Empty Nesters

Well, it's official. Tom's (But to all of his friends it's Thomas. Weird huh?) now a married man. It was a happy/sad day. I think that my dad and I were to only ones that were crying. But then again for my dad it's his only son and it's also his last child. Which means that mom and dad are now definately empty nesters. But for me it was sad beause Tom is my little brother. This means that he is all grown up now and that means that I am too. It's the beginning of a new life for them. It's really exciting and I'm really happy for him. the ceremony was very beautiful. Carter and Adam, my sister's boys, were the ring bearer's and they were adorable! I'll have to get some pictures of them. But everything went well and they had many people come to wish them well. Ashley asked me to do her makeup for the day. That was interesting. I've just started to do my Mary Kay business so I was a little nervous. But it turned out beautiful. Anyway, good times ahead right? Now we're all married I guess we are all grown ups.

Two days and counting...

So it's been a while, so much as been going on. There is only a month left till I graduate from college. I am getting SO excited!! I can't even describe it! Then on top of all this Tom is getting married in only TWO DAYS!!! It's weird to think that my little brother is going to be married. But I guess that means that we're all growing up.
Since Tom wedding is coming up that also means that there are lots of relatives in town. The one that I was most excited for was my sister Susan and her family. It's been really fun to get phone calls from my nephews asking about when they get to come and ride horses and and hang out with Cowboy Robert.

Well, I guess i'll definately have to write and post some pictures of the newlyweds.

Cold days make you think...

Ya know you never really realize how important friends are to you until they aren't around anymore. It's kinda a sad realization that has been sneaking up on me recently. All this cold weather makes me think about things a lot more. And I realized that most of the friends that I did things with like 3 or 4 months ago haven't really been around since then. And it seems like when we do things together that time period has been getting much, much bigger. It's really kinda depressing what a cold, blustry day will make you think of. But then I have to remember, Friends may come and go, but your family is always there. And ya know, that saying is so true! Thinking back to years ago in high school, the only thing that mattered to me was my boyfriend and my friends. I could have cared less what my family was doing. Then I got to college, where friends are a good thing to have if your living away from home. But you start to realize that family is a pretty good thing. Because eventually your friends from college get married and then they join the married club and then you don't see them anymore. But then when you get married and find fun married friends then everything is back to normal. Family in this time of life is also like your friends. You begin to start thinking "Hmm, I wonder what my parents are doing tonight?" But now, I guess I'm in that stage where all of my friends have kids and are now in the 'young family' circle so I really don't see them anymore. It's really sad to see this day come and hopefully sometime I will be in the same circle as they in the future and we will be able to get together again. However, I am truly happy that I have been able to hang out with my parents, my sister and her family, my little brother and his fiance, and my greatest friend of all - my hubby. It's always a good day when I get to stay home and play the wii with him and kick his but in sports! ;)

New addition

Hey all! So here's the newest additional to our gang. Robert and I just bought another horse to add to our group. I forgot to download the picture of her but I'll get one up soon. She's really really tall. For those who know heights of horses, she's 16.1 hands high. That's taller than Robert's horse Red and much taller than our other horse Sassy. She's about 4 years old and is a Blue Roan. Her name is Jordan for right now but we might change it to Blue Belle or something like that.

Things have been going pretty well for us. Robert has been staying busy between installing satellites and cleaning carpets. I have also been staying pretty busy with my last semester of school and also working when I can. Other than that not much has changed for us.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Well, it's been awhile and a ton of things have happened since I last blogged. But the most recent happened yesterday. It was our anniversary. Two years ago yesterday Robert and I got married. It has been an awesome ride since the day I said yes! I've done so many things and been to some places I've never been before. I love my fabuloous husband even more now than I did two years ago! Happy anniversary cowboy! I love you!

One of the other fun things we got to do this summer besides riding horses and boating, was being able to go to Seattle to see my sister and her family and to be able to see where Robert served his mission. It was so much fun to be able to see Sue and Charlie and thier kids. The thing that sparked this trip was Susan having her cute little baby girl Brianna Marie. She looks just like the family! So we went up there to go to the baby blessing and to stay and hang out with a few of the families that Robert used to hang out with a lot. It was lots of fun and we got to see lots of green, green grass and tree. I know you're thinking we have all of that here Bonnie. But these trees and the grass there is really green. It's cool. So that was a fun little trip that we were able to go on this summer. Anyway, I have to go now, Robert just got home and is getting ready to go boating so I guess that's my cue to get off and get ready too.

Making History

Ok, so I know it's been almost a month since I last posted but things have been especially crazy since then. So the rodeo went ok. I kinda had a hard time with my horse through the whole night but I made it through. The only bad thing is that I had gone boating the day or two before and had hurt my back so riding hurt my back even more. But I got a lot of pain relievers and that helped a lot. The next night went better. I worked out most of the issues with the horse and did fairly well through the whole thing. However at the end I was struggling a little with my back and keeping my feet in the stirrups, so at the end I finally got my foot back into the stirrup and began to exit out the arena. Well, unfortunately I made a dumb mistake by not checking my cinch before we went in and Flash (the horse I was riding) sucked in his gut a bunch so my saddle worked pretty loose and slide off with me along with it. I almost made it out of the arena before I fell off but, I did fall off. So that Sucked! But luckily I landed on my butt then fell on my back so I didn't re-injure my back but I sure was hurting to move. I have been popping so many pills to try and get my back rested up to be able to ride again that one would think that I was a druggie! I sure felt like one.
Well luckily my back has been feeling better enough to ride, but there also have been issues with the horses and so I haven't been able to ride in the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo at all but I might be able to ride in the State Fair in a month and a half or so. So I'll keep you posted!

Nerves

Oh my goodnes!! So on Friday is the first performance for us for Posse! I'm so nervous! It's scary to think about sometimes! Cause ya know the whole riding with guys, in front of thousands of people, making hisory and posibbly making a fool of myself! Anyway, so if you couldn't tell I am way nervous. Just thinking about it makes me shake! But I am way excited though. It should be pretty god as long as I keep my feet in the stirrups of the saddle and my butt on the seat. I'm trying to get someone to come and take a video of us riding so those of you who are far away can see what I'm up to.

When i tell Robert that I am nervous he says "Well, don't be!" And somehow that just isn't very comforting! I'm not sure why... Oh I know! Cause that doesn't help! No, really he has been really good to put up with me riding by him and helping me figure out what to do to make my riding look more smooth and in sync with everyon else. We've been going riding almost every Sunday afternoon to practice and sometimes in the evenings during the week. You'd be surprised at how much I've improved in just the month or so that I've really been riding with these guys! It surprises me sometimes to think about it. I'll let you know how things go! Wish me luck!!!