Sue Ellie's Life

Look who came to visit!

2008-06-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

Here is my cute grandson, Jackson! (That still sounds really weird to say!) He is 8 months and 3 days old in these pictures. His mom brought him up Saturday afternoon. We went to The Red Express for lunch, came home for a nap and then went to Farmer's Kitchen for dinner. We eat really well as a family! The food at both places was excellent and the company was just as good!! It was really nice to spend some time with Sara and Jackson. It's amazing how quickly he has grown and changed.
Look at those cute fingers and toes!
Bobbie really loves to be the doting Auntie. She fed him, changed him, walked him around and kept him entertained. She would really love to babysit, but we just don't know anybody with babies or small children. She keeps telling me she wants us to "give" her a baby brother. She wants us to adopt a baby. Maybe I should ask her now that Jackson has left and see if she still thinks it would be fun to have a baby around! They were awfully fun to have around! Thanks Sara for the visit!!

My baby turned 12!!

2008-06-20T20:22:00.000-07:00

Just look at my BABY! Not so much a baby any more. Her birthday was June 3rd. I haven't been posting, I've been getting ready. She is going to Gallop, New Mexico for the Junior High Wrangler division rodeo finals. She placed 2nd in the state of Washington in Barrels and will compete. She is soooo excited! I am too! I can't wait for us to experience all these new rodeo adventures!! Lots of photos to be taken for sure!!
I can't tell you how much this young lady means to me. Holding back the tears now... but she is my world. She is fun, smart, loving, goofy, outgoing, active and beautiful. When she's not around, I miss her. When she's near, I feel complete. I can't believe that 12 years ago, I gave birth to this wonderful baby girl and now she's this great girl. I am truly blessed that God picked me to be her Momma.

Video Below...

2008-05-31T19:57:00.000-07:00

Hello all~

If you look at the video below, click on each picture and it should come up with some sub-titles. The pictures were taken at the Helix rodeo, Memorial Day weekend.

Thanks for looking!!!

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2008-05-31T19:48:00.001-07:00

10 Things I'm thankful for today.

2008-05-27T21:32:00.000-07:00

o.k., Since I didn't have a very good day today, I decided during one of my tearful moments to list 10 things I was thankful for today...here they are:

1. Bobbie
2. Family
3. Friends
4. A reliable car to drive. (I was in my new-ish car at this moment)
5. Seeing a beautiful, bright rainbow. A cheerful gift from God.
6. Left-over meatloaf for a sandwich for dinner.
7. Sun tea with lots of ice and fresh lemon.
8. Surprise box in the mail from my fabulous twin sister...you know just how to make me happy!
9. School to be almost over with, so I can spend more time with Bobbie and to watch her rodeo.
10. Lunch dates...Thanks Whitney!

What where you thankful for today?? What do you do when you're feeling lousy? I'd love to hear from you!! Your answers just might be the ticket to cheer me up!!

Here's hoping to lots of bright rainbows in your back yard!

It's time to Rodeo again!!

2008-05-21T18:09:00.000-07:00

These pictures were taken in Coulee City, Washington. This is one of the Junior High division rodeo's. No, my camera wasn't dirty, it was pouring down rain and those are big huge rain drops in the photos!!
This was taken Saturday morning at Coulee City. As you can see nooooo raindrops! She had a pretty good rodeo that weekend.
Love this one with her and her rope. It was taken at Nespelem, Washington; way up by the Canadian border. She is really starting to get the hang of roping and is doing o.k. with it. I think once we can get her a place to practice, she is going to be pretty good.
This is Bobbie with Jackie. Love how it shows how much fun she has with her horse and her rodeos. I have at least 15 other photos of this nature and can't stop looking at them. They show her joyous spirit!!! I might just have to do some sort of mini album with them!! hummmm, time to go look through the scrapbooking supplies!

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-11T23:35:00.000-07:00

I had somebody jump on my bed this morning, waking me up with...it's time to open your Mother's Day goodies.

Well, who could turn that down??

So, I stumbled out into the kitchen, made myself a latte and curled up on the couch to open the goods. Bobbie was so excited for me to open her carefully wrapped packages and I was instructed to look in every piece of tissue. So I unraveled a cute little travel tote filled with fun spa type goodies. My gift was a "spa day" done at home by Bobbie. I loved it and Bobbie couldn't wait to get started. We headed back into the bathroom, where she had wheeled in her desk chair and plastic mat. She had towels laid out and all the little goodies that I had opened. There was fingernail polish in lots of different colors, a new top coat of clear polish, because we had ran out, finger nail files, fingernail brush, facial masks in all different flavors, lotion & potions and all with the gift of her performing the favors on me! LOVE IT!

We had more fun giggling and laughing at the facial masks, yes she bought extra to do one to herself! We have beautiful fingers and toes and my skin has never felt better! After getting so glamorous we decided to go to the movies. David was sick today, so it was just us girls.

We went to Wal-mart first to stock up on snacks for the movie and then decided to get some Mc Donalds french fries to kill time before the movie started. We went to see "What Happens in Vegas". Yes, I know it's a PG-13 movie, but I'm sure that Bobbie has heard all of the words and sexual comments before. I would like to think she hasn't, but she's in the 6th grade and I know she knows what all that stuff is about and has heard it before. They would say something during the movie and I would cringe and look her direction and of course I got the look of Mooommmm, don't give me the speech!! We both liked the movie and laughed out loud at times, that Ashton Ketcher is a hottie!! Bobbie would be cringing now that I said that about him! So, I guess we're even!! We came home and did the chores together, and she tried to talk me in to going back to town to see another movie. If she didn't have school tomorrow, we just might have!!

We ended up snuggling on the couch watching "The Devil Wears Prada". She let me tickle her face and play with her hair. I couldn't of asked for a better Mother's day. We even set up the tripod so I could get a picture of the 2 of us. That was the only thing she really wasn't all that into today. Maybe because I take so many pictures already?? I am so blessed to have her in my life, and to call her my daughter. I love who she is becoming and I love her happy spirit. She can almost always make me laugh, even when I'm mad at her and I love to just hang out with her.

I hope my Mom feels the same way about me. I love her and am so blessed to have her in my life. I love who she is and hope I make her happy and that she likes to hang out with me as much as I love spending time with her! She has always been the best Mom ever and I am so lucky to also count her as one of my best friends. So Mom, if you're reading this...

Thanks for being such a wonderful, beautiful Mom.

Thanks for all that you have done for me.

Thanks for the fantastic family you have given me.

Thank you for being my friend.

I love you so much.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Where did March go??

2008-04-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

I keep thinking in the back of my mind, you need to blog something...you haven't done that for awhile...So, I finally get ready to blog-and I can't get my pictures off of my camera. This entry will be a quick fix for what happened in March, just minus the pictures. I am hoping to fix this problem tomorrow!

