The Scharf's

Texas

2009-07-16T08:05:00.005-06:00

I do realize we went to Texas in May and it is now July, but I am just always so dang busy. We had a great time. The wildflowers were beautiful, it was not overly hot, we didn't have a tornado (always a plus in my book), we got to visit everyone, the kids had fun, we ended up with leeches on us (EWWWW), we caught frogs, we had a fish fry, nobody got overly sunburned (I did get a little but it wouldn't be me if I wasn't), We had to hike to the lake because the water is so low. All in All it was a great trip.

Just a couple of windmill pictures I thought turned out pretty good!

Spring Randomness

2009-06-08T16:44:00.003-06:00

I haven't blogged in so long, I now have a ton to catch up on. I think I have enough pics to do a post everyday for the next week so hopefully that is what I will do. These pics are just some random things we have done this spring. We finally had a nice day and decided to take advantage of it, we played outside and then Becky and her girls came over and we went on a ride in the razr up the hill for a picnic. It was great fun, of course I only have pics from before the picnic because I can't ever remember my camera (good photographer huh). Anyway we have had lots of fun so far.

WYOMING Spa Treatment

2009-06-07T13:35:00.004-06:00

Sally and her crew were here this weekend. We had a great time and the kids never run out of things to do when they are here. We went out to check on them and found this. We discussed whether or not to make them get out and decided it was just mud and it will wash. After a good 20 minutes of "bathing" in it, Ella runs up and says "Mom I got mud on me" she was crying and totally shocked that she was covered in mud it was hilarious. The other kids had to be drug out when they started to shiver and turn blue. We got them all showered and the only thing that suffered was the shower with a 1 in layer of mud.....

Of course because he is the smallest he got the worst of it and didn't mind at all.

This morning before Sally and Luke left Chey made pancakes for us all. I didn't get the camera until after my kids finished but here are the pics I did get.

Thanks Sall, Luke and family we had a great time.

Branding at Nick's

2009-05-08T09:28:00.002-06:00

These are just a couple of my favorites from the branding. I will post the ones of the kids from this last week in another post.. I was a little more disturbed by the branding than I thought I would be. But once you get desensitized we all had a good time.

I Looked Out The Window....

2009-04-29T20:11:00.004-06:00

ELK!! That's right they were at the end of our field.. One more wonderful thing about living where we do.

Baby Tanessa

2009-04-23T13:51:00.001-06:00

Kristi these are just a few teasers! I am working on getting them edited! I will hopefully mail the CD tomorrow or Saturday! Hope you like them! It was fun seeing you and your beautiful baby girl!

Becky's girls! EASTER PICS!!!

2009-04-09T10:04:00.002-06:00

Here are some of the pictures I took of Becky's girls yesterday! There were so many cute ones it was hard to choose!! So I did collages and still didn't get all the ones I loved on here! I thought the older one would be the hardest on the chicks but She HATED them and didn't want them on her and the baby wanted to eat them! She has one heck of a grip I tell you! I have a hard time getting ahold of those little chicks, but Bentley had NO problems she grabbed wings, head, she didn't care. I had a hard time taking the pictures cause I was laughing so stinking hard!

First run through

2009-03-31T12:01:00.004-06:00

I decided today I would to pics of my boys with the chicks. It was a little more difficult than I thought it would be but I got some cute ones anyway!

easter pictures!!

2009-03-26T11:19:00.002-06:00

Just so everyone knows, in the next couple of weeks I will be doing Easter photo shoots with my new baby chicks!! I am running a special right now it will only be $30. This will include an UNCOPYRIGHTED cd. IT's a steal of a deal, and super cute Easter pics!! Give me a call.

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CHEEP CHEEP!!!

2009-03-26T09:58:00.004-06:00

My chickens arrived today!! Supposed to be happy but unfortunately, they didn't fair through the storm so well. Of the 25 only 2 were up and cheeping when they got here and I was finally able to THAW 4 more and they are up now and doing ok so we will see. But here are the pictures of the few that survived.

CHEEP

2009-03-26T09:58:00.000-06:00

Criminal On the Loose!!

2009-03-19T14:50:00.003-06:00

The Crime::

::The Criminal::

Jacob comes in and says mom Justin threw water all over me.

Me: (from the other room) Oh he did I'm sorry honey (walking around the corner)

Jacob:: (whining) YEAHHHH

Me:: (seeing Jacob's face for the first time) (laughing) Oh I guess he did, let me get the camera

We are loving that it is getting nice outside. The boys wanted to go out and play and I had some stuff to do so I figured it would be harmless to let them go out by themselves and I would just keep checking up on them. This is was I get!! Ohwell mud washes and all in all they had a great time!

Feeding the Elk

2009-03-08T20:55:00.003-06:00

So yesterday morning Cheyenne and I had the opportunity to go up to the scab creek feedgrounds and help feed the elk. It was one of the coolest experiences of my life. There were about 700 head of elk on the feedground. They come right up to the wagon and eat off of it. They were up close and personal. There were some nontypical (freaks) bulls who's horns grew in weird ways. There was one that looked like a unicorn. His right horn grew normal but his left horn grew out of the center of his head. We realized when we saw him that we found his antler from last year. When we found it we knew it was a weird horn and then as soon as we saw that elk Cheyenne said that is the shed we found last year. We compared the shed to pictures and sure enough exactly the same. It was so neat. They feed with a team of horses and either a sleigh or wagon. Now that the snow is melting they feed with the wagon. The horses move alot faster than I would have expected and you definitely needed to be hangin on.

hitching up the team

A fuzzy little baby

A couple of bulls up on the hill feeding

This was a really neat bull. Cheyenne thinks he must be old. His rack was big and his tines were really long but he was only a 4x5

A bull up close

Look at all those horns.

