Updates

Since I haven't posted in such a long time, I figured it was about time. The last couple of months have been filled with work, planning and craziness. As for me, I have been working at the stockyards and for my dad as well as trying to get more photography events and am currently working on building two more websites for clients. On top of that wedding planning is going slowly, but with only two months left, its time to get into gear. I finally closed on my home and am now the sole owner of it, my barn and 20 acres! Its such a wonderful feeling to know that I was able to do it on my own.My mom and her husband, Jim, recently moved to Butte! I'm so excited and blessed to have her so close now.Alexus is excelling in school in the reading program. She is really growing and maturing so quickly. I love her so much and it's amazing watching her but also a little sad to see my baby girl getting so grown up. With summer approaching, she is looking forward to not having to go to school and she is really excited to start learning barrel race on Barley and to hopefully start dance soon.Tyse is my sweet little monster. He is doing so well in preschool and is learning the letters to his name, can count to ten and retains everything! He is such an active little boy that being pent up in the house can take its toll on him. We try to get out whenever we can so he can let out some of his energy.Shawn is looking to build an arena in the field so he can practice his roping this summer and so we can all have a place to ride and is working hard to do so. He enjoys spending time up here - although the drive can get tiresome for him.
New Additions:
With all of this, we have managed to add some new members to our growing farm family. Shawn's two horses have been living here for a while and enjoying Mountain life. Madison the goat recently came to live here as did Hank the cow puppy and Casanova the barn cat.

2090-2010 Holiday Recap

I thought it would be kinda neat to give a little recap of our events from the past little while. I don't have any pictures up yet for various reasons, but hopefully soon. For Christmas this year, the kids and I had a whirl wind of events. Starting off with my niece's Christmas play followed by Alexus's Christmas play. I love watching the kids sing, it makes it such a great time to feel so much less stressed! Christmas Eve was spent visiting friends in Butte followed by our time to open gifts at my house with many friends and family - no pictures though because my battery was dead :-( The kids were very excited about our family gift - a Wii. On Christmas Santa arrived and after Christmas breakfast, dinner was followed at my brother and sister-in-law's house. The next day, Tyse, my dad and I drove to Utah to visit family there. I was able to get together with one of my best friends that I hadn't seen in over three years so that was really exciting. New Year's Eve was spent driving back home and then playing the Wii. Alexus's seventh birthday followed a short week later. Her dad was in town, which was a great birthday present for her. Now for our individual updates!

Alexus - Turned seven on the 7th - her golden birthday! My little girl is becoming not that little anymore. She is reading like a whiz and is in the accelerated reading program. She also had her first skiing lesson, through her school, and loved it!

Tyse - What to say about my lovable little man! He started Sunbeams and with mom as teacher, lets just say its going to be an adjustment. He is learning his shapes and starting on his alphabet at preschool and is getting too smart for his mother!

Me - Work has been busy, as usual and it is nice to finally be winding down from all the holiday festivities. My mom is going to moving up here in the next little while! I'm really excited for her to be here - its been so long since we have lived near one another. I guess the only other real update is that I am getting married on June 5th to an absolutely amazing man.

I guess that concludes this update for now!

Santa Claus

Yesterday we went to take pictures with Santa. Tyse and my niece Keelie were the only ones that would actually sit on Santa's lap, but Lex would have nothing to do with him. It was really funny and cute!

Introducing Baby Henry!

We are very excited to introduce "Henry" into our cattle family. Alexus' cow "Bubbles" had her calf ten days ago. He really is adorable but with the sub-zero temperatures we have been having they have been staying at the neighbors. Here are a few pictures of them, along with our longhorn, Rapunzel.

Lexus

In October, I took pictures for a benefit rodeo and we enter Alexus in the kids Barrel Racing. She won third place, and if this video worked, this was her third run. She was pretty excited and I was so proud of her for competing!

Halloween

I know I'm a little late, but I had to post these. Lex was a maiden and Tyse an alligator. My niece Keelie was Daphne.

Labor Day Camping

For Labor Day, we were finally able to go camping! I'm still trying to figure out this whole slide show thing. The kids had a blast fishing, roasting marshmallows, helping cook, and digging for crystals at Crystal Park and being outdoors. Lex enjoyed taking pictures with an old digital camera that worked okay. I think that will be our last trip as fall is settling in.