Sarafina

So, for a few days my dogs were trying to kill something under our deck. I assumed it was the rock chuck that keeps coming around. My husband looked under there and said I think it is a cat, so I crawled under there to find a tiny little wet, muddy kitten cold and terrified. Of course my hubby and I have a problem when it comes to animals, we cannot turn our backs. I wrapped up the little thing in a towel and brought it in. When I laid it on the kitchen floor it collapsed, it was so hungry and dehydrated it could not walk nor lift it's head. I immediately wrapped it back up and began feeding it sugar water from a syringe. By the end of the day we got her to eat some soft food and she was walking like a drunk. We took her to the vet where she weighed in at a whopping 1.6 pounds. She was very sick, we also found out she should have been twice her size but because of the starvation she had stopped growing, she also did not know how to play or chase things.
With some vaccinations, antibiotics, warmth, food and love, she is eating, playing, eating, sleeping, eating and using her litter box, did I say eating??? I have been calling her fatty catty. It is good to save a life!
The kids have loved her so much, she never has to walk anywhere, in fact I'm surprised she knows how, one kids puts her down and another picks her up. Jeff and I get to snuggle her at night after the kids go to bed. I think she is relieved when she gets put in her box for the night.

Happy Halloween

We had an awesome Halloween! We kicked off the festivities with a huge costume party at Klub Karaoke. We also made it a fundraiser to help Sarrah and her friend Whitney Keller earn money for dance competetion.

On Halloween night we had a haunted feast of guts, bat wings, skeleton bones, blood to drink and donuts, after eating it was off to trick or treat.

Our haunted walkway was the bomb. Lights, smoke, thunder, lightening, grave stones, dead things and skeletons that chase you with a feed wacker. For awhile I sat on the porch in disguise as a dummy and would scare the older kids when they looked at me.

The kids dressed up for school, only being able to wear a little of non scary make-up and that is it, they save the good costumes for Halloween night!

Olivias graduation from Preschool

The evening started out okay until the shoes had to go on. She really wanted to wear flip flops, she wears flip flops everyday, I did not think it was a lot to ask for her to wear nice shoes. As you can see by the picture, I got a look like how can you make me go out in public like this! She forgot all about it when we got there. She sang her heart out, smiled, posed and loved all the attention.

Wolf Flats

This summer me and the kids went exploring and found this wonderful place along the snake river called Wolf Flats. We stopped and built a fire, talked and enjoyed the quiet and beauty of the river, roasted marshmellows all just 15 min. from our house.

Ethan my pitcher

I know I am posting a lot today, but I have been sick for a week and this is as good of time as any to catch up on my blog.

I love watching my kids...Sarrah with competition dance team, softball and skiing, Olivia with dance and skiing, Gabe with baseball, football and snowboarding and Ethan with baseball, football and snowboarding.

I need to take my camera more, but I find I'm so wrapped up in the games that I forget to take pictures or video. I was watching Ethan pitch to Jeff (I won't catch for him, it stings and hurts!) and I was noticing his facial expressions. I had my moms big lense for awhile so I was able to get some shots of him pitching.

Thinking about our Farm.

We have a farm in Tetonia Idaho, near Driggs. We love going there to relax and enjoy peace and quiet, float the river, fish, ride motorcycles, horses and the dogs love all the manure! At night we wind down with a beautiful sunset on the Tetons, and then spend the night listening to fox, cyotes, and owls. In the morning we wake up to an amazing sunrise.

The joys of gardening!

First, I love the new fresh dirt in the spring after I have tilled it to a beautiful soft milk chocolate fluffs, I love to walk barefoot in it and feel it run between my fingers.
I hate weeds!
Planting is not as exciting, but I do love when I start to see my new little babies poking their heads out of the milk chocolate fluffs.
I hate weeds!
I love the day when I go out to check on things in my little piece of heaven and see that I should have brought a bowl.
I hate weeds!
I love sitting down and eating a dinner of grilled onions, greenbeans, potatoes, carrots, zucchini fresh from our garden.
I hate weeds!
I love sharing my garden goods with neighbors who don't garden.
I hate weeds!
This year I planted a flower cutting garden. With the crazy weather this year, I did not have the success I thought I would, but I did get several beautiful bouqets of flowers and cute little hitch hikers (ladybugs).
I hate weeds!
I also planted corn for the first time, and tonight I had corn. It was wonderful! I only got 6 ears at 6 inches long each, but they were sooooo good!
I hate weeds!
I also started harvesting sunflower seeds.
Did I say I hated weeds????