Spring... Finally!

Is anyone out there as excited as me that Spring is finally here? Oh, I am so ready for it. I think it may be my favorite season ever. Weather feels just right minus the stupid wind. With the longer days and warmer weather that means one thing at our house... ROPING! Jory and PJ have been going everyday. Jory has already been roping in jackpots and rodeos the past couple of weekends. These are pictures of Payton with his horse Ike. Ike is modeling the new head stall that he got for Christmas. So now Ike has PJ's name across his forehead. As you can see Payton was totally annoyed of me taking all the pictures. I guess I was taking away from his riding time, but you know it is hard to get a good picture with animals. They don't listen to instruction that well... Enjoy the weather!

Happy "Green" Day!

I usually get really into St. Patrick's Day... especially at school because that is my holiday (having the last name and all). However, I was so bummed that I wasn't even going to be at school because I signed up to go to a cool workshop. Anyways, I spent a ton of time making up fun St. Patrick's day stuff for my kiddos and my poor sub didn't even get to half of it! Oh well... As soon as I got to my workshop, I realized I didn't have on green and I hadn't even picked green out for ol' PJ. The beauty of kids is that they will one way or another find green on themselves no matter how significant it is. PJ had a little bit in the words on his shirt... and on the socks!! Ha! Ha! Gotta love that! Anyways... Happy "Green" Day, good luck to all, and I hope you all find your pot of gold!

Our Family is Growing!!

It is true. We have a new member of the family here at our home. She is the cutest, sweetest and smartest little thing already! We went ahead and adopted our 3rd little puppy! Everybody knows how much our dogs are a part of our life, and they have such a tough life. Anyways, I couldn't resist this little pup. She is 6 weeks old and 6 pounds. She is a mini Australian Shepard. We named her Charlie... (PJ wanted Chunk and I liked Marlie...and there you go).

I wanted a lap dog that would be limited to outside barn play. I love all of our dogs, but they always stink and have crap all over them from rolling and playing in the barn. This new little puppy has had already like 10 showers with Jor and just loves to cuddle with me. She has been sleeping with us and I swear it is somewhat like having a newborn baby... so nervous not to roll over on her and all. She is so smart and is already doing so well on the potty thing. Only one accident so far... thank goodness for wood floors, it's not too bad.




Little Charlie is also our new "class pet" at school! Yep, I have been taking her to school for the past week. Not one bit of a distraction to the kiddos :) Look how freakin' cute she is. The kids take her to recess with them and are taking such good care of her. I just love her so much already. She is laying at my feet on my bed with me as we speak.