Upcoming

Ok everyone... I dont have pics yet, but.... i plan on taking lots this christmas! So stay tuned and I will put some pics up of all the family!:) Love you all , and Merry christmas!!

Our Christmas Tree

This is our Christmas Tree this year. This picture certainly doesnt do it justice and now it has pinecones on it and there is a beautiful angel on the top.:)





Ashers and Tom came over to help me put the tree up this year. Tom sat up stairs watching T.V. the whole time and only came down when Ashers needed on his shoulders to put the lights on the top and the angel on. Tom says that he is deprived of t.v. at home so he has to make up for it when he come to my house. :)
Taz and Jayda had a blast helping put the tree up also! Taz was into everything and wanted to be involved in getting the tree out of the box. Jayda was also into everything, but her big thing was to get all the flowers out of the sack before i could put them on the tree. :) When the tree was about half way assembled Ash and I grabbed Taz and Jayda and let them crawl through the branches... OMG, they were in heaven! Ash has the pics of the ferrets on her camera, so as soon as she gets them uploaded I will post them on here. :)

12 Days of Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas Tag.

"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me..."

1 Embarrassing moment: My zipper was undone on an ambulance call and i didnt notice until i got to the hospital and another EMT i work with told me.

2 Best Friends: Rikki, Hollie, Anglea. (sorry i have 3 cant leave one out ) :)

3 Things I buy regularly: Eggs, Shampoo, Garbage bags, Milk

4 Places I want to go: Alaska, Paris, England, Australia

5 Goals for the upcoming year: Decorate my house, Learn how to cook, Be a Wife instead of a friend, possibly learn how to do the girly things that i hate to do!

6 Things most people don't know about me: I Hate Girly things (cooking cleaning, sewing, crafts, scrapbooking etc.) I dislike MTV, Soaps, and dont like to watch the news. I absolutely LOVE my jobs!!! I have a huge personal space issue.... ( i like to call it my "bubble") I am VERY independant person.... I need my personal time, if not i get grouchy! I despise MEAN people!!!! (everyone, no matter who they are, what race, gender, size, personality, handicap or looks deserves respect and kindness!) I absolutely LOVE, and adore my husband.... but I guess you all probably figured that one out. :)

7 Things I would never say: I will never tell anyone that they are worthless.... and lots more things. :)

8 Things I love about the Christmas Season: Snow, Christmas spirit, decorations, christmas tree, family and friends, the love, giving to people, memories.

9 Things I say to my kids: "Cammy I love you so much" "OMG, you are too cute" "daddy farted!" "you are my precious little girly" "wanna go to the park?" "where is Taz and Jayda at?" "your hungry again?" "you are daddy's little twin!" "where is all my make up girly?"

10 Things I do alot: Work, Sleep, Stress, Cuddle with Brian, talk, pay bills, eat, workout, drive, grocery shopping.

11 Things I would rather not live without: Brian, Makeup, Blankets, My pets, family, shampoo and conditioner, toothbrush and paste, love, kisses, friends, music.

12 People I tag: whatever 12 people feel like doing this :)

hey

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, but nothing huge has really been going on. I have been gone for 4 days to dispatch training up in Utah.... it was interesting! I love going to trainings! Brian has been working working working, like normal, and when he is not there he is at the gym. I have to admit, you can definatly tell he works out alot! His muscles are getting HUGE!!! Cant really think of a whole lot to write, but just thought i would check in and say hi to everyone. :)

pics

New stuff!

So for Halloween this year my neighbor told me to buy tons of candy because the street we live on gets lots of trick or treaters. So not thinking too much about it I bought my candy. I bought quite a bit but was still kinda skeptical because the past 3 years we have only had like 1 or 2 trick or treaters. So I got home from work that day and cleaned my house up a bit and got all the candy ready then waited.... for like the first 2 hours there was only like 2 trick or treaters and was I starting to think that my neighbor had exagerated. Ha ha, to my surprise we got hit hard around like 7:00! I think we probably had like 30 or more trick or treaters!!!! I was shocked.... the funniest part was we had hardly any left over candy. ( which is good cause i would have ate all of the chocolate!!) To be honest I actually loved handing out candy.... the kids were so so cute!!

