Black and White

Sorry its been a few days without a new post. I've been busy with all sorts of stuff and then Jessie got sick and....... Anyhow, sometimes I wish that some things in life could be "black and white", when it comes to deciding things; i.e.....planning meals, what clothes to wear, how to go about my day, what to get Bryan for his birthday(or how much to spend), he thinks I should spend lots, etc..... But then I suppose that might be boring??? A little "gray" might be okay.



They come in all colors.
Typical color for a border collie. Her world is black and white. Well that's what she thinks: throw the ball and throw the ball and throw the ball -maybe some food and water too.
"Can I help you?" "Black and white"- let me eat, let me eat, let me eat.
Eat the grass, eat the grass, eat the grass, eat the grass..........oh, and leave me alone while I eat the grass.
Chew the cud, chew the cud, chew the cud.....(chew the regurgitated grass)

Maybe black and white wouldn't be so great or I guess that the most important things in life that we need to know are in black and white and can be found in the Bible; maybe its us that add so much "gray" to our lives trying to find ways around the truth. HMMMM..with that in mind I will be going now -this is getting fairly heavy and I'm tired.

Mirror, Mirror......

on the wall, who is the funniest of us all? Mirrors can be so entertaining. They were both so focused on their expressions that they didn't know I took the pictures. Talk about being focused!


She was supposed to be brushing her teeth.
Teeth are clean.. but... what about down here?

Fall is almost here

Do you realise that fall starts next Monday? This year has gone by so fast. I'm enjoying the cooer weather but the shorter "days" are starting to become quite noticable and I'm not sure I am ready for winter. Jessie is ready for snow because she wants to go sledding, but it wasn't that long ago that we were all ready for it to warm up so we could go swimming. Goes to show that contentment can be a constant issue, I guess; but the season's changing is a good reminder tha we are not is control.
Anyhow, I think we are going to have a really pretty fall. The leaves are starting to change and fall off the trees.





Okay, this is not a leaf changing but she was about to fall out of the tree.

Moonflower II

I decided that I would try to photograph a moonflower as it blooms. It is so cool to watch it and I discovered that they smell really good. The bloom is actually a light green and then starts to turn white as it gets closer to blooming. They're just really neat!


The green has faded; there's just a hint of purple on the edges.
Starting to "un-furl"(not sure if "un-furl" is a word but I'm going to use it)
The sun has set.........
Getting bigger....
Ta-da! WOW!!! The bummer thing about these flowers is that they only last the night and a few hours in the morning and then they wilt and will fall off by the following evening.

Moon Flower

Have you ever seen a moonflower? WOW!! They are so pretty. The first time I saw one was last year. They bloom when the sun sets. I have a tone of seeds if anyone wants some. They actually become a pretty big plant all though mine are small. I am just really happy that one of mine bloomed before the weather killed it-I wasn't sure it was going to make it. Anyhow, they are a very unique plant. The flower is green until right before it blooms and then it turns white and you can actually watch it open-it is so cool! Feel free to come by and see it.


Before blooming
Before blooming-in the morning
Ta-Da it bloomed!
This one isn't as clear-i took the picutes at night and was having to use a flashlight for some light to get my camera to focus.
They smell really good too! I'll post some pictures of it during the day-today!

Sighting In

Well, Sunday afternoon we decided to go out and go shooting and try to sight in a few guns. I love to go out and go shooting and recently, well a year ago(maybe longer), we put a new scope on my rifle and I have yet to get it "completely" sighted in. For any of you that have known me for while, that's almost a crime and so is not putting in for tags this year; but lets not go there-I'm trying to get over it.
Bryan, myself, Joe and Tanner, are planning on going to a place called Frontsight in Novemeber so we need to get our guns sighted in. Frontsight is a self defense training facility in Pahrump, NV. We are planning on taking the practical rifle course. Should be lots of fun.



Yes, he's a lefty when it comes to shooting a rifle.
He's shooting an AR-15

Just checking(I'd be worried if he missed at that close range) Looking good!

Time to "play" with the 30-06. I decided after shooting this gun once-I didn't like it-the trigger if feather light. I might like it after its adjusted.
Joe and Bryan trying to figure out my gun-It ended up being a trigger/operator issue(i'm embarrased)
Adjusting the trigger. I finally gave in a let Bryan do some adjusting to it. I got to shoot it once before we had to go and it was a lot better. I plan on going out and doing some more soon-look out coyotes!
HI! I'm the one that is usually holding the camera but now I am waiting my turn to "shoot" with something else. Bryan's pretty good with a camera too!
Joe with one of "toys". The AR-15's are fun to shoot, just in case you were wondering. We had a fun afternoon and we even made it to the evening service at church ON TIME!

