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Huggies or Pampers?
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Black Canyon Hike
The biggest natural attraction in this area is Black Canyon. It's within an hour of where we live, so Ryan and I decided to finally go see it. Last weekend we did a short hike, and it was beautiful!
Toby had a great time and was pretty good about staying away from the edge.
The obligatory baby bump shot:
Monday, August 10, 2009
My First Demolition Derby
Last week was the Delta County Fair, and Ryan took me to my very first demolition derby! I was so excited, and the place was PACKED. Unfortunately, the fair workers wet the field about 2 hours before the show -- so the cars couldn't go too fast and hurt the drivers -- and then it rained very hard for a good 20 minutes. So most of the show was watching cars overheat trying to move through the thick mud. :) It was still fun though!
I think the best part was when one driver gave up on getting out of the mud and shot fireworks off the hood of his car. Then he kept revving it until the hood went up in flames. He got a big crowd response to that.
And during the breaks Ryan and I went around to see the animals. It was amazing to see such little kids lead around cows and take care of pigs and do just about everything. 4H is very big here.
We liked seeing the chickens best because now we know something about them, but Ryan also loved this comparison:
Who's bigger?
I think the best part was when one driver gave up on getting out of the mud and shot fireworks off the hood of his car. Then he kept revving it until the hood went up in flames. He got a big crowd response to that.
And during the breaks Ryan and I went around to see the animals. It was amazing to see such little kids lead around cows and take care of pigs and do just about everything. 4H is very big here.
We liked seeing the chickens best because now we know something about them, but Ryan also loved this comparison:
Who's bigger?
Saturday, August 8, 2009
My First Rodeo
A few weeks ago, Ryan had to go work a booth at the Gunnison County Fair, which also included a rodeo. I went with him, and he took some interns so they could take shifts and watch some of the show. I've never seen so many cowboy hats or tucked-in shirts (to show off the belt buckles) in one place!
We had so much fun.My cowboy. I think we're both adjusting to this life pretty well. :)
Friday, July 31, 2009
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Our Chicken History
** This is a long history, though we've only had chickens for less than a year. Be ye warned.
Once upon a time, Ryan and I moved to the country and decided to get chickens. So Ryan worked very long and hard to build this:
We started off with 4 chicks, which we got from a local farmer. The neighbor girls loved to come and play with them:
Of those chicks, Toby killed one. He thought it was a toy and didn't know he'd done anything bad. I bawled like a baby. Then 2 (Fatty and Blackbeard) turned out to be roosters. We lived inside town limits and weren't allowed to have roosters, so Ryan worked very long and hard to make them into this:
They did not taste very good.
That left one original chick, Rosie. Meanwhile, we decided to buy some full-grown hens so we could have some eggs. So we went to another farmer and bought Gandalf the Grey, Phantom, and Ugly Betty:
Well, Toby decided those chickens looked too tasty. Gandalf and Phantom didn't last long. I bawled like a baby. We started kenneling Toby whenever we went anywhere (our chickens wander the yard during the day), but one morning he got at Rosie before we got out of bed. She had a big hunk of skin and feathers missing from her back when I found her, but she was walking around as if nothing was wrong. Ryan said she would likely die soon from infection, but I was stubborn. So I held Rosie, looked the other way, and sang songs while Ryan cleaned her back and put a whole bunch of ointment on it. Now I figured that Rosie was kind of like the flock of my field, so I prayed very hard for her to survive. More to come later on that.
We were down to 2 hens, Rosie and Betty, so we went to Murdoch's and bought 6 more chicks. One was taken by a hawk early on, which left 2 identical grey ones (the Olsen Twins), one with a black stripe down her back (Pepe le Pew), one really beautiful one (Cindy Crawford), and a white one (Gandalf the White -- in honor of our previous lost chicken).
So then we bought a house (see earlier post), and Ryan worked very long and hard to build our hens this:
The Olsen Twins turned out to be roosters, as I discovered when they crowed at 5:30 AM one day. We're technically allowed to have them now, but our neighbors live right on the other side of the chicken pen, and we didn't want them to hate us quite yet. We actually found a good home for them where they didn't get eaten! Amazing!