Other than Halloween, our lives have just been the normal, busy, never see eachother kind of stuff. Brian decided he was gonna work his entire long change so we can get a few more bills paid off, and I have been running the Ambulance alot along with working tons of graves. Unfortunatly my schedule just changed and I have to leave my beloved graveyard shift! Now I am day shifts. (YUCK) I slept in the other day and one of my corporals had to call and wake me up! Ha ha.... I was do embarassed! Brian is switching back and forth between days and graves also and has been coming home absolutely wiped out the past couple of days! Hmmm.... not much else is going on. OH, I am going out to the valley tomorrow to help my dad with some stuff and visit all day, then my parents and I are going to UT the next day to visit Grandpa and Grammie. That will be so much fun.... I miss my family so much!! It's amazing how much people miss thier families when they move out on thier own and live their own life. I would almost give anything to go back to High School days, just so I could live with my parent again for a little while. The comfort that your parents and siblings give to you is so amazing. GEEZ, I miss them so so so much!!! Well I cant think of a whole lot more to write about so I will stop it here.

Halloween Memories..... and Grandpa!

First of all Grandpa: Grandpa is doing so much better! I went down on Friday to visit with grandpa and grammie and ended up staying the night with gram. Grandpa looks so much better than he did a couple of weeks ago when we went to visit at his house. He has very good color now and acts just like our dear loved old grandpa! :) The next morning when Grammie and I went in he was doing very well again. The doc came in not long after and told us that Grandpas kidney function was starting to improve and that they were going to wait the weekend and then on monday do his Angiogram. Hopefully Tuesday he will be able to get the surgery and be on his way to a healthier heart and lots more years of life.:)

Halloween Memories:

I dont have a very good memory at all, so bear with me...

* I remember when I was young I was kind of a tomboy so for like 3 halloweens I was an evil vampriss..... i still have that costume by the way. ( I think...... mom do we still have that costume? )

* We lived clear out in the boonies in a tiny rancher community called Lonetree, so Trick-r-treating was not just simply walking door to door and collecting as much candy as possible. We had to drive miles and miles from one house to the other.... it was lots of fun!! After we trick-r-treated in Lonetree we would head into the Valley and go to the rest of our familys houses and a couple of the ward members houses.

* I always wanted to be a Jeanie, but i never did..... the only way that I knew to be a jeanie was a 2 piece costume and I wasnt allowed to wear those. PLUS I was a chunky little girl, so even if i could I wouldn't have:)

8's

Eights List: 8 TV Shows I like to watch..
*Charmed
*Hunting channel
*Cops
*Cold Case
*Law and Order
*Sponge Bob Square Pants
*Tom and Jerry
*CMT- County Music Television- I love country music videos!!!!


8 Restaurants I like to eat at...
*China King Buffett
*Red Robin
*The Cheesecake Factory
*Sizzler
*Applebees
*The Cowboy
*The Training Table
*Rocky Mt. Noodle- before it went outta business!



8 Things that happened today...

*Went to bed at 8 am- currently working graves!
*Got paged out on an Ambulance call at 10:30am
*Suffered through a stinky co-worker!!
*Went home and fell asleep again- but was woken up soon after by my sister who had bad news for me!
*Made a quick trip to Rock Springs for more Ferret food.
*Ate at China King
*Went home and took a cat nap
*Went back to work!



8 Things I am looking forward to...
* Going to see my grandpa tomorrow
* Getting all the late season yard work done and outta the way!
* Climbing in my warm bed with Brian in the morning!
* Seeing Cammy again!
* Snowboarding this winter!
* Halloween and Thanksgiving!
* My alone time!
* Rikki is getting married on Wed, and finding out what her baby is all in the same day...... I cant wait to find out!


8 Things on my wish list...
* Things to come easy in life! ( ha ha, yeah right!!!)
* a perfect marriage!
* mmmmm....... a blueberry cheesecake!
* A permanently clean house!
* I wish more than anything that I could fulfill my dream to be a professional dancer!!! ( I know, thats crazy, but it is still my dream!)
* a jeanie to grant me all my wishes
* never having to do dishes!!!
* My family will never have to go through any tough times!!


8 People I tag... MOM, and anybody else who will do this :)

Cammy is gone...... now what?

