WARNING not real interesting!!!

WARNING this is not really an interesting post, mostly horse stuff but what the heck!

Its been a while since I have blogged anything, we don't have to much going on. JP just started his first block of the summer semester so thats really great! I can finally see the end nearing with school, he will be finished next winter, I can not wait! 

Anyway, Jp hit his first hole in one on Friday and I guess for golfers thats a BIG deal...Way to go JP!t. It was on a par three and he gives all the credit to his new highbred club. I had a horse show on Friday and took first place in four of my classes and second in another. I was riding a horse I have never jumped before and Ill tell you what, I found my new hunter!!   Its been a fun few weeks! I have had her in training ever since and she is really shaping up nicely I have her going to feet!!

In other news, I was given a baby horse...a yearling filly from a good friend. I havent named her yet, heck I dont know if I am even going to keep her. She is a wild little thing and its taken me about to weeks just to get to the point that I can touch her, but she is coming along and that is very promising. I also went out on limb and SHAVED shooting stars into my lesson horse Cheyenne. Being as it is that a bunch of little girls ride her I think it will be a hit!!

Last but not least our beautiful little megan graduated form high school and is on her way to the big BYUI in a few months. We are so proud of her, she really is an amazing young woman!!

i wont leave you with any earth shattering photography just a few snap shots of well...horses (except the one of megan of corse!!!)

If you look close you can see her shooting star on her rump.....
My baby is the one on the right! Register quarter horse with great breeding!Nothing amazing except that she had never seen a jump before this day!! She did well and now that I have been schooling her over fences she is doing very well. We have another show on Friday and I can wait!!!

Sweet Dreams

As many of you know I LOVE my mattress, and  that is something that not many people can say!  Before we got our amazing Intelligel sleep system Jp was up and down in the night, he would take hours to fall asleep and was never able to sleep in; ever since we got our bed, we both sleep better than ever. We sleep so good that some funny things happen to us in our DEEP sleep. You all may recall the story of JPs "adult bed wetting" (it was one of our first post, its hilarious and if you haven't read it you should take a second, it worth it!). Anyway recently Jp had an amazing dream and it would not be right if I did not share! Let me start this way......

"My fanz all buy my rhyms at a p

ound for a penny

Thats how I get my dimes cuz my boss wont give me any"

Yes you have just read the words to Jps first rap!! Please no plagiarism, ha ha ha. Crazy, he woke up the other morning saying he had had this really vivid dream about becoming a rap star, and the rap that took him to the top was that one right there!! It is so fun to hear him "rap" the words cuz he does it in rhythm jus

t like in his dream. Anyway I hope his dream i

s not one of those dreams that shows his true desire as to what he really wants to become, can you imagine me hanging out with my rap star husband while he

 bears his testimony to Dr. Dre?

A Word Concerning Truth.

I am not one to usually write anything with real passion or meaning on my bog, one reason is due to my fourth grade level spelling and writing style (fourth grade may be generous!) but also perhaps that I fell that through writhing I can not properly convey how I truly feel. I am a very verbal person and would prefer to express myself that way, however, I am going to do something very outside of my box in expressing some serious feelings here in written word. Today as I wondered around on facebook, as I usually do on slow days at work I came across an article written by a past class mate from high-school. This individual has always amazed me by her intelligence and ability to express herself, so when I came across her "well" written and very opinionated article I was not surprised. As I began to read what she had to say concerning sacred ceremonies being aired on HBO, and gay marriage, and the LDS faith, I began to think of the blessing I have to "just believe". She explained why she no longer believed in the church of Jesus Christ of later day Saints. She presented links to "Proof" that the church is incorrect, information that joseph smith was a farce and that logically you can not believe in the church based on inconsistency from the Book for Mormon to the Bible. My reaction to this is that I dont need proof! faith is believing without seeing, I have felt the blessing of the gospel in my life and no book or video can convince me otherwise! I can not help but think of the dis-service  one can bring upon them selfs by only allowing yourself to only think logically. Spiritual things do not always make sense. Many times when I am prompted for one reason or another it is not my logic that urges me to do, but my faith because many time there seems to be no rhyme or reason. As it  happens that often I do not see a logical reason for those promoting until a  later time. I dont voice my political opinions the way I once did and I am not as involved as maybe I should be, but  I am  seeing  how cunning satin is in politics and how important it is as a latter-day Saint to defend truth. He has taken issues private and sacred and made them political, he has taken those who can do wonderful things in the church and given them reason to use there talent  to argue agents faith topics. I am so sad to see wonderful people loose that amazing light that is a gift from our father in heaven! He loves us and wants us to be happy in this life, he wants us to be fulfilled and happy, to achieve our goals and dreams, and by those same tokens satin sees our weakens and works us to the bone. I am grateful for fellings (holy ghost), and faith, because I do not understand many things, I cannot  hold great doctrinal debate on truth, but I can bear testimony that Christ lived and died for us so that we can have the gift of eternal life, repentance, and Godly royalty. I know that if I use the atonement that has been provided us, that I can have the blessing of eternal life to become like god. I know that there is always forgiveness and if we just approach him in godly sorrow he will help us to be clan.  I know that if questions arise he will listen through prayer; and I know that if we will listen not with our ears but with our hearts we will know the truth.

