Cornish...

My Camera problem is Solved! I hope Papa is high tech enough to find my blog, he has been wanting to see pics, I need to take some of the inside but that will have to wait til another day... This shot is taken from the back of the house, the front of the house faces the Highway and I'm not in the mood to risk my life to cross it just to get a picture, it's cuter from the front!

This is the side of our house, I was standing on our little road that comes off the Highway, you can see the Highway in this picture and the irrigation water that runs in the cement ditch all along the side of our yard.

And while standing on our little road that comes off the Highway is the Canal... My kids have been threatened more in the two weeks we've been here, then they have in their entire lives!! This one scares me the most!

This is our Favorite Death Trap of all!! You can see where our grass ends, then there's a small strip of Hay Field, then a Train Tack, a BUSY Train Track! My kids LOVE it, when they hear the Train Horn they are out the door in seconds! I really want to go and put pennies on the track with them, but I'm afraid if they go to the Tracks once, I won't be able to keep them away!

Trigger!!! This is the day after he got hit, we got home this afternoon and he looked 100% better, his tongue fits in his mouth and it's actually more pink today instead of black and purple, he still isn't eating anything or moving very far but we are just glad he's alive and getting better!

What a Day....

I was going to set the scene with pictures, but in the move I have lost my USB cord to my camera!! How will I upload photos?? CRAP!! In the meantime imagine my yard, my tiny little yellow house sits 20 feet from a screaming highway, speed limit 65, which really means 75, 10 feet from my front door is a cement ditch that has irrigation water running in and out of coverts all along the edge of the lawn, go around back (or not, just wait and listen long enough, you're sure to hear one coming) and you'll see a Train Track that is about a Warren's stone throw away that brings at least 5 Trains a day past our house, and it's gets better, just across the yard is a canal that is who knows how deep and 10 feet wide. Now that you know about all my death traps here's my day...

We started Potty Training this morning and spent a good majority of the day in the Bathroom, the Tiny Bathroom. So needless to say, early afternoon rolled around and I was ready for Kylan and Kylee to take over for a minute so they headed outside to play with Kirby. I opened the window so I could hear them, the last glance I had taken outside, Kylan and Kylee where up in their new favorite tree and was trying to PULL Kirby up the tree with a chain... the last thought I had was we are going to end up in the E.R. with Kirby tonight!
Minutes later I heard my kids come screaming around the corner toward the window yelling hysterically, I looked up, all I could see was Kylan bawling and Kylee bawling, and the only thing I could make out that they were saying was "HE'S DEAD, HE'S DEAD!" My heart sank, I don't remember the 3 seconds it took me to get out the door, down the steps and around the side of the house. I came around the corner to where the kids had been and seen the older two.... and behind them was KIRBY! Whew!! So who's Dead?? I'm still trying to stop the urge to throw up and I'm trying to get my heart to start beating again when I realized what they were saying. "Trigger's Dead, He's DEAD!" Our dog? That we just got a year ago? The one I was just starting to like? I looked in the directions they were pointing, because at this point I couldn't understand a thing they were trying to tell me, I have never seen them so hysterical! So I looked up and there was our Dog Trigger laying flat in the middle of Death Trap number 1, the Highway :( So as I'm walking toward him, I'm trying to get the kids in the house, Kylan goes right in, he takes this kind of thing the hardest, Kylee and Kirby made it as far as the front porch and sat down and continued to bawl. I get up to him and he's bleeding from his mouth, not moving, eyes twitching, and STILL BREATHING!! So at this point I'm thinking how long will he have to suffer til Warren can get here to put him out of his misery and where the Hell is my Cell Phone!! I run back in the house hoping another truck doesn't come over the hill, it takes me a minute to get Warren to answer his phone and I keep wondering where that neighbor of mine that drives by 100 times a day is when I need him! I'm one the phone with Warren telling him I'm scared to pull him off the road afraid of hurting him, I also was afraid of the pops and tares I was going to feel when I started to move him, anyway a car is coming, I want it to slow down so she doesn't run him over, so I stay in the road and just move onto the other side of Trigger... Kylee, from the front porch starts screaming for me to get off the road cuz I'm going to get ran over! She was terrified I was going to get hit also! So then I'm trying not to bawl as Warren's telling me how to move him and he'll hurry. I get him off the Highway just before another Semi screams past, and just as I get him off the road, he LIFTS his Head UP!! At first I was horrified, because I knew he was not going to make it, so I was ready to hear sick sounds come out of his mouth and I was trying to convince myself I could go get Warren's gun and take care of him myself instead of watching him suffer... but nothing, he didn't look ok, but he laid there looking at me with this gross, awful looking bloody tongue hanging out of his mouth. So I waited a minute, just talking to him, I took a few steps toward the house and called to him and he got up and WALKED back to the yard! So I went back into the house to try and calm 3 very emotional kids that just witnessed their dog get run over by a Semi!! After a half hour or so, I'd convinced my kids and myself that he was going to be alright, since it was a Semi that hit him, I think, from what we can tell, he got Knocked out for sure, he bit his tongue pretty bad and has one heck of a Goose Egg!! Kylan gets pretty attached to his animals, as I was reassuring him everything would be ok he tells me between sobs, "As long as Grandpa Reber takes care of Duker, Sandi and Trigger, I guess I'll be okay!" Duke was our Dog we had for years, he died last year of Cancer, and Sandi is his Horse that has gone completely Blind and as soon as her Colt is big enough to wean, we have to put her down. Kylee told me that while I was on the phone with Dad she said a little prayer for Trigger, so I guess we'll see how he's doing in the morning! I think Trigger and my kids will think very differently about the highway from now on!

