Hi!! We hope you all had a Merry Christmas! We had a great one-- Heidi Jeff and Christen all came into town- so the whole fam was together this year. It was a lot of fun- mom and dad always go to great lengths to make sure we all have a good time, and we really did.

We are looking forward to a new year- Happy New Year to all of you...... I hope you have a great 2009!!

Since I started this blog I have been meaning to give a brief history of where we are and how we got here... Nothing has changed for me, I still fly by the seat of my pants, go with the flow-no matter what direction, and pretty much enjoy every minute of it!! HA HA- Well, maybe not EVERY minute....
Wow- this Friday Dec 12 will mark our 11 yr anni- I can't believe it. I'm sure James feels like it's been an eternity already!! But not me.............I still have the biggest crush on him. After leaving Weber we moved to Boise where James went to BSU- Yes you all know- the home of the AMAZING BOISE STATE BRONCOS--- and studied in the Construction Managment program/ Business- He started working with a concrete company during this time. I taught in the resource room at a middle school for a year while preg with Zayne. After Zayne came, I started doing part time work for my dad, who move to Boise right before we did to start a baby calf ranch. He wanted to start a business raising little baby heifers or milk cows for the dairymen all over the Treasure Valley. When I started with him, he had 3 or 4 dairies, maybe 500 babies on hand. He would go to the dairy every time a baby was born, and if it was a female, bring it back to his ranch and care for it until weaned off milk-- maybe 4 mos or so. Then return them right back to their original home. He had two hired hands, and me to do his office work. In the meantime, James was still schooling and working like crazy, when we were blessed with our little Jo-- Jordan. The more James was involved with actual work, the less he did with school- long story short, he plans on finishing... someday, I believe he only has 8-9 classes left. After mastering the concrete end of things, which by the way he does amazing stamp work--he took a job with a general who built houses, and also did all his own excavation and concrete. James ran all the concrete for him. This lasted 4 years. This company James worked for also ended up being the company my dad hired to build his amazing calf ranch. His 500 head soon turned to 8 then 9 then 10 thousand little babies- and over 50 emplyees. I was still running his office and yes having more blessings!! Kaden in December and one year later- Brooklynn. Last year my dad decided it might be a good thing to teach James the business, and let him manage all the construction projects, old and new. So one year ago this month, James turned into a ranchin fool along with my pops. My brother Ryan graduated from BSU and started managing the office full time, allowing me to be home a lot more. Which has been wonderful!! James is great and so talented. He built the house we live in now, next to the ranch. Did A TON of it ourselves, with the help of his boss, and family. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful companion and friend. He stays so busy with the ranch, which now has 18,000 babies.-- 9,000 are bottle fed. It has been a great 11 years. I absolutely love my little ones-- they are all, James included- the love of my life.

The Time Totally Flies!!

My little sis Angie and her wedding pix!!

My twin bro Jeff and little Angie!! Love you guys!!

Ang and her new hubby Eric- Very great guy!

Erics little nephew was the ring boy-

Bridesmaids- and flower girls- Brooklynn and Christens Allison

My Joe with her cousins!

Brooklynn holding her basket- ready to walk the aisle.

Fun Pix of My Kiddies

Zayne in his new suit--handsome little guy if I do say so myself!! Vader is allowed to sit on this rug in our house for little while every night. He is getting Huge!!

I couln't find Brooklynn the other day, so I look out my front door window and there she is. She had climbed onto one of the pillars with James old head phones, singing Highway to the Danger Zone- Kenny Loggins- I took the pix from the window so she couldn't see me. Cute......

Twenty minutes later I caught her with my lipstick......NOT CUTE!!

HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween!! We had a Cinderella, two skeletons, a scary witch, and James was John Rich from the country duo Big and Rich!! I did all the behind the scenes of course. Lots u fun let me tell yuh!

My Birthday Girl!! Happy Birthday Jordan--7 yrs old!!

We celebrated Jordan's birthday last week! She is 7 yrs old going on 17. I can't believe how fast the time goes. Her labor and delivery is one I will NEVER forget, it seems like only yesterday that she came shooting out like a rocket, fire and all, any of you who delivered w/out meds and numbs it can relate to that! She has been our little spit fire- and our best little helper. We love you so much Jordan. James spent the week of her birthday hunting so I decided to have a big party for her. We had a great turn out, the day included a hay ride to the ranch, pinata, a movie, and good ol hot dogs and soda, and junk, etc!! What is a party without hotdogs?! We had lots o fun! Thanks for the hayride gramps! We had a blast! We love love our Joe!!

MY BIG BOISE BRONCO BOYS!!

Last night Kaden went to his

first Boise State game and loved it. We dressed Zayne and him up for the big event. Goooooo Broncoooooosssss!!!

Love you all!!! Can you tell who the mom is.

My little champs!!

Our little Brooklynn- and Kaden, he painted all over her with my nail polish and my toilet and my walls!! We definitely have our momentS!!

Jordan is the best helper any mom could ask for. If ever I cant find the kids-- 9 times out of ten she is on the couch or on her bed reading stacks of books to Kaden and Brooklynn. Lucky me!!

Kaden and Brooklynn having their own race! They are little buddies.

Zayne Jordan and I ran in the Harvest Classic 1 mile road race today! My long time friend Michelle and her little 3 year old ran with us! It was great!! Zayne and Jo did awsome. Kaden really wanted to participate, I promised him that Daddy would be sure to run with him next year!!

Check out our little boy Kaden with our big boy Vader! We did not set this up- James was eating lunch one day and looked out the window to see these two buddies just staring at eachother. Check out the dogs bum sitting on that bench. It was hilarious!

Okay---- So here is a quick update on our little family!! Our oldest is Zayne-8 Jordan-6 Kaden-3 and Brooklynn-2. For a while it was 4 kids ages 5 and under. It sounds much better to say 4 kids ages 8 and under!

They are sooo much fun,.. most of the time. I absolutely love my little family!

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