Peenk Owies

Syd decided one day she would finally pierce her ears. She had been wearing these fake clip-ons for a few days and crying every time she lost one. A girl in her class that wears boots, and that's important, has hers pierced so she thinks she could do it. So I took her and she did the piercing and was fine. No tears or anything and she is so happy about them. Well when she jumps out of the chair Kai crawls right up and says "Me, Peenk". So that means she wants pink ones. So I am thinking no way because I like them to appreciate them so they can take care of them so I don't have to, selfish. So I am thinking well if I do it now I won't have to come back someday and I might as well. Besides Sydnee raises her anyways so she will take care of them. So she gets all ready. Picks out some Peenk ones and on her way. The first gun goes off and she immediately is crying. So I am thinking oh well she will be walking around with one earring because no way will she go through with the next one. But she sat there for the second and cried all over again with the second. When you ask her if she got Peenk earrings she says no Peenk Owies!!

Diagnosed my sickness

It was a very long weekend around here and a busy one. On Friday I had set up some sessions for everyone to try out with a "footzoner". It turned out really good and I hope it was helpful. It is my new career, soon to be anyways. Anyways I stayed up really late and got up early Saturday morning and came home and drove straight to Prescott for Payce's football game and then came home that afternoon. I was on the phone with a friend from high school and she asked why I wasn't going horse riding with the rest of the family. Dumb question but since I am more willing to do those "real fun" things with the family I thought well I might as well go. So Troy saddles me a horse and we took off in the mountains. Sydnee was steering Payce and just to let you know you have to drag Payce to go also but he went. So she kept running him into tree branches and close encounters with trees and she would laugh so hard. I kept telling her to stop but you know how that goes!! As we were going up a steeper hill she ran him and herself right under a Juniper tree that couldn't have been a foot and a half taller than the pony. I saw it all happening. I can't believe they didn't fall off and get really hurt but they both were screaming crying and I would post the cuts on their backs but I would probably be getting a call from CPS if I did. Payce then bailed off and rode with Troy and Kai. Sydnee is a little dare devil. But anyways, I believe I was worn out from the weekend but when I flash back to what I really put myself through, the horse ride, I think that is why I am down sick now with the flu and cold stuff. It may be awhile before Payce and I go for a ride again. The others go every now and then and I love it because the house is quiet and Payce plays Legos. They saw and heard elk bugling. It was kind of eary because it was so close but they were excited.

Ponies

Just scrolling thru my pictures and decided to post a few of these because they are cute. I have been reading everyone's blogs and getting ideas and trying to not feel sick to my stomach so I thought what better to pass the time by with another blog! This is Sydnee and Shea at Traci's house in Aztec, NM. Sorry Traci I couldn't crop the suburban out. The other picture is of the baby miniature pony that our little one had. It was born on July 26th in the morning. You can see how small it is compared to two year old Kai. Our friends down the road are going to buy it for A LOT of money and so they have named it Flap Jack (don't know the story behind that....I put A LOT just to see if they pick up on it while stocking my blog). The kids have fun with it though. The barbie jeep picture is just the girls out on a Sunday evening stroll. This Barbie Jeep has entertained them a lot. Only cost $25 at a yard sale, it's one good babysitter. Kai knows that Syd is the driver and just sits on the passenger side ready to go all the time. If Payce decides to go with them her seat then becomes the hood. Payce had a football game this weekend. They ended up losing 12-0 but it was a tough team. I will get some good pictures sometime and post them. Well at least I can say I "journaled" for an hour on Sunday after posting this, let's keep it holy now!!

The Latest Blogger

So now that I sit here and try to figure out how to "blog" my little friend Kai has to do the same. She is real impatient with her computer but it is coming right along. If only the computer would answer her more often so she wouldn't interrupt my http:// trail train of thought!! Notice the chair she has to sit in. It is a small metal decorative chair. You can see just how small it is because I put the peach in for comparison. If you need another visual look at me fitting into the childrens disneyland ride in Traci's disneyland blog (not so slim)!! Anyways, I will get Kai busy on her next blog. And yes by the way the both of us usually look like that with the hair style and pajamas until I finally get off the computer.

Picture Day

Just a fun picture at Sears. I am slowly learning this blogging. Kai is not at all into blogging as I would like her to be. I feed her M&M's everytime she comes around to disrupt me but they don't hold her off long enough. I wish there was an herb out there I could feed her that made her like to like movies or something! I mean if it keeps on taking me three hours to figure out how to post something she is going to turn into an M&M. Anyways I think this blogging has just set us financially backwards. It was necessary to get Verizon higher speed, not high speed, internet, take family photos at Sears, and now I can't even get house work done so a maid might be next on the agenda. So here are some of our pictures from Sears. The most of them we got developed in Sepia but these are the originals.

Dahlia Flower

Thank goodness Trachel has the same flower or we would have never known the name of the natural wonder we actually have. This is the first one to bloom and it is on its way out but we have six more starting to bloom. I bought these bulbs on clearance at Wal-Mart for $.03. What a bargain..... watch out for falling prices!

COUNTY FAIR

This was our first year at the Coconino County Fair. The most memorable weekend for us in a long time. Taya's steer weighing in at 1365 pounds was named "Oro" he was to win the "Gold" in Spanish!! Her pig named "Lollipop" weighed in at 241 pounds. She impressed a lot of people with her bravery and courage to show this monster. He was so good to her though. She placed third in her weight class and would have won the showmanship had her steer not mounted the steer in front of her several times. The judge even said over the microphone that the other kids better look out for this girl in a year or two because she can show an animal. The crowd went wild and we got the chills. It was the loudest cheer all weekend from the audience.
A little different story with the pig who decided to have an allergic reaction to the fair. I guess we are glad his name wasn't Wilbur. He was allergic to the saw dust and had to be quarantined. Oh in case you are wondering the reaction was a million huge pimples all over her body that ... well let's just leave it at that. She still got to show her and got 11th place out of 11 Durocs. But she still managed to get Reserve Champion in Showmanship and had the pig whisperer told her she needed to switch hands with the show stick she would have won Grand!! She was the last to sale in the whole auction.
This was a tough day. The day Oro had to leave us and journey on to his next mission in life. Taya had a hard time letting go but she has recovered and ready for next year.
Sydnee is Taya's moral support and best bud!!