"I can't want this House"

So we left as a Family Monday night, the 25th of July, we left late of course so we didn't get to Cornish til around 1 am. By the way, THANKS to all my amazing Friends that came Monday and helped me pack, I would still be there trying to gather everything up if it weren't for you!! Anyway, we didn't have beds made up or anything so we crashed at Matt and Lena's that night, got up on Tuesday and headed to our new House. The kids at this point were on Vacation, they explored outside and played around all the new Yard features, I'll talk about them later... Lena came bringing Lunch and helped organize my Chaos for a while and the kids were in heaven to be playing with the Leaks again! Mom, Shawn and Stacie, and Cam and Shari came later with the rest of our stuff, we had all the windows and doors open most of the day due to no A/C and a lot of in and out packing boxes. We worked here most of the day, everyone helped a TON getting the biggest half of the work done, by the time evening came, there was 1,749 Flies in this tiny house, we were all sweating to death and getting more irritated by the minute so we took off for Logan. We went to Dinner, got a room and let the kids swim, the next day, first on our list was Home Depot for an A/C unit, Totes to store stuff and Bug Bombs to kill the massive amount of flies we left in our house. So we were in Logan most of the morning getting stuff I needed for the house. The Plan was to head back to my house, Mom was going to help me get the A/C unit going and help with some other things then she was heading to Cara's and we would all meet back up in Harrisville later on in the Evening. Kirby rode with my Mom back to Cornish, he fell asleep before we got home, Mom goes to get him out of the truck, he looks around then Cries "I can't want this House!" Needless to say I can't want this house either, and if my Mom had it her way she would've packed us all up right then and headed South!!

FAILURE!!

Just what I was afraid of!! I almost deleted the entire blog and started over so I wouldn't be reminded of what a slacker I am... Today has been a rough one, I needed to channel my thoughts somewhere so I can stop taking it all out on my kids! We are in the process of moving... if someone would've told me I was going to even consider packing up and leaving our "Forever House" just 3 short years after building it, I would've told them they had lost their minds... So we are two weeks away from being in our house 3 years and here we are surrounded by mounds of boxes, DI piles, and complete Chaos... Yesterday the kids and I cleaned out our Container so we can try and cram most of our Lives into it til we find our next "Forever House" is there such a thing? Maybe for some, but Defiantly Not All. Anyway, I pushed the kids pretty hard all week and after working all day in a container that was at least 120 degrees inside they had HAD IT with me, and I them. So today I let them go do their own thing around the house so for the most part it has been a pretty calm day, those are the hardest, when I have lots of time for my thoughts... Warren should be home in a while after he makes his 6 hour drive from our new area we will call "Home" hopefully sooner than later. Having him around will help a ton, the kids start missing him and I start missing him, then we just can't stand each other! :) We really need to get moved up there with him and find some sort of new "Normal." I'm anxious to get to Cache Valley and so reluctant to leave NewCastle. I'm so excited to make a new life and at the same time could sit down and bawl at the thoughts of leaving the my family and friends and the only place I've ever called home. I need to be done pouting, we are truly blessed in all aspects of life so I'm not complaining, it's just crazy how life can take one huge turn and all of a sudden you are going in a completely different direction... We all just need to learn to Enjoy the Journey...

By the way I'm going to do better at this blog thing, since I'm moving far away from the Majority of our Families, so if you see me slacking call me and remind me not to be a Dead Beat Blogger!! Love You Guys!!

4th of July Weekend!