Oh, no bunnies were killed on this trip.

Yesterday

Here are just a bunch of misc. pictures of things that were going on yesterday besides school and learning about foreign languages(check earlier post). I went riding too, but its hard to take a picture of yourself when you are the one riding; I'll have to work on that. Marisa went and stayed the night at her Grandma Joy's while Jessie and I rode the horses and then had a tea party and watched a movie. It was fun!





Lee working hard on that Kong toy
Almost a full moon-will be tomorrow night.

Strike a cute pose-I think that she was feeling "pink" yesterday.
Waiting for dad to help with the foreign language page-
Is he really doing what I think he is??
Yes, he is pulling weeds!!!!!!
He was doing laundry AND picking up after the dogs too!! I knew that I loved him!!!

Konichi Wa

I never knew that learning a little about foreign languages could be so funny but I was proved wrong today. In Bible, we were finishing up our lesson on the tower of Babel and there was an extra page on how to say hello in 12 different languages. Anyhow, I had Bryan help with this because he is better at pronunciation and it was quite hillarious. So, if you were wondering what "Konichi Wa" meant, its "hello" in Japanese.



Aloha!
Shalom!
Still having fun with spelling.
Very studious with printing "I's"

New Addition

Well, after a lot of talking and thinking, with Jessie, we decided to let Chase go to a new home. He was a little to high maintance. Since he was Jessie's dog we agreed to letting her get a rabbit; however, we didn't think we would be getting one as soon as we did. It just so happened that one had been dumped off at the shelter in Elko and a friend of ours just happened to be down there when they were checking him in. So, anyhow, we now have a Rex rabbit. They have extremely soft fur and are a medium sized rabbit. He seems like he had a good home but for whatever reason he wasn't wanted anymore. He is a very nice rabbit; loves to run around the living room, very playful and is getting used to being held alot. He loves apples, leaf lettuce and hay plus his little bunny treats that Jessie bought him; and what his name, you may be wondering..........Alex! This name popped into Jessie's head and it stuck.





As you can see...he is white-albino to be exact.
He loves his time out of the cage.
I want in the picture too!
Not sure the red eye setting on the camera works on an albino?
"Missy" almost ready for bed. She's watching Strawberry Shortcake. She loves Alex too and wants a bunny instead of a dog. I highly recommend it-they're cheaper and don't require as much attention. They are more fragile though ,and need to be handled under supervision.

Misc. Fun

Well, its been a few days since I've added stuff to the blog so I'm going to try to catch up on some of the highlights. We've been busy with all sorts of things going on and when I finally stop, I'm to tired to do anything.
Friday afternoon, I let Jessie go to her first slumber-party that wasn't at Grandma's. It was a birthday party for her friend Sierra. They got to stay up until 11:30 and were up at 5:00-needless to say she was really tired when she got home the next morning. She had a lot of fun though; they tye-died a pillow case, play games and got really dirty.
Marisa was bummed that she didn't get to go so we had a tea party; just her and I; Bryan got to come home during his dinner break and join us. She was so excited about it. As soon as we got home, she went and got dressed in her "Belle" princess dress and then waited very patiently for me to take care of some horse stuff; chores, etc...... When I came in she had the menu planned. We had a big plate of melted cheese(one of her favorite snacks), apple, ham, bread and of course tea complete with milk and sugar. All of this was served with her special tea set and special dishes. Thank-you Grandma and Great, great, great Grandma for the china. Anyhow, she was quite the hostess and princess.





Sipping her tea after finishing the grand feast.
Cute, happy and very tired.


Well, Jessie has been wanting a skateboard for quite a while and thanks to her Granny she got one yesterday. She does quite well but has strict instructions that came with it-helmet, knee gaurds, elbow and wrist gaurds(still have to get those). If she doesn't wear them, then she doesn't get to play with the board.

Geared up and ready to go!
Ready mom, here I ........
GOOOOOO!!!

The other day, can't remember what day, I think it was Tues; Rebecca invited Sara and I over for lunch and just to hang out. It was nice hangin' out with my sisters, eating chili dogs and just enjoying each others company. It was a nice break in the day-I'm very thankful for my sisters and that I have such a good relationship with them.

Sara
Becky

Here is Marisa with her new cup,sitting out on the porch this morning, watching Jessie on her skateboard.
Good morning!
Here is Jessie, Marisa and their friend Killian all outside playing who knows what, in what land and in what time era, this afternoon. I'm bettin' that there was a princess and a bad guy involved though.