Sage got Tagged!

Questions answered by Sage
1. What is something mom always says to you? "I Love You"
2. what makes mom happy? "when me and Chantz are good"
3. what makes mom sad? "when me and Chantz fight"
4. how does mom make you laugh? "tickles me"
5. what was mom like as a child? "a horse trainer"
6. how old is your mom? "32"
7. how tall is your mom?"I don't know"
8. what is her favorite thing to do? "ride horses and spend time with her children"
9. what does your mom do when you're not around?"miss me"
10. if your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "horse riding"
11. what is your mom really good at? "riding horses"
12. what is your mom not very good at? "keeping her desk clean"
13. what does your mom do for her job? "works at the Modoc Employment Center and be's bored"
14. what is your mom's favorite food? "cheesecake"
15. what makes you proud of your mom? "when she rides horses with me and scrapbooks with me"
16. if your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "Wonder Woman"
17. what do you and your mom do together? "Scrapbook"
18. how are you and your mom the same? "we like to shop"
19. how are you and your mom different? "there's nothing different about us, dad says we are just alike"
20. how do you know your mom loves you? "because she always spends time with me"

We tag Aspen, Lainee, and Hannah.

Starting the Colts!

Chantz on Blondie, Sage on Uno, and Gramps on Senorita
Well if this picture isn't a tender moment I don't know what !

Sage getting her first lesson from Gramps

Chantz and Gramps doing what they do best!

The only sad thing about me going to Utah was that I missed out on a big proud mom moment! Chantz and his Gramps started the yearling colts! Chantz was the first one to ride Uno (the yearling gelding). My boy is growing up ...he is now starting colts! I am soooo proud....he is the same age as I was the first time I started a colt all by myself. He called me when I was on my way home to give me the big news! Of course I just started bawling (I would say crying tears of joy, but I was bawling). Then my dad called to see if Chantz had given me the big news. He told me how good he did and he asked Chantz what he thought his mom would think. Chantz said, "oh she will just cry." Dad said, "why?" Chantz said, "because she will be so proud of me." Dad said, "well I'm proud of you and I'm not crying." Chantz said, "I know but she is just like that."

Does my son know me or what!

Well this lit a fire in Sage I guess! We went over to gramps today and she was helping with all the horses and told gramps she wanted to ride one of the colts! I have to admit this made me a little nervous. I asked her what she was going to do if she fell off and she said get back on! I said ok then. I asked her if she was nervous and she answered immediately NO, I'm excited! She acted like she was 10 foot tall and bullet proof. Gramps rode Uno first and then he put Sage's saddle on. She was smiling ear to ear and she did fantastic. Gramps moved the horses around the round pen and Uno kicked up a couple of times....didn't even phase her. It was one of the neatest moments in my life seeing both my kids riding colts with their gramps!

Girls Weekend!

Sage, Kanyon, and Graycee!

Sage and Kyzlee...look at those big brown eyes!

This is Sage on the plane with Nikki...she was so excited that it was Nikki's first airplane ride!

Sage and I decided to run away for a few days! We flew to Salt Lake to visit. We had a great time. It is just amazing how big all the cousins have gotten. We haven't seen them for almost a year. Kanyon is still his goofy funny self and Graycee and Kyzlee have gotten so big. Skyler.... I still can't get used to seeing him without his glasses. Kierra came out to see us this summer so she hasn't changed too much since I last seen her. She does have a really cute new haircut! Kelli got to make the trek from Wyoming to see us.....it was so good to see her. Toree got to come but Cole and Lainee had to stay home for school :-(

Anyway it was great to visit with everyone and we had a really great time!

HALLOWEEN

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Sage won the costume contest at the Carnival and Chantz got second. They had alot of fun.

We dressed up at work this year....so Kelli let me borrow this FABULOUS costume. To make it even better my dad called and asked if I would take his motor home in to get the windshield replaced. So there we went off to school and work....as FABULOUS Granny who lost her dog! I pulled up to the school where the buses usually drop the kids off. We were a little early so there was quite a few kids standing outside the school waiting for them to unlock the doors. As I pulled up all the kids were really looking like they were trying to figure out who this crazy lady was that pulled up to the school. Then Chantz opened the side door of the RV to get out and a bunch of kids yelled "Chantz". Sage is soooo embarrassed she saying "go mom go you can leave now!" I was laughing so hard....you should have seen the looks I got driving down the street.For the first time Sage didn't want me to help with a party in her class. She said she would be too embarrassed! I kept telling her that I was going to come to her class just to give her a BIG kiss from her Granny. She didn't think that was funny at all!