Well we took Cameran home on Friday! Yes it was AWFUL!!! It just gets harder and harder every time we take her back to Colorado! I was strong the whole way there and back from Colorado, but when I finally got home and had some alone time I found myself crying a little bit. the first thing I did when I got home was let the critters out to play, and even they were looking for that shining little girl, but no luck. Next line of business was to get out the cleaner and clean up all those milk stains off the carpent again. Thats when it really hit me that she was gone once again! Then this morning I woke up expecting Daddy and Cam to be sneaking in any minute to wake me up...... but then I realized she was gone. :( Geez!!!

This visit was so much fun!!!! Cam is just too cute!! She is talking so so great, however there were some words that we just couldnt understand. It was so funny because she would try to tell us something that we jsut couldnt make out and she would get frustrated and roll her head and eyes, and say "Da-a-ad, Mo-o-om" and then repeat the word. It was so stinking funny, we just couldnt help but laugh!

Kids....Ferrets... and Cleaners!! :0

It all started bright and early this morning, I had just fallen asleep when Brian burst into the room with a soaking wet Jayda in his arms, telling me that Cameran has been spraying the Ferrets with carpet cleaner. Panicked and surprised, I jumped out of bed and grabbed Jayda and ran to the bath tub to wash her off. Brian headed back upstairs to get Taz and brought him down too. I spent quite a while washing off my poor little frightened ferrets with Brian standing over my shoulder as nervous as me making sure they were ok. Next matter of buisness was to talk to the 3 year old little girl waiting upstairs...... Well obviously we are not parents year round so this was quite hard for us. Brian had told her what she did wrong and taken all the chemicals and put them away up high so she couldnt reach them. When I walked up the stairs to talk to her she looked so sad and a little bit scared. (the scared look tore my heart out!) So trying to regain my composure I made sure I didnt look mad and asked Cameran to come over and talk to me. Gosh that was the hardest talk I have ever had to have with her. She felt so so bad for what she had done but at the same time Brian and I both knew it was partially our faults too. We have a spray that we use on the ferrets to make them smell all nice and fresh, and use on them daily. Cameran had seen us spraying them down a couple times, so to her she wasnt doing anything wrong. Unfortunately she ended up picking up the carpet cleaner instead of the ferret freshner.
Well onto the ferrets..... they seemed to be doing ok after they were all washed and dryed off, until about an hour later when I noticed Jayda standing with her eyes half closed and kinda losing her balance. We put the ferrets in their cage in hopes of them sleeping and feeling a little bit better. I ended up heading back to bed ( i had just come off a graveyard shift) and slept until about 4. When I got up I went to check on the ferrets too see if they were still doing ok. Unfortunately they were not. They both wouldnt open their eyes all the way and did not want to wake up. Brians parents came over to visit and that was when I absolutely broke down bawling. Thank goodness Lisa was there, she is such a great help!! We called the vet and he told me that the ferrets had probably been poisoned from the cleaner getting in through their eyes and mouth. He told me that there was a good chance that it could be fatal to both of them and to keep a close eye on them for 24 hours. He said to make sure they were eating and drinking and hopefully it would metabolize and move out of their systems. Again thank goodness Lisa was there!!! (she is wonderful:))
We have been getting them out once an hour and making them at least drink water. They have been very droopy and still having problems with their eyes. They can still see though. I walked into the room once and Jayda was eating, and Taz had just had a good dose of water so that was a good sign. Brian called me at work just a little while ago and said that he got them out and they were very active and wanting to play so hopefully that stays the same also and they have gotten all that stuff outta their system. :)
That was our HUGE lesson for the week!!!

Pics of Brians Elk!!

Here are some pics of Brian's Elk from this year!! It scored 273 Pope and Young. He was so excited to get this one as you can tell.... look at that cute smile!! :)

This is when they found the Elk. Brians friend Ty called it in. Brian made the shot at 40 yards.

The toughest job of all, and thats packing the darn thing out!!! he had quite the job ahead of him. it took part of the night and a good part of the next morning to pack it out.

Sorry, people, I tend to post like 2-3 blogs in a night, so sorry if you dont like reading so many :)

Cameran is Home!

