Merry Christmas everyone! I hope we all have a great Christmas and remember WHY we have Christmas!
I found this poem on a website. Enjoy!
'A labor of Love'
It was not a silent night
There was blood on the ground
You could hear a woman cry
In the alleyways that night
On the streets of David's town
And the stable was not clean
And the cobblestones were cold
And little Mary full of grace
With the tears upon her face
Had no mother's hand to hold
It was a labor of pain
It was a cold sky above
But for the girl on the ground in the dark
With every beat of her beautiful heart
It was a labor of love
Noble Joseph at her side
Callused hands and weary eyes
There were no midwives to be found
In the streets of David's town
In the middle of the night
So he held her and he prayed
Shafts of moonlight on his face
But the baby in her womb
He was the maker of the moon
He was the Author of the faith
That could make the mountains move
It was a labor of pain
It was a cold sky above
But for the girl on the ground in the dark
With every beat of her beautiful heart
It was a labor of love
And little Mary full of grace
With the tears upon her face
It was a labor of love
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Favorite Song! And some I have been playing lately!
This is one of my most favorite songs EVER!!! (I also LOVE the movie that this comes from!)
I have been playing this one a lot lately. I've got it memorized, I play it alot!
I love Einaudi's music! It can seem really boring, and sometimes I think it is, but I love how it is simple, not complicated not confusing, just pretty!
Friday, November 2, 2012
Just for laughs!
This post is just for fun!  |
| Isn't she so cute!!!! |
My cousin Erica and I both went over to my Grandma's house to pass out candy and hang out on Halloween. We got a hold of my Grandma's ipad and went to town taking silly pictures of each otherin between trick-or-treaters. Oh, and we laughed ourselves silly in the process!
Oh, and Erica crocheted the skirt that she is wearing (plus her belt and headband!). She was a crochet doll for Halloween. Isn't it soooooo cute?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Teaching a Horse how to Neck Rein
So I got a crazy hair today and I decided that I wanted to ride Idaho. I knew that she was broke because she was raced. I wouldn't have just jumped on her if I didn't know that! I don't think that she's been ridden in 5+ years.
Anyway...I got on her and she did sooooo good! She was waaaay better than I thought she would be! She acted like a good old broke mellow horse...not a racehorse at all! She didn't have any bad racehorse manners except for she hates her ears being touched at all. So it took a looong time for me to figure out how to put a headstall on her, especially because that one is a sliding ear. She was happy to walk around and trot a little bit. She didn't try anything at all. Caleb rode her around the arena by himself a lot. But she was trained to run, not to be a good usable horse. So she is really green. She's probably the greenist (is that a word?) horse I've ever ridden. She knows zero neck reining and knows nothing about moving off of your leg. She has no buck in her or anything but she knows nothing except for a kick means go forward and whoa means slow down or stop (oh and she backed up when I asked her to). She was soooo sweet and was trying so hard to do what I asked her to she just didn't understand the cues I use on my other horses.
She is a really jumpy easily spooked horse so I was kind of nervous about it but she was soooo steady. Que was running all over the arena and she didn't even bat an eyelash! She has the SMOOTHEST gait i've ever ridden, even more than Bailey, and Bailey is really smooth!
But anyway, I found these videos on how to teach neck reining, I have always taken for granted the fact that my horses have always known how to but I'm going to see if I can teach her to because it is sooo much more fun to ride a horse that neck reins vs. on that doesn't!
Anyway...I got on her and she did sooooo good! She was waaaay better than I thought she would be! She acted like a good old broke mellow horse...not a racehorse at all! She didn't have any bad racehorse manners except for she hates her ears being touched at all. So it took a looong time for me to figure out how to put a headstall on her, especially because that one is a sliding ear. She was happy to walk around and trot a little bit. She didn't try anything at all. Caleb rode her around the arena by himself a lot. But she was trained to run, not to be a good usable horse. So she is really green. She's probably the greenist (is that a word?) horse I've ever ridden. She knows zero neck reining and knows nothing about moving off of your leg. She has no buck in her or anything but she knows nothing except for a kick means go forward and whoa means slow down or stop (oh and she backed up when I asked her to). She was soooo sweet and was trying so hard to do what I asked her to she just didn't understand the cues I use on my other horses.