This past weekend we really discovered what a difference it makes being outside of town. A fox got Gandalf, Pepe, and Betty. There are still white feathers all over the yard, Pepe just disappeared, and Betty's body was still there. A neighbor found them first and said Rosie was just standing by Betty waiting for her to wake up. I didn't bawl like a baby this time, but there were tears. Ryan says they're just chickens, and now that we're in the country I need to get used to it. I think I'm getting better, but I was still sad.
That left Rosie and Cindy, who's not laying yet. So yesterday I went and bought 7 grown hens from a man who is moving. We didn't want quite that many, but he said it was all or none. I would have posted a picture of them, but they're molting right now and honestly pretty scary looking. Rosie kind of hates them.
Think the story's over? Oh, just you wait.
Early this morning, Cindy once again flew out of the pen (yes, we clipped her wings, but she's still so light it's easy for her to fly) and was walking around the yard during prime fox hunting hours. We heard her make some noise, so Ryan jumped out of bed and Toby of course followed. Ryan found a fox forcing Cindy into the corner when he said, "Toby, get him!" Our wonderful dog chased that fox to the river. We were feeling pretty good about that, but I just searched the yard a few minutes ago, and Cindy is nowhere to be seen. The fox probably came back and she just didn't make enough noise this time. I'm sad because I really want our hens to be able to wander the yard, but I'll have to let them out late and put them in early. And then it's still risky. Puts a whole new spin on the whole security vs. freedom debate doesn't it?
And then there was one (plus the herd of ugly ones, but they don't count yet). Meet Rosie:
Oh yes, Rosie survived the dog mauling and now holds her wings higher on her back to cover the wound. Looking at her, you couldn't even tell she's been so scarred because she's moved her feathers to cover it. Rosie is now, as of this morning, our only chicken left from before we moved. And I am one lucky girl because she also happens to be my favorite. As soon as I go outside, she'll run over to me from across the yard and follow me around. Ryan says she was probably protected because of my aura of prayers surrounding her. I also think she's a fighter since she somehow got away from Toby even after he took half of her back. I have already warned Ryan that if she gets eaten, I will bawl like a baby. I'm trying to work her into the pet category with Heavenly Father so we can have her in heaven. :)
Once upon a time, Ryan and I moved to the country and decided to get chickens. So Ryan worked very long and hard to build this:
We started off with 4 chicks, which we got from a local farmer. The neighbor girls loved to come and play with them:
Of those chicks, Toby killed one. He thought it was a toy and didn't know he'd done anything bad. I bawled like a baby. Then 2 (Fatty and Blackbeard) turned out to be roosters. We lived inside town limits and weren't allowed to have roosters, so Ryan worked very long and hard to make them into this:
They did not taste very good.That left one original chick, Rosie. Meanwhile, we decided to buy some full-grown hens so we could have some eggs. So we went to another farmer and bought Gandalf the Grey, Phantom, and Ugly Betty:
Well, Toby decided those chickens looked too tasty. Gandalf and Phantom didn't last long. I bawled like a baby. We started kenneling Toby whenever we went anywhere (our chickens wander the yard during the day), but one morning he got at Rosie before we got out of bed. She had a big hunk of skin and feathers missing from her back when I found her, but she was walking around as if nothing was wrong. Ryan said she would likely die soon from infection, but I was stubborn. So I held Rosie, looked the other way, and sang songs while Ryan cleaned her back and put a whole bunch of ointment on it. Now I figured that Rosie was kind of like the flock of my field, so I prayed very hard for her to survive. More to come later on that.
We were down to 2 hens, Rosie and Betty, so we went to Murdoch's and bought 6 more chicks. One was taken by a hawk early on, which left 2 identical grey ones (the Olsen Twins), one with a black stripe down her back (Pepe le Pew), one really beautiful one (Cindy Crawford), and a white one (Gandalf the White -- in honor of our previous lost chicken).
So then we bought a house (see earlier post), and Ryan worked very long and hard to build our hens this:
The Olsen Twins turned out to be roosters, as I discovered when they crowed at 5:30 AM one day. We're technically allowed to have them now, but our neighbors live right on the other side of the chicken pen, and we didn't want them to hate us quite yet. We actually found a good home for them where they didn't get eaten! Amazing!
This past weekend we really discovered what a difference it makes being outside of town. A fox got Gandalf, Pepe, and Betty. There are still white feathers all over the yard, Pepe just disappeared, and Betty's body was still there. A neighbor found them first and said Rosie was just standing by Betty waiting for her to wake up. I didn't bawl like a baby this time, but there were tears. Ryan says they're just chickens, and now that we're in the country I need to get used to it. I think I'm getting better, but I was still sad.
