We had a couple bad hail storms in July and August and one of the storms totaled my car :(
But it worked out for the best because my car was starting to have some mechanical problems and we didn't know what all was wrong with it so we got a new car.

(Here is Kaylee playing with the lights inside our new car)

Blondie enjoying some green grass.

Kaylee helping model off the old and new car.

They look almost the exact same, just the new one is nicer and holds more people.
And the best part is that it has air in the back, Kaylee loves that part.

Kaylee says she really likes the new one.

The Results Are In....

It's been forever since I've posted anything on here. I kinda forgot about my blog.

I forgot to update everybody on our good news that we got all of Bobby's test results back for Hepatitis C and he is NEGATIVE! We are really excited about it. The first time they called us to give us the results they left a message saying to call them back and we were both kinda scared and didn't want to call back afraid of what they were going to say.

Thanks to everyone that kept Bobby in their prayers!

Hail Storm

Scary News

Bobby had his surgery for his shoulder on June 12th and has been enjoying being a stay at home Dad while he is recovering. He has been really sore but getting better. He is still in a sling and unable to use his arm but he is going to Physical Therapy twice a week in Colorado Springs and we have been seeing improvement in his rang of motion on his shoulder. He says it is extremely painful but is glad he is doing it.

This weekend I flipped to the local news channel to just barely catch them talking about a Nurse possibly exposing thousands of people to Hepatitis C at the Surgery Center where Bobby had his surgery. This is what the news channel reported...

Federal agents in Colorado have arrested a former surgery technician accused of exposing up to 6,000 people to hepatitis C by injecting herself with painkillers meant for hospital patients, then filling the used syringes with saline solution.

Kristen Diane Parker appeared in court Monday to be advised of the charges against her, which include product tampering and other violations.

Authorities say thousands of patients at two hospitals were injected with the used syringes when medical personnel thought they were administering painkillers.

Officials say Parker worked at Rose Medical Center in Denver until she was fired after testing positive for the painkiller Fentyl. She then went to work for the Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado Springs.

Authorities say nine patients at Rose tested positive for hepatitis C.

This is what the Audubon Surgery Center posted on their website.

“We are shocked and deeply distressed by the events that have been revealed to us over the past 48 hours regarding potential exposure our patients may have had to Hepatitis C.

Our immediate focus is on the care of our patients and their families. As a result, Audubon Surgery Center is in the process of contacting 1,200 surgery patients via certified mail early next week who are at possible risk for exposure. We recognize the stress this situation will create for patients and their families so our first and top priority right now is to notify those patients to offer support and care to those who may be impacted. While it is likely most patients will not have been exposed, we are asking everyone who had surgery between May 4, 2009 and July 1, 2009 at Audubon Surgery Center only to be tested. Those receiving certified letters are the only patients with possible exposure.



We will be getting the letter today or tomorrow that he needs to take with him so he can go get all the test done to see if he has it, then it will be about a week after that to get the results. So we are praying that it comes back negative. Please keep him in your prayers also.

Just letting everyone know that I have a new post office box and it is P. O. Box 3414 Pueblo, CO 81005.

Organic Lawnmowers

Here are a couple pictures that I took about a month ago, but better late then never.

I like to let the horses out in our front yard to graze on the grass. It helps us keep it down so we don't have to mow it and it makes the horses happy too.

They looked so pretty out side so I went to take a picture of them. If you look in the above picture you can see that it is a little bit brighter then it is in the below picture.

I was out side for just a couple minutes but in that time a rain cloud went over us and in the below picture that I took it was just seconds before Blondie and Diamond started running to the barn because it barely started sprinkling. I wish I could have gotten a picture of them running but they were too fast.

They are like cats...don't like to get wet.

Sleeping Beauties

A couple of weeks ago I walked into the living room to see these two sleepy heads on the floor.

Kaylee tired after a hard day of play, and Bobby tired after a long day of work.

Not Welcome Here

Last Monday Kaylee and I were cleaning up around the house, watering trees and just playing around out side. After a couple hours Kaylee wanted to go inside so she went in and I stayed out with Jinx. Jinx is a born hunter and loves to chase birds and find mice and rabbits. But most of the time she bark at them just playing and tends to bark at nothing.

Well while I was out with her she was barking at something near by the house but I didn't pay much attention to her. Just figured she was barking at the neighbors dog or something. Well she kept barking and barking and it was a different bark then what I am use too. So I went over to see what the big deal was and to my complete shock was a HUGE snake coiled up ready to strike at Jinx. I instantly started to freak out and started to shake. It looked just like a Rattlesnake.