This has been a fun week so far, we have Cameran for 2 weeks!! She is a little bundle of joy!! She was so excited to come visit this time, she kept telling her mom how excited she was to see her Daddy Brian and Mommy Kristie! She has gotten soooo big, and oh boy can she talk, she is a little jabber jaws!! On the way home I was telling her that we have ferrets at home that she can play with…. Well when we got there that quickly changed from “the” ferrets to “her” ferrets. We will be in the living room watching T.V. or playing around or whatever we are doing at the time, and Cameran will hear the bells on either Taz or Jayda, and will stop whatever she is doing and run in the room and see if they are awake to play with her. Thank goodness Taz is such a gentle little guy…. Cameran and him are best buddies. She carries him all over the house in the most awkward positions ever, the little guy just lets her do whatever and absolutely loves it! Jayda is a lot more wild that Taz and won’t stay still long enough for cameran to hold her for very long.















The first day we had cameran home with us we woke up at 5:30 in the morning and went out hunting. Cameran didn’t fuss at all, she woke up happy and couldn’t wait to go see the deer. She was my little good luck charm…. Not even 30 minutes after we got to where we were gonna hunt at we spotted a 2 point buck and I got him on the first shot. Cameran was hardly phased at all, she just wanted to pet the deer. When we got down to him and were getting ready to dress him out that’s when she got a little skeptical. She wasn’t sure whatto think about it being dead and bleeding. She ended up spotting a huge frog by the river and spent her time trying to catch that while Brian and I gutted out the deer. You wanna talk about a happy daddy, Brian was in 7th heaven having his daughter out hunting with him!! I have a bunch of pics, but we are still working on filling the camera the whole way and getting the film developed. We both forgot that Cameran rarely sleeps in her own bed, she always ends up in bed with us. J The first night we all fell asleep in our room, and kept rolling over onto the poor girl, she just pushed us off and fell right back to sleep J She is used to sleeping with her little brother at home in Colorado. The 2nd Brian took her to her own bed and later that morning rolled over only to find her sleeping right next to him. Ha ha, he just laughed J She is looking more and more like her daddy every time we see her. Gotta love the Grisham look don’t ya J haha! Here are some pics of Cameran and the ferrets, and her riding horses with Aunty Ashley!









Holding both Taz and Jayda! Jayda is trying to escape!! (the one with her paw in the air)

The Changing Seasons!! AUTUMN :)

I cant even begin to describe how much I love this time of year!! From the changing leaves, to the cool air, to the beautiful scenery and so so much more!! My friend and I were talking the other day and she asked me what my favorite holiday is....... you know I have been asked that before, but I never really gave it that much thought. My answer: Halloween and Thanksgiving. My reason: the time of the year!

I remember when I was little, my cousins and I would go over to my Grandma Walkers house and make leaf houses. We would rake all the leaves into a pile and then take them and draw lines all around the yard, kinda like a floor plan for a house. After that we would play house for hours and hours on end. Then it never failed that my crazy little boy cousins would come destroy the house that we had spend hours making :) Ha, ha, ok not hours but at least one hour :) Gosh i miss the old times!!! We would also rake up the leaves into a huge huge huge pile and jump into it!!

Nothing is better that Fall at home on the ranch though!! I LOVE walking through the crispy dry fields on those cool days!! Wow, I guess if you havent gotten the vibe yet, I just love this time of year!! :) I cant wait for the first snowfall :) Hope everyone has a great day :)

Money, money, money!!

Ok, just allow me to vent!! I am completely disgusted with myself lately! I am going to first start by telling you something that my grandpa Walker told me. "Kristie NEVER ever get a credit card, those things are trouble!" Ok now let me tell you this, YES they are TROUBLE!!!
Grandpa knew what he was talking about, and like a foolish girl, i went and got 5 of them!!! YEAH, 5!!! The worst part is that I didnt realize how fast they accumulate! So if you cant already tell, credit cards are my problem!