Let's see. We started the month off with our 15 year anniversary. We've done alot in those last 15 years, I wonder what will happen in the next 15? Wow, where does the time go??

I have also been going to Pendleton 3 times a week for physical therapy. My knee seems to be doing better, but it still needs some work. The soreness before the surgery is starting to show up, now that the pain from the surgery is disappearing. Let's just hope all the pain goes away with more physical therapy! I really like my therapist, and it is helping.

I also had to have my yearly "girly" check-up. Which is never fun, but normal. Except this year. I was informed all through-out my appointment that we needed to do more "things" because "you are at that age, ya know." So, I went in for my very first mammogram, and I am happy to report that all things are just fine. I just want to remind everyone, that I will NOT be that age until the end of October. Thank you.

I did get to do a very fun girl weekend in the middle of the month. My Mom, Sister, Sharon, Tiffany and their Mom Lana all got to go to Manzanita beach again. We stayed in the same house as last summer and had a blast! Just us girls hanging out, eating out and enjoying ourselves! We did it, because Tiffany and her family will be moving to Alaska in June. Her husband Jim is in the Coast Guard and is being transferred. We all wanted to have one more girl weekend together before they got busy with packing up a house, finishing up the school year with their 3 kids and everything else it takes to move. The one bright spot in all this, is that they will move back in 2 to 3 years when Jim's time is up. Yippie, we get them back!!

Bobbie is getting ready for her rodeo season to start. Her 1st rodeo is the first weekend in April, and she has been trying to get her horses back into shape. We lost her mare this winter, and she is getting to know the one her "uncle" Glen is letting her use. Jackie (the horse) took his 2 girls through their years of rodeo and is now helping Bobbie get through hers. There is nothing like a good 'ol rodeo horse who knows what they're doing and loves to do it. Jackie is 26 years old and I swear she goes back to being 16 years when she goes through a rodeo gate!!

I have been doing a few craft projects here and there and am ready to get back into being creative and cranking some projects out, but now that it's rodeo season-I will just have to see how much time I get to play. Now that my craft room is pretty much done and clean...a creative clean that is, I will sneak in here every chance I get!

Bobbie had her Spring Break. We didn't go anywhere or do anything. We did however, have one spontaneous night, where we invited ourselves to stay at Sharon's house. Bobbie and I had gone to the Tri-Cities to my Doctor's appointment (knee surgeon) and to do a little shopping. After meeting Sharon for lunch, Bobbie said we should stay the night with her. I told her how it wasn't polite to ask ourselves over, but then I liked the idea and felt kinda bad that we hadn't gotten to do anything fun for Spring Break. So I called and asked her if she wanted company that night, and luckily she wasn't busy and said yes! We finished our shopping and checked out all the clearance racks for pj's and the travel section in Target for a toothbrush and that sort of thing, while we waited for Sharon to get off of work. We took home Panda Express for dinner, watched Celebrity Apprentice and went to bed. Just good times hanging out with a great friend. Thanks for the hospitality Sharon!

Just one more thing to share. I wish I could have a picture of this, but it isn't really picture material. Bobbie stayed home with me yesterday. We hung out, she helped me pick-up the house, shared lunch together, ran some errands, went to physical therapy and did some grocery shopping. Nothing real exciting happened. Lots of giggles, lots of hugs that I can't ever get enough of and just spending a great day together. What topped it all off was later. I had gone to soak in a bubble bath. Bobbie had come in and out of the bathroom a couple times and just as I was getting a little upset and about to tell her to let me have some "quiet" time, she told me to close my eyes. Of course I started thinking of all the stuff she could of gotten into and wondering what kind of mess was waiting for me...when I heard her giggle and she climbed into the tub with me! Now as I think about it, I get all teary eyed, because that has not happened in along time! I am so blessed that she wanted to keep our day going and give us more time together. I'm also blessed that I have a big bath tub, 'cause it was a tight fit! She's growing up right in front of my eyes and I will take every moment she throws my way to spend time with her. Even if it means splashing water all over the carpet in our bathroom, having extra towels to wash, my quiet time taken away...but those moments will last with me for a long time. Thank you Bobbie for being such a great daughter and for turning into such a great friend!!

Well, I think that sums up March and I hope to be adding some fun pictures soon!

Pictures from the weekend.

2008-02-26T10:25:00.000-08:00

So here is my baby. We were sitting around (like I can do much of anything else!) and Bobbie was saying she was bored as she flips thru the T.V. channels. She comes across some show with a photo shoot going on, and gives me that look. So, I told her to go get my make up and let me do her all up! She was sooo excited and loved the idea, because she can still not wear it out of the house. I really did her up and she looks fantastic in these photos!! What a beautiful little girl I have and am so lucky that she is just as beautiful on the inside! She wont be going out of the house with makeup on any time soon...it makes her look way to old!

The weather has been so fantastic these last couple of days, that David and Bobbie took advantage of it. Bobbie is lucky to have an Uncle Glenn who is letting her use his old horse Jackie, who will be taking Katie's spot. Bobbie is getting to know her and getting ready for this rodeo season, which will be starting up soon. I was so wanting to be on Skip (the horse David is leading), but had to be happy taking photos. I will be up and riding in no time though!! I can't stand all of this taking it easy crap!! Well, a little time off has been nice!
I love how happy this makes them! The joy shows all over their faces!

O.k., here are some of the projects I have done while I've been down. I got the old sewing machine out and made this really cute purse. The best thing is that Bobbie is making one too! I've been showing her how and will post hers when she is done.
I made these cute boxes for Marla June's store for Valentines day. She was hoping that people would buy them for gift boxes or to put their jewls in! I haven't been up there since the surgery and am hoping they were a big success. Not all have hearts, so we were also thinking with Mother's Day coming up...

Here is my Boo. He looked so cute just soaking up the sun. I just love this big old bear!!

Valentine's day

2008-02-18T20:39:00.000-08:00

This is what I opened up for Valentine's Day. Even though we weren't going to do anything for each other this year. Way to busy with everything that was going on in my life to have to think about finding the right gift. So, David gets this for me as a surpise. He said it was to make me feel good, but some how it just made me feel bad, 'cause I was so out of sorts trying to deal with my Grandpa's passing and the up coming knee surgery to be romantic!! Thanks David, for making me feel special on Valentine's day. I promise to learn to make your favorite drink...well, I bet Bobbie can!!!

(Thanks Shey, for giving David the right info on the machine! He told me you helped out!)
I didn't feel so bad the next day when Bobbie figured out how to use the machine. For no formal training that girl's going to give Starbucks a run for it's money!! She whipped this drink up in no time flat and has been bringing me latte's in bed!!
This is my favorite Valentine's gift! When I got home from my Grandpa's service, Whtiney had turned our Christmas tree into a beautiful Valentine's tree!! David had never gotten around to putting the tree back in storage, so Whitney and Bobbie made great heart candy ornaments, put lights on and even had a pink heart feather tree topper!!!