So I start screaming at Jinx to get her to come to me so she doesn't get bit. After about a minute that seemed like forever she finally come to me and I grabbed her and tiptoed into the house watching for other snakes on the way. I grabbed Kaylee and we got into the car and went to go run the snake over. Well when I got there I found that not only was there one HUGE snake, but that there were two HUGE snakes! And they were breeding! So gross I thought I was going to puke.

Well I ran over them in my car the best I could, I couldn't really tell if I was running them over because I was too scared to stick my head out the window and see. Even though I knew that they couldn't jump up and get me I still couldn't roll down the window.

They took off under the fence headed to my house and I started really freaking out, so I had to go back around the fence and try and run them over again, but I couldn't find them after that.
I was calling mom and dad scared out of my mind.

Dad was so funny because he said if I see them again just run them over or just go out there and cut their heads off. Haha There is no way I could do that! I was terrified just getting into my car after seeing them. No way could I get close enough with a shovel to cut its head off. So after talking to dad a couple times I think he could really hear the fear in my voice or me trying to hold back the tears. So him and mom showed up about 20 minutes later to try and help me. Dad got a shovel and mom found a long pair of bolt cutters that we had under our carport and they were on a mission to kill the snakes for me. Sadly we couldn't find them but dad found some holes that they could have got into and covered them up for me.

(Not very good pictures of it with my cell phone, And it was on zoom because I couldn't get close enough for a decent picture)

Well yesterday I was taking a nap on the couch when I woke to the same bark that I heard coming from Jinx that previous Monday. I slipped on my shoes and ran out to find that Jinx had the snake pinned up against our house! It wasn't as aggressive as it was the previous time, so I was watching how close Jinx was getting to it without it striking her, so I grabbed her and stuck her in my car so that she didn't doing anything stupid while I was out there being stupid.

I got a shovel and put on my brave face and told myself I was going to chop it's head off like dad told me too. Haha again! I still couldn't get as close to it as Jinx was, but I still tried to do it but all I did was hit it in the neck and it retreated(glad it didn't get mad and try and bit me) It started going under my house through a small whole! Oh my gosh! No way is this thing going under my house! I started trying to grab it with the shovel and pull it back, but it was no use, so I put the shovel on the rest of it that was sticking out (about 10") of under my house and pushed down hard enough that it couldn't go any further.

I started calling Mom, Dad, Cameron and Bobby. Bobby was about 4 hours away and no cell phone service, Cameron didn't have his phone and was about an hour away working anyways. Mom and Dad were in a meeting and couldn't answer there phone at the time but called me back shortly after. They were trying to hurry things up in their meeting to come out and help me.

Meanwhile I was out side in my shorts and freezing in the wind holding on to that shovel for dear life hoping that snake didn't find away back out to bit me. Kaylee was inside sleeping but a while later woke up and was crying for me but there wasn't anything I could do unless I let go of the snake. The snake had a little whole that he started peeking his head out to look at me and he was making this really loud noise at me and it was pretty intimidating. He was also using his tail to push against the shovel and try to push it off of him, he was very strong because I was really having to use a lot of strength to keep the shovel on him.

After about an hour of holding him mom and dad showed up. Dad grabbed him by the tail and ripped him out of there. He really put up a fight for dad too. Dad walked up to him took a few wackes at him with a shovel and then he was dead.

I am soooo grateful that Dad was able to come out and save me from the snake.
Dad said the snake is 5+ feet long, but when you are next to him he looks like he is 10 feet. We arent too sure of what kind of snake he is. Dad was thinking a Bullsnake or a Blowsnake, Both of witch are not poisonous but still unwelcome at my house.

Last night I had a pretty weird nightmare about snakes and they were everywhere! Kinda funny. Why does everything like this only happen when Bobby is out of town? Funny how it works out.

Thanks Jinx for finding the snakes for me and thanks so much Dad for coming out and fixing my problem!

♥Happy Birthday/Mothersday♥

Happy 3rd Birthday Kaylee!
I love your sweet spirit and all the love and joy you bring to our home!

I'm a terrible mom when it comes to taking pictures of birthdays. I guess that Kaylee will only have pictures of her on even number birthdays. I didn't get any pictures of her on her 1st birthday but I got pictures of her on her second birthday, and again on her third birthday I didn't get a one. Poor Kaylee. Next year I guess(I hope).

Kaylee's birthday landed on Mothersday this year. It was pretty cool. Nick, Stacey, Cameron, Sasha, Hunter, Kaylee and I all had a nice get together at Mom and Dads house. It was very nice being able to spend time together with my family. It's a big difference from a few years back. It use to be just mom, dad and I for holidays. Now that Cameron and his family and Nick and his family have all moved back to Colorado I have to share mom and dad with them, But its really nice. Wish that the rest of the family lived closer so we could do more fun things with them too.

Happy Birthday!

Happy 28th Birthday Bobby!

We love you!