Snap Happy!

 Jeff and I went to California for a week for a family Vacation and had a great time....after Disneyland we hit the Zoo and Seaworld and as you can see I had a ball!!! JP even got in the picture taken mood and took some really nice pictures....so here you go!!!

Jp did this one of the flowers....I love this one!!

He also did the dolphin shot...they were so hard to get good pictures of, but Jp did such a good job!!

My Amazing Family!!!

Last week Emily let me use her kids for some practice....the only problem was that they were so easy to photograph!!!!

I have not done any post processing but they turned out well even with out!!

Kids say the darnedest things!!

I am a little late on the V-day festivities post but what the heck! We had a great time....Jp and I actually celebrated for two days!! On Friday night we went to color me mine and dinner, and a movie with Larry and JoAnn, we painted "GreenWear" (thanks for making me sound smart JoAnn) We had such great 

time and I am so sorry I don't have pictures because it was soo fun and we made some

 great stuff!! On Saturday night we went with my family (mom, dad, Emily, Reed, Jeff, Marin, Michael, Addison) out to dinner. The plan was to hit up Red Lobster but when we got there and found out that the wait was two and a half hours...well we changed our minds and went to Magraths fish house!! It was great and LONG!!! I had crab for the very first time and LOVED it. I want to 

know how I have lived an entire life with out this amazing sea food...thanks a lot Heather!!!! Any way here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure,

sorry about how bright they are...the flash on my point and shoot is really bright!!!

On another note I have to tell this hilarious story about my 

niece Kennedy!! She is about as cute as they come (I posted a picture of her below...see for your self!) and her personality is just as cute. This is the kind of kid that sits with her legs crossed and carries on conversations with adults!  Once she talked my ear off about hump back whales! That being said you will really have appreciation for this story! Last week she spent the day with her mom and Grandma doing some grocery shopping. At the end of the day grandma JoAnn dropped the two off at there home to unload groceries. At this point kennedy felt it appropriate to let her mom know that she would be staying at grandams house the rest of day and not coming home...

Kennedy, very matter a faculty "mom I am not coming home, I am going to Grandmas."

Mom "no kenners we need to go inside"

Kenners with no attitude..just VERY matter of faculty "No mom I am going home with grandma!"

Mom "kennedy we are not going to grandmas today, remember how we are working on obedience and doing what your parents say??"

Kenners "yes mom and I am not working on that today."

Holy cow where do they come up with this stuff?? well all I can say is that she is on to something...I guess some times "we just aren't working on that today!"

 I hope you got a good laugh...and on that note....I got a new portrait lens for my camera and I tried it out on of course the dog...look how smart we 

made him look! And yes what you are thinking is true, looks can be deceiving!

We did not think about it till we were done with our little photo shoot that maybe the reason he is sorta bug eyed in some of the pictures is because these are perscription eye glasses and well needless to say he has great vision!!!

Cheyenne

This is defiantly a post for my self more that anything else, as I hope to someday print this and save it as a journal. I just wanted to post this as something that is really important to me.  I have been a horse lover all my life, so when I was able to buy my very first horse at age 20 it was one of the best moments of my life. I remember going with my dad and a small, borrowed, white two horse trailer to buy her from an older gentleman I in Lehi. We loaded her into the trailer and shut the door, seconds latter I was in TEARS.  My hole life I had wished on every birthday, christmas, and any other significant holiday that I would find a horse with a ribbon around its neck  out in a trailer in the fort yard, and at age 20 it finally happened! I was only able to keep her for about a year and a half due to some complications with the ownership partnership and my inability to afford her all my own. I made the decision to sell her last winter and have regretted it ever since!! The only good news to that was that I sold her to an amazing family who has cared for her better than I did, she has an amazing little girl that love her more than anything!! A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from her new owners expressing the need to sell her, this economy is really effecting so many. When I sold her to the now owner we had an agreement that if she ever need to be sold she would be offered to me first. Well needless to way we are in the middle of coming to an agreement about placing her with me again. The reason I feel so strongly about this would be hard for many to understand, she is just a horse, but to me she is so so much more. I have missed this horse so much! My wonderful husband has agreed to make sacrifices in order for us to be able to bring her back home.  I am so lucky to be married to someone who can understand some of my very most deep feelings and respect them! I will also have the opportunity of sharing her with the little girl that owns her now, taking them to shows and teaching lessons, ever sense I sold her that is something I have not been able to do much of and is part of my great joy when it come to horses. Anyway I have my fingers crossed that everything is going to work out! We will see!