Rooster

One of the sadest days came upon me on August 31st, 2009. My sweet Rooster passed away at the beautiful age of 21.

He was given to me on my birthday 2003 from my father-in-law. He was reiner, working cow-horse, rope horse, trail horse and very amazing babysitter.

Everyone new Rooster and loved him immediately. He had personality that was all his own.

The first time I ever saw Rooster I thought he was beautiful, he had mane that went way past his neck and it was always in braids and his bay coat was so shiny.

One day Rod thought I should ride him since I had never rode a reiner. I thought this is going to be easy I've rode cutting horses and a reiner no prob. Rod showed me how to cue him to spin and when he started to spin, he spun so hard I couldn't get him to stop and I ended up on his neck.

He was the best babysitter you could ask for. I could put Skylee on him and know that she was in good hands. He taught Skylee confidence in riding horses.

And I know that Skylee and I will have more horses over our lifetime but we will never forget him.

Rest in Peace Rooster, you will never be forgotten.

This and That

This weekend for our 10 year anniversary we went up to Park City for the night. It was a lot of fun. We ate at a wonderful place and strolled up and down main street into different stores. And after that we went to bar to have some drinks.
Josh was cute and bought stuff for me and Skylee. After the weekend he said "Having two girls in the family is going break me!!"
Anyway here are some cute pics of Skylee playing around outside.

As you can tell she is thinking of something to get into!!

Dragging her stick horse around the yard.
Skylee feeding walnuts to the dogs
" This is where the cowgirl rides away"

10 Year Anniversary

Well I can't believe its been 10 years that Josh and I have been married. I guess time flies when your having fun!!
I just wanted to tell ya I love ya so much and can't wait for another ten years!!

Skylee

Grandma Lisa found this Cat dozer and I think it's one of Skylee's favorite toys. It came with a hard hat and wears it everywhere. She is such a little tom boy!! She has a playroom full of dolls and barbies and she would rather play with her cars and tractors.

Weekend

So last week was my first week training for a 10k. Its been pretty fun so far. last week I ran a total of 13.5 miles. Saturday I did a group run with a bunch of girls and it was a a lot of fun. I was fortunate to be in lead most of the time.
Then Saturday night Josh and my dad had a jackpot roping in Tooele. So loaded everything up and headed out. I was pretty happy with both of them. They both got call backs.
Skylee was a trooper and was up past midnight with no nap. Cute Blake, Angie and my mom helped entertain little Sky.
Oh and friday night we had a farewell party for Blake and Angie they are moving to South Carolina. It was nice but were sad that they left.
So anyways here of some pics from the weekend enjoy!!

Grandpa Van and Skylee Van coloring
Josh on Flicka



Dad on Pepper


Mom, Angie, me and Skylee

Goldfish

Yesterday I bought 10 goldfish to put in the horse trough. And their names are........ "Roo", yes everything that needs a name around our place is called "Roo" after her horse. So we have 10 Roo's, well actually 8 and maybe 7 because while I was giving supplements to the horses she decided to catch one. And much to my surprise she actually caught one.

Anyways here some recent pics of Sky she was helping me sweep the barn.

Updates

So heres a update since my last post... I have been attempting to pottytrain Skylee and I think this is so much harder then giving birth!!! She went a whole day without going potty! Yikes.. I was worried so I put a diaper on her and she was so happy. So then I thought I would bribe her with a treat or toy. No such luck. So Skylee-1 Mom-0. Oh well I will give it a try later in the week.
I ran another 5k this weekend with one of my friends. I wasnt to thrilled about my time a 28.30 yuck!! I'm thinking I'm going to start training for a 10k. So here I go!!
Josh was in the Rush Valley Rodeo team roping but his headers missed. So no money! But I have to say that is one of the best rodeos around!! I think next year Sky will be in the mutton riding and maybe barrels. We will have to see!!

4th of July

This 4th of July we decided to take Skylee to the zoo. The weather was nice and cool and all the animals were out and running around. She had a really good time. And after the zoo we went over to the Gateway and let her play in the fountains while mom shopped. How perfect is that!!!

She loved the fountains until she got wet. Then she was mad.

Sunday the three of us when fishing out on Vernon reservoir it was nice, hardly anybody was out on the water. So all in all it was a pretty nice 4th.

Skylee has been riding "Roo" and doing really well. She loves it when we lope and look at the buffalo. And she gets mad if we leave to go for a ride without her.

Weekend

So here is a little re-cap of last week... Thursday we took Skylee over to the Lehi horse parade and she loved it.. She thought all the little pony's and mini's were babies. It was really cute. Skylee has started to ride Rooster by herself now and she thinks she is pretty hot stuff. Rooster is such an amazing horse and never gets excited and he seems to know when she is on him and he is so patient. So next year Sky will probably be in the parade.

Then Saturday was Josh's 30th birthday we had a little family get together. It was really nice. And then Sunday we rode horses behind my parent house and Skylee went with us. She did really well.

So anyways theres are re-cap of the weekend. Hope everyone has a same and happy 4th of July!!

Growing Up

Skylee sleeping in her "Big bed"

This weekend we decided that Skylee's crib should turn into a toddler bed. She was so excited to sleep in her big bed with her Dora pillow.
The first night she decided to get out of bed and take all the blankets out of her dresser and then when she was bored with that she decided she needed to scoot around her room on her lion scooter.

Well my little baby is growing up everyday.

I thought this pic was so cute!!!