Don't Squat With Your Spurs On

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$500 WANTED $500

to come home for dinner

Canyon "BUCKSHOT" Palmer This drifter's been known to roam everywhere except near a kitchen table. Those lookin' to catch this bandit will have their work cut out for them, he travels quickly with his gang of outlaws.

WARNING Shows no mercy to his opponents at video games.

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$500 WANTED $500

for emptying the cookie jar

Rocky "SUGAR TOOTH" Palmer

Banks and Stagecoaches have no need to worry because this outlaws loot is measured in donuts. Don't let that sweet smile fool y'all, he's already had his treat for the day.

WARNING He will fight to the bitter end for the last jelly bean.

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$500 WANTED $500

for just about everything

Sawyer "THE MENACE" Palmer

If your Mother's told you not to do it, this Menace has done it. You can tell by his expression that he is lookin' for trouble. If you've lost something, he knows where it is....but he's not telling.

WARNING Approach With Caution

You may catch glimpses of these "rubble doubles" playing in their new Western Sherriffs Hut. Hats off to my wonderful husband who built this in TWO WEEKS. What a GREAT Dad!

Still to come....a Western Saloon. Root Beer served. I'm thinking of naming it either "The Long Branch" or "Big Thunder Saloon." What do you think?

You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the person you cannot live without

There once was a girl who fell in love with a GREAT guy.

The guy left.....the girl did NOT think it was funny.

She cried......

but as least she had her chocolate milk.

But one day, to everyone's surprise, the boy returned and a date was set.

They married....

and had 3 beautiful little boys.

Canyon

Rocky

Sawyer

Happy 8th Anniversary Sweetie. xoxo

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

Some of you may know that we have chickens. Some of you may also know that I do not care for them very much. Robbie likes to let the birds run free with the wind. You may have seen them at Maverick occasionally. But they sure do make a terrible mess. Pooping, Digging, MOLTING!

But every now and then I find a soft spot in my heart for these creatures. They truly love you! When they see me comin' they come a runnin'. I'll throw them some dried bread or some leftover corn, it makes their day. They're like little children.

So as I pondered their fate this morning I decided MY attitude needed changing. I need to nurture these birds for they provide me with fresh eggs daily...and I don't feel quite as bad for my lack of food storage.

I feel like I am a farm girl at heart...why not become one?

"There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace."

-Aldo Leopold

Book Quote Monday

"Not to be a nag here, but I'll bet your kids get eye exams, dental checkups, orthotic shoes, and fruity cartoon character vitamins. Meanwhile, you schlep along with a loose filling, last decade's glasses, dilapidated tennis shoes, and throat lozenges so gummy they have to be scraped off the wrapper with a knife.

Is that any way to treat a queen?"

-Queen of the Castle by Lynn Bowen Walker

Christmas 09

Mental note for next year: More pictures and less video.

Then and Now

THEN NOW

Cookies are made of butter and love

Christmas is the only time of year that I actually go the extra mile and make sugar cookies, which is probably a good thing because they don't last very long in my household. Canyon was a super helper. I would roll out the dough and then he would cut them out.

Rocky helped too. He cut out his own little gingerbread man and then gaurded it with his life.

We baked them, frosted them, and ate them. (this is only the first batch)