New Mexico Trip

We went to New Mexico for the guys to go on a Mule deer hunt. Chris' step-sister and I went along just for a get-away vacation. And boy was it ever. After the LONG ride down there Mona and I just sat back and relaxed. No phone, no TV, no radio. While the guys were out looking for deer we kept ourselves busy with reading, talking and walking around the ranch. We all went out for some 4-wheeler rides on the 200 some acres that the ranch owner had. There sure is some beautiful sceanry out there. It was breathtaking and I am sure my amature pictures do not do any of justice. Here are just a few of the many pictures I took.

Chris did allot of this. He was allways glassin' for that big buck.

And, he got one, but it was no huge trophy. Not for out west anyway.
But, he was still happy to come home with something.

We also saw allot of cattle at the ranch where we stayed.

This was the whole crew that went on the morning that we left.
We all had allot of fun and will maybe do it again someday.

Gettin' Antsy

Am I the only one who can't wait for winter? I know what you all are thinking, that I am crazy but I love a sunny winter day or even a day that the snow is blowing outside. I don't care what you all say but...

I LOVE winter!!

Canning Frenzy

Who says weekends are for relaxing. We started canning tomatoes at 9am. After three trips back home to pick up more needed supplies and one trip to town in my PJ's (yikes), we finally finished. For those of you who know me, I do not eat tomatoes!!
Chris on the other hand wanted tomato juice.

Since we had all of the canning stuff set up we decided to make dilly beans too, another thing I also do NOT eat!

Thank you Julie and Brian for letting us use your garage for canning. We made such a mess I can't imagine doing this in the kitchen.

Happy Birthday Babe

Happy Birthday Chris!!

Now this is my kinda man. I can't believe he walked in these shoes all night!!

New Windows

We put some new windows in the house. I really love them!! This is the old bay window that was in the living room. We decided to not put a bay window back in. After the window came out we saw alot of nasty hornets nests. Chris REALLY hates hornets. I think he must have had a bad experience with a hornet or bee at some time in his life because he really goes nuts when they are around. I remember one time when I was a kid I was outside with my mom and she was hanging clothes on the line and then a hornet was buzzing around me and she started to chase me with a broom to swat the hornet. I'm sure there is more to the story but this is all I can remember.

This is how the new window looks from the inside and yes, it was raining when we were putting in the windows.

Next came the trim. After we sprayed them with the varnish stuff they had to dry. So where do you put all this trim to dry? Well you lean it all against the house of course!!

Our poor bikes are just yelling at us to ride them!! Not until all the work is done!!