Pictures

Well, this is mostly going to just be a lot of pictures. They cover the past two months, including Katie's B-day, our anniversary, family visits, the Blue Angle's, our goats, and an adventure Katie took with Bart and Mindy to Tex Creek last month when I was in New Mexico.

LOVE!!!

08/08/2008
Jared and I celebrated our 2-year Anniversary this year! I consider myself so extremely blessed to have all of eternity to spend with Jared. I am so grateful that we can be together forever because any time less than eternity would not be long enough. There are so many things about Jared that I am so grateful for. He is so hard working, patient, kind, loving, and supportive. He seriously is all I ever wanted and more. In summary, Jared is simply the BEST HUSBAND IN THE WORLD and I LOVE HIM SO VERY MUCH!

Postings have dropped off...

We have gotten some complaints lately about our lack of posts. I have been pretty busy with work (two trips to New Mexico) and Katie picked up a second job, so that can a little bit of an excuse I guess... It seems like if we aren't at work, we are doing something on the house. Our grass/weed lawn needs to be mowed about every five days. It almost looks like a full lawn when it is first cut and you cant tell the difference between the grass and the weeds. Katie and I rescued some goats a few months ago. We really fill like we fit in with our neighbors now. I just need to get them a fence built so that we can get them off of their ropes. We also both drew Elk tags for this fall. Mine is for a bull that opens Oct. 1 and Katie's is for a cow that is in Dec. I am hoping that she can spend time during her study week before finals out hunting. I am not quite sure how it will all work out yet. The bad news is that non of my family will be able to make it up to help out because they have three cow tags, a cali. bighorn sheep tag, an antelope tag, and a deer tag in Nevada. I am hoping to be able to hunt a little bit with my brother-in-law and his brother (my friend). They both have a bull tag in my area right after my hunt. We got good news on Dad's angiogrham (sp?). It was a "False Positive" on his first test. They said he has "Jagged Arteries", and it made it look like there was a clog. Now he knows his heart is good, as long as he loses some weight and eats better, he should be able to keep it ticking for quite a few more years. The best part of the summer was this past weekend. My mom, Becky, Aleah, and Blake came all the way to Idaho to visit us. We were so excited to have them in our new home. It was such a blessing to have them around. I have not spent a lot of time with Blake in his one year on this earth, but I have felt so close to him as I have blogged about his health status over the last 5 or so months. He is my hero and so is his mom. I do not know how Becky can hold it together with all the things she and Chad have had to endure. I got a peak into her everyday life and am so impressed with her. I have always looked up to Becky. She has always been such a great example to me of integrity, love, compassion, and service. Whether it was reading me stories as a little boy, or sending me cash when I got robbed on my mission, she has always cared for me, and everyone in her life, with compassion and charity. Blake and Aleah are so lucky to have her for their mom. She comes from a long line of women who truly understand the purpose of this life. We had some really fun times with the kids. We went to Ammon days, had cart rides, visited the spray park, and visited with friends and family. We also got to visit "Jared and Katie's Temple" when they were leaving yesterday.

Betty

Alright...I have decided that I will try to do at least three posts to the blog in the few weeks that I have before school starts! So here it is:
This is our goat Betty. Jared and I now own two pet goats named Billy and Betty. We had been thinking about buying some goats because we have a pasture area that was just growing weeds and making a nice place for the skunks to hide and spray-attack the next unsuspecting victim. Our goats were a Craigslist finding and they were free, so we thought "what the heck"! Well long story short, the goats had been abandoned and were near starvation when we found them, but now they are happy.
Betty did have a little incident on my birthday. A stupid dog scared her and she cut her leg in an attempt to flee. Turns out we learned a few things that day #1: We have some of the BEST neighbors EVER! Special thanks to the pit crew (more pictures to come). #2: A large goat, when in pain, can nearly throw a grown man (that man being Jared). #3: It's easy to become attached to the animals you care for. We like our goats. Ya'll are welcome to come visit Billy & Betty!