This is a shed that was just laying there. Right in the middle of the road. The feeders pick up all the sheds and turn them into the G&F and then they sell them up in Jackson. All of the money goes back into the program to feed the elk.

These are a very few of the pictures I took. We had something like 174 pictures, but this gives you a pretty good idea.

One more random pic. Jacob has this totallyt bizzarro rash and my mom wanted to see a pic so here it is. This is significantly improved from what he looked like this morning.

My week in review

2009-03-01T15:39:00.005-07:00

I am trying to be better at kind of using this as a journal. Here is your warning this is personal info mostly meant for me and my posterity. You have been warned read on at your own risk.

So the week started with Justin running a fever. I thought we were finally all better and then he woke up monday morning not feeling well. he ran a fever for the day and into the night but woke up the next morning without it. I do not do very well with sickness and when I think I am at a point where I can't handle anymore I often turn to the Savior. It took me a really long time to understand that we had to have trials to learn and I think I am finally understanding the concept. I would not go so far as to say I appreciate my trials but I guess I will get there at some point (maybe). Anyway so Cheyenne and I are teaching this Sunday School class and it has forced me to do way more studying and pondering than I usually do. I have always been told that you can only skate around on someone elses testimony for so long before you have to gain your own. I think I skated for a really long time. Little by little I am gaining a strong unshakable testimony in many things. I have always had the basis and as I experience and study different parts of the gospel really jump out at me. Anyway random tangent.

As the week progressed I was thankful Justin was feeling better and then on thursday Jacob spent a good part of the day crying and I knew I was in for another round of sickness. He woke up Friday in the early morning and the poor kid was so stuffed up he couldn't sleep. He got up and seemed to be feeling a little better but his whole head was stopped up. He went to his Grandma's to play and she called me and said his neck was swollen and maybe since it was Friday I should take hime to the clinic so I did. The glands in his neck are huge. He can't hardly talk because his throat is so swollen he can't breath because his head is so plugged. He is just miserable. Saturday night was a little better than Friday and we are hoping tonight will be a little better than last. Coop sounds a little congested but we are hoping and praying that he is not in for the same misery Jacob has suffered over the last few days. So today is Sunday and Grandpa stayed home with the kids so chey and I could go teach our lesson (thanks Grandpa). Here is a picture of our sick little boy. You can see the glands in his neck poking out :( poor baby!

I am truly hoping for a better week, Thankful though that it wasn't worse, and so ready for some warmer weather to hopefully get rid of the winter BUGS!

Oh ya on Saturday a family came over for me to do some maternity pictures, it was fun and I got some good shots. I am so critical of myself and was a little disappointed that I didn't get more but I definitely got SOME good ones. Here are two of my faves.

New Pics of the Boys

2009-02-26T11:32:00.001-07:00

I decided I needed to play with my lights a little today and these are the results!

Fishing for something!

2009-02-22T17:49:00.002-07:00

So first of all we actually got our ducks in a row this morning and had a few minutes to spare so we took a little family pic. It has been a really long time since we have had a decent family pic and this one turned out pretty cute so here it is. Of course the photographer in me would really like some more professional looking ones but for now this will work.

Yesterday we went fishing at Grandma's cabin and me with the mad fishin skills I have caught the one and only fish. It was a pretty nice one so we had to take pics and blog them. Sorry we look like dorks but the sun was really bright. We all had fun gettin out for awhile and of course I was proud of being the "one" to catch the fish!

Sisters

2009-02-18T16:17:00.003-07:00

Here are a couple of my faves from the pics I took while I was in Brighton. They are some girls that used to be in my sisters ward and I have done their family pics twice now. I thought these turned out good.

I have horse

2009-02-18T09:19:00.003-07:00

I have so much to blog from our Denver trip but, I am waiting for thepics from my sister. So today you just get to know we are all still alive (barely). We are back home (finally). We had a great time. And we all have these stupid colds we can't seem to get rid of (YUCK). I do have a funny little story to tell about Jacob before I forget though! We were at my moms on Sunday evening and the boys were eating dinner. Jacob had a juice and I wanted him to give Justin a drink and he says to me he can't have a drink, I said why not and Jacob says because I am sick. I said oh you are and he says yes. I say well what is wrong with you and he says " I have horse. Justin is better and I surely don't want him to get horse too!" So just so you know when you cough and your voice sounds a little funny it is nothing to worry about you just have Horse!

BORING!!!!!

2009-01-29T14:09:00.002-07:00

That's what it has been around my house. I have absolutely nothing to blog about. My Dad came last weekend and we snowmobiled Green River Lakes. That was fun. Both Chey and my Dad had a blast making fun of me for how slow I go. The week before that I was in Rock springs staying with my mom while Chey went to Denver for work. That was fun too. I got to see some friends and hang out with my mom which is also a blast. but other than that its been nothing. I had to get a tooth pulled yesterday that was fun. It was a tooth I had had a root canal on and it still went bad when the dentist pulled the tooth he found that the files they use to do a root canal were all still in my tooth. HMMM not so good. Anyway its gone and everything is fine. I am one tough cookie so it didn't even hurt too much.

