LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR!

A NICE FRESH DAY OUTSIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE FOOTHILLS IN THE BACKGROUND BUT GLAD I WASN'T UP IN THE FOOTHILLS. LOOKS LIKE IT IS UGLY THERE, I REALLY LIKE THE SHAPE OF THE CLOUDS OFF TO THE RIGHT.

Christmas Joy!

Christmas Joy!

Aunt Cindy, Santa, & Grandma Gladys
Mom, Carol, Debbie, Santa, Danica , Jennifer, & Kim

Debbie presenting the Moose to Darren
Darren is thrilled to have the Moose on display

Jennifer and baby Cole, checking out his many cousins

I know Christmas was a while ago, but I liked a lot of these photos and thought that I would share them with you! If you don't know the story behind the Moose, you will have to either visit the Moose at our home, or ask Darren the story behind the moose. Darren received the moose on 12/21. These pictures were taken at Debbie's house, for a pre-Christmas get together with Santa. It was nice to see cousins that we don't get to see often enough anymore...

VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE

Much to my suprise, Darren does posses a little Valentine's Day love. Also, to my suprise Darren came home on a Tuesday to spend Valentine's Day with me. He started off the day by taking care of the animals, helping me get ready for work and asked me what I would like for dinner, he said I can have anything that he can cook. Much to Darren's suprise, I immediatly responded with Fresh Whole Crab (I don't like to make dinner choices)?! So, as soon as I got home, I had a bouquet of Daffodils and a very, very nice dinner waiting for me on the table. The decoration was simple yet very prepared and elaborate. The fresh lemons were perfectly alligned on the plate and the melted butter dishes were stratigically placed with the plates and wine glasses and even burned his Strawberry candle for me. We had a great evening, until dinner was over and Darren had to return to Sac. so that he could study and be to school the next morning on time. He did make me a bath with candles surrounding the tub and my flowers all around, it was very relaxing and a great way to wind down the night! Hope you all had a great day and enjoy this long message.

BIG SISTER LOVIN'!

The first picture was taken on Carol's four year clean anniversary! Debbie and I took her to lunch, yes at La Comida. Definately something to smile about... Great Choice Carol and we are proud of you and love you very much!!! The next two photos were taken at The Graduate on my 21st Birthday, and yes I do remember taking these pictures at least. Carol really toasted the night away with me, my favorite is the picture on the bottom right corner. Yeah that's right you should be jealous of these hot sisters! Love you with all my heart sister and am very proud of you and everything you have done!

SWEDISH DREAM

As some of you may know Darren and I both agreed not to do Christmas this year, and many times we don't celebrate the other Holidays... So, for a treat for each of us and to be sure that we can sleep without falling off our bed so that the Dog and Cat have a place to sleep. We now have a California King Tempur Pedic!!!! Let me tell you it is wonderful! Here is the preliminary picture of the Dog trying out the new bed...

SWEET DREAMS!!!

SWEET DREAMS!!!

It has been soooo long since we have been to Fort Bragg, for a weekend all to ourselves, and with this wonderful weather lately I have been dreaming of the Ocean. I had a wonderful time when Darren took me as a suprise to Fort Bragg. Each time I get stressed and down I remember what a wonderful weekend that was and how much I loved it. This picture is of the dozen roses that were waiting in my room at the Bed and Breakfast when we arrived.

This picture was taken at glass beach. We spent a few hours at the beach, walking and talking and picking up glass. We had a wonderful time. We have some really neat pictures of the Ocean and some of the wildlife, and even pictures of a Mermaid made of Kelp(not sure how to spell that). I will post more pictures of the wildlife, or oceanlife later. I have some pretty incredible pictures.


This is not allowing me to recover the text that wouldn't show up on my page and don't want to retype everything. So, what I do remember is saying that I will post more pics later and that I really appreciate ALL of Sarah's comments and that I can't wait to see her. Oh, an dthat the hightlight of my day was having Darren pull me around in the feed wagon today. Out of the field over to the neighbors and back home. It is really fun!!! He does everything for me (NOT SPOILED, JUST WELL LOVED)! THANKS SARAH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU...