This morning I woke up absolutely dreading the day (its bill day). Brian turned on the light and asked me if I was going to go hunting with him, i rolled over and threw a fit because he wouldnt turn the light off and let me go back to sleep. (after all I had only had 1 1/2 hrs of sleep) Well that was my first and biggest mistake of the day! Brian went hunting and ended up getting his deer, he was alone and I was supposed to be there with him, but i was selfish and went back to sleep. Next thing I know he was walking in the bedroom telling me he got his deer, and telling me the whole story. It was so nice to hear him tell me the story of how he got the deer!! :) Well then he mentioned that he had taken it to the local meat processing place and proceeded to tell me that the Elk was done and we had to go pick it up. Worst part was, we have to pay for it! That was the 2nd trigger for the day! Poor poor brian got an earful!! Money is a huge problem right now and I was not gonna hear anyone tell me that we owed anything else! Gosh that poor guy, I just dont know how he handles me some days! So the rest of the day has been kinda awful... for me anyways! Just a word of advise to anyone who ever even thinks about credit cards..... DONT DO IT!!!
Yeah, this is all kinda mixed up but that is our life right now!

On to a better note, besides all of the CREDIT CARDS.... we are actually doing pretty good. Brians hunting season is over, however mine has not hardly begun yet, i still have a deer and an Elk to get. Brian has already got places planned to go. He is such a great husband!! He starts work again tomorrow, and hopefully gets days off again soon, because I miss him like crazy!! Hunting is awesome, but when you are stuck home and you hubby is gone all the time you really start missing him!! The little Critters are doing great, EXCEPT..... Jayda refuses to use the litter box and alwasy poops in the opposite corner the litter box is. SO taz does the same thing she does, and it causes their room to stink SO SO bad!! dont know about brian, but I am about ready to go INSANE!!! First of all, I am super sensitive to smell so the second i walk into the house i am overcome with that yucky stout sour smell!! Brian notices it but not as much.... he dont like it at all! I guess bottom line there is we better get Jayda on the ball! OK, ok, ok, yeah that started out positive but ended negative.....sorry, it has been a rough day!! Well people i dont have much more to say right now but will write later!! talk to yall later! :)

A new addition to my family!

Hey there all! Well yesterday Brian and I got Taz a girlfriend!! :) Her name is Jayda, she is too cute! Taz is in heaven, they cuddle, cuddle, cuddle, and play until they drop! They are so full of energy. Jayda is still trying to get used to her new home so she is kinda skiddish, but lots of fun to play with. One major difference between the 2 of them is for sure their gender. Taz is a little DEVIL literally. He is always into some kind of mischief, and he loves to climb up pant legs! Jayda, well she is very high maintnance, she runs like a girl, acts like a girl, and is a cuddlebug! gosh i love my litte critters! (top left is Jayda, top right is Taz)

Randomness!! :)

Ok so I really loved that diet things, it worked, I lost weight for sure, but now that i am down a few pounds i think i want to the rest of it off naturally! seriously it is better to be healthy and live that way than to diet hardcore and then just stop. Another benefit is it dont cost much money and you get that really good sense of accomplishment when you reach your goal. I kind of have the healthy eating thing down pretty good, so it will just be a maintaining thing for now :) However I am sure i will turn back to that diet sometime :)

So i was thinking the other day...... I had heard at one point that my graduating class was having a 5 year class reunion, so if that is true, it should be coming up here shortly! Wow that could be really fun to go to! Lots of my fellow classmates are married and having kids, most only have one but some are on 2 and 3 kids! WOW, that is awesome! Another thing is all of my family is getting married off and haveing kids like CRAZY!! It is so fun to read about all of their fun experiences with those precious little babies! Someday, I will join that crowd :)

Well I really dont have much to say but hopefully later. Will write later :)

Hunting Vacation

For the last 2 weeks Brian and I have been on hunting vacation! It was so much fun! we hunted lots of different areas, and got onto a lot of huge animals!! I saw numerous HUGE BUCKS!!! we were archery hunting so by the time we got close enough to get anything it got away! ( OK by the time I got close enough it was long gone) Brian made 3 shots on Bucks and 2 of the arrows hit a branch, so no luck for him on deer so far! I never got to make a shot on anything, (YET) As you can obviously see, Brian got his elk though :) It is a 6x6, and was a 40 yard shot! He is so happy with this Elk, it is the first one he has taken archery, and the biggest one he has ever shot. The funny part is the day I stayed home and let him go up with his friends is when he got it. HA Ha typical huh :) I am so proud of him!! Now its my turn.... rifle season starts soon, but I want to get one with my bow, so we will see what happens. :)

My new program!