She is a really jumpy easily spooked horse so I was kind of nervous about it but she was soooo steady. Que was running all over the arena and she didn't even bat an eyelash! She has the SMOOTHEST gait i've ever ridden, even more than Bailey, and Bailey is really smooth!
But anyway, I found these videos on how to teach neck reining, I have always taken for granted the fact that my horses have always known how to but I'm going to see if I can teach her to because it is sooo much more fun to ride a horse that neck reins vs. on that doesn't!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
The House: The Library Room
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| Sorry for the bad lighting! Here the boys are studying hard in the Library. |
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| Lots of shalves for lots of books! |
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| This is a cool little shelf in front of the window with a BOM and Dictionary along with some atlas' and random books! |
The House: The Basement
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| Shelf in the Stairwell going down |
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| Our couchless family room. Until we get couches it is a great play area since there's so much open space that's carpeted! |
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| Piano area of the family room. (Please excuse the dollhouse!) |
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| Nice big storage room! |
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| Caleb's room |
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| Luke's room (he has a desk in the corner you can't see) |
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| Jared's room |
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| My room (ignore the books on my bed...it's kind of like my desk!) |
The House: The Bonus Room!
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| When you look to the left as you come up the stairs this is what you see...my sewing/music room!!! (It's already messy! Oh no!) |
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| Closup of the sewing part of the room. On a side note, I LOOOOVE having a real design wall, it has been sooooo nice! |
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| When you look to the right when you come up the stair this is what you see! We're planning on having dances up here! It should be super fun! |
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| This is a little family room on the very end of that looong room! The bunkbeds are for when people come over and us kids are kicked out of our bedrooms. |
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| This is our 'wii area' there's just the perfect amount of space to play the wii! |
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| This is the view from a dormer window! The arena, then beautiful pastures and handlines :) and then the mountains! |
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| View to the left from the same dormer. Can you see Bailey's head sticking up in there? |
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| Closeup of 5 of the horses out in the pasture. (in case you were dying to know Fanny and roxy are the ones standing, the other 3 are lying down and Bailey is over in the corrals since Que is being weaned) |
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| This is a bad view of the cool chandelier that is in the stairwell going upstairs. I'll have to get a picture from the outside at night, it looks really cool! |
More later...
The House: Main Level
Some people have requested pictures of our house via. email so I figured that this would be the easiest way to show everybody. Let's just say I took a LOOOOOOT of pictures!!
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| This is the Living Room |
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| This is the Kitchen from the Living Room |
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| Kitchen view |
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| Mom's butler's pantry |
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| The Mudroom |
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| Closeup of the lockers |
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| The washer and dryer (in the mud room) |
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| Laundry area, for sorting, folding clothes etc. in the mud room |
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| Half of the garage |
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| The guest bedroom that is sheetless |
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| The Master Bedroom |
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Big Girl = Sad Mommas!
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| I just love that look on her face! |
Que is getting so big! These pictures were taken about a month and a half ago and she has grown so much since then! The halter that is on her in these doesn't even fit her anymore!
She is halter broke and I trained her to back up as soon as I wiggle the lead rope a little bit!! I can also tie her to anything!
She's being weaned right now. It's crazy how time flies! I didn't want to wean her this early ( she's about 4 1/2 months old) but Bailey was having a hard time nursing her so I've been gradually separating them. It's pretty loud at our house right now!
So Bailey and I are both sad mommas, our baby is growing up!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
It's so exciting just to look at!!!!!
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/que8
This isn't her registered name (It's going to be Miss Susy que) but since the registration isn't done yet I just put que. I'll fill it in completely when her registration is complete.
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/que8
This isn't her registered name (It's going to be Miss Susy que) but since the registration isn't done yet I just put que. I'll fill it in completely when her registration is complete.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Cabinets
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
"Peaches"
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| SS SHADOW LAKE 2001 bay mare click here for her pedigree |
We're up to six and a half now! I need a job! Rest assured we are not planning on getting any more for a while! This broodmare was rescued this past spring so she isn't pregnant right now. She has some pretty awesome lines! Dash for Cash is on her papers!!! We are planning on breeding her to Cowboy next spring.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Another one...FFQ POCOS FOXY FLASH
Since it appears that I do not have enough horses Ma and I went down to Utah on Friday and picked up another one, FFQ POCOS FOXY FLASH aka. 'Roxy'! So now I own 5. That is a lot! This mare is just a broodmare and is pregnant to foal next may. She is super sweet and nice...but really, 5 horses! Crazy!
here is her pedigree, she is pretty well bred!