Thank you so much Whitney for the wonderful tree and for taking such great care of my daughter! She is still talking and telling stories of your visit and how much fun she had with you here!

Time to get a little crazy!

2008-02-18T11:48:00.000-08:00

Ronda stopped by the house with Landon one day, when Bobbie's friend Dally was over. The girls had been watching America's Next Top Model re-runs and decided to do their hair and make up all crazy like the models had to do and then do a photo shoot.
When Landon saw how much fun the girls were having, he wanted to join in. Landon wanted his hair done, wild and crazy. So after I tried to get his hair to stick up all over, he informed me he wanted a Moowhawk! So we crimped just the center and hair-sprayed the heck out of it and turned the girls loose with the make up.
What a sweet little kissy face!
Here's the real monster!!! How scary!
How does this girl do it? She's got crazy make up and still looks fantastic!

Dally, you totaly rocked this photo shoot! You are gorgous!!!!

Girls just want to have fun!

Best Friends Forever!!!

3 months ago today...

2008-01-31T13:33:00.000-08:00

The Jeep I had always wanted was totaled. I was heading home from Hermiston and a lady pulled out infront of me. The air bags went off, and I wasn't hurt that bad. Well, so I thought. David came and picked me up, took me home and then the shock started to wear off. My knees and shins were bruised pretty bad as well as my hips from the seat belt holding me in. I looked like I had been punched in the face from the airbag going off.

I have been to the Doctors on and off trying to figure out what was wrong with my knees. They are still hurting and I am finally starting to go to a physical therapist tomorrow to see if we can make it feel better, so I wont have to have surgury.

Good-bye to my Jeep. I have a new car now. A bigger car. I really enjoy it, but this Jeep will always be my favorite.

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2008-01-30T13:48:00.001-08:00

My Day Planner for 2008!

2008-01-17T22:47:00.000-08:00

O.k., just when I thought I was getting the hang of this, I got the photos in the wrong order...but you'll still get the idea!! This is the address section of my planner. I used baseball card holders, cut down to hold business cards and then made normal address pages.
This is the back of my planner. I love the stamp. The writing on the left side says, "oh, don't mind me. i am just trying on moods." The bottom says, "The power of a Girl."

This is the cover and I used all my favorite colors! and Lots of bling!

Inside pocket and a picture of me from this summer.

These are the week at glance pages that I did on the computer! Yep, I did them all by myself and am soooo happy with how they turned out! Looks very professional if I do say so myself!

How the months are sectioned.

I am hoping that this little book will help me stay organized, if it doesn't, it was really fun to make!

Bobbie is now a Basketball star...

2008-01-17T22:34:00.000-08:00

Well, she thinks she is! She is having so much fun doing the whole Super Jock thing! She has made it as a floater again for the A and B teams for the Jr. High girls. She is 2nd to smallest and is one of the most aggresive players on the team. I think once she learns all the rules and doesn't have to think about them and can concentrate on her skills, she will be really good. A few more inches wouldn't hurt, but we'll take what we can get! The girl in the upper picture is Blake Greenup and the girl in the bottom is Rayn Dourghty. She rodeos with them during the summer and also rides against them at Barrel Club. They waved to each other and said Hi, but then became very serious players!

This is a picture of a canvas I made for Bobbie last week. It's a picture of Bobbie and Katie last summer. We lost Katie this winter and it's been really hard on all of us. She was a fantastic horse and taught Bobbie so much! They were a awsome team and Katie will be greatly missed!

2008-01-04T15:24:00.000-08:00

O.k., here I sit trying to upload pictures from Christmas and New Year's and NOTHING is happening!! I get sooo frustrated with this whole blog thing sometimes!! I will try to figure out what is going on and get some pictures up soon!!
I have a New Year's resolution to blog at least once a week the photos that I have been taking and to actually try to "write" things other than photo descriptions! My 2nd resolution is to clean out my craft room and to get in there and start crafting again!!! My creativity is just trying to burst out, but I can't fit into my room!! Maybe that's the blog photo I need to start with. A "before" picture of my room and that will make me clean it up and get an "after" photo blogged! I think I'll go take a few pictures and give this blog uploading a break. Watch for new blogs soon!

Sometimes...

2007-12-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

Beer and popcorn are the best dinner. Add a little butter to the microwave popcorn, a little seasoning salt and some Tabasco. Add a guinness and who could ask for anything more???

Night Time Activities.

2007-12-04T19:58:00.000-08:00

Look at what my baby girl made for our dinner table display! How stinkin' cute is this?!! I just love her Holiday spirit and how contagious it is. I love her creativity. I wonder where she gets it from?? Look at my baby girl...not so much a baby, but a beautiful young lady. I am so blessed to have her as my daughter and cherish all the love and laughter she brings into my life. I can't put into words how special she is to me. We took these pictures tonight after we did the chores. She makes doing the chores fun!! Love you baby girl!
Boo-Boo even loves her too! It looks like he's going after her throat, but he just stood on his hind legs, wrapped his paws around her and gave her one huge smooch!!! He's the brother she never wanted!! I love that big old bear! He takes after his name-sake "Baloo" the bear from Jungle Book. He has that same happy go lucky attitude.

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas!

2007-12-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

Bobbie helped me decorate the tree this year. She also helped with the other decorations, and is so excited to have them all up and out. Our home finally feels like a place to snuggle up with a hot cocoa and watch the snow fall and feel like we're in our own special place for the holidays.
I really love our tree this year, will try to get a photo with the flash off so you can see just how pretty it really is. Now I just have to figure out how to turn the flash off on my new camera!
Love all the little glimpses of Christmas here and there. I'm in the search of a tree topper and skirt to finish the decorations.
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and having just as much fun decorating their home and getting ready for the big day. Can't wait to spend it with our family in Bellevue and wishing that our other family could be celebrating with us!

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2007-10-31T11:12:00.001-07:00

Missy Foo-Foo's Halloween

2007-10-31T09:20:00.000-07:00

Bobbie decided that she needed to do a Halloween fashion shoot with Missy. So she grabbed all of her Build-a-Bear costumes and went to work!

Here is a lovely Hula Missy...And here is a spooky Missy Witch...
And the Witch's hat.

I guess Missy was rather "witchy" about wearing them together!
And Easter Egg Missy...
Last but not least is Tinker Bell Missy. She looks so cute and those wings remind me of her ears!!
Bobbie did a great job taking the photos and Missy loved all the attention and doggie treats!!!

Happy Halloween!!

2007-10-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to tell everyone to be patient with me and in the next day or two, I will have fun new pictures to show from our annual Halloween party in Bellevue!!! And maybe a surprise or two. It was so fun to see family and friends, just wish everyone could of made it!!

