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Farm hand Harvey

This is Harvey.
He is a weiner dog. Don't tell him that though. He thinks he's tough. I think it's little dog syndrome. He's kind of a dumb dog. Actually, he is a really dumb dog. And he doesn't mind at all.

Today Harvey decided that he is a farm hand dog. He rounded up all of the cows. Actually he started a stampede. I took out my camera because at first it was pretty funny. Then it got scary and I stopped taking pictures. I truely thought he would be stomped like dirt, but thankfully he is quick.

He thought it was great fun herding them from one side of the field to the other. The cows on the otherhand didn't think it was so fun. They scuffed and mooed and chased him. Scary stuff. And the dumb dog does not listen to reason, and would not come back.

Thankfully he is back in his kennel, and I am thinking of what a great Christmas gift he might make another family! Any takers? He has a matching brother too!

Gun powder and lead

Today we got together with with a bunch of friends from our new ward to shoot clay pigeons. It's been years since I've been out shooting, and it showed! But I had a great time. This is the perfect area for Mike to live in with bird hunting right outside our back door. They farm next door to us is often used for target shooting and it doesn't seem to bother the cows at all. In fact, they came right up to the fence to watch!

The women definitely out shot the guys and they were pretty good sports about it.

I'm so glad I am finally getting to know and bond with people out here. I guess it's easy with a shotgun in hand!!!

Is it too soon to put up the tree?

I love Christmas.
Most of all I love to decorate for Christmas. Not that I have lots of great decor or anything, I just love the look of Christmas stuff!
I am super excited to decorate this year because we are in a new house. I have some fun ideas of what to do, but I have to get the tree up first.
My friend Wendy and I went shopping a few weeks ago at Tai Pan. They have the most beautiful trees. A little more glamorous than I would want, but they were pretty. It made me want to put my tree up. I have been thinking about it ever since.
Today as I drove past a home in my neighborhood I spied a tree in the window (I love to look in windows-keep your blinds shut or I will peek!) It looked so pretty and now I really want to put mine up.
The tradition in our house is to put it up on Thanksgiving night, but hey, new house, new traditions-right? Maybe this weekend!

You need to mute my playlist at the bottom of the blog to hear this!

Kelsey's Choir Performance

It's funny, when we were registering for school I suggested she take choir.
I don't know if it's because I was the one suggesting it, or what it was, but she absolutely did NOT want to take it! One of her friends and the office lady talked her into it however, and it has become her favorite class! Teenagers!

Her teacher is amazing. He is the most popular teacher at the school and has won many awards for his various choirs.

I am slow to blog about it, but here are pictures from the performance a few weeks ago. This is the fall performance and we are really looking forward to the Christmas performance-she is singing "Carol of the Bells" -one of my all time favorites!

Fall...a time of thanks

I love fall.
The crisp cool weather, the beautiful colors of leaves falling everywhere, and especially Thanksgiving.

I have so much to be thankful for;
My amazing, beautiful children, my husband, my parents, all of our family and friends. God, the gospel, prayer, my home, Mike's job, health, freedom, and my life just to name a few.

Sometimes during this season, I get so wrapped up in getting ready for Christmas that I don't savor the month as I should. But today, as I relax by the fire and watch the rain, I am going to ponder about all that I am grateful for and just enjoy November.