HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!

I just want to wish my wonderful husband a Happy Birthday today!! He is so great and has been extremely busy the past few months. No matter how tired he is, he always manages to not get grouchy with me (something that is hard for me to do)! Thanks for all you do Justin!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Grandma Matthews

I can't believe that is has been 1 year since my Grandma Matthews passed away. She was a genuine lady who was always willing to help. I have so many great memories of her and will always remember the funny things that she said. I was able to be by her side when she took her last breath and it was the most calming experience I have ever felt. Her funeral was amazing. I was able to play the prelude and postlude music for the funeral, and through the amazing power of Heavenly Father, I was able to (almost) perfect a song in just a few short days. She was such a great mother, grandmother, sister, and friend and she is truly missed! We love and miss you Grandma!!

This was one of the last pictures taken of her. Isn't she beautiful?!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD!!

I just wanted to say “Happy Anniversary” to my parents. They are the greatest people ever. They have been so supportive of me my entire life. They would also encourage me to go for my dreams. When I wanted to be a dancer, they were there for me every step of the way. They have also been great help to Justin and I. They helped move us up to Nezperce on the first day of the year. I’m sure that it's not how they wanted to spend their New Year. They had to drive through some awful weather to get everything up here safely. My mom is always so great and is always sending “happy days!” The other day, I was opening some medicine from her, and there was a Madagascar 2 sticker in with it. She said that she didn’t have enough time to write a note, so she threw in a sticker to let me know she was thinking of me!! Thanks for all you do mom and dad!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Our Labor Day!

Why is it that whenever you don’t want to get sick, the opposite happens? Or whenever you don’t want something to get injured, it always does? Well, that is how our life has been the past few days. We were really excited to have a 3-day weekend to get some things done. I was heading to Lewiston on Saturday to get my hair cut and go to Wal-Mart! (By the way, the opened a SUPER CENTER in Clarkston and it is amazing!) Anyway, I was getting my hair done, relaxing, enjoying myself. I didn’t hear my phone make any noises because it was in my purse and I didn’t want to be disturbed! When I was done with my hair, I was looking for some new church pants for Justin! (By the way, does anybody know where I can get 38 or 40 in length? It seems that the “Big & Tall” section is for BIG people only. Justin doesn’t need 50x 30! He needs LONG!! I don’t think that they exist!) Anyway, I was grabbing my phone to call him and opened up a text message with this on it…

I know pretty gruesome, sorry!! It’s one or our horses that has a gigantic cut on its leg. In a frantic, I hurried and called Justin to find out what was going on? He was on the way to a vet who graciously agreed to see him in his time of need! The vet cut the piece of dead skin off and told us to keep it out of the sun and no flies!! He gave us some heavy duty fly repellent (it looks like the sunscreen we had to put on Freckles nose) to put on it. We have to wash it twice a day. We had to make a pen in a barn for him so it wouldn’t get sunburned! It gets stiff when he’s in there, but as soon as he starts walking on it, it gets better. He’s been trying to trot on it, and it’s quite funny because he has a nice limp to go with it. The vet said that the scar should be small.

As for me, I believe that my body is trying to fight off a sickness! I have been sneezing like crazy, had a constant head-ache, and been really achy! NO I’M NOT PREGNANT!! I’m sure that’s what some of you are thinking! You can only keep hoping! Justin is going strong with football. They had a home game on Friday. They didn’t do so hot. I guess that they called mercy rule in the 3rd quarter! Sorry boys! Other than that, we had a good Labor Day weekend. Hunting season is starting to open up and bear opened last week. We have been going on horse rides trying to find one. Thankfully, we have good, strong, neighbor boys that will go and help Justin pull the bear out of the canyon if he does get one. The canyon is so steep, that if you should shoot anything, it will rumble and tumble all the way to the bottom!!

Funny Pictures!

I was looking at our wedding pictures, and came across some funny pictures. These are of my sisters giving Justin advice. The girls sure thought it was funny. Justin's expression is hilairious!