Jacob is Jacob. He cracks me up regularly. He is always popping off with some random movie quote. They are not always appropriate words for him to be saying and he usually uses them in the right context. We try not to laugh and tell him he can't say words like that but it is usually pretty funny. He runs in the living room yesterday jumps up in the chair and says "Fuzzy Nabels for all of my friends." I knew when he said it that it had to have come from a movie I just wasn't sure which one. He later informed me thats what Shrek says. Niether Jacob nor his friends will be drinking fuzzy Nables any time soon however.

Justin is wild he is always going at about a million miles an hour. He hardly talks he just walks around and says uh uh uh. Then when you tell him to say something he just nods is head. It is aggravating to say the least. He's a pretty funny baby and keeps us laughing also.

Sally and Luke are finally moving back everything has been finalized and are now just ironing out the last details. Unfortunately the market in Colorado has dropped significantly since they bought their house but they are willing to take the loss to move back by Sal's family. We are thrilled that they are coming back. I finally convinced Chey to go visit them so we are going next weekend to see them. I am way excited to finally go as a whole family. Chey is going for the weekend and then he is leaving the boys and I there for the rest of the week and I will catch a ride home with my parents the following weekend. I have some people there that want me to do family pics for them one last time. It seems this is the only placeI can get any business which is so totally ironic to me. There is all this competition there and I have people begging me to come one more time and do pictures. Here there are like 2 photographers and nobody ever calls weird huh. well it is what it is and I am looking forward to one last Co trip before Sal moves back.

Ahhh Rested!!!

2009-01-23T13:54:00.002-07:00

Well for the first time in 3 yrs 3 months and 11 days I got to sleep through the night. It was an amazing moment when I woke up this morning and realized I was still in my own bed and there were no children in it. Jacob has slept through the night a handful of times but it didn't start happening until after I had Justin and of course he wasn't sleeping through the night. It is the first time Justin has ever slept through the night and thank heavens it concurred with one of the few that Jacob has. IT IS AS FABULOUS AS I REMEMBER! Thanks my little children for one night of rest!

Justin's New Words

2009-01-15T09:39:00.003-07:00

Okay So I am a total spaz most of the time. Sorry about the video yesterday. This time you are going to have to watch the whole thing and just ignore all the junk in between. I tried to edit it out but the program I was using wouldn't let me then put it here. So here you go junk and all. He is still very funny and keeps us laughing, most of the time. Just don't ask me how my nights are!!!!!! Enjoy.

Thanks Stacy!

2009-01-02T09:51:00.002-07:00

All right Stacy thanks to you, I am writing down my resolutions also.

1. STICK TO OUR BUDGET (this is the biggie)
2. Get back on my diet and lose the rest of my weight
3. And Yes Scripture Study daily!!!

Are ya comin Christmas

2008-12-28T12:26:00.002-07:00

Christmas Eve in front of the tree with matching jammies!

That were even personalized! Thanks Grammmie :)

Justin enjoying the empty boxes. You might think he is excited but actually this is what he does when you ask him if he is cold. It is so stinkin cute!

Jacob roughin up dad with his new sword. The castle bouncer in the background is what Santa brought and the kids love it. They spend alot of time in it.

I bet some people thought I would never get this post up but here it is... Christmas was great. My parents, Cheyenne's parents, and Grandma Myers were all here christmas eve. We did fondue and had lettuce wraps (pf changs style) and some other finger foods. It was delicious and lots of fun to have everyone here. My parents stayed and were here for the Christmas morning ordeal. Jacob woke up at about 6:30 and I asked him if he was ready to see if Santa came or if he needed more sleep he said "I need more sleep" and rolled over and went back to sleep. About 20 minutes later the same conversation happened and Jacob responded with "I just need one more nap" Finally about 30 minutes later he was ready to get up and see what Santa brought. Then I made him wait while Chey got the video camera ready. Anyway the kids were thrilled Jacob was so surprised to see that Santa ate his cookies. He has never really liked to open presents but this year there weren't enough for him to poen. So he opened mine and Justins too. Justin doesn't want to open presents he just wants the toys out so he can play with them. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and hope you have a safe and Happy New Year!

Santa, Ella's Dress, and a New Do

2008-12-18T19:55:00.002-07:00

Last week we went to see santa. As I knew would happen Jacob would not have anything to do with him. I didn't give Coop much of a choice and he wasn't too sure but he never cried. I finally convinced Jake to sit by him if I sat right with them. So unfortunately you have to look at me to see my kids with Santa.

Here is this years christmas dress for Ella. I finished it last night at 11 pm hoping to get it sent off so she could wear it on Sunday (if Sall takes them to church). If all goes right it should arrive on Saturday (nothing like waitin for the last minute). Not to brag or anything but I think it turned out so stinkin cute. Wish I got to see her in it on Christmas Eve. Love you guys. Miss you and I'm thinkin of you always.

