Brave or stupid

One of my friends was coming to pick me up the other night so we could attend a meeting. I decided that I would start walking down the road to meet her. I was walking down my driveway just taking in all the green and beauty around us this summer, causually waving to the neighbor and rather enjoying the pleasant evening when all of a sudden I heard the unmistakeable buzz. I stepped dead in my tracks and looked down. About 4 feet in front of me slithering across the road was a huge rattlesnake. I spun and headed back to my house for a shovel. In the meantime I look up to see my neighbor coming down the road. I know he likes the dumb things so I wave him over. He gets out of his truck, grabs a shovel and proceeds to roll the shovel handle up the snakes back. He pins its head down and then reaches with his bare hands and picks the thing up with his young son and myself watching on. I about fainted.

Later I was sharing the event with dad. In classic Doy fashion with one line or less, he sums up the entire situation. "I always thought those guys who played with snakes were not showing how brave they are but how ignorant they are." Nothing else needs to be said. A man of few words but take heed when he speaks :)

Vacation

I just back from vacation! We saw all but 2 temples in Utah, 3 in Idaho, 1 in Billings MT, and 1 in Nevada. We went to Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Cheyenne Frontier Days, we also saw Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley in concert. We saw a lot of beautiful country and had an absolute blast!

St. George Temple

Look for seven windows (directions to Buffi's house)

Kelly rolling down the hill at Manti.

Ogden Temple

Logan Temple

Idaho Falls

Idaho Falls Temple

The moon sitting on the temple

The Yellowstone

Lower Yellowstone Falls

A Buffalo that was right outside our cabin door

A nice little buck right next to our cabin

This looks like nothing but there is actually a grizzly and her cubs :)

This is the reason I live in AZ :) Elevation 12,000+

Billings, MT temple

Las Vegas NV temple

Graduation

My 3 minute speech :)

Receiving the "hood"

My study crew...we finally made it!!!!

The graduation support crew!!! Cowbelles and all!

My ever supporting mother!

Cats are good

Cats can be quite useful. I glanced over to see what the cats were doing. They were both staring at the ceiling. Upon closer examination...I discovered what they were looking at...

I called mom...her response...don't call your dad he wouldn't be much help and for that matter neither am I! What a lot of help she was! :) It is trapped in my 5 ft by 2 ft light fixture. I am sad to say that it is going to have to leave this world in this very light fixture.

Chillin with the Ferrin's

Pictures from my Oklahoma trip. I really enjoyed spending some quality time with a wonderful family! It made for an awesome spring break!

You Rock Emilie :)

My shoulder must have been soft...

Loved the faces :)

Tis Good

Days like today make life worth living. Dad called after church and said he and mom were going on a drive and asked if I wanted to go along. I told him to come pick me up. He lost one of his oldest and dearest friends this week and was having a hard time. He felt a drive would help. We drove towards Heber and then turned back towards Snowflake. When we turned towards Claysprings dad started telling stories. He talked about deer hunting, hauling hay, and just the places around that area. We went to visit Jefer and Jamie but did not overstay our visit. Dad is not one to wear out his welcome. We decided to take the Burton Road back across. He told of the time that Uncle Rog had roped a deer and tied it to a tree and how they got out of that predicament. He then talked about his job herding turkey's. His mom looked out and he was eating his lunch at 8:00. We had a good laugh. We then stopped at the Carlisle residence and visited for a spell. It was a good day for reminiscing. Dad pointed out many of the places he lived. I treasure these times I get to spend with him. He is such a good man and I love him for the wonderful person he is.

Lincoln Logs

Kallee wanted to have a party at my house the other night so she invited her friends and we had a "Farmopoly" party. We just got in the truck when Kamron came out carrying Diesel. He wanted to come and we were not leaving withut him. When we got to my house he pulled out the Lincoln Logs. I got down on the floor to play with him. He had me building and he was watching. It was too cute to pass up a photo opportunity. I sure love this little guy.

Good company

I went to visit mom and dad yesterday. I looked to the left...mom was asleep. I looked to my right...dad was asleep. I decided I could be much more productive at my house. I let myself out and left them to sleep in peace :)

Night out

I decided that I needed a night on the town. So...I called Tracy and asked if Hesston could go to the movie. I then called Abbie to ask if Riley could go to the movie. Off we went. Hesston and I slid off the road while going to get Riley. Good thing for 4-wheel drive. We were back on the road in no time. We got the movie and Riley busted out her money that she had earned to go to the movie. She wanted to pay her own way. She brought two five dollar bills but she gave one to Hesston so he could pay his way. She bought the movie and he bought the snacks. They are too cute. On the way home I learned that summer is a girl and winter is a boy and that we need to go home and tell our parents. They just made me laugh. What a great way to end the day!

Spontaneous

I am often accused of being a bit on the spontaneous side of things so I thought I would outline me day. I returned home from church and decided that I would check the Internet to see some pictures of the snow in Flagstaff. I went to one site and saw some scenery pictures of the areas surrounding Flag. One of those pictures being the Grand Falls. I didn't think much of it. That lead me to looking at Kodi's blog. No pictures of the snow there. I then moved to Jim's blog. (Nice pictures there by the way!) Anyways... I determined that it has been some time since I have posted to my blog. I started thinking...what would make a good post...hmmmm. The wheels started movin. I thought maybe the Grand Falls would be running with all this moisture. Then I thought, there might be snow on them. That lead to wow that would be a nice drive. I then had to think of who to take...Lelia's mom wanted to go once upon a time. So...call Lelia. 30 minutes later we were on the road headed to the falls. They were running and it was a beautiful day for a drive. The best part was all the mud puddles along the way. Lelia would scream and her girls would laugh. It was the best!!!! My poor truck is covered in mud but what a great day. On the way home we decided to stop in Joseph City so Lelia could give her brother-in-law a haircut. That lead to Lelia getting her eyebrows waxed. The first thing I knew...I was in the chair getting mine waxed as well. Now that is a first! How is that for a spontaneous day? :) I tell you...what we won't do for a blog post!!!