there and it went around the Royal Gorge. After we finished that up, we took the scenic byway drive to Cripple Creek. Then from there took the other scenic byway drive to Colorado Springs. We even got to see a bear running in the wild, I tried to take pic, but he was too quick! loll When we got to CO Springs, we went up the Helen Hunt Falls, that was beautiful!! I love waterfalls! lol Then we got our hotel room. We stayed at the same place we stayed at in March and got the Family Suite. It was a huge room with another bedroom, so Ed and I had our own room with a king size bed and the girls each had a queen size bed of their own!! We stayed there Friday and Saturday night!

Saturday we got up and went to The North Pole, the girls got to ride the rides and we shopped in all the stores. They of course didn't want to go sit on Santa's lap though! :( They are just growing up too fast!! Then we left there and drove to the top of Pikes Peak. It was great going up, a little cloudy, but not too bad. Coming down, the clouds rolled in and it started raining! Needless to say, I was a little nervous and ready to get to the bottom! lollll After that we went to Divide, CO. and took a tour of the Wolf and Wildlife Center. Dakota is just crazy about wolves, so this was really exciting for her! Then back to CO Springs, went to the mall, out for supper and then back to the hotel and the girls went swimming again.

Sunday we slept in, got up and packed our stuff, went out for breakfast and then headed home. We got home, unpacked the pickup and put stuff away, then went and picked up my new horse! We messed with her most of the evening and Jordan and I ran to town to get pizza for supper.