Thanks for all the Birthday wishes from everyone and hope you all have a Spooktacular Halloween!!!

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2007-10-23T18:10:00.001-07:00

Washington State Finals

2007-09-30T20:34:00.000-07:00

Here she goes around her 2nd barrel at the finals in Oakanogan, Washington. The rodeo started on Friday night, a performance on Saturday and one on Sunday. We had to wait until this evening to figure out where she landed score wise. We got a call from friends and heard that she won the barrels for her age group and placed 3rd in the Steer Daubing.
At one point during the rodeo I went into the rodeo office to get Bobbie's jacket that she had ordered, and saw all of the beautiful buckles sitting on the table. The ladies working let me take pictures of all of them. I was hoping that Bobbie might win one! These buckles are beautiful and Bobbie is very excited to receive hers next weekend at the Junior High rodeo. Way to go Bobbie!!
Bobbie and David sharing a laugh between events. They have so much fun at these rodeos!!
Bobbie ended up 3rd in the Steer Daubing. David was hazing for her, but got out of the gate a little slow. She ended up with a 3.69 second time anyways!! She's excited about winning her buckle for the Barrels, but I think she's even more excited about receiving some money for her 3rd place. We let her keep half of her winnings to spend on what ever she wants and the other half goes into her savings account.

Happy 50th David!

2007-09-25T00:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to you!!!! We went to celebrate the big 50 tonight at Hamely's Steak House in Pendleton. It was very good and we all ate way to much! We even had dessert and of course I thought a cup of coffee would be perfect with the Creme bru-lay(sorry, have no idea on how to spell that one!) and now I can't sleep!! But at least the pictures are getting up. The restaurant is decorated beautifully, and Bobbie thinks we should re-due our house in the same decor...well I guess if we start saving our pennies now...
Bobbie has David wrapped around her finger. She called him today after volleyball practice and asked if he would come get her because she wanted to spend the day with him, it being his birthday and all. So, he did. She even had the Correa tradition of having Hostess ding-dongs with candles for an early morning treat. She did it before I had my camera ready, so no photos of that. But David loved it and all the presents she wrapped up for him. I think the favorite was when Bobbie wrapped an old buckle she won last year and had written a note saying that when this years "all around" buckle came in(the one she won last Saturday at the Prosser series) it would be his. What a great way to say Thanks Dad for taking me to all of my rodeo's this year!!
I told David he better be telling people what a stud he is, him being 50 years old but married to somebody in her 30's. Well, for another year he can use that one.

Happy Birthday Honey!!

Volleyball!

2007-09-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

Look at the size difference here. Bobbie is number 6 and Kirsten is number 32, she's an eighth grader. Bobbie made it as a floater and plays in both the A and B teams. She is really diggin' the whole Volleyball action. She doesn't even complain when she has to wake up at 6a.m. to get ready for their 6:40 practice before school. What a trooper!

They all use blue markers and write all over themselves at the games. They consider it school spirit...I'm not sure what I think about it. Good thing it's not a Sharpie!!
Pep talk from Coach Scott.
A game at the Echo gym. Nice Bump Bobbie!!! Good form! Way to play! Did I miss anything?

Rodeo Pictures

2007-09-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

Just going through some rodeo pictures and really liked how these looked. We have one more in Prosser, Washington this weekend. Then the finals for the Eastern division the last weekend in September in Oakanogan, Washington. The final one for the winter is in Ellensburg, Washington and it's part of the Junior High Wrangler division. I think we have one more barrel club and then that's it. Well, until next May! Happy trails to you...

The top photo was in Davenport, Washington.

This one is from La Grande, Oregon.

This one too!

This One is from one of the Prosser series.

Love the look of pure JOY she has on her face. She lives to do this! This was in St. Maries, Idaho. What a pretty place that is. It was such a beautiful drive. Lots of water and tons of TREES!! Reminded me a lot of Bellevue/Seattle area, even the down poor on Sunday. ;)

Volleyball practice

2007-08-22T08:43:00.000-07:00

Once again, a sideways photo, but since it was taken at 6:30 this morning, it kinda fits in! Bobbie came home from her first day, and as I guessed, it was all one word answers. Fine, hamburgers and the 2 new boys are not cute! The exciting news however, is Volleyball practice started this morning at 6:30a.m. She is trying out for the jr. high team. In her small school, whoever tries out makes the team, but they have an A & B team. It will be an adventure since she has never done any extra-curricular activities. Can't wait to go to the games and get tons of photos!!!
A picture of her going into the gym with Missy's right ear in the lower left corner from the inside of my Jeep. Off and running, so excited and me wanting to capture every minute. She asked me on the way to school if I was going to watch her first Volleyball meeting/practice. I had just thrown on sweats with no under-goodies on and hadn't run a comb through my hair, so I told her maybe tomorrow if she still wanted me to. It almost made me cry, that she still wanted me to go in with her. I also got a kiss good-bye in the parking lot and the "I Love you" hand sign as she walked away, soooo thankful for those open displays of affection!!! I know all to soon that it will stop when she's older and to "cool" for that. I will enjoy what I can get today and make sure I wear under-goodies tomorrow, so I can go watch!!!

First day of 6th grade!

2007-08-21T09:27:00.000-07:00

I am trying to get her pictures done (ya know the ones...the first day of each grade) and she gets a text message from her girl Dally Sue who goes to school in Pendleton and doesn't start until after Labor Day. I can just imagine that conversation. I can NOT believe that my baby has started Junior High School. It just doesn't seem possible. How can time go by sooo quickly?
Just look at her though, she does look the part. She looks about 15 instead of 11. She had to make sure the hair and jewelry were just right. She would of really liked to wear some make-up, but that isn't going to happen yet. I keep telling her how pretty she is without it, and yes I know Mom, that you are sitting there giggling at that comment because you had to tell 2 of us that. And how it's all coming back to haunt me. But it just doesn't seem possible that I'm having to deal with all of that just yet!! Thank goodness that boys are not in the picture yet. I know it's coming soon and that her friends are starting to think they're(boys that is) are cute, but Bobbie still claims they're gross. I'll just hold on to that one for as long as possible!!
So, I'll be at home today wondering what to do with all the quite-ness and not having her with me all the time. Missing her like crazy, hoping that she is loving her 1st day of Jr. high and having fun with all of her friends she hasn't seen all summer. I can't wait to hear how it all went and I'm sure that when she walks through that door and I ask her about her day, I'll get the one word answers of: fine, good, no homework today and pizza (or whatever she had for lunch) and then I'll know that every thing went well and we're back to school as usual.

One Summer Afternoon...

2007-08-14T18:01:00.000-07:00

Bobbie making Skip look beautiful. She loves to baby her horses. And what a beautiful day to sit out on the deck and watch her. I love the way she loves her horses and her dogs and her Mom and Dad. LOVE HER!
Taking a short cut thru the sprinklers and getting cooled off.