We had, or maybe I should say the Kids and I had an awesome 4th of July Weekend, Warren...not so much, we really didn't see him most of that week.... Anyway, Cara & Will came down so we had places to go and things to do! We started the weekend out right with some girl time with a trip to the Movies, Eclipse was great, we all loved it! Then we went out to dinner, thus ending our first outing of the week. I meant to bring my camera, but forgot it.... On Saturday we loaded up all the kids and headed to Veyo, the weather was perfect the kids were adorable, everything was great other than I forgot my camera, anyone surprised? So there goes one more fun outing that will never be remember because there is no proof we were ever there, except a few tan lines of course! :) By the time Sunday rolled around we had a big trip to Grandma's house planned but that turned into a short trip to Grandma's after a much needed nap was had! After Church they set me apart along with a whole new Y/M Presidency and also a whole new Sunday School Presidency. So after all of that and our long week of late nights and early mornings Warren and I passed out, not really meaning too, it just happened. So by the time we got to Mom's we had dinner and hung out for a little while and the day was gone! Kylan and Kylee got to have a sleep over with Aunt Cara at Grandma's and that was the greatest thing ever! Warren's only question was, "What about Kirby?" He was thinking we should have left him too! Warren got up early that next morning only to have a late start leaving to go and gather cows and haul them up on the Mountain and my last words to him were, "If you are not at my Mom's by 5:00 you better just stay on the Mountain!" The Reber Fam was all together for the first time in 4 years and we had Pictures to take! When 5:30 rolled around I was starting to stress, good thing I told him an hour early or he would've missed the whole thing! He finally showed up covered in CoW PooP at 5:50, jumped in the shower and was ready to jump in the first Picture as Amber was snapping the first shot! WHEW it was close! I forgot his belt so I was so bent about that, I can't wait to see how they turn out, hopefully the missing belt doesn't ruin them! After Pics we had Dinner outside, the kids ran around catching Grasshoppers to throw in the pond for the fish and everyone had a good time! Did we end the night with Fireworks or something extra fun for the kids? No, we raced home at Dark thirty, Warren jumped in the tractor and baled hay all night, that sums up our Holiday Weekend!

The Mighty Grasshopper Catchers!
Kylan, Kennen and Blake!

Peepers was not a bug catcher, but just as cute!

June Update...

June was pretty busy, but very uneventful! Last month consisted of work, work and more work. Isn't it supposed to be summer?? For July, even though it is almost half over, I vow to do better! Warren finally got home and we pretty much tagged along everywhere we could with him! One little bit of news, I was called as the new Primary President in our Ward! I am still trying to get up to speed on everything I should be doing, it is going to take me a while to figure everything out but I can at least talk about it now with out wanting to bawl! Other than Kirby's collision with my bath tub, the only pics I have from June (I couldn't remember to take my camera anywhere!) is from a fencing day with Warren! We went up on Kanarra Mountain and fenced all day until dark thirty, I think we finally got home around 1:30 in the morning! In fact it was getting so dark I couldn't see anything anymore and Warren was still trying to finish one last fence line, the kids had fallen asleep on the Ranger and Warren asked me if I would go to Wade's pickup and find a flash light! I said, "If I go and find you a flash light we will never get off this mountain!" I know my husband pretty good so I stood my ground and just kept encouraging him to call it a day, I wasn't sure how many more mosquito bites me or the kids could handle! But here are some cute pics from earlier that day!

Kirby giving Trigger some Love'n! Kylan was in charge of carrying the stays and Kylee had to pack the wire and stretchers! It took Kylee a while to find that smile she has her face, those stretchers are HEAVY!


My little Fence'n Crew!

Angel's Landing, June 1, 2010

Yesterday I had the opportunity to go with Mom, Jeri, and Kristin to climb Angel's Landing!! Here we were snapping pics, talking, laughing, and so excited about what we were about to do....

As we got closer to the start of the switch backs, we looked up to see people walking across the face of these cliffs! Then we started to wonder how in the crap do we get up there!! But this somehow just made us more excited....

I have to say the first part of the climb was most enjoyable, we were meeting very nice people and stopping often for a picture! It was uphill every step, but really very beautiful and I could not figure out what was so scary about hiking to Angel's Landing.....

Just still making our way up the hill, having a great time!! I think the people around us were thinking we were crazy!!

FUNNY!! So at this point we had been climbing uphill for close to an hour. Kristin thought this hole in the rock would be a good place to take a short nap!

I think we could've made it in half the time if we would have stayed focused and just hiked instead of taking all these detours for pics!!

WOW!! This canyon was amazing!! I couldn't stop looking around trying to take it all in. I caught myself snapping pics while I was walking, I then had to remind myself I was walking along a very narrow pathway that was straight up on one side and straight down on the other. We were starting to get high enough, I could clearly see how a lot of people fall to their deaths, I stopped taking pics and walking at the same time!