Kristy's Farwell BBQ

Kristy will be leaving shortly for the south to get her Masters Degree in Family Therapy. We BBQ'd steaks and chicken and made some homemade Ice Cream. Kristy requested something with choc, so I made Crushed Whopper Ice Cream, one of her favs. Of course we had too take some pics! Kristy and Matt met Allie and Gypsy for the first time. It was great to have her here and Matt too! Matt you are always welcome here. Kristy I will miss you being so far away, please don't forget to e-mail and call your mom. You will do great in Grad School, they are lucky to have you there. Matt thanks for helping to drive Kristy there, we hope you both have a safe and wonderful trip. Gods Speed and I love you tons ;)

Marks New Ride

With Mark communting to Ogden everyday, our fuel bill went skyhigh! Since his car was really old and starting to cost us in repairs, we decided it was time to get him a new ride. It's a Ford Focus, 5 speed, kinda cute isn't it! Okay I guess cute isn't quite the word for a mans car ;)

We really didn't want a white car, but it will work fine.

Anyway, he likes it and he finally has a CD player. So when my CD's come up missing I know where to look.

Puppy update: She is doing quite well with the housebreaking, she can sit, come to her name, fetch a ball and loves to follow me around the yard. I actually like doing yardwork again, it was quite boring since losing Pirate. He was always my shadow dog!

Meet the new pup!!

Right before she hissed!

The first meeting!!

Lil Copper Allie - will be her registered name. We will call her Allie. She is 9 weeks and she is a Mini Aussie Shepard. She will get about 13- 15 inches tall and I'm excited to have another pup to train. She has the temperament of our late sweet Dixie and after 2 hours is already responding to her name. Mark and I went to the breeder and saw all the pups, she kept coming up to me, so we took her. She is the keeper. I'll train this one like I did Abby our border collie to catch Frisbee's and balls and of course the tricks I like to train all our dogs to do. Maybe I can use her as a therapy dog to visit the sick kids in the hospital.

She will learn to lay on her blanket instead of the carpet and when go south, Cricket had better not teach her to beg! No bacon ;)

Now is a good time to start a new pup with nice weather and Mark working so many hours.

This breed is fairly new to the area and it was really hard to find one. These dogs have great temperaments, they love kids and other dogs and yet are small enough to make great a great house dog. The cat isn't too sure about her yet, she keeps staring at her. Of course the bed still belongs to the cat, the dog will learn to sleep on her blanket on the floor when she is competely house broke. So far no accidents! :/

Bulls, The Broncs, The Dust - No Mud!

The Hide Race, A Favorite Event

Colorful Sunset behind us

The annual 4th of July Rodeo was the event of the day! We saw friends both in the rodeo and there to watch and of course there was the rodeo food. We did see some fireworks in the valley and didn't get home till after midnight. Mark had to watch Slack, he had an employee he wanted to see rope. How was everyone else's 4th?

Rodeo Junkies

A nice day to watch a Rodeo

FYI: We on a puppy quest!! Since losing our Pirate last fall, it's time to get a pup again. This time we are on a search for a Mini Aussie.... maybe today?? Keep checking back for the pics ;)

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