I couldn't take my hair anymore so one visit to my new stylist and TADA! The new me. I have actually had a few people fail to recognize me. I afterwards thought that I am just getting to know some people in Pinedale and maybe it wasn't such a good idea as I am now afraid I will have to introduce myself all over again. But I love it!!!

Vote for my BABY!

2008-12-17T13:36:00.001-07:00

So I just entered a picture of Justin into one of those cutest baby contests and it gave me a link to post so everyone can go vote.

https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=938702&x=.jpg

Click on the link and vote for my baby maybe we can win some MOOLA!

Thanks

Marvel Comics Presents....

2008-12-12T09:36:00.007-07:00

Spider-man and Naked Baby save the day!!!!!!

Jacob really really really wanted a spider-man costume. We have had fits a couple of times a week for the last three weeks or so over this costume. I had full intentions of not giving it to him until christmas, but when it got here yesterday I couldn't resist. We made him sit on the chair with his eyes closed and his daddy brought it to him. He was so excited I wish I would have gotten a picture of his face when he saw it. Needless to say it brightened his day and ours and he hasn't taken it off since.

Spider-man has boots ya know. However after putting these on he decided they did not run fast enough or sideways so they were definitely not spider-man boots. He is now sporting his rubber boots and so far this morning those are sufficient.

Today's Adventure

2008-12-11T14:22:00.004-07:00

We got out of the house today FINALLY! I had had enough of sitting in the house. So we drove up the road with Grandma to some big rocks up towards Big Sandy. It was pretty nice out and the kids had fun climbing around. We took the dogs so they could some excersize too. We planned on building a fire and roasting hot dogs, but the kids ran out of steam before we got to it. But it was still nice to get out. Thanks Grandma.

Justin got awful tired

Shotgun enjoying the day

Jacob in the cave

The Boys in the cave

Coop's first haircut

2008-12-10T11:54:00.003-07:00

On Monday night I gave Justin his first haircut. Neither of my boys have very much hair but his was getting a little long in the back. Daddy needed a haircut so I decided I would just cut Justin's too. He sat relatively still and he looks SO HANDSOME!

The hair we cut off

doesn't he look happy

Snow Finally!

2008-12-04T10:59:00.001-07:00

I was looking out at the hay field the other day and having a hard time believing that shortly there will be so much snow in it that we won't be able to walk across it. I have been waiting patiently for the snow and here it is. It is one of those absolutely beautiful snows when the wind is not blowing and it is just drifting nicely to the ground! I LOVE IT. This feels much more like December is supposed to feel!

Terrific Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T19:38:00.002-07:00

We had a terrific thanksgiving. On Wednesday we had dinner with Chey's parents and Grandma. It was Craig's birthday and an early thanksgiving dinner for us. On Thursday morning we headed to Rock Springs. It was nice to be there kind of quiet this year with only 10 adults and 4 children. Sally and her family came and Nick and My parents and Jim Rafferty. We had a WONDERFUL dinner and then finished the night out with lots of cribbage.

Sally and I got up early Fri morning to do the whole black friday thing. It was so nice to be shopping just her and I with no children. When we came home Chey and Luke went and did a little shopping of their own. The best part was Fri night mom Sally and I went to Twilight. It was amazing and not even one little bit disappointing. I was afraid I it would not meet my expectations but it was great.

We came home Sat morning it was nice to be able to spend time with my family. I was glad to come home Sat though and have a day and a half before Chey had to go back to work. We spent the better half of our remaining time building a new computer desk. I am trying to get our office ready so that it can double as my studio. We are almost there and I am so happy.

Since the THANKSgiving holiday just passed here is a list of a few things I am very thankful for,
1. All of our Family
2. Chey's job and the amount of time he gets to spend at home
3. Our home
4. The fact that we live in Pinedale
5. My Faith
6. Forever Families
7. The Savior
8. All of my friends new and old
9. My gifts and talents
10. My husband
11. My children
12. My phone (silly I know)
13. the internet
14. temples
15. missionaries
16. soldiers
17. My prophet
18. the book of Mormon

The list could go on and on and on but these are just a few. Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

TENT TIME

2008-11-25T08:16:00.003-07:00

I cleaned up the boys' toy room yesterdat so I could set their tents up for them to play in. They had such a great time. It took a little convincing to get Justin through the tunnel but once we did, I couldn't keep him out. Of course Jake wanted to keep Justin out of his tunnel so we had a little fighting. But all in all the tents were a great idea and a fun past time.

How Truly Blessed I Am

2008-11-21T08:50:00.002-07:00

My Dear Friend called me yesterday to tell me her mom had died. She lost her battle with cancer and for the first time in a while is at peace. My heart is aching for my friend at her loss. This news made me stop and think about how tryuly blessed I am. After I heard this news, I wanted to call my mom. Then I realized it was 10:15pm and in 2 min I was going to turn the corner and lose cell phone service. So instead I just thought about her.

She is beautiful, kind, giving, compassionate, steadfast, faithful, strong, obedient, I could go on and on and on but mostly I feel blessed to have her as my Mom and my Childrens' Grammie. We love you more than words can express you are amazing and my inspiration. Love you Mom.

And Cass if you are reading this just know your mom is in a better place, she knows you love her, God loves you both, she loves you, and so do I. I am sorry for your loss and am here to do whatever you need. Take Care.

