Marie's Fair...

Last week, Tyse and I went to watch Marie show her cow at the Cassia County Fair. 

She showed her cow on Tuesday, so I thought I would come back home on Wednesday.

Somehow I didn't come home until Friday. 

Hey, what can I say...It was real difficult for me to leave my two Maple Bars for breakfast each day. 

And surprisingly, Tyse slept better in the camper at the fair than he does at home. 

What the heck?

Marie did so good showing Butterfingers [her cow].

And she was pretty enthused about the big check she got at the end of the week.
 I decided I am going to show a cow next year. I could use the extra cash.

And I could totally pass as a 12 year old...right? 

 [Tyse was obviously very enthused by the whole experience of cow showing.]

 [watching the parade]

 [Cow sorting...a very exciting sport if you ask me. Very exciting.]

 [Napping in the camper.]

 [First Rodeo]

Sometimes / Then / So...

Sometimes I tell the husband I am no longer a blogger / then he tells me I am stupid / so I am a blogger again.

Sometimes I beg the husband for a dog / then I find out I am allergic / so I have to sell my new snuggle buddy.

Sometimes we plant grass / then it grows / so we buy a new garage door to celebrate.

Sometimes I wait and wait and wait for little Miss Maycie to get her headstone / then we get the family together to celebrate / so M sends down a rainbow to say hello.

Sometimes I turn 24 / then my husband decides to spoil me / so we fly to Vegas for a week.

Sometimes I take a three month break from blogging / then it is way too hard to get back into it / so I am going to play catch up the best I can over the next few weeks.

Stay Tuned!

In Other News...

• My job rocks. End of story. 

• My husband rocks. End of story.

• Except NOT end of story. Because that is how much he rocks. Jacob Eugene is the newest Front Line Lead [a.k.a kind of a big deal] at Allstate. Yep, you are remembering right. This is Jake's second promotion in a matter of 3 months. Respect.

• Too bad Jake's awesome promotion means we are on COMPLETE opposite schedules now. I mean before we had at least one day and one night off together. Now? Only one day. One measly day. I go to work before Jake gets up and I am in bed by the time he gets home. Big, big bummer. At least he FINALLY has Sunday's off. Big, big YIPEE!

• Our front yard has...wait for it...GRASS! Green grass! Oh so pretty, newly grown, ourwaterbillissoexpensivenow bright GREEN GRASS! Who cares if it is a little patchy...at least it's a change from our previously owned "dirt yard".

• It snowed today. All over our oh so pretty newly grown bright green patchy grass. Idaho weather has more mood swings than I do. And that is saying something. 

• Bullet points are probably the best invented blogger tool ever. Ever, I tell you.

• Speaking of green, our backyard has recently sprouted its own green goodness. Bright green, rapidly expanding...weeds. Eh, at least our front yard looks good. 

• Work is sending me to a training in Denver at the end of the month. Even rented me a nice little car to pick up once I get off the plane. How freaked out am I to drive a rented car in Denver, you ask? Slightly freaked out on the borderline of hysterical crying. So...really, no big deal. I grew up in Malta. How different could Denver be?...

• Jake's work is sending him on a training to Chicago a few weeks after I get back from Denver. Too bad we can't go on these little training trips together, right? Right. 

• But don't feel bad for us. The day after Jake gets back from Chicago, we are both jumping on another plane -- together this time. Woohoo. Three cheers for Vegas. Three cheers for a family vacation. Three cheers for a whole 5 days together!

• Maycie Laine's adorable little headstone is promised to be done by Memorial Day. Honestly, I think I might even be a little more excited for it to be done than our trip to Vegas. Can't wait to see her cute little name on her cute little headstone.

• Blog posts are pretty boring without pictures. I will work on that.

• The end. 

a little reunion fun...

stone reservoir / flashbacks of getting lost with Brandy years ago / three days away from the job and the cupboards / sleeping in the 100 degree camper / early morning walks to see the water / dead fish freaking out the little sister swimmer / braceface marie / sunburns / naps / riding the razor / scalding heat / visiting with extended family / swollen pregnant feet / ice packs rubbed on swollen pregnant legs by my little buddy zayne / and only five pictures to prove the fun...

it's [just me] with a quick hello...

You know, usually when I take a hiatus from blogging I blame it on the fact that I have nothing worth mentioning going on in my life. That could not be further from the truth this time. Things have been happening. Lots of things. A crazy amount of things.

So I guess we will blame this hiatus on being...lazy. Yep. We will go with lazy. For now.

We've celebrated birthdays. Cuddled a new nephew AND a new niece. Housed the cutest evacuees ever from the Charlotte fire. Attended family reunions.  Traveled to the annual Independence Day celebration in good ol' Malta.  And guess what? I didn't take one picture. Terrific. 

But then my cute husband surprised me with a belated birthday present. So my excuse of not taking pictures because I don't have a good, working camera can't be used any longer. 

And to celebrate our new camera purchase, we took an impromptu road trip. Okay, not really. They just happened to fall on the same weekend.

And what a fun vacation it was.  I didn't do my hair or wear make-up to celebrate. As you can probably tell. We visited IKEA, ate out way too much, got my wedding ring fixed, visited the new mall, and spent way too many hours hanging out by the pool. It was glorious. 

In other news, we bought a house. Did I forget to mention we have been shopping around since we got married?

Whoops. 

Anyways, the new beauty needs...well... a lot of work to say the least. Maybe one of these days I will stop being so gosh dang "lazy" and get up the energy to post some before and after pictures. Maybe. 

Until then, I will be working my little big hiney off trying to get the place livable. Okay, okay. Mainly I sit on said "big hiney" and boss everyone else around [have I mentioned we have the best family ever?]. Ah well, someone's gotta do it. So I will post the details later. You know, like in a month or two. Maybe...

Our Mini-Vacay in a Series of Insta-Pix...

Miss Garmin helped us make it just in time / Jake and I patiently awaiting the big appearance / Mr. Scotty McCreery in the flesh [followed by The Band Perry and Brad Paisley] So fun!

Mr. Scotty / The Band Perry / Brad Paisley 

Our home each time we grace Boise with our presence / Jake and I did a little music reminiscing until 2am / Quiznos...a "must eat" every time we leave Pocatello 

Who can't past up an 80% off rack? This girl! [even if the only things we bought were for Jacob] / Lost Jake for a bit in the mall. Good thing I knew his favorite hiding spot / Cheesecake Factory, a perfect "end of shopping day" treat. 

Our final cheesecake selections. White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle for me, and The Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake for him / Johnny Carinos. This reminded me of the dreaded surgery / Our Italian Sodas. So yum!