What can I say? Is this the movie star shot or what? Look at the sparkle in her glasses. And those lips... I have this photo as a 8 x 10 glossy on the fridge, and every time I walk by, I want to give those lips a great big kiss!!
o.k., if I could figure out how to rotate this photo, it would really show you her "all that and a bag of chips" attitude. I love her anyways!!! She will fit right into that Jr. high attitude, I just can't believe that she's a 6th grader!!!

p.s. Ronda, if you're out there, are we still doing a blog class/get together any time soon???? As you can see, I need the help!!!!!

more photos from the weekend

2007-07-23T21:04:00.000-07:00

Here are the girls at the pizza place. Tristin, Bobbie and Briana. Such pretty girls.
Here is the gang hanging out in the shade a the Prosser rodeo.
Forgot to mention that Mom, Susie and Betty's cousin came to the rodeo for awhile. Canon and his wife live in Kennewick. Glad to see that he could make it over for a visit!
Gotta wonder what she's thinking with that look on her face. Wonder what it was???? Maybe it's best not to know...

Surprise!!!!

2007-07-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

O.k., these photos aren't in any order ( i need some blog classes!!) but i need to tell you about our surprise this weekend. We went to a rodeo in Colville, Washington on friday the 20th. It was a night rodeo and was clear past Spokane. After it was done, well actually before it was over, we headed out to another rodeo in Prosser, Washington on the other side of the state. We pulled over in Ritzville around 1a.m. to get alittle sleep. We woke up and started to drive and had 2 flats on the horse trailer. Luckily Les Schwab was just opening in the tri-cities and got us in and on our way lickity-split! We made it just in time for the rodeo and the family who I knew was showing up. Mom & Dad, Annette, Micheal & Briana and Lee & Tracy were all planning to stay the night in Prosser and then head over to Toppinish on Sunday with us to watch Bobbie there as well. The surprise for us was that Auntie Susie and Auntie Betty were in the back seat too! They flew up to Seattle from California on Friday night to sit in the car and come all the way over to watch Bobbie rodeo! It was soooooo great that they could do that! We had all day Saturday to visit and watch the rodeo, when it was over we all headed to the hotel they were staying at and went for a refreshing swim. After cooling off, we all went into town and had pizza for dinner. Our friends the Trumble's joined us too. Their daughter rodeo-ed with Bobbie that day and is the same age as our girls. They had fun playing video games and talking while us adults sat and chit-chated.
Once again, not sure how to change this photo so it's the right direction, but loved it and had to put it in!!! On Sunday in Toppinish, it was tough enough to wear pink day. They do it to support Breast cancer awareness and do donations as well. It was great to see people in there pink stuff!!
Here is some of us trying to stay in the shade under the shade tent. We all would move as the sun did, but boy what a nice thing to have in the heat of the day!!
A picture of Bobbie running the barrels. She knocked this one down right after the photo was taken but had a great run. She did really well this weekend and we are still waiting to hear how her times held on Friday in Colville.

Thanks again to all the family who showed up and put up with the heat to spend the weekend with us. We love you all big and miss you already!!!!!

Out to Dinner

2007-07-13T19:28:00.001-07:00

When we were in Portland, we meet Sara & Adam, Niki & Austin and Amiee at Chevy's for dinner. The girls wanted to see David for Father's day. The food was good, and so were the Margarita's. It was great seeing the girls and their husbands. I can't believe how old they are and that they are married and will make David a Grandpa! I can't wait to snuggle that baby!!!
Dally Sue, Bobbie, Sara and Niki.
Amiee and David.
All of us girls. The guys didn't want to pose for the camera, party poopers!!

Our summer vacation

2007-07-10T20:54:00.000-07:00

After the "big" girl weekend, David brought Bobbie and our other daughter Dally Sue down to the beach house for our summer vacation. We had soooo much fun playing on the beach and just hanging out. Since we are gone every weekend rodeo-ing (Dally too!) it was nice having time to go during the middle of the week, and the house was so nice to stay at.

David caught these 2 cute fishes!

These girls learned how to body surf in the freezing cold water, and they had soooo much fun. They looked so totally cool doing it too, dude!

They wrapped themselves in towels (nothing underneath) and did a little skinny-dippin' in the ocean. They always have so much together, and I love to watch them together, they act just like sisters.
Their first view of the ocean on this trip, they were so excited.

On our way home from the beach we stayed in Portland for the night. We went to the zoo and the girls did not get enough swimming at the beach, so they spent a lot of time in the pool. They are wild and of course I had to take lots of photos!
I found these cute guys at the zoo, but I couldn't talk them into going home with me!
Love this photos of the girls at the zoo. They had to see every animal and crossed each one off on their zoo map. They had their phones out and took tons of photos too!
Look at David in his Zoo walking clothes. Looks like he's straight out of the pages of GQ! Very handsome.

"Girlz-anita" Weekend

2007-06-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

This is the house we rented for girls weekend in Manzanita, Oregon. What a wonderful house! It was only 2 blocks from the ocean and fully stocked. It was decorated perfectly and made you want to come in and kick your flip flops off and stay awhile!

The girls who got to go were my mom Barbara, my sister Annette, my friend since the 3rd grade Sharon, my other friend from jr. high Tiffany and me! We had our scrapbook get-a-way and the beach all combined into one...fabulous!

One beautiful view to the left (top) and another beautiful view to the right (bottom). This is what we saw every day when we walked out to the beach. As you can tell, there are no people in these pictures...there usually wasn't and if you did see people, it was only a few. It was like having our own private beach!!

Sisto Annette

Momma Barbara

Friend Tiffany
Friend Sharon
and Me!
Sharon and I having a moment of joy!
This was our album cover photo. Doesn't it look like we were posing for a album cover? Tiffany brought her tri-pod so we could get some group photos...We had so much fun and I got my exercise setting the pictures up and then running to my spot. I need to find a remote for my camera, that is if they make such a thing!

We arrived at the house on Thursday night and were there until Tuesday morning. Mom and Annette had to leave on Monday night, but we didn't have any fun after they left. We all took turns with meals. Annette, Tiffany and I did a lunch and dinner. Sharon brought the snacks and drinks. Mom Brought breakfast for all of the days. We all had a craft project to teach except for mom who brought 2 sheets of Mississippi cake for us instead.

We would get up in the mornings, no alarm clocks here! We'd eat breakfast do a project, take a brake and walk on the beach or go into town for groceries or shopping on the day that it rained. Have lunch do some more of the same and then it would be time for dinner. We would finish up a project and pop in a movie and relax until the next day and do more of the same!

It was a great weekend and one we hope to repeat on a yearly basis!

Rodeo - Birthday on June 3rd!!

