Branding on the Ariziona Strip

I love it! We went to brand with Alan's family down in St. George. First thing that morning we went over to Alan Sr.'s house and he shook Jer's hand and said welcome to God's Country. (I love good ol' boys!, I'm so glad I am married to one.) We then drove through Hurricane, and Colorado City (but that is a whole nother post!) and out to the the Arizona Strip. It was so beautiful and warm, our family fell in love with the beautiful senery. When we got out the ranch we saddled u and and started out. I also love that my husband is so useful, he was able to pull shoes and check horses feet. I was also very thankful to our hosts, who made it such a family oriented day. They had the perfect horse for Parker named Snickers, by the end of the day they were best pals. Parker rode Snickers and then he led Snickers around and then he rode some more. He even cried when we had to turn him loose, not very becoming for a seven yr old, but very tender. Payton rode double with me and wanted to steer so I handed over the reins, and shortly after she forgot that she was steering and dropped the reins on the ground. Everyone was so quick to help us.

This is Parker riding Snickers and Alan a little behinde him. Notice Ben in the background on the gray mare, I am just pointing it out because that is the only time that day that he was on top of the horse. I think I will nickname her HB. (If you don't get that you haven't spent enough time watching Lonesome Dove, or maybe I have spent too much time watching.) Jer and I felt so bad this was a horse that we had brought with us that Jer was training. Jer has never had a single problem with her, she must not have been a fan of guys named Ben. Jer and I both felt really bad that Ben kept getting dumped, but he just kept climbing on.

This was a new experience for me, I have always used a calf table. So Mariah taught me how to flank the calves. This poor calf was so new that it still had it's ambilical cord.

Some more fun random things we have done lately

Megan and Andrew we love you guys!

Temple square in front of the church office buildings

The Pretty tulips and purple pansies.

Jer beinging grouchy and not letting us stop to smell the flowers, he was really HUNGERY!

We ate at the Lion House, and the kids loved it. Parker did say the rolls are good, but Grandma's are better.

On top of the observation deck at the Church office building, it was so cold, but such a pretty view.

Nathan and Tonya Easter 2009

Joe K & Marion aren't they cute!

Eatin' It!

I swear my cousins know what a wreck I am, but they always provoke me into doing things that will likely one day kill me. Here is the proof!

Okay what could have made my leg look like this? A motorcycle, it was huge and I hit the jump wrong and crashed. So it was just a fifty, and I turned to sharp in the sand. Everyone else would just have put their feet down, but not me I ate it hard. Thanks, Mariah & Alan for the super fun weekend.

Here is Alan giving Payton a ride.
But this is the best, I love my husband he is such a cutie.
I love how his wild rag makes it look like he is going super fast.

Easter pictures

Here are just a few pictures from our Easter weekend. I will add more after tax season.

Why Do I Love Jeremy?

A lot of people ask me this question, just teasing if you look at Jer you would know why I love him. Jer saw the list of why Cassie loves Levi on her blog and wondered why we don't have one on our blog, so here goes

1. He loves me for who I am!


2. He has a testimony of the gospel.


3. He holds the priesthood.


4. He is responsible


5. He is hot!


6. He is clean.


7. He takes care of our family.


8. He puts others first.


9. He helps others.


10. He is kind


11. He loves our kids, and tells them.


12. He holds me when I am sick.


13. He gets up in the middle of the night with the kids.


14. He talks to me until morning when we should be sleeping.


15. He tells me No.


16. He loves my parents.


17. He is a hard worker.


18. He's a cowboy!


19. He has nice muscles.


20. He tries new things.


21. He tells me where he is going.


22. He volunteers at church.


23. We have the same political views.


24. He helps me see things from a different point of view.


25. He expects me to work hard.


26. He listens to me, and makes comments, and remembers what we talked about.


27. He shares his dreams and aspirations with me.


28. He teaches me and the kids things.


29. He teases the kids.


30. He reads to the kids.


31. He helps with the laundry.


32. He doesn't care if I sleep through his movies (most of the time!)


33. He cooks yummy stuff for us.


34. He asks me to bring him a drink, but the next time brings me one.


35. He sorts the silverware when he puts it in the dishwasher (isn't that amazing!)


36. He likes to take his family on drives.


37. He lets me pick where I want to live.


38. He lets me pick out the furniture.


39. He makes our house look nice.


40. He is nice to my friends and says hi to them for me, when he sees them.


41. He goes to church with me.


42. He can't just watch me cry he has to try and make it better. (When I watched P.S. I love you he kept turning the TV off and tried to make me laugh!)


43. He is cute.


44. He helps Parker with his home work.


45. He fixes everything I break.


46. He is level headed.


47. He thinks things through.


48. He is strong.


49. He text me while he is at work.


50. He teases my Mom.
51. He likes to spend time with my family
52. He doesn't use drugs.
53. He likes the same books as me, and we read them together.
54. He tells me what he's thinking.
55. He tells me my hair looks nice when I remind him.
56. He works hard with my Dad.
57. He gets silly with the kids.
58. He is a big kid.
59. He loves amusement parks.
60. He values time with family.
61. He tells people about things our family is doing.
62. He reaches for my hand when we are walking.
63. He always tells me goodnight.
64. He encourages our kids.
65. He likes homemade things.
66. He loves horses.
67. He likes to travel.
68. He feels guilty when we leave the kids home.
69. He has a way with horses.
70. He loves his brothers no matter how dumb they are (Levi?)
71. He just texted me and he is employee of the week. No one can swing a hammer like my hunny.
72. He calls me sweetheart, or maybe it is a reminder?
73. He takes the kids to see my parents when I am busy working.
74. He is a hands on Dad.
75. He loves his nieces and nephews.
76. He is nice to my sisters.
77. He lets me stop to read historical markers.
78. He tells funny jokes.
79. He reminds me to be a good Mom.
80. He tells us he loves us.
81. He shows us that he loves us.
82. He tells me thank you.
83. He helps the kids with their homework.
84. He goes to parent teacher confrence.
85. He tells our kids that he is proud of them.
86. He still takes us to the cabin even though my Dad and Uncles make him work his butt off.
87. He takes us out shooting, and doesn't complain to much when I use all his ammo.
88. He packs the bags when we go on trips, I am still working with him on the unpacking.
89. He always passes his UA's
90. He chooses not to drink, not just because of me, but because it is the right thing to do.
91. He talks over the budget w/me.
92. He supports me going to Europe, even though it will take time away from him while he is home.
93. He looks good with facial hair.
94. He looks good w/out facial hair.
95. He asks my opinion on things.
96. He takes the kids to primary things, and birthday parties.
97. He is loyal.
98. He encourages Family Home Evening.
99. He encourages Family Prayer.
100. He loves me.

Okay I have now made it to 100, if I accidentally duplicated some answers it means that it is very important.

Do you know these people?

Okay people I have been hasseled enough! "No, I do not know these people, but maybe someday I will."

How about these people? While the kids were at a Birthday party today I took some time to fix something at my house that has really been bugging my family. Now if you guys could just pressure me into changing the family picture out in the halway. It dosen't even have Payton in it, she pretends that she is the teddy bear that Parker is holding. How sad is that?

I am a few weeks behind!

Grandma and Papa Mallory came to visit us on there way to Las Vegas. It was Parker's last tournement, and he was glad that they came to watch him get his medal. I was able to get out of the house by myself and go to the adult stake confrence meeting, while the kids went out and got ice cream with Grandma & Papa, and now everytime we drive by the ice cream place the kids yell that is were Grandma & Papa took us for ice cream Yay! Here are a few pictures, using my new camera so bare with me.