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!!!

Update

So just to update you on my foot issue - I'm doing much better. I didn't go in and get a shot, I'm a baby what more can I say. Anyway, So I got some stuff from the doctor that is supposed to be so freakin amazing that she said that it can cure just about anything. So I figured what the heck and have been putting it on and being really careful about what I do. And what do you know, it's getting better and it doesn't hurt so much anymore either! It also might have to do with the fact that I've been taking a bunch of pain killers and keep putting that stuff on it and it's really been helping a ton. Yesterday I even went to practice and rode the whole time even though my foot kinda hurt. But I made it through and Robert said that I am doing much better each week that I ride. So that's a good thing among all this crappy nail in foot stuff!

OUCH!

Ok so yesterday I came home and brought with me some round-up and fertilizer to use around the house. Well I got home and was spraying the weeds around the dog kennel and in between the corral and I was trying to get some weeds that were farther behind the kennel and stepped down on some boards. Well I guess I wasn't paying much attention or it really blended in to the wood but I stepped on a nail! And holy crap!! It hurt like heck! The nail went into my flip flop (I know, I know - Why the heck was I spraying and wearing flip flops? well, that is a very good question that I don't really have an answer to.) and then into my foot right under my second toe on my left foot. And ya it really hurts! Robert had to come out and help me get to the house. He had to pull my flip flop off the nail but he said that like 1/4 to 3/8ths inch of the nail was probably in my foot. So it wasn't way deep but enough that it really hurts to walk on it. And it really sucks cause its in the right place that even shifting gears in my car is extremely painful! But I called the health department and they said that I needed to get a tetanus shot again cause the last time I had one was nine years ago and it's supposed to be good for ten, so I should be covered. We'll see how things go tomorrow, cause I really hate to get shots, so if it starts looking better I'm not going to go and get one... I know your all saying "Holy crap Bonnie! Don't be stupid! Go and get a shot!" but I really really hate getting shots. So I'm hoping I don't have to. Anyway I'll keep you posted on how things are going.