GGGOOOO EAGLES!!

Tonight is Justin's 1st football game! It's very ironic that he played for the Eagles, and is now the coach of the Eagles too. I even think the colors are the same. Anyway, I'm super excited for him. Last night he told me that since it was game night, he either got to watch "Cool Hand Luke" or play Madden on the Wii. I said that since he is just a coach and not a player, then neither!! Aren't I nice!? I'm not going to the game tonight, but I'm probably go to the one next week. I've never seen 8 man play before, so that will be an interesting experience!

GOOD LUCK LEWIS COUNTY EAGLES!!

The happenings of....US!!

Do you ever feel like you are constantly stuck in the slums? I do! That’s how I have been feeling a lot lately. I can’t decide if I’m ready for the weather to start changing or what. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE summer! But I also like it when the leaves start to change colors, the crispness in the air, and when I get to start wearing my winter clothes. Those are the best days. I’m sure that in a few months, I’ll be complaining about winter and how I want it to be summer and how I’m ready to put my winter clothes away and start wearing my summer clothes, but isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?

Our days are getting shorter by the minute. Justin and I usually go on a horse ride at night and it seems to get darker a little bit earlier every day. That is the one thing that I do not like about winter…it getting dark SO early. I don’t like it when I leave for work in the dark and drive home in the dark.

Work has been going good for both of us. I’m busy most days and so the time goes by pretty fast. Justin has been bored lately. Everybody is out in the fields working and so not as many farmers are coming into the office. Other than that, we are just keeping on.

Our horses are our babies and they are doing great. Chill is my greatest friend. I love to ride him. He just knows what he’s doing and I’m just along for the ride. Charlie is just…Charlie! It’s as simple as that. He hasn’t been getting as much attention because Justin is working on another horse that he is breaking. I volunteered to ride him, but we don’t have another bit for him, so oh dang! Bobby, the horse that Justin is breaking, is doing awesome. I rode her for the first time the other night and I feel like I’m riding a pony when I’m one her. She’s so small compared to Chill. She sure does know how to cover ground though!

The other day, Justin and I were driving home from work. We came around a corner and there was this big thing in the road! I wasn’t sure what it was. It looked like a dog, or better yet, a wolf. As we moved closer, it got up and guess what it was?! A baby bear! I don’t know where its mom was, but I wanted to take it home with me. It was so cute. Justin wanted to run it over, but luckily, it ran down the mountain.

That’s about our life in a nut-shell!! We haven’t been doing too many exciting things lately. We miss everyone back home and hope that school is going good for all the little ones!

OuR cRaZy LiVeS!!!

So, the past few weeks have been really crazy. Justin and I were able to go down and see our families at the end of July. We were down there for 9 days and we got a lot of visiting in. We left our house at 4:30 in the morning because we wanted to get there at a good time. We drove through Missoula and had a really scenic drive. When we finally got to Pocatello, we realized that we were having some issues with the truck. After looking at it, they realized that there was a hose that was leaking. We were able to get that fixed and without too much money down the drain, the truck was up and running. Justin had some training in Idaho Falls and so he was gone for a few days. During those days, I was able to go to Boise for Bailee's baptism. We were also able to go to Lucky Peak and go boating with April and Matt. We had a blast. Eli even rode the tube with me! I tried skiing and I failed! I think that I'll just stick to tubing.

When we finally arrived home after a long vacation and a LONG time driving, we saw how dry everything was. Our yard and pasture were brown and it made me sick. We can't water our lawn with the hose because our pump shuts off after running the hose for 15 minutes. Luckily, it has rained a couple of times and so it's starting to green up a little bit.

Justin is helping coach football for the Nezperce High School. They only have 8 man, but he's liking it. His schedule is getting a little crazy. They just started practice on Monday and it's from 6-8 in the morning. So he gets up and goes to work from 5-6, goes to practice, goes back to work until 5 and then comes home and rides horses. He's really busy. Luckily, when I went to my parents house, I was able to borrow Angie's saddle, so now I can ride with him and I don't have to ride bare-back! I really enjoy going on rides with Justin and sometimes I think that he likes me going with him too!:)

I'm just so thankful that we have the opportunities that we do have. Justin and I have an awesome house to live in, awesome friends, and great family. I'm so thankful that I have the opportunity of living up here. It's been really difficult at times, but I'm really learning to love it. I'm so glad that Justin and I both have the jobs that we do. Sometimes we both want to pull our our hair, but we don't! We just take everything in stride!