Thanksgiving

Here is me, both my sisters and my brother, Daniel at mom's for thanksgiving. Yes, I am in camo. I dressed up for our annual "pumpkin" hunt but that's another storey for another day.

My sister, Sara, helping with the cleanup.

Becky making stuffed mushrooms.

Becky and my mom keepin' busy, busy.

And this....was supposed to be angel food cake to go with a fruit dip that I made. It doesn't look that "angelic". Thankfully, it tasted good!!

We'll Miss You!

Well, after much, heart-wrenching thought, we decided that it was time to have our old dog ,Kamiah, put down yesterday. A little history...I got her about 12-13yrs ago when she was 6wks old. She was my first sled dog of many. She definitly liked to do things her way(typical Siberian Husky trait) and never ceased to amaze me at her ability to always pull off a great escape.(another husky trait-they love to run) She taught this "escaping" trait to many other 4 legged, fury followers. She was a great companion despite all the head-aches that she gave me and the numerous vet bills. We will miss her greatly but I know she isn't suffering anymore.

Mine Tour

This past week I was able to get tour of Marigold mine with Becky, my sister. She drives a haul truck out there and her boss was very gracious to let her give me a tour while she was working. It was really neat to see how things work around there and the haul trucks, shovels and loaders are amazing. They are so big. If you ever get the chance to go on a tour or want to I highly recommend it. I was able to ride around with Becky in her haul truck for a while and was able to get up in the shovel while it loaded a couple of trucks.

This is inside the cab of Becky's truck. There's a little computer on the dash that can tell you al sorts of info. about the truck and how it is working; lets you know if there's a problem, temp. of the brakes, etc......

Here is Becky's truck next to a normal sized truck and a skid-steer. She has one of the small trucks too.

This is me standing behind one of the "pumpkin" trucks(there orange). This is the new trucks that eventually they will all be driving. They are bigger than the previous one I showed you.

Me standing next to a tire. They are about 3ft wide. If they blow, they will put a huge hole in the ground-no joke!! Each tire costs around $80,000 and there are 6 of them on each truck!

Here is the shovel loading one of the big trucks. It takes about 4-5 shovels to load them.

November Days

I can't believe that it is the end of November and that the weather has been so nice. I'm sure that the cold is on its way but this has been one of the longest and most beautiful falls that we have had in a long time. Here are some misc. photos of us enjoying the nice afternoon and each other.

Jessie is our little wood chopper. She loves splitting these big logs-the bigger the better. She can do it all by herself. Its fun to watch. Gives her a great sense of accomplishment.

Me...I'm not holding the camera. The sun was a little bright.

Bryan-lookin' good in blue

Blondie's!

A couple of priceless, gold nuggets.

4-wheelin fun

The weather has been absolutely beautiful this past week so it is necessary to take advantage of it(that's my opinion) so this past week me, Becky, Daniel, Richard and Greg all went 4 wheelin. We started in Cottonwood Canyon, a few miles south of town, and rode through Cottonwood into Trout Creek and then eventually to Valmey where we had a lunch. I took these pictures as we were getting ready to head back the way we came. Round trip is almost 50 miles. We had a lot of fun. The creek is really low right now and even though there are no leaves on the trees it was still pretty. The junipers smelled great and the deer where fairly active. We saw a nice 4 point but of course I didn't have my camera ready and when I finally did he was a long ways down the mountian.

Self-portrait-that's obvious. Do you like the helmet hair?

Greg

Richard

Daniel-this is my brother for those of you who don't know. He just recently came up here from Florida and is working at Cortez. We are so happy he is here.

Becky

The Morning After.....

The morning after a storm here in Nevada can be just beautiful and this morning was just that. I got up early to go feed all of my animals and some friends animals and the clouds around the mountians were just gorgeous so I went home, grabbed my camera and headed out. Sometimes the sunrises are as beautiful as the sunsets even is the sun really isn't shining due to the clouds. I just love mornings! Everything seems so fresh in the mornings especially after a rain.


Not sure a cow really cares about the time of day unless it revolves around food but she was definitly interested in what I was doing.

south of town-the sun was trying to shine through

Shoshone range-Mt Lewis

Lazy clouds-Shoshone range

Have you ever gotten the desire to just drop everthing and go hiking? I was fighting the urge this morning.

Princess's on Patrol

Well...here they are; 2 beautiful princess's for halloween. They had a lot of fun going around to all of the business's and then the party at our church. Needless to say, we have enough candy now to last a long... time. I unfortunalty, was not feeling well so Sara and Daniel took them around town and then granny took them to the church. They had been counting the days until they could get dressed up and go trick-or treating. They did their school really well and fast that day.

Princess Jessie

Princess Marisa( I think she looks like and elf from Lord of the Rings-what do you think?)

She loves the camera-I'm worried :)

They are so cute!!

They are getting so big!!

Scoopin'.......

For those of you who don't know.. I work(more like "I get to go play") part time for some really good friends about 4 times a week; sometimes more, sometimes less. They train reining and cutting horses and I help with whatever needs to be done, i.e..... clean stalls, ride horses(the hardest part-lol, ha ha ha), help work the horses on the "bear"-(mimicks the movement of a cow when cutting-its a training aid), try to work "turn-back" when working the buffalo, and up until very recently, I kept the water tanks full too but they just got automatic waterers put in so now I just check to make sure they are working right. They are so nice!!! I also help take care of the place when they are out of town. I've been doing this off and on for about 5-6yrs now(I think). I really enjoy it. I've learned alot and have recieved alot of help with my horses. I am hoping to do some showing next year-we'll see.

Here are 2 of the 3 buffalo-the other one is really shy.

Hello!

Is it just me or does he look like he is crying? The flys really irritate ther eyes.

This is what a clean stall looks like.

This is not a clean stall. You don't really get the full affect of a dirty stall from pictures-but I haven't figured out how to capture the smell and post it too-that may scare you off but could you imagine the possiblities??? nevermind, that may be a bad idea.

Why do they insist on pooping where they eat? Such a waste!