2007-06-21T13:20:00.000-07:00

o.k., we had a rodeo on Saturday in Condon and Sunday the 3rd in Arlington. Bobbie won the Barrels in Condon.

She is doing the break-away roping this year. I think we will all be excited when she actually catches a calf!!!
Here is her Barrel run on Sunday in Arlington. She won a buckle on her birthday!!! It's a great buckle...picture to be shown later!

Happy 11th Birthday Bobbie!!!

2007-06-21T12:44:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that my baby is 11 years old. Where does the time go? Where did my baby go? Bobbie is so "grown"...I guess she never has been much of a baby. Always a big girl. And look at her now! She certainly felt grown up when she opened her red razor phone for her birthday! She really thinks she is all that and a bag of chips now! Especially now that her phone is cooler than Mom and Dad's. Oh Pa-lese!!

Bobbie got to choose where she wanted to go for her Birthday dinner and picked Stetsons in Pendleton. And yes, it is a steak house! She brought her phone so she could put all her "peoples" number in it, different ring tones for different people and everyone is on a speed dial. She didn't even have to open the manual to figure it all out...I guess she programs my phone too, come to think of it.
Photo's of the birthday girl with her parents. Need to get a tri-pod so we can have those group shots!

Trip to Bend

2007-06-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

David had to go to Bend to get a neck check-up. His neck still hurts him at times, but they say nothing is wrong. I think it's his shoulders more than anything. Dr. Ha gave him a shot in both shoulders- cortazone (sp?), and sent us on our way. Bobbie stayed home with a friend, so we took advatage of that and stayed a night. We had lunch at a nice little place and did a "cheesy" self- photo afterwards.
After the Doctors appointment we found a Martini bar, since neither one of us have ever been to one, we decided to give it a try. I had an extra dirty with tons of olives. YUMMY!! David had a fruity something that had Pendleton wiskey in it...imagine that!
Another sideways photo...(help me Ronda...help me help me Ronda!!) Dr. Ha giving David one of his shots. I'm sure the Dr. thinks I'm crazy for taking photos of the shots!

California here I come!!!

2007-06-21T09:09:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been awhile since I've updated my blog and a lot has been going on. huummmm, maybe that's why there's been nothing new added. I will try to catch everyone up!

I drove to Bellevue and got on a airplane (yes I did!) with my Mom and Sisto! I even have pictures from looking out the window. I even sat next to the window!! Anyways, we flew down to California to stay with my Auntie Betty and to paint her downstairs. The colors "we" picked out looked fantastic and it looks like a new house! It was so nice to see her and my other Auntie Susie! We did the whole "big" girl weekend. We went out to eat for lunches and dinners, we shopped and just had a great time being together. I just wish that we lived closer, so we could see more of each other.
Annette made these cute aprons for us to wear. They say Betty's Crew, and boy did Auntie Betty work us! hehehe

Once again, not sure how to rotate this picture, but here I am painting. Not the most flattering photo, but just wanted to show that I was painting. Annette and I painted 14 walls in 2 days! I want to finish painting my walls now!
Yep, me sitting next to the window on a AIRPLANE! Thanks for all the support Netty, oh and the beers helped too! Now I just need to figure out where I can fly to next!

Running thru the Sprinklers

2007-05-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

Boo-Boo gives the best and biggest kisses ever!!!!!
Look at that smile, what a sweetie!

Missy decided that a run thru might not be so bad...once was enough.
Boo-Boo loves to run thru the sprinklers with Bobbie. He will play in them all day long if he could.

Lucky wont run, he just likes to lay in the cool, wet grass.
Not sure how to move this picture to vertical, but loooove the joy on her face. SHE brings me so much JOY! I took over 100 photos this day, it was so easy to just keep clicking away. The sun was shinning and spring was definitely in the air!

Coeur d'Alene rodeo

2007-05-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

Here is Bobbie doing the goat tying. She did really well, received a time and then was waved out with a No Time...not sure why, her goat stayed down and tied. It stuck as a no time though.
This was an awesome barrel ride for Bobbie. She won her age group with this one!
We are so proud of Bobbie for doing this breakaway roping! She did not want to rope, but on Saturday during the clinic we talked her into giving it a try. She had some great coaching and got the bug, so much so she had us enter her in the event on Sunday. She didn't catch her calf, but she tried it and is hooked! Way to try something new Bobbie!!!

It was a great start on her pole run. She knocked down 2 and came in 6th. Boy was she ticked off!
Here she is steer daubing. She really likes this event and she came in 3rd for her age group.
Dally Sue and Bobbie having some fun between events. Get them together and they always have fun! Such cute and nice girls!

Heppner Wranglers

2007-05-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

Here's my girl riding Skip around the barrels at Heppner. Love the pony tail (on Bobbie) swinging in the wind. Quite the action shot there.
She decided to take Katie around the poles. She isn't used to riding her around the poles, but they still did pretty good together. I love the two little boys sitting on the railings, that's what this Heppner rodeo is all about...FAMILY! We love to go and have made some good friends from there.

What rodeo would be complete without puppies? Are friends have 2 female blue healer dogs who were visited about a week apart from a neighboring boarder collie. They had 20 puppies. One litter had 9, the other 11. They are going to be the smartest dogs. Both parents are great working dogs. They are the biggest cuddle-rs too, they get right into your neck and just stay there. Last time I checked they only had 2 left, which is good because their corgi who they wanted to be pregnant is due this week sometime. Lots of puppies! Bobbie had spent the night with their daughter when all 20 puppies were still around...I tried to figure a way to go with her so I could play too. I would of been in heaven!!!
Our friend Brytni and her 2 year old came with us to watch the rodeo. David and I took turns giving Maddie a ride on Katie. She kept telling me to "go round gen". I think David is practicing on being a grandpa! Hehehe

It's RODEO time!

2007-05-01T22:35:00.000-07:00

O.k., it's that time of year again for us. These photos were taken in Nespelem, Washington. It's up by the Grand Cooley Dam. Bobbie had a Junoir Rodeo there. We went up Friday morning, she competed in the evening events, we had dinner and then spent the night in our new trailer. We had so much fun!! We got up and drove home Saturday morning to give the horses a break, because we had a rodeo in Heppner, Oregon on Sunday.
Bobbie is ridding Skip. I just love how these two work together. They look pretty good!
Not sure how she placed after Saturday and Sunday's events. I will keep ya'll updated on that. You'll just have to check back on that...ya hear?

Remember this one?

2007-05-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

Do you remember this photo? It was taken in August of 1999. I can't believe that time has gone by so quickly and that my baby girl isn't such a "baby" any more. I think this has to be one of my all time favorite photos of her. The whole photo shoot turned out some pretty stinkin' cute photos of her. Man, where does the time go???

Love you BABY girl!