FFQ POCOS FOXY FLASH M, QUARTER HORSE, 2003
If you go to this link you can see the pics of the horses with astericks by their names http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ffq+pocos+foxy+flash
This is the pedigree of the stud that she is bred to, son of the great DRIFTS CHIP!!! This dude's brother was champion heeler a couple of years ago!!
DRIFT SUNNY FOUR H, QUARTER HORSE, 2000
if you go to this link you can see his progeny and the pics of the horses with astericks by their names http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/drift+sunny+four
here is her pedigree, she is pretty well bred!
| FFQ POCOS FOXY FLASH 2003 QUARTER HORSE | IMA SKIPPIN CHEX 2000 QUARTER HORSE | WARRIOR COMMAND buck 1981 QUARTER HORSE | FRITZ COMMAND* buck 1967 QUARTER HORSE | KING FRITZ* b 1956 | POWER COMMAND* | sor 1949 | ||||||||||||
| POCO JANE* | b 1948 | |||||||||||||||||
| SUTHERLANDS MISS buck 1951 | JODIE THE TUFF | b 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| TANGERINE W* | blk smky 1944 | |||||||||||||||||
| SUGAR CHICKS b 1972 QUARTER HORSE | TRIPLE CHICK* br 15.1 1955 | THREE BARS* | ch 15.3 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| CHICADO V* | br 1950 | |||||||||||||||||
| SUGAR MAYDAY sor 1958 | LEO* | sor 14.2 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRONTERA SUGAR | pal 1943 | |||||||||||||||||
| MISS CLASSY CACHE 1989 QUARTER HORSE | SKIPA STAR LAD* sor 1978 QUARTER HORSE | SKIPA STAR* sor 1973 | SKIPPERS LAD* | sor 15.2H 1952 | ||||||||||||||
| PATS DUSTY STAR* | pal 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
| SKIPS JOYCE* pal ? 1966 | SKIP SCHOOL* | pal 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| LITTLE PEARL ANN | sor 1960 | |||||||||||||||||
| TWISTIE CUE sor 1959 QUARTER HORSE | CUELLAR* ch 1942 | KING* | b 14.3 1932 | |||||||||||||||
| OLD SILVER | b 1923 | |||||||||||||||||
| TALLULA TWIST ch 1953 | HARD TWIST* | ch 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| BABE LUX | sor 1934 | |||||||||||||||||
| POCOS FANCY FLASH buck 1988 QUARTER HORSE | LEO SAN BUENO buck 1981 QUARTER HORSE | POCO SAN BUENO* buck 1965 QUARTER HORSE | LEO SAN* sor 1949 | LEO* | sor 14.2 1940 | |||||||||||||
| SAN SUE DARKS* | sor 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
| POCO FAY buck 1955 | POCO BUENO* | br 15.0 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| PRETTY ROSALIE* | buck 15.0 1943 | |||||||||||||||||
| CLASSY BIEN ch 1962 QUARTER HORSE | POCO BIEN dun 15.0 1958 | POCO BUENO* | br 15.0 1944 | |||||||||||||||
| LADY PEP-UP X | dun 1949 | |||||||||||||||||
| TYPY TAMI ch 1957 | SOPPY* | sor 15.1 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| NICKITA | ch 1949 | |||||||||||||||||
| JILL BLANTON buck 1969 QUARTER HORSE | STERLS LUCKY dun 1960 QUARTER HORSE | LUCKY BLANTON* ch 1936 | MARK | sor 1925 | ||||||||||||||
| GOLD NUGGET 3 | dun 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
| HEART 87 dun 1955 | HOLLYWOODS PARKE | dun 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
| HEART 42 | 1952 | |||||||||||||||||
| POCO PEGGY 1956 QUARTER HORSE | POCO DELL* b 1950 | POCO BUENO* | br 15.0 1944 | |||||||||||||||
| SHADY DELL | dun 1946 | |||||||||||||||||
| BONNIE BENEAR b 1948 | DUSTY BENEAR | b 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| BONNIE CLEGG | br 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
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This is the pedigree of the stud that she is bred to, son of the great DRIFTS CHIP!!! This dude's brother was champion heeler a couple of years ago!!
