Because everything is bigger in Texas....

Even the Texas State Flag!

Happy Wednesday to y'all!

The FaRmiLy

I just wanted to introduce you to some of our FaRmiLy....

LLAMA LOVE

This is are studly male Llama, Caesar

Isn't he a gorgeous animal.  Love his eye lashes.

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We have had 4 Llama babies since November

Up front and center is Cinnamon and her baby Oreo is behind her.  

Dotty is the white Llama and her baby is Brownie right there in the middle

Oreo was born in early November, Brownie was born about a week later.  

Caesar fathered Brownie.

This is Baby Cakes and her baby Valentino.

Valentino was born on Valentines Day!

This is Pyam and in the background is Sebastian

Pyam is pregnant in the picture.  

Sebastian is the father of Oreo and Valentino and the unborn baby.

He is quite the stud!  Wish I had a better picture.

This is Cinnamon and Oreo a day or two after he was born.

And here are our cows.  These beauties are all Brangus Heifers.  

They are named after the Disney Princesses, Ariel, Jasmine and Mireda.

These are our future breeders.  

And the newest member of our Llama family is this beauty named Mystique.

Pyam gave birth to her on March 28th.  

The cows welcoming her into the world.  

Each one got to give her kisses.  

Surprisingly, mama Pyam allowed them to do this.  

Very sweet!  

And this is our cat Tangerine who as you can see loves our Daisy

Also very sweet!  

And here is our little princess Abby at Christmas

There are still a few more members of our FaRmiLy that I need to get photos of.  For instance we have 10 baby chicks that are almost big enough to go outside into their coop.  Right now they are in the garage under a heat lamp.  I will post photos of them soon.  

Yes I am quite the Rancher, Farmer, Cow Girl nowadays.  

My Grandpa would be proud!

Lovin' this Life!!

A day in my life

I just love taking a few minutes in the morning to sit outside and watch the sunrise and listen to all the birds sing.

Great way to start a day!

Moo kisses

Our new heifer, Ariel, loves dear hubby.  She comes a running when he is out there and provides lots of moo kisses and lovin'! Its sorta sweet in funny sorta way.  LOL

Will be posting more about our latest additions to the family very soon.

My babies are growing up!

It was mid-October that I spent a few days in Utah visiting my kids.  I can't believe how grown up they are getting.  Shellise took me on a tour of SUU's campus and all three of us went on a fun drive up the "C" mountain.  The fall colors were becoming amazing!  I got some great photos of the weekend, thought I would share!

The red leaves on this tree were really amazing! 

SUU's clock tower

It's hard to believe how grown up they are 

I still think of them as babies!

LOVE these kids!

 

Looking over the Cedar valley

Climbing back up the mountain

I sure miss my kiddo's, but I am sure glad to get special times like these as often as I am able. It was so nice just being able to hang out with them.  

Love You Both So Much!!

-Mom

Has it really been that long?

Holy Wow!  I just looked at the date of my last post and cannot believe it has been that long.  I have officially been a blog slacker.  No reason in particular except that I haven't been able to come up with anything exciting to write about.  I haven't been on any adventures in months.  I guess you could say other things have gotten in the way of life.

We got moved into the house about 3 weeks ago.  Work is good... I LOVE my job!  School is keeping me really busy.  I was very happy about my first semester grades and being included on the deans list.  This semester, however, is a different story.  Intermediate Accounting II has become my nemesis.  The school is trying out a new program for the assignments and quizzes and there are still a few quirks that are making it really hard to get a decent score, meaning my grade right now is not an A like I would like.  I am working hard and hoping I can improve that before the end of the semester, which leaves me about 3 more weeks.  My other class is a sociology type class where we are discussing America in the 1960's.  That class is going great and my grade is where I want it to be.  Wish me luck in my accounting class!

I enjoy living in my new small hometown, and like that my drive to work is now 20 minutes instead of an hour.  However, I miss my sister and her family.   I am just glad that I didn't move so far away that it would be hard to see them on a regular basis. They are only 30 miles away.  And, they are coming over for dinner on Sunday.  Yeah!

Since my last post, my kids are back in school.  Shellise is attending Southern Utah University and Jessie is in  his Junior year of High School.  Crazy!  I get to see them in a week-and-a-half for a day or two, and can't wait!  I am so proud of both of my kids.  Jessie because he is making some really great choices right now and turning his life around.  Shellise because she is working so hard in school and is doing great, and because she is also making some better choices that is improving our relationship.  They have both been trying to get jobs, but the market in that town is not good.  They really need jobs though, so if any of you in Cedar City know of any place hiring, let me know.

I need to get back to my studies now, but promise I will be back a lot sooner.  I am leaving you with a few photos.

Kitchen not quite finished in this photo

Family room looking into kitchen. 

Shows the wood floors

From the foyer looking into front room 

Closer look at the hand-scraped wood floor

A view from the patio

Back yard

And this is me!  

I hope you will still check back once in a while, even though I am such a slacker these days!  

Life is Good, Full, and Busy!

This is just a quickie update.....


DH and I should be moving into our new home very soon. There are still a few small things that need to be finished and then waiting on closing, but not too much longer.  I am looking forward to finally getting settled.  I promised a photo so here it is....

Work is going really well.  I love my job and I love my co-workers.  I love the location (or I will once I get moved).  I love how much I am learning and how a lot of what I am learning and doing in my job correlates with my classes at school.  

I am at the end of my first semester for school and it is finals week.  So its a bit crazy for me right now.  I am doing great in my Humanities class and have carried 100% throughout the semester. However, I am a little worried about my intermediate accounting final exam.  Right now I have an A- in the class so I need to do really well on my final exam so I don't drop down into the B range.  Sad thing is I do not test well at all.  Never have.  The only reason I have an A- instead of an A is because of my quiz scores.  I am a bit worried and stressing though.  It's been a pretty tough class at times.  Wish me luck!

I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to my cute daughter by phone for over 2 hours last week.  Seriously one of the highlights of my life lately.  It has been so long since she has wanted to speak to me that I was so happy when she called.  It was awesome.  I hope I get that opportunity again really soon and more frequently than in the recent past.  

I Love Her!

And currently I am spending some wonderful time with my son who is visiting me this week.  He and his dad are in Oklahoma City for a few weeks and I was able to go pick him up since its only a 3 hour car drive.  We have been having a blast!  Yesterday we toured the Texas Ranger Ballpark as well as the Dallas Cowboy Stadium.  I took lots of photos but I will have to post those another time when I get them all edited and ready for posting.  It has been a great week so far and will miss him when he has to go back.  

I Love Him!

I will finish up my fun week with my boy and finish up my final exams and then I will have a little more free time to catch up on things like editing photos and reading your blogs. 

I hope you are all doing well.  See you soon!

Life Is Good!