Annual Chili dinner and Pumpkin Carving

Some Awesome Trick or Treaters!

Cote, Nixin and Brexton

Howdy Pardner

Uh, in case you can't tell, it's Martin!

Miller getting ready to ride!

The kids enjoyed PaPa's Pumpkin Express!

Gracie opened her eyes for a little while :)

How cute is this?

Amanda and Brannon brought the scarry desert

Trey and Jenna didn't want to leave Montana out

Brexton's Disneyland Birthday

Brexton, A.K.A. The Troll, turned 5 on October 22nd! What better place to spend your birthday then the happiest place on earth, DISNEYLAND!

Everything about this day was perfect.

Cote was picked to be a Jedi warrior and Brexton was picked the 2nd time around. Thanks to Cote showing Brexton how to get r done Brexton was able to defeat Darth Vader and Cote Darth Mall. (My spelling could be off, not up on my Star Wars vocab) Brexton told me how he was chosen to be a Jedi warrior and I replied that I knew he had been chosen because they knew he would be an awesome Jedi and that the force was strong with him....he replied simply,"I Know"!

Nixin saw Princess Aurora,Jasmine and Belle. She was Princess struck! There is video below of her in her very own Snow White dress.

Cote and Brexton loved Splash Mountain. Cote laughed at Steve on the Matterhorn, Nixin made it through Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and the Jungle Cruise without freakin out.Happy birthday little man!

We love you!

Happy Birthday Rowdy and Cowgirl!

Thats right my favorite girl's turned 11 on October 20th! Cowgirl and Rowdy are the best dogs! Not to take away from Nana,Monique,Schyla or Sybil....they have all been wonderful. Where else have I ever gotten such unconditional love and loyalty? They are always happy to see me...even if I'm late or I've messed up somehow. Can't imagine our home without them.

Nixin Turns Two

Steve and I were lucky to spend some time with Nixin on her 2nd birthday yesterday. Charlotte's brother got married yesterday and they decided Nixin would have a better time with G-Mama and Papa- Ha! She did indeed have a good time and so did we! We gave her her first dollhouse and it amazed me that she knew just what to do. She had the Daddy use the potty and then wash his hands; "Wash,wash". She wasn't sure about her cake and candles but that was just warm up for her party today. She was a delight at the mall with G-Mama where everyone thought she was adorable. She picked out a cute pink puppy pillow talk pillow.

Psynna, Jetta and Big Jim's Trail Ride

Beautiful morning for a trail ride. Terri and Big Jim are gettin along just fine. That's Ken on Terri's filly Jetta. She is just three and Ken has started her. She is still green but she was awesome today.

My little filly Psynna keeps up with the big guys just fine. Great way to spend your mornings.

Gracie Jade Gunnell

She's here, healthy and beautiful! Congrats Julie, Ryan and the boys! We are happy to have a little Gunnell GIRL!

Big Jim's 1st Trail Ride-Usery Park

When I got to Terri's this morning riding Santannah, Terri had decided she wasn't going to take Big Jim out on the trail.....she wasn't ready. She wanted to ride around her property and get a little more familiar with Big Jim. So we did and he was doing mighty fine. So.....I pushed the issue and told Terri we needed to head out on the trail because Big Jim is a trail horse and lets get him out there. She reluctantly agreed (I've been there,know the feeling). Off we went. We saw a lot! Rabbits,quail,bikes on the trail,dogs at fences and on the trail,other horses and hikers. Big Jim did well with all of it. He even had his first experience with cactus and that was sooner than any of us wanted. A big piece of jumping cactus jumped up and grabbed a hold of Big Jim's front leg. He bolted so Santannah bolted. I was doing the one rein stop with Santannah looking over my shoulder to see how Terri and Big Jim were doing and they were headed up the mountain. I'm doing the one rein stop and yelling to Terri to one rein stop that horse......she did and Big Jim just calmed right down even though he still had a few spines in his leg. Terri feels much more confident now that she has taken him out and she knows she can stop him. Luv the one rein stop,used it many times! Terri and Big Jim will be great riding companions and the best thing is Terri feels that way too! Thanks to the hiker who stopped to take our picture.

Santannah and Big Jim Together

Terri and I put Big Jim and my boy Santannah together for the first time this morning. We were hoping they would just get along because we intend to spend a lot of time together riding. Thank you they got along just fine! Neither one is aggressive. Tonight we will do a little arena riding together and tomorrow morning we will hit the trails. Coming from Kentucky this will be Big Jim's first trail ride in the desert.