| DRIFT SUNNY FOUR buck 2000 QUARTER HORSE | DRIFTS CHIP* blk 1979 QUARTER HORSE | DOUBLE DRIFT blk 1956 QUARTER HORSE | GRAY CHIP gr 1953 QUARTER HORSE | DRIFTWOOD* b 15 1932 | MILLER BOY | b 1926 | ||||||||||||
| THE COMER MARE | ch 1920 | |||||||||||||||||
| SUGAR TIT gr 1942 | KELLY | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
| LOUSE SCHUYLER | b 1936 | |||||||||||||||||
| ROSE WOOD b 1954 QUARTER HORSE | DRIFTWOOD* b 15 1932 | MILLER BOY | b 1926 | |||||||||||||||
| THE COMER MARE | ch 1920 | |||||||||||||||||
| MISS HONDO b 1942 | HANK I | 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
| NELLIE 21 | ~1935 | |||||||||||||||||
| DIAMOND ISLE ro 1959 QUARTER HORSE | DIAMOND CHIP b 1948 QUARTER HORSE | SILVER KING* b 1937 | OLD SORREL* | ch 1915 | ||||||||||||||
| CLEGG MARE NO 3 | b 1925 | |||||||||||||||||
| SCAR FACE S br 1935 | BAILEY | sor 1913 | ||||||||||||||||
| MARE BY MIDNIGHT | gr 1926 | |||||||||||||||||
| DUSTY BABE ro 1946 QUARTER HORSE | DUSTY HANCOCK* bl ro 15H 1940 | ROAN HANCOCK* | b ro 1935 | |||||||||||||||
| TRIANGLE LADY 12 | buck 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 0 3 BABE 1939 | RED JOE OF ARIZONA* | ch 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| DREAMY 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| BELLES SANDY SUNNY buck 1990 QUARTER HORSE | BAR MONEY SUNNY* buck 15.0 1982 QUARTER HORSE | BAR MONEY* ch 1960 QUARTER HORSE | THREE BARS* ch 15.3 1940 | PERCENTAGE | ch 1923 | |||||||||||||
| MYRTLE DEE* | blk/br 1923 | |||||||||||||||||
| MISS RUBY b 1946 | LOS MOLINOS | b 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| TEX | b 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
| SUNECE BAILEY buck 1962 QUARTER HORSE | GOLD KING BAILEY pal 1945 | HANK H* | ch 1942 | |||||||||||||||
| BEAUTY BAILEY | pal 1932 | |||||||||||||||||
| MACS SUNNYDAY b 1951 | STAR BRIGHT MOORE* | b 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| NILA B | br 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
| DOCS BONNIE BELLE b 1984 QUARTER HORSE | DOCS TIVIO JACK sor 1981 QUARTER HORSE | DOCS JACK SPRAT* sor 14.3 1972 | DOC BAR* | ch 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| PURA FINA | b 1965 | |||||||||||||||||
| ME LICKA STAR sor 1968 | STRING FLAG | buck 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| DANNY DOLL | sor 1959 | |||||||||||||||||
| MONTE BONNIE b 1980 QUARTER HORSE | MONTE JIBO sor 1967 | BUENO ROBIN | b 1961 | |||||||||||||||
| MON SUE STAR | br 1961 | |||||||||||||||||
| SWEET BONNIE GAL buck 1973 | HANCOCKS DUDE* | br 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
| HOPETT | pal 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
My Drawings for 'Grandpa's Quilt'
I think that this is as fancy as I get! These are the measurments I used for 'Grandpa's Quilt' if you want to make one. It was really fun to make, I made the quilt top in an afternoon and then stared at it for a month because I couldn't decide how to quilt it! It finished at about a twin size I think. I made the points on the stars by cutting a rectangle and then sewing 2 squares on just like a snowball block in case you were wondering...
Friday, August 17, 2012
Ugly Baby
Not loving her looks right now! Good thing she is so sweet and loving and loves people so much!
We've made a lot of improvement eh? This is even from a week ago, and looks even better than that!
I love her little nose, I don't know why, it's just cute...and soft...very soft...
We've made a lot of improvement eh? This is even from a week ago, and looks even better than that!
I love her little nose, I don't know why, it's just cute...and soft...very soft...
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