A Beautiful Day!

It was indeed a very, very, very beautiful day today!!! And a very busy day today. I got up this morning and fed the animals. Then, I went out and fixed fence with Darren and George (Darren's Dad), until lunch time. I fixed them some lunch and had a small nibble myself, then I went SHOPPING with Kathy (Darren's Mom) all day long, she can shop forEVER... I got lots and lots of stuff. My nephews and litttle niece should be very thankful, Aunty spent tons on all you today. This is one of my favorite pictures of Bozzo, and a kinda sad picture too!!! He fell asleep waiting for someone to play football with him. Not today though, Bozzo spent the day out on the ranch, he got to ride on the 4-wheeler and play with the big dogs today, Bud and Tanner.
Here is Bud and Tanner chasing draggon flies. It was really fun to watch them.
Hope everyone enjoyed the great weather, that is unless in Washington it wasn't as nice?? Since it seems as though Sarah is the only one that comments on my page..

ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS!!!

(Left to Right) Sassy, Ms. Daisy, and big brother Spike!
This picture is in memory of their mother Daisy. We lost Daisy in a barn fire, she put herself between the two on the left and the fire. After two weeks in our bathroom we saved Sassy and Ms. Daisy, and unfortunatly lost our rarest Nubian, Daisy.
As many of you know, I really enjoy all my animals (except at feeding time). So, I figured I would post a few pictures of my many animals. I will try and get a picture of my new feeding wagon. It is sooo nice and I can load a whole bale of hay on it and still pull it. I like to sit in it and have Darren pull me around too!!! Enjoy my animals!BIG DADDY!!! Of course I am talking about Oreo! This is the daddy to all the goats, except the mothers. Darren's biggest pride and joy, weighs over 200 pounds.

Yes, you are seeing correctly. The cat loves to sleep with the dog, and like all other cats he is spoiled and gets the majority of the bed, while Bozzy gets the edge and is hanging off.

This is my favorite of all Goats. Blacky is our Alpha female. She cares for the entire heard not just her own babies. Although she did allow Tobby to eat from her until he was about 8 months old. Blacky will only allow me to pet her unless you bring her something to eat then she will get close enough to take the food and then leave.Debbie should recognize these pictures. I got knocked out for these little ones. We were trying to teach them how to eat from the mother, and the mother got mad because we were spending too much time and too close to her kids. That is when she head butted me with her big ol' horns and knocked me out. Good thing Debbie was there to catch me.....

ENJOYING TIME AT THE PARK!

The first picture isn't my favorite of Darren and I, but it does represent a lot of our favorite pass time. And one of my most memorable days with Darren yet. Darren and I loaded up the dog, went to Subway and got sandwiches and took the dog to the park. It has been a great tradition to take the dog to Upper Bidwell and walk in the park. On this day we had a picnic on our lawn chairs in the water. Then we took time for photos, and off we went to play in the water. Bozzo decided he wanted to try the water first... He loves to play in the water, which is suprising for such a smaller dog. We are proud to have such a wonderful park to enjoy and such a handsome, cute dog to enjoy it with.

CHECK OUT THE TOUR GUIDE!

Although I hardly ever get to, I really enjoy spending time with my nephews. This is just one of my favorite pictures of my nephews. Aunty, Granny, and Grandpa took all the boys to the park a while back to get some energy out. I laugh each time I see this picture, I don't know where Jacob got this idea but I think he is pointing at the dinasour as if he were a tour guide or something. I think it is so like Jacob to do something like this.

MY FAMILY!!!

What an adorable little family. I love this picture of me, mom and dad. It will be one to cherish forever. I love dads expression in this pic, it really looks like he is tring to be Mr. Macho! And then there is the whole famdamly. Gee ya think dad needed a hair cut again. And I can't tell which is bigger Sarah's stomach or our butts! And hey, how did Carol get sooo tall in this pic?? Never mind she is standing on the fire place!!!