One final plug for my husband thank you thank you thank you for the opportunities you have afforded me since we have been here. You are an amazing Dad and Husband. Nothing makes me happier than to walk in and see you all cuddled up with one of our babies. LOVE YOU!

Fun with Becky

2008-11-20T16:34:00.002-07:00

Becky came over today and hung out. It is so nice to have someone to just chill with. THANKS BECKY. I took christmas pics of her beautiful little girls it was fun. I will let her post her faves. Definately not my best work, so we might have to do a redo. But we got good enough ones for her christmas cards so we are all happy with that. My kids seem to both be healthy for a day or two so I am happy for that. Last Saturday I got invited to go play BUNCO which was a blast. Thanks ladies for inviting me it was so fun. Tonight I am going to the sound of Music with Chey's Grandma and we are both very excited.

I would like to lock myself in the House

2008-11-14T14:05:00.002-07:00

Not that you all probably read my 100 things post however one of the things I put was how I am trying to work on my germ phobia. Well it's not going so good. Since Sept. Jacob was sick ran a fever for 5 days throwing up just all around yuck, then right before halloween my boys both got some crud that lasted for like 2 weeks. We justf inished atibiotics on Tues, and guess what??? you guessed it today Justin is running a fever! WHY WHY WHY???? I really don't do well with sickness it makes me a nervous basket case, I kinda figured Heavenly Father knew this and because of that I have had relatively healthy kids. And then there is this year. It is not lookin so good for my winter. Hopefully whatever Justin has will be short lived and nothin too serious.

100 Things you probably Don't Care About!

2008-11-12T18:39:00.002-07:00

OK here I go! Thanks Fara for inspiring me to waste more time on the computer! My max time allowance has not been met today (not even close)!

1. I am on a diet
2. I know it should be a way of life but every day I wish I was at my goal so I didn't have to be so careful
3. I am slightly OCD
4. I am trying really hard to work on my germ phobia.
5. I pick out names for my future kids even though I am not sure we want anymore
6. I drive to fast and not very good
7. I love my ipod
8. reading has become a new hobby
9. I think everyone in the world should have the same political views as I do
10. It makes me mad when my sister doesn't vote for who I think she should
11. I love to talk on the phone
12. I hate to clean house
13. it makes me crazy when my house is a mess
14. I am scared of our economic situation
15. I wish we didn't have two houses
16. I would rather my bed be unmade than made the wrong way
17. I have terrible teeth
18. I love junk food (hence the terrible teeth)
19. I am and always have been a mommas girl
20. I think your family is your family no matter what
21. I love to shop
22. I love to be with my mom and sister
23. I love to hunt when there is little to no snow on the ground
24. I love to ride 4 wheelers
25. I get motion sick
26. I want to go to Hawaii
27. I am very nosy and love to know whats going on
28. my husband is my best friend
29. I worry very much about my niece
30. I wish I could save her
31. I am a reality show junky
32. uncertainty makes me anxious
33. I always want an answer and the sooner the better (like now)
34. I have a sick sense of humor
35. I often say too much (open mouth insert foot)
36. I like to try to help other people with their problems
37. I am pretty sympathetic
38. I don't want to watch my parents get old
39. I do no do well with sickness
40. I love lots of people (the louder the better the more the merrier)
41. holidays should be about family
42. my husband is my best friend
43. he amazes me
44. I love where I live
45. I don't ever think I am as good at stuff as other people
46. I would like to be an interior decorator
47. I am a photographer
48. my mom is my hero
49. I don't think I could ever have enough money
50. my family is very fortunate
51. we have been given ALOT
52. I am scared to death of hard times
53. I don't think I am tough enough
54. I am not ready for the 2nd coming (whats that tell ya)
55. I don't have an eternal perspective
56. I am working on it though
57. I love to do geneaology
58. I love to stay up late
59. I like to be the last one to leave
60. I am afraid I might miss something
61. I hate the park (germ ridden place)
62. I am scared to death of surgery
63. I think I am HILARIOUS
64. I have lots of hobbies
65. I miss fast food
66. I really want my sister to move back to Rock Springs
67. I love to talk
68. I love relief society
69. I love ears i think they are the softest most delicious things ever. My poor children!
70. I have fat fingers even when I am skinny my fingers are fat
71. I want a really big diamond but can't stand the thought of spending that much money on one
72. I love lotion
73. I like to dye my hair and have dyed it lots of colors (including green and orange) oops!
74. I am afraid of moose
75. I love the outdoors
76. I am afraid of the dark (or rather what might be in it)
77. I love smell good candles
78. I really miss garbage service
79. I think my husband can fix most anything
80. I love new socks and shoes but I don't really like to wear either
81. I think I can make just about anything (until I get half way into it)
82. I love to cook I hate to clean up
83. I like to rearrange often
84. I think I would like to be a secretary I love paperwork
85. My husband pays our bills
86. I have no idea how much money we have
87. i dream shop online
88. I can't sleep at night sometimes because I am decorating in my head
89. My kids are fabulous
90. I hate to be hot
91. I love to do yard work as long as it isn't hot
92. I like to listen to my music REALLY loud
93. I would like to try Bunco
94. I hate character clothing (ie winnie the pooh shirt)
95. I ski but it scares me
96. I am a huge risk taker (NOT)
97. My religion and My family define who I am
98. I like to share my opinion
99. I like to hear yours
100. so I can prove to you why mine's RIGHT!

Economic Crisis and Patriarchal Blessings

2008-11-11T20:04:00.003-07:00

With this economic crisis upon us, I decided today that I would read my patriarchal blessing. I am so thankful for my testimony and my faith in Jesus Christ. Just the simple fact of believing that the promises in this blessing are true. It brings me peace and hope that everything will be okay! I am thankful for all of the blessings in my life and with that here are some beautiful pictures of my boys! I love you all more than you know!

Halloween Pics. FINALLY!!!

2008-11-09T13:54:00.003-07:00

I have been in colorado for the last week so I haven't posted anything. I know that there is a Grandpa that is dying to see his boys in their costumes so I decided I would finally post them. We had fun trick or treating in Co it was the first time Jacob got to go trick or treating for real. He was so funny he went up to the first door with Keagan and the lady handed him his candy and he said Momma that lady gave me candy. He was so surprised. We also visited the zoo while we were there it was kind of cool so most of the animals were really active it was fun. When we got ready to leave the lion started roaring and Jacob decided that was his favorite part. On Friday on our way back through both boys had dr appts. Justin weighs 20 lbs and is 30 and 1/4 inches tall. Jacob weighs 33.5 lbs and is 39 in tall. They have both had some kind of crud for the last two weeks so they both also got antibiotics. They are both doing well.

This traffic is Atrocious!

2008-10-24T16:31:00.005-06:00

I didn't say that it was car/truck traffic. I think it is so funny to look out the windows and see all of these random things moving up and down the highway. Yes I live on a highway and these are the things you see. Isn't it great to live in the country!!!

Update

2008-10-20T17:00:00.002-06:00

So all the dogs came home. Oakley (our female pup) didn't have a mark on her. Lucy (the big dog) had bites on her butt, back, and head. We assume she must have taken the brunt of a coyote attack to protect the puppies. We are glad we found Shotgun because Oakley and Lucy came from a different direction than where we found him. If they would have come home before we found him we never would have looked in the right spot. We are all thankful they are home and safe and hope they won't run off again (ya right). Anyway they are home.
i was thinking the other day that I wanted to write down the funny things the kids do so I won't forget. So these are Jacob's quotable quotes

Everything happened either "esserday" or "essernight" his time references are right now esserday or tomorrow. Oh and lately we will do everything "next week". When you ask him if he wants something like
Me: "Jacob do you want chicken nuggets" he replies
Jacob: "Sure if I want too"

He calls onions yunyuns. He used to refer to Bonnie and Craig as drampa drampa when talking about them together. He likes to sing. he is afraid of fish and does not want them to flop on his feet. He loves helmets. He loves to take pics (like his mommy). Orange is his favorite color. He loves to eat chicken nuggets, noodles, elk, corn dogs, quesadillas, eggs, and fruit. He doesn't play with toys very good. He prefers to be outside. He calls our razr "the vehicle" He can't wait for it to snow enough that he can ride his snowmoblie. He loves books especially "Llama Llama red pajama" He seems to have an incredible memory and remembers stuff I would never dream he would remember. He still doesn't sleep through the night very often. Would prefer to sleep with me always. He potty trained incredibly easy just after he turned 2. He is far too rough with his little brother. Has an extremely sensitive nose.

Justin started walking on his first birthday. He is a curious little boy that likes to get in to stufff. He likes to take things apart like... The heater vent covers out of the floor, the knowbs off of cupboards, dressers, etc... the lids off of bottles and put them back on, open and shut things, he won't say a dang word except momma when he is whining and occasionally he says yum. He knows what a dog says, can growl with the best of them, clicks his tongue better than most adults (and has since he was about 5 mos old) He knows how to turn around to get off the couch and bed. He loves toys. He eats all day long and there are not many things he doesn't like. He has a totally infectious smile that lights up his whole face. He has a temper and throws things and hits. He dances anytime anything even remotely resembling music comes on.

That about all I can think of right now, so you will have to excuse these random postings, but I don't want to forget these things.

The pups took off.

2008-10-16T13:19:00.002-06:00

So every day when I let our pups out of their pen they stick around for a while and then head across the field to play with Lucy(Craig and Bonnie's dog). Every once in a while Lucy takes off with them. Yesterday was one of those times. We called and called and called but the dogs never came home. We heard some barking across the road down by the river when we were calling last night, so this morning Bonnie went over there to have a look. She found one puppy. He was wet and cold and scared and alone. We haven't found the other two. bonnie has been looking all day and there is no sign of them. We are hoping they are OK and happy Shotgun is home.

Our Luck has changed!

2008-10-15T11:46:00.002-06:00

So after a month and a half of hunting, this week our luck has finally changed. Cheyenne and I started hunting elk opening day of bow season (sept 1) On Sun (Oct 12) Chey got his elk. Yesterday when he got home from work I decided I would look in the spotting scope to see if I could see any elk and there they were. I said to Chey "there's the elk" He says "ya right" (as he's grabbing the binoculars, still he can't see them) I say "look right here in the scope" he looks, runs to the phone and says "dad we have the elk spotted, this time for REAL" (we've spotted a couple of elk rocks). Anyway we threw on the camo jumped on the wheelers and the race was on. I am not sure if when Chey sees elk his common sense shuts off or if he is the worlds toughest man, but I think he could run a marathon with no prior training if there were elk standing at the end of it. After a mile up hill and almost killing his dad and I we are getting closer, Cheyenne looks down a finds a deer shed (now I know our luck is changing) we drop down into this bottom and Chey heads to the sage brush to stash his deer shed when his dad points and says elk. These were not the elk we had spotted these were much closer and easier to get to so yay Craig for spotting them there were 2 bulls and some cows and calves in the bunch we took the two bulls. Stacy I totally agree with Jason only the coolest blogs have pictures of elk on them!

Jacob's Birthday

2008-10-13T09:39:00.003-06:00

Yesterday was Jacob's birthday! We tried to make it a big deal and let hime know that it was his special day. He picked what kind of cake he wanted and what he wanted for dinner (Fried Shrimp) yum. This was the first time he has reall been excited about presents. It was so fun to watch him open them. He saw one in the back of the car before his birthday so he knew what it was but was still so excited when he opened it. On Sat I asked him if he knew what tomorrow was and he said "yeah yeah I get to wear my birthday helmet" This is the present that he saw. Anyway it was a fun day. We are so blessed to have two such beautiful little boys. Jacob is a ton of fun (a little moody) but a ton of fun none the less. Happy birthday Jacob we love you!

One last note Cheyenne got his elk last night YAY! Three more to go for the Scharf's and we're done!

Dr Advice

2008-10-10T11:50:00.001-06:00

Okay all you Pinedale ladies. I need some advice on a pediatrician. The situation in Rock Springs has gotten rediculous and I am thinking about going to Jackson. If anyone has a Dr they love for their little ones I would love to know the names. Thanks so much

Fun with my sister and our kids!

2008-10-03T11:48:00.002-06:00

My sister was here last week. It was so nice to spend time with her. We had a blast and so did the kids. I wish she could come more often there is so much that we plan to do and just don't get it done. Our kids played and played and we were sad to see her go. We miss you Sally, Keagan, and Ella. Come back soon!

Happy birthday Justin!!!

2008-09-21T16:37:00.003-06:00

Happy first birthday Justin Cooper! We love you so much and feel so blessed to have you as ours! Can't wait to see what the next year holds! Love You

Book Club

2008-09-17T14:22:00.002-06:00

Hey everyone, I was wanting to start a book club and was wondering if anyone would be interested. I love to share great books with other people, plus it gives us an excuse to get together and eat and talk. Let me know if you would be interested.

Hunting Season!

2008-09-16T10:55:00.002-06:00

Well hunting season is upon us. It has dominated all of our free time for the last two weeks. This is the first year I have gone bow hunting and it was absolutely amazing. I had never heard an elk bugle in the woods before, and I swear it will raise the hairs on your neck. We saw bulls fighting, rolling in wallows, banging their horns on trees it was awesome. Needless to say I am hooked. I have always given Cheyenne a hard time about his hunting obsession but after that experience mine might be more than his. I have been online looking at crossbows and camo for myself so next year I can be more than just a spectator. I was going to take a picture of us all camoed up but never got to. Now it is on to deer hunting until Sat when rifle elk opens.

The boys were workin!

2008-09-05T14:51:00.003-06:00

I thought this picture was so stinkin cute with all of them in mathcing outfits. Justin has one too but he was nappin so he missed out on the picture. Jacob loves to be outside and would rather be out with his dad than anywhere else. He begs me to take him out during the day but it is so hard with Justin and the age he is. When he starts to walk it should be a little easier. Of course by there will probably be a bunch of snow.:)

Jacob's room

2008-09-02T14:37:00.002-06:00

Here is the first picture of my house! This is Jacob's room. He went to cut firwood with his grandma so I decided while he was gone I would clean his room and take pics of it to post! I love to decorate

Reality Check

2008-09-01T20:49:00.003-06:00

It's cold in Pinedale right! You have no idea! For all of you that are not in this area, it snowed today, yes i said snowed! It is the first of September, I was pretty sure it would snow up high in the mountains but was a bit surprised to see it hitting the ground at my house. Cheyenne is so excited, hoping it will put the elk in the rut. Today was opening day of bow season for elk, so that will be the story of our lives for the next few months. We don't say it feels like fall we say it feels like huntin season. We are ever so thrilled to be right here in the heart of it. Chey has been working feverishly on all of his projects trying to get them done so he doesn't feel like he needs to rush home from hunting to work on anything. That man is amazing he can do just about anything he sets his mind to. He's built dog pens and houses, he is building our cattle guard, fixed the furnace, finished the garage, electrical, installed the well pump, ran the proprane line, you name it he can do it. I am so appreciative of all he does for us. We love his new job and the time it allows for him to be with us, (even if most of it is spent outside working on random things) at least we have some quality time!

Here is a picture of my little man. He looked so handsome when he got out of the shower tonight I had to take a pic. I love my boys all three of them!

Photos

2008-08-14T10:49:00.003-06:00

Just to let all of you know, I am currently taking appt's for photos just let me know when and where. Also I put a slideshow at the bottom of the page to catch up on pics. We are going to get rocks off the mountain today hopefully we can get some landscaping done.

MIA

2008-08-11T13:54:00.000-06:00

You might think I have been missing because I have been moving into my new house, but that is only partially true. I have two words for you all BREAKING DAWN! I should be done this evening and life can return to normal. (well as normal as life ever is after finishing one of Stephanie Meyer's amazing books) So I miss you all and just wanted to give you a little update. I got my first customer off my photography website today YAY I am so excited. The boys are well. Justin had a rough week last week. He had his first ear infection and then an allergic reaction to amoxicillin so it was a rough week. we are over that now and will hopefully be moving forward. The weather is getting chilly here already. We had to wear jackets to church yesterday. We had the wonderful experience of speaking in church yesterday woopee Chey did amazing despite his fears. Glad that we are through with that. Well I have to go read. Jen I have not read your last chapter!!! I am So Sorry. But I will either tonight or tomorrow. Well tata for now.

So much blogging...So little time

2008-07-25T22:50:00.000-06:00

Maybe it should say so much moving so little time??? I feel like all I have done for days is unpack, move, put stuff away etc, etc, etc.... I am so tired of it and ready for a break. But most certainly I am happy to be in my house. I have so many new pictures to post but can't find the time to post them. I am really going to have to look into a slide show of some sort. Since I blogged last, Jacob caught his first fish, we went camping with my parents, and sisters family, I finished painting the house, ummmm i am sure there are more pics than that. Oh yeah we got those puppies that I keep promising to post pictures of.
So as we move life goes on. Justiin is starting to stand on his own a little. He is a realtively happy boy and into everything. I say all the time that each child is different but I am blown away every day at just how different they are. Jacob is still Jacob. All of the unsettledness of our life has gotten to him and he won't be more than about two steps away from me at all times. It gets a little rough sometimes. Hopefully as we get settled he will too and it will all get back to normal. I sometimes feel like I am just waiting to go home, like this is just temporary. One day it will all sink in and I will realize that I really do live in Sublette county FOREVER. Well now I have to go load pics on my photography website.

What a difference a day makes!!!

2008-07-04T14:59:00.001-06:00

I said I would update you on our house. I know it has been forever, I was gone to Denver and I have painted more in the last week than I think I have ever painted in my life. These are the pictures I took of the house right before I left for Denver! This was just a couple days after the first pictures I posted. This is my family room dining room and kitchen. I am just headed over there to paint so I am going to take some more.

Finally one more post!

2008-06-16T18:05:00.000-06:00

This one is for you Sall!

Update on the House

2008-06-16T17:34:00.000-06:00

They started setting our house today! They got one section on, the next section very, very, very, stuck and then unstuck. Put in position to put on the foundation and then they decided they had worked long enough, and they went home for the day. Cheyenne and Craig both ended up coming home from work early. We were hoping they would get the second section on and the third in position while they were here to help with the tractor but as always it did not go as expected. Here is a picture before they started setting the house. The first picture is of our foundation and the water in it. This is with two pumps running mind you. Next are the first two sections and the third one is the last section. I will take more pictures of our progress.

Here are your bird Pics Ma

2008-06-16T17:29:00.000-06:00

Is it JUNE or is it DECEMBER

2008-06-10T16:37:00.000-06:00

Is today June 10????????? I am a little confused, it is 37 degrees and snowing, yes that is what I said it is snowing..... I am getting a little peturbed by the current weather. I am not sure it will ever get warm here. I am not asking for 80 degree weather but a nice mild 65 would be PERFECT. Anyway done with the complaning.

So we decided to rent to own our house to some friends of ours. The market is in the toilet and we needed their help as much as they needed ours. Answered prayers on both parts I believe. I am going to Rock Springs tomorrow to pack up our stuff. Our new house is sitting on our property in three pieces. It was supposed to be set today but as I have said before nothing ever happens when it is supposed to. hopefully when I get back from Rock Springs it will be ready for a little paint.

2008-06-04T20:57:00.000-06:00

Lots of new pictures

2008-06-03T18:50:00.000-06:00

I am going to attempt to do a slide show cause I have lots of new pictures! Today Bonnie and I started building a chicken coop. With the economy the way it is I decided that we should have chickens. That way we are a little more self sufficient. On Our way to town we saw twin baby antelope. They were still wet from being born. This weekend the weather was pretty warm, on Saturday we went for a four wheeler ride up the East Fork River and had a picnic. Both of my boys love the four wheeler. There isn't a sleeping pill made that works as good as a four wheeler ride for my boys. Jake can stay awake for awhile now but Justin inevitably lasts about 10 minutes and then he is out. Our house is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. We are hoping it gets here soon and that they get it set. The water in the field is coming up and it could get a little soggy. People are still looking at our house in Rock Springs and we are still praying that it will sell soon. Well hopefully the slideshow will work.

Milestones

2008-05-30T15:47:00.000-06:00

Well Justin is officially crawling. I think he finally got it down a day or two ago. Even then he would only go for things that were relatively close. Now he crawls about the house. not quite everywhere yet, but the day is coming.
We got our construction loan all squared away and the house should be shipped Monday. They showed our house in RS again today, we are still waiting and hoping that someone soon will make an offer.
The weather is still cloudy, cool, and a little breezy here. We are hoping for a nice weekend so we will see what it brings. I heard the coyotes out yipping last night so maybe we will see if we can call one in this weekend. I have never seen it done, but I heard it is pretty neat.

For My future info I wanted to write a few