Ok everyone , so i am going on a new diet program on Friday! It is different than any regular diet program. I am going to a doctor in Salt lake, where he will put my on a special diet along with giving me a HCG shot. The shot apparently works wonderful!! 2 of my brother in laws are on the program and one has lost 60 pounds in 3 weeks and the other has lost 50 pounds in 3 weeks! They are gonna be a huge support for me, and are taking me down with them on friday! I cant WAIT!!!! Ha Ha i know some of you are probably reading this are a very skeptical, but i wouldnt do anything to hurt myself! my goal is to lose 55 pounds. I have been sticking with my previous goals, and have been eating good and working out so it should just be a little booster! Anyways I just figured i would tell everyone just because i am so excited about it! :) Every one have a great day!

Silly stuff

This is a picture of all of the dispatchers at the Police Dept. I look awful in this pic so dont look at me! Top left is Robin, the blonde next to her is Hollie, the girl standing next to me is Krista, she is our boss, the one behind us is Phyllis, then ME, then the last is Jackie! they are all very fun to work with. Hollie and I are very good friends and hang out a bunch!

Just a little about life :)

Well here are some more pictures of my little TAZ!!! He is so so much fun, he will keep us entertained for HOURS!!! Ferrets have the shortest attenion span i have ever seen, so he is constantly running back and forth between toys, beds, bags, balls of yarn, socks, and whatever he can find to play with! Oh by the way i found my wedding ring and Taz was not the culprit, I stuck it in my pants pocket!

Taz playing in his bed, snooping around the bag trying to find out what it is! (Attention Span thing:) )

"Mmmmm...... I smell something good!! wonder what it could be?" Ha ha, this little devil can smell anything and everything, and he will let you know what he thinks of the smells too!

This is Brians shot that he made a while back! as you probably know, we both like to shoot archery! Well he had an arrow stuck up in a bale of hay, And shot at it from 20 yds and got it smack dab in the middle!! I would say he is a good shot!! :) Do I see a HUGE ELK coming??? I sure hope so!

We are both getting pretty anxious for hunting season to start this year. Brian is constantly out practicing with his bow, and I have been out as much as possible too. Brian can hardly sit still at night when he starts thinking about the upcoming season. His one true passion is hunting! We already started getting things bought and put together, because by the time season is over i promise we will be BROKE!!

My girl and I

Rikki and I!! Rikki just found out she is Pregnant and is about 12 weeks along!!! HOORAY!! I am gonna be a Godmother!!! I cant wait!! :)

New stuff

Hey everyone sorry i havent blogged in FOREVER!!! life has been busy, and slow at the same time. The truth is that i have just been flat lazy with this blog!! hopefully i will get back into it and keep you all updated! Lately Brian and I have been kinda busy with Ashers and Toms wedding, and WORK!! The wedding went WONDERFUL.... Ashley was such a beautiful bride, she looked so beautiful! (thanks to her sisters wonderful hair skills!! ha ha j/k) Ashley, Tom, Brian and I have been out on a cuople of double dates since she got married, and she seems so so happy!

Another new thing is I got my first actual pet on my birthday! Brian got me a ferret:) his name is Taz, and he fits that name! He is so adorable, has a great personality and keeps us laughing for hours! Ferret means "Thief" in some other language, and i am here to tell you that is TRUE!!! he has his little stashes everywhere. He is famous for taking stuff under the couch, and behind the fridge of all places! Currently I have misplaced my wedding ring and am trying to see if he may have stolen it and stashed it somewhere.

There is lots more to update people on but i am running out of time and need to get some stuff done here at work, so i will catch up later.:)

Hola!

Hey there everyone..... well the news is that we finally got moved into that house!!! We are so so thrilled!!! I never realized just how much goes into buying a house, you literally sign you life away!!!! I will take a few pics and put them on here. The one thing I am having trouble with is my lawn.... i seriously have no clue how to manage a yard!!! hopefully i will learn. Well ya'll it is like 4 in the morning, and i am sitting here a work trying not to fall asleep! I am going to cut this one short and I will write more soon :)

News

well it has been forever since i have wrote on here!! Busy busy busy!!! Brian and I are doing very good..... we have been working ALOT!! (of course!!) Today is our 3 year anniversary, and it is going wonderful!! Our big news for everyone is that we are in the process of buying a house!!! We are absolutley thrilled!!! we found the one we wanted on the 21st, made our offers and found out that our offer was accepted all within 3 hours!! The next day we officially went under contract on the house and did a bunch of loan paperwork... (yucky!!) So today begins the torcherous waiting. we are scheduled to close on the house on the 28th of May, so hopefully everything goes through smooth and as planned!! We are so excited to get out of an apartment!! well i really dont have a whole lot more to say right now, other than life is wonderful!! :)

NEW MEXICO!!!