That left Rosie and Cindy, who's not laying yet. So yesterday I went and bought 7 grown hens from a man who is moving. We didn't want quite that many, but he said it was all or none. I would have posted a picture of them, but they're molting right now and honestly pretty scary looking. Rosie kind of hates them.
Think the story's over? Oh, just you wait.
Early this morning, Cindy once again flew out of the pen (yes, we clipped her wings, but she's still so light it's easy for her to fly) and was walking around the yard during prime fox hunting hours. We heard her make some noise, so Ryan jumped out of bed and Toby of course followed. Ryan found a fox forcing Cindy into the corner when he said, "Toby, get him!" Our wonderful dog chased that fox to the river. We were feeling pretty good about that, but I just searched the yard a few minutes ago, and Cindy is nowhere to be seen. The fox probably came back and she just didn't make enough noise this time. I'm sad because I really want our hens to be able to wander the yard, but I'll have to let them out late and put them in early. And then it's still risky. Puts a whole new spin on the whole security vs. freedom debate doesn't it?
And then there was one (plus the herd of ugly ones, but they don't count yet). Meet Rosie:
Oh yes, Rosie survived the dog mauling and now holds her wings higher on her back to cover the wound. Looking at her, you couldn't even tell she's been so scarred because she's moved her feathers to cover it. Rosie is now, as of this morning, our only chicken left from before we moved. And I am one lucky girl because she also happens to be my favorite. As soon as I go outside, she'll run over to me from across the yard and follow me around. Ryan says she was probably protected because of my aura of prayers surrounding her. I also think she's a fighter since she somehow got away from Toby even after he took half of her back. I have already warned Ryan that if she gets eaten, I will bawl like a baby. I'm trying to work her into the pet category with Heavenly Father so we can have her in heaven. :)
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Cherry Days
On July 4th weekend, Paonia always has a big festival called Cherry Days. Basically, it's a celebration of the first fruit harvest of the year. Grand Ave is packed with people and they have different events going on all weekend. Here are some highlights:
This is at the finish line of the bed races down Grand Ave. Basically, a team of four people puts a bed on wheels and races down the main strip. The teams dressed up, and it was quite a show.
They also had a parade. It was pretty small, but it was fun.
They had fun events going on in the park. One night they did square dancing with a professional caller.
And the whole time the park was packed. There were booths and vendors and music all day. Then on the football field there was a big carnival with a Ferris wheel, carousel, and all kinds of other rides and fun houses you'd find at a fair. I forgot to take a picture of that. Since I had the NC State fair growing up, this seemed pretty small, but to the locals it was a huge deal! People came from all around the western slope for the weekend.
Can you tell I love where I live?
This is at the finish line of the bed races down Grand Ave. Basically, a team of four people puts a bed on wheels and races down the main strip. The teams dressed up, and it was quite a show.
They also had a parade. It was pretty small, but it was fun.
They had fun events going on in the park. One night they did square dancing with a professional caller.
And the whole time the park was packed. There were booths and vendors and music all day. Then on the football field there was a big carnival with a Ferris wheel, carousel, and all kinds of other rides and fun houses you'd find at a fair. I forgot to take a picture of that. Since I had the NC State fair growing up, this seemed pretty small, but to the locals it was a huge deal! People came from all around the western slope for the weekend.
Can you tell I love where I live?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Dark Canyon Hike
Ryan and I went hiking last Saturday morning up the Dark Canyon trail. It was really fun! Sometimes it felt like we were hacking through the jungle bush, and sometimes it was a wide open trail. We only went about 5 miles; I wasn't sure how far I could handle now that I'm big! Ryan went slow for me. It felt fast to me, but it was probably half the speed he normally goes, poor guy.
Our family picture:
The trail follows this river down through the canyon. It's actually almost 15 miles one way, but we just turned around when we felt like it.
Our family picture:
The trail follows this river down through the canyon. It's actually almost 15 miles one way, but we just turned around when we felt like it.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
My Cowboys
While mom and dad were visiting Paonia, Ryan and dad went horseback riding up at Redstone. It sounds like they had a great time! They host cattle drives there if any of you want to reenact City Slickers.
