New School Pics!!

The girls got their Fall school pics yesterday. I think they both turned out really good. I'm just not real happy about how old my babies are getting!! To me they don't look 11. More like 15 or 16! :( They just grow up way too fast!!

I can't believe it's October already!!

Things here are going good. The girls have open house at school tonight, so we'll be going to that. My little Buddy is doing better - his wound still looks pretty bad, but it will for a while. We are continuing to flush it out a few times a day and keep it all clean and antiseptic spray on it. He's just such a little trooper, he's so good while we have to flush it out! Not much else to report on today, the girls will be getting to go to KS to stay with my Mom over Fall break, they are so excited. I'll be meeting her in Laverne on the 14th and they will leave there with her on the 15th to go to KS. They'll be up there Wednesday - Sunday. I'll meet her in Kingman, KS on Sunday morning to pick them up. She's got shopping and all sorts of fun things planned for them! They are so excited.

Not such a great weekend for the Burden family!

Saturday morning Ed was at work and I was doing some cleaning. Jordan came running in telling me that Buddy (my 1 1/2 year old stud colt) was hurt. I figured he was cut a little from barbed wire and wasn't too worried. But then Jordan said, "no, Mom - it's BAD" So I ran down to the corrals and sure enough, he has layed his left front shoulder open really bad. The whole thing is about the size of a softball. It was cut down into the muscle and looked really awful. I called Ed and he got home as soon as he could. His first thought was that I was over reacting - but when he got home and seen it - he really thought we'd end up having to put him down. He didn't think there was gonna be anything to do for it. But - we loaded him up (not an easy task - he was born out here and had never been in a trailer at all) and took him to town to the vet. We had to leave him for the vet to look at when he got back (he was over by Woodward). So all day Saturday I cried and worried and prayed for Buddy. That evening when we got to talk to the vet - he told us he had cut all the skin away from it cause it was all dead, there was no way to stitch it back up. He had flushed out the wound and gave him some antibiotics. The vet told us that he would be fine but there was nothing he could do for him as far as stitching him up. We would have to let the wound heal from the inside out. We got to bring him home Sunday afternoon and we have to flush his wound and dr. him at least twice a day. He's in a small round pen by himself away from the other horse while he recovers. The wound still just looks horrible, but the vet said it would heal with time and work to keep it clean and flushed out. So he will be getting lots of TLC for the next month or more.

And - as if the whole Buddy ordeal wasn't enough. Jordan backed Ed's pickup into the horse trailer Sunday afternoon! Both the girls have driven the pickup before (just in the pasture or down the dirt road) They've even driven Ed's Vette before. But I guess with all the excitement and worry about Buddy, she just wasn't paying attention. When Ed told her to pull forward, she put it in reverse instead and backed into the horse trailer. The gooseneck hitch hit Ed's toolbox in the pickup and totaled it out. It's all smashed in. It also tore the tailgate up. We'll have to have a new tailgate and a new tool box. But other than that, everything was okay. Once Ed got over being mad about it and Jordan got over being upset about it - they've been laughing and joking about it. Ed's nicknamed Jordan "crash"!

So - all in all, it was a weekend that I'm very glad is over!! I hope the rest of the week goes better!!

Wind!

Another hot, dry, windy day in the panhandle! It's miserable outside, the wind is blowing 30+ mph and it's hot! Not a lot going on today here. Jordan has gymnastics in town tonight and the girls and I plan on going in a little early to do some shopping and run some other errands. Gonna be a fairly quiet week I think. The girls have Awana on Wednesday night but other than that I don't think any of us have any big plans!!

Too close for comfort!!

Wow - what a Saturday we had! A horrible scare - we were sooooooo close to being in a car accident Saturday. Ed, the girls and I had gone to Liberal to do some shopping. We were sitting at a red light in the center lane. There were a couple cars to our left in the turning lane, one suburban in front of us in the center lane and 3 cars to our right in the right lane. All of a sudden this small suv comes crashing into the back of the car that is directly to our right - this was right outside my window and Dakota's window (she was behind me). When the small suv hits this car it shoves them up onto the sidewalk and then the suv bounces over and scrapes down the entire side of the suburban directly in front of us spinning it around sideways. Then bounces off the car next to it and on ahead to the next car in front of that one - and finally coming to a stop in the middle of the interesection. It was like she was making a path between the middle lane and the right lane and knocking out everyone that was in her way. God only knows why we didn't get hit. We were the only vehicle in those two lanes that didn't. God was definitely looking out for us!! There were car parts flying everywhere and the sound of metal crashing was just awful. The speed limit was 30 mph through here and as I said, we were stopped at a red light. She was flying through there and had to have been going a whole lot faster than that to knock all those cars out of the way! She ended up wiping out 5 cars total - 4 others (3 to our right and one in front of us) and her car. It was a scary experience, I was pretty shaken up for a while and the girls were too. I was never so glad to get back home that day!!

September Updates

Wow - this month is already flying by! Of course I just had a birthday - but we won't talk about how old I am getting! lol

Ed - still working for Nabors Well Service and loving it. It's really nice for him to not have to drive so many miles and bounce around in that truck all the time. He's home a lot more often now, which is nice. Of course being the boss does put a little more stress on him at times, but he's still enjoying it.

Bryce - he's doing great since being back in Shattuck. He's working for the school and was out here last weekend to spend the weekend with us, we really enjoyed him!

Dakota - A big 6th grader this year, still a tomboy and loves any kind of sports. She's constantly shooting baskets or playing volleyball, soccer, or softball. She's a great student. She's active in Awana again this year and really enjoying that. She loves to go hunting with her Dad and loves to ride 4-wheelers and mess with her horse.

Jordan - She's a big 6th grader this year too of course and she also does great in school. She's finally turned into a little more of a girl! lol Of course she still likes to play sports, go hunting with Dad and ride 4-wheelers and mess with her horse, but she now also enjoys dressing like a girl (which made school shopping SOOOOOOOOO much fun this year) and painting her fingernails and toenails. We've had a lot of fun together doing all those girly things that I enjoy! lol She's also active in Awana again this year and she's also taking gymnastics in Guymon and really enjoys that.

Me - well, I'm still staying home and for the most part loving it. I get a little bored sometimes. I got spoiled to the girls being home all summer and now that school has started I miss them!!

Ed and I of course still enjoy our Wednesday evenings alone. The girls are gone to Awana until around 9:00 every Wednesday, so we take the Vette to town and ride around and go out for supper and spend some time together!

I can't believe that 2008 is going to be over before we know it. Seems like this year has just flown by. Won't be long and it will be time to start thinking about Christmas!!

Well, I think that about catches everyone up on what is going on in our part of the world right now!! Hope this finds everyone healthy and happy!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Today is my Mom's birthday!!! Wish she lived closer so we could go out for lunch like we used to! But I talked to her yesterday and plan on calling her again this evening when she gets home from work.

The girls have been in bible school all week, tonight is the last night and then they are going home to spend the night with Janelle. Tomorrow they will ride with Janelle to the swimming party in Hooker and Ed and I will pick them up around 7:00.

Tuesday (5th) we are going to Laverne to spend the day with Grandma Margie and to see Brittany and take her out for lunch!! Then the girls start basketball camp on the 6th. It's only a week and a half until school starts!! Hard to believe!! I'll post some pics of our trip to Laverne Tuesday!!