7 Random things about me

2007-04-28T17:49:00.000-07:00

O.k., was just catching up on my favorite blogs to look at. We left for a rodeo on Friday morning and just got back tonight (sat) and on a couple of them, they did a " 7-random things about me" and I thought it looked fun, so here we go!

1. I realized how much I would miss my computer, if anything were to happen to it when my laptop did not work in the horse trailer last night at the rodeo. Thank goodness it was lack of power in the trailer and NOT my laptop! It was the first thing I checked on when I got home today. And thanks to my brother Lee, I should have more memory on my laptop as soon as I get a chance to put it on there. What a geek ( and I mean that in the bestest way ever) I am getting to be!

2. I am totally hooked on green tea at the moment. Not the stuff with all the sweetener in it (not that I mind it), but the real stuff. Hot or Cold it doesn't matter, ANY time of day. LOOOOVE IT!

3. I wish I could loose about 10 to 15 pounds. Right this instant. We just got a tread-climber a really nice one, and I just get to using it and something always comes up. Like a rodeo or science fair night at the school, or family or friends coming over or... I guess I really just need to get on it to have those 10 to 15 pounds come off.

4. I would really love to go get into the bathtub, add some bubbles, have a cold beer and read a really good book. We have our friends 2 year old over and Bobbie has a friend over and they are "babysitting" Maddie. I don't think they realized how much work a little girl or babysitting could be! Soooooo my bath will be put on hold.

5. I made a really good casserole on Thursday night, but did not eat any. So I have been craving it ever since. I ate some today when I got home (after checking my computer) and now I'm thinking I need some more! Yummmmmmy!

6. David is reading over my shoulder right now, and he is making fun of me. Obviously he does not know how much fun blogging is or how much fun reading other people's random things are.

7. Lee just called and told us that he just spent 6 bucks on steer manure...I wonder if we're in the wrong business. Money for steer poop! huuuummmmmmmmmm...

O.k. Annette, your next. Let's hear your random things! Any body else game??

Missy Foo Foo

2007-04-16T21:03:00.000-07:00

Is this not the cutest face ever??? Look how happy she is, and that smile is just too cute!!! She really has us wrapped around her little paws!

Easter Sunday doesn't get any better than this!

2007-04-12T13:57:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter to everyone, just a little late. We had a wonderful Sunday of the Easter Bunny, a rodeo in Pendleton and a beautiful spring day playing outdoors.We still love to dye eggs. I think we enjoy it so much, because of the egg salad sandwiches, the deviled eggs and just the yummy hard boiled egg itself! We never seem to make enough. Bobbie did a wonderful job, and tried a new technique. My little artist!!
Bobbie is warming up 'ol Skippy. What a great horse.
David and Bobbie discuse some stratagies on how she should run the barrels today.
Bobbie and her girlfriend Dally Sue discuse...well, I'm afraid of what they might be talking about. These days you never know if it's about horses, school, friends or yep, you guessed it...BOYS!

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I keep telling myself not yet, but I think the time is fast aproching that boys are not all that bad. yikes!

The new Horse Trailer

2007-04-02T11:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the front view of the trailer. We've got it parked next to our pump house, where we can plug it in so we have lights and running water. Even air conditioning when it gets so hot!

Bobbie had a friend over this weekend, and they played "Vet" in it all weekend. They even tried to sleep out there, but got chicken and came inside!

We can carry 4 horses and a whole bunch of stuff! There is a sleeping place for David and I up in the nose, and the kitchen table (slide-out part) will convert to a bed for Bobbie. Water, shower, toilet, microwave, oven, fridge & freezer even a place for a t.v.

I'll get pictures of the inside soon, had the wrong lens on the camera.

So now when we have people over, they can stay in the guest room in our trailer house, or out in their own private guest trailer house! hehehe

Ronda Rocks!

2007-03-31T12:59:00.000-07:00

Just want to post a quick and very heartfelt THANK YOU to Ronda for her patience and skills on helping me get this blog up and going! I owe you so much more than a lunch! Thanks also for being such a great friend...
I love you girl!!!

Happy Birthday Shey!!!

2007-03-30T14:31:00.000-07:00

Kyla, Sue Ellen and Shey

On Friday March 23rd Shey invited Kyla and myself to join her for a mini spa day in the Tri-cities. It was sooo nice to have a pedi, mani and a massage all before noon!! Then we went to the mall for a little shopping and lunch at Azteca. Yum-my!!

Thanks Shey for sharing your day with me!!

Spring Break in Boise, Idaho.

2007-03-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

We went to Boise, Idaho during spring break so David could look for a truck. We didn't find a truck but we did find a Cabela's store. What a fun store! They had so much to look at and do, Bobbie and I had just as much fun as David did. He found some of his gun/hobby stuff, Bobbie found 2 pairs of shoes and a couple t-shirts. Bobbie took our picture in front of the wild life they had on display in Cabela's.
More of the critters...
Bobbie found a cute fake dog...
David managed to get it angry and attack...
Meanwhile, Bobbie kicks back with her Starbucks on a display hammock.

Another cool display in Cabela's.

We went to a place called McGraths and enjoyed some great sea food on Tuesday night.

Bobbie tried her 1st oyster and loved it. Then followed that with a crab cake, salmon and prawn dinner. I think she had the best dinner.

I found a couple of scrapbook stores to check out.
(notice there is no picture of me at a scrapbook store. It is kinda hard to shop and take pictures of myself at the same time. Needless to say, I still found some cute stuff at the stores.)

Bobbie and David found the pool at the hotel.

Bobbie had a little green foam ball that was tossed around a lot!

She catches the ball, kinda like Mike???

That girl swam and swam and swam. She had so much fun and it was so fun to watch her interact with the other kids from the hotel. What happens when we get older, that it's so much harder to meet people? Why can't we just start a game in the pool and enjoy each others company? Very fun to watch that happen with Bobbie.

We found a Macaroni Grill on Thursday as we headed out of town. We had a great lunch and I am kinda glad there isn't one around here, because I would gain some serious weight!

Time to head home and get back to our "normal" life!

2007-03-20T11:27:00.000-07:00

I also love this part of my room...

and this part too!

My "crap-room" aka: My office

2007-03-20T11:09:00.000-07:00

Here is my space.
I love my space.

It is very neat in these pictures but, does not often (o.k. never) stay this way. How can a girl be creative when it's totally neat? Everything has a spot, and I pretty much know where everything is. I only have to hunt for things now and again. This is where I come and hide, or work on things or just regroup.

This is all me.

I don't have to share it with anyone, yet I have just about everyone represented in here. Missy even has a dogie bed that I sewed for her that matches the curtain I made. She hangs out in here with me.

I listen to music or I watch my TV that has the HGTV and DIY channels on it. Whatever mood I am in. Sometimes I stick in a DVD when I don't feel like crafting. Bobbie will sometimes come in and have dessert in here with me, or we'll craft together.