Ryan and Dad
Pretty view, ain't it?
Ryan and Dad
Pretty view, ain't it?
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Our House is a Very Very Very Fine House
Here is our house! We closed last week and move in this Saturday. We LOVE the location. It's still close to downtown, but it's technically outside of town limits. Behind our backyard are orchards, and across the street are more orchards. It's also a dead end rd, so there's very little traffic.
This is the living room.
And the dining room.
The kitchen. Wish it came complete with mom and dad!
Here's the baby's room. The play room is off to the left. The master bedroom is to the right; it looks pretty much the same as the baby room.
A little birdie told us this was Paonia's first Post Office. I'm going to call the historical society to confirm. If it's true, we'll try to restore it and make it cute.
Here's our yard on the side of the house. We have about 1/2 an acre total. Ryan's favorite part is that shed you see on the right. It's completely his domain, and I'm excited for all the things he's going to build for me in it!
We have lots and lots and lots to do, but we're going to take it slowly. Ryan will be working hard while I'm at Girls Camp this week. We hadn't owned the place a full 5 hours before he ripped out a wall. It will take years to do everything we want, but we're excited to do it!
This is the living room.
And the dining room.
The kitchen. Wish it came complete with mom and dad!
Here's the baby's room. The play room is off to the left. The master bedroom is to the right; it looks pretty much the same as the baby room.
A little birdie told us this was Paonia's first Post Office. I'm going to call the historical society to confirm. If it's true, we'll try to restore it and make it cute.
Here's our yard on the side of the house. We have about 1/2 an acre total. Ryan's favorite part is that shed you see on the right. It's completely his domain, and I'm excited for all the things he's going to build for me in it!
We have lots and lots and lots to do, but we're going to take it slowly. Ryan will be working hard while I'm at Girls Camp this week. We hadn't owned the place a full 5 hours before he ripped out a wall. It will take years to do everything we want, but we're excited to do it!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Check This Out
Ryan and I gave my grandpa a picture of the Raleigh temple to paint for us, and it's AMAZING!!! Aren't all you North Carolinians jealous?
Monday, June 15, 2009
An Amazing Weekend
Mom and dad are here! We're very excited to have our first visitors to Paonia. They're also the only ones that will see the house we're in now, since we're moving within a month. Here's some of what we've done so far:
Saturday morning we went to Butch's Cafe, in honor of my dad. Mom has the picture of the huge pancake the size of a pizza -- I'll have to upload that later.
Here mom and I are getting ready to ride the train into the gold mine in Silverton, CO.
And here we are in the gold mine! Hi Ho, Hi Ho...
Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde. They took us right down into it, and we all stood around the kivas and poked our heads into windows. It was amazing!
Like this!
Aren't they cute?
We also went to Balcony House. You don't get to see the grand scope like you do with Cliff Palace, but you get to tour more parts of it. You have to climb a lot of ladders and go through tunnels to get to it. It was so fun!
Ryan in the tunnel.
This is what we had to climb to get out of Balcony House. It looks worse than it is.
Mesa Verde was amazing! It's almost 5 hours away from where we live, but that's totally doable. Don't you want to visit so you can go see it??
Saturday morning we went to Butch's Cafe, in honor of my dad. Mom has the picture of the huge pancake the size of a pizza -- I'll have to upload that later.
Here mom and I are getting ready to ride the train into the gold mine in Silverton, CO.
And here we are in the gold mine! Hi Ho, Hi Ho...
Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde. They took us right down into it, and we all stood around the kivas and poked our heads into windows. It was amazing!
Like this!
Aren't they cute?
We also went to Balcony House. You don't get to see the grand scope like you do with Cliff Palace, but you get to tour more parts of it. You have to climb a lot of ladders and go through tunnels to get to it. It was so fun!
Ryan in the tunnel.
This is what we had to climb to get out of Balcony House. It looks worse than it is.Mesa Verde was amazing! It's almost 5 hours away from where we live, but that's totally doable. Don't you want to visit so you can go see it??
Monday, June 8, 2009
Baby kicks
I was lying in bed this morning when I should have gotten up and started working, and the baby kept kicking me. I'm pretty sure she was trying to kick my butt out of bed and start doing stuff. Darn, did my baby inherit Ryan's work ethic? I'm gonna have to teach her a few things...
Sunday, June 7, 2009
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