Hey everyone, just incase you didnt already know my best friend Hollie and I just got back from Albaquerque NM. We went there for dispatch training and had a BLAST!!! Here are a few pics for you to look at! :) ENJOY!!


Just got on the bus in Albaquerque, it is a multi level bus!



Hollie on the Bus
We went on a hot air balloon ride, this is the basket, the guy is setting it up and checking for any problems!
Hollie and i waiting for the Hot air balloon to air up! :)

Just got in the hot air ballon getting ready for take off!! :) HOORAY!!!


















Hollie and I at the Salt Lake airport passing the time till we board the plane!!

We went on a hot air ballon ride on Sunday, the day after we got there. Then we went to an Aquarium and a Zoo followed by a bunch of classes. We were really busy the entire time... we did about everything we could possibly do in NM!! We rode a Tram up to the top of the mountain and had dinner there. We also went to the Sandia Casino and had a blast there!! Our motto for that trip was, Live Life, Laugh and Drink it Down!!

Stuff

Well, it has been a while since i have posted anything. Sorry :) Life is still going really good. My goals are coming lowly but surely. We both been very busy at work lately..... But the good thing is that today was the start of brians long change, and the start of my 3 days off. We spent the day getting our old eclipse running and moved over to the valley. It has been sitting in the visitors parking lot at our apt for 2 years now. Our land lord finally got sick of it and said we had a week to get it moved, so we moved it. Now its sitting @ my mom and dads house.

Ha Ha, I always feel so good when we come over to my mom and dads house because thier dog Fritz, is always so so excited to see us. He barks and whines and follows us everywhere, he is so stinking cute. We are all getting excited for Asher's wedding.... It is coming up really fast. I think I am gonna end up in a hot pink brides maid dress! Hopefully it will look ok.?!. My Dads eye is healing slowly but surely, he seems really bored here at home, and like normal is always out doing something. Brian gave him his old Bow, so dad has been out shooting it alot. They are planning on going on another pig hunt sometime soon so we are trying to get dad all practiced up with his bow. I am thinking about going also, so that means that I gotta get out and get shooting alot more too.

Last weekend, Brian and I went to Salt Lake for the Sportsmans Expo, and had a blast! For any of you who know my husband very well, hunting is his life, so naturally he was in heaven. (I was too..... we share very mutual interests. ) As we were walking around in there we found TONS of new possibilities for hunting trips. The one that really caught our interest was a archery black bear hunt up in Canada. We are very seriously considering heading up there soon, and trying to get us some huge black bear. The fun part is that we will be in a hunting camp set up with wall tents and even our very own camp cook, right in the mountains where all the hunting is. The guys we were talking to said that the stands were only about a 1/4 mile hike from the camp. We are gonna be hunitng baited stands, which means we will be up in tree stands and there will be barrels of bear bait on the ground. I sure hope we get to go on that hunt. Brian was also looking at the pig hunts, they are in Utah somewhere. Oh I gotta tell you the funniest part of the show. ... Well obviously there was lots of professional hunters and guides there, right? As we were walking through the show brian spotted a guy there from Eastmans, (I cant remember his name) Brian absolutely loves this guy.... he watches all of his shows and just admires him. Well, usually when a person sees someone famous they are anxious to go get his autograph or pic, Not my husband.!!! He just got a little grin on his face and we walked right by that stand. I could kinda tell something was up so I started asking my little "wifely" questions. He ended up telling me who this guy was and how awesome he was etc, so I told him that we should go talk to him. He wouldnt have anything to do with that, he was being "shy!":) (my Husband shy??) to make a long story short, I tried tricking him into going up and talking to this man several times but he was too smart for me. So at the end of the day we left without even talking to brians favorite hunting hero. We really did have a fun weekend!

8 more days till i leave for Albuquerquy NM!!! HOORAY!!

Peace baby!

Goals

Ok, so its a little late for new years resolutions so I am gonna write down my goals. I am doing this in hopes that people will read them and help me stay on track. Also, maybe others will have little advise or tricks that will help me achieve my goals.
Goal #1
You all guessed..... it is to lose weight!!! (Any girls #1 goal :)) Currently I am 35 lbs heavier than I was when I first met my husband and I am unsatisfied with it.

Goal #2
Clean my apt from top to bottom and get rid of EVERYTHING that I dont use. Then think about saving money to buy a house because we cant live in an apt forever!! :)

Goal #3
Well lately i am very interested in learning all that i can about everything, so I have come to the conclusion that I should think about taking some college classes. So my goal is to take at least 2 beneficial classes this year.

Goal #4
Kinda the same as #2..... Save money for a house! But also get a budget and quit spending money!! ( I am a very bad impulsive shopper!!! I love to spend hours in the store, then usually what i buy i dont use, so whats the point of buying it?? Oh and the INTERNET!! We have boxes showing up on our door step like every other day!! )

Any advise, tips, hints, tricks or motivation is welcome from anyone!! :)

This is my very handsome husband being bored at work! He is in the shuttle car waiting to push the train cars down to be loaded.

Small update

Well hello everyone, sorry i havent been too up to date on this, but i will try harder. Life is going great for Brian and I. We both just recently got brand new Bows!!!! His is a Matthews, and mine is a Hoyt. We are very excited and are having a blast shooting them. (preparing for hunting season)
I am busy preparing to go to Albuquerque, NM @ the end of the month. My Friend Hollie and I are going there for training in dispatch!! We are very excited!! (especially since it is basically free, the Police dept is paying for the training!!) I will take tons of pics, and put them up when I get home.
Well I dont have much more to say tonight, I will up date you all a little bit later. :)

My little Sister!!

Ashley and Tom, her Fiance!!! Can you believe my little sister is getting married????
B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!!
Graduation day
Ashley with Melissa on the beach.

Random pics of the family!

Brian out Cat fishing!!

Cameran and I in Grandma and Grandpas new RV at the county fair.

Snapping a quick pic of BA before we head out antelope hunting! :)
Cameran and her brother Declin!
I just got done doing her hair and then turned around and she was chewing on it! HaHa, Typical girl! :):)

About Us:)

We are definatly simple country folk!! Brian and I live in Green River WY. Brian works at OCI Wyoming L.P. Its a Trona Mine out here in the middle of the desert. I work as a Dispatcher For the Green River Police Dept. We both love our jobs and are all set in that aspect of life.

Brian has a Gorgeous daughter named Cameran!! She is Such a wonderful part of our lives!! We only get her like once every 2 or 3 months for a couple of weeks, but those are some of the most wonderful weeks ever!! Cameran just turned 3 in December. She is fun, outgoing and wild like her daddy! She loves Sponge Bob, Dora, and Happily Never After. She loves men, especially her Papa Taylor and Papa Grisham. Brian and I have tons of fun being parents when we have her around, and wish she didn't have to go home.

Brian is an Avid hunter!! He LOVES hunting anything and everything. He both archery and rifle hunts. One of our mutual favorite past times is to leave at 3am and head out coyote hunting all morning. During that time we shoot anything we have licenses for, usually bunnys and coyotes, then any poor little prarie dog that dares stick his head up out of his hole! Brian also love to body build!! He is constantly at the gym and watching what he eats. He has lots of goals for his future and nothing gets in the way of them. :)

I am just plain ol' Kristie! My one true love in life (besides Brian,Cameran and family) is to dance!! I absolutley love Being in a studio just dancing my heart out! I love music that I can dance to, and if you watch close I am usually doing some sort of dance move with most of the music I listen to. My dream has always been to be a professional dancer, but I have narrowed that down to just having a little dance studio somewhere here in good ol Wyoming!

Brian and I are very impulsive and Love trying new things. So if you ever wanna try something new just give us a call, we will be there!!

Our family!!

Isn't she just beautiful!!
Me just gettin ready for work!!
Ashley is actually taking this picture, she was hiding in the back seat and tired to scare him..... it didnt work!~