David usually just stands at the door, he rarly comes all the way in. Maybe it's to pink for him? Or maybe he just doesn't understand my organized state of creativity?

This is my room.

I love this room!

ODE TO CAPTAIN GRANDPA!

2007-03-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

The perfect cheese egg breakfast. It was sssoooooo good! I just wish grandpa could have made it for me. The crispy was there, but just not as good as his old cast-iron skillet would have made it. Oh, and I used pepper jack cheese instead of cheddar, which he would of never used. I even tore my bacon in half and pretended that I only got a half piece...well until I needed more bacon of course. Notice the plastic jug of tea in the back ground. You just don't mess with perfection!!!

Love you Capt. Grandpa!

2007-03-17T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of my new perpetual calendar. Annette and I took this class in Portland last weekend. They gave us some papers that I did not want to use, so I waited until I got home and did it my way. I looooovvveee it!! It is just fun bright colors and I love that photo of Bobbie. I think I'll change photos every month, it will be a work in progress all year long! I also want to do one for the kitchen fridge. Different colors (most likely a western theme) and let Bobbie be in charge of that one. This pink girlie one is in my scrapbook room and is all mine!!! It works on magnets, so every month I just change the month tag and move the numbers into their right spots.
Thanks for looking!!!

2007-03-15T15:58:00.000-07:00

Just had to put this picture in, LOVE IT. It is such a Bobbie look right now. I'm 10 going on 20, I'm cute and I don't want my picture taken anymore, and don't let anybody see you taking my picture! I don't know how I could have been so lucky to have her and that she gives me so much joy. Grief sometimes, but mostly joy!!!

2007-03-14T15:32:00.000-07:00

This is the book I am teaching at the Bucket this Tuesday. There is this color combo and then a blue and brown combo. Both the same papers, just the different colors. Sepia toned photos look great with the browns. Very easy to make and fast too! After the class all you'll have to do is add the photo every month. And the journaling too.

This is Jan. & Feb.'s photos. I haven't journaled yet, kinda want to wait until after the class, who knows, maybe i'll be brave and just do it and who cares what others think of my writing...right???

Just one of the other pages waiting for their turn to be embellished. Every page has the same layout, so it's very easy to do!
The page on the right is a pocket, so you pull it out to put on the photo and journaling.

2007-03-12T20:13:00.000-07:00

Pictures of us at Niki and Austins wedding. David looked very handsome in his rented tux, even though it did not fit worth a darn. We drove to Portland friday and came home sunday. 2 different hotels and miles of driving. The over-all wedding turned out nice and the happy couple were happy with how everything went.

Bobbie is loving basketball practice 3 nights a week. She has never done any extra activities besides rodeo, so she is having a ball...sorry, could resist that one! She comes home starving and tired!

2007-02-15T09:12:00.000-08:00

Just another view of the book, I really liked how it turned out.

Can ya just imagine Bobbie's eyes when she saw that our steak dinner was in the shape of hearts??? They were very yummy!!!

New table decorations for Love day. Copied the idea of the candle and pink candy corn from Tiffany and Sharon. Thanks girls, it turned out really pretty!!!
Hope everybody had a wonderful Valentine's day!
Love you all!

2007-02-15T09:06:00.000-08:00

These are the 2 roses that Bobbie brought home from school today. She got one from 2 different boys in her class. I guess she was feeling pretty dang cool, because none of the other girls in her class recieved a rose from a boy. It starts in the 5th grade I guess!!

Here is that book class I thought at the Bucket, with some photos inside. The little book at the top right has 10 pockets in it, with 10 reasons why I love David. The bottom book has 36 pages with photos and love quotes. David said he really liked it. I sure hope so!

2007-02-11T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here is a close-up of this beauty! Way to go Bobbie!!!!

2007-02-11T19:23:00.000-08:00

Today was the CJRA awards banquet. Bobbie was trying to play it cool and not be so excited, but I know she was ready to explode with joy! She's always so excited to go see her rodeo buddies, but knowing that she was to get a buckle
made it even more exciting! She placed first in the barrels and 3rd in the poles. What a fantastic buckle and fancy spur straps for her third place. They handed out some mighty fine awards today. She will be sitting at the top of her age group this year, which will put her in a great spot for all-around and maybe a new saddle! I keep waiting for the buckles for the mom and dad's who back all these kids up. Since it looks like that's the only way I'll be getting one!

2007-02-11T18:46:00.000-08:00

Here is our Echo cheerleader! The high school cheerleaders put on a cheer camp for the elementry girls and of course Bobbie had to do that! She learned tons of new cheers and with all the practicing she did, I now know all the cheers! She had so much fun at the camp and they had the girls perform at half time for the varsity basketball game. I have a feeling that I might be a cheer coach some time in the not so far future.

Class tonight

2007-01-23T09:56:00.000-08:00

This is the class that I'm teaching tonight at the Bucket. I don't have any photos or journaling in it yet, because it's going to be David's Valentines gift. I didn't want him to see it with all the "goodies" in it. This way if he saw it, he'd think it was just blank for a class. I will post photos of it when it's completed. I think it's going to be one of my favorites!

2007-01-23T09:28:00.000-08:00

Here are the photos!

Decorating the trees.

2007-01-22T19:26:00.000-08:00

After having the stomach flu for about 10 days, Bobbie had to get out and do something. So, she decided to have all 3 dogs help her decorate the trees. She had so much fun running around and making our yard pretty, I got caught up in all the crazy-ness and had to take some photos. What a beautiful girl!

Lucky was such a good boy to put up with some photos!

New Year's eve 2006

2007-01-10T14:20:00.000-08:00

Having fun with new friends on New Year's eve. We we're invited to Shey and Allen's house to celebrate. Bobbie and her friend, Dally Sue had fun teaching the "boys" how to dance (they didn't do to bad, the boys that is!). and then there's David I poseing for the 1st photo of the year. Happy New Year to you all.

Let's try this again.

2007-01-06T09:47:00.000-08:00

O.k., here goes another attempt to do this blog thing. Lots of changes this year and since it is the beginning of the year, what a great way to start fresh.
Bobbie has a girlfriend over, off to let the dogs out, feed the horses and just be outside. I had to get up at 1:30 this morning to turn off the t.v., they had fallen asleep watching the Disney channel and I woke up to "hearing voices". Thank goodness I was able to turn them off.
I've got to go grocery shopping today and do the never ending laundry. I also need to start working on a class that I'm teaching at the Bucket on Jan. 23rd. Monday, I think, will be when I start on the house. Bobbie will be back in school and I will have some alone time to get some things done around here. Never thought I would be so excited to start cleaning the house. It's been neglected a long time. Might even be the motivator to get David to finish some of the projects we've started.
Hope everyone has a happy and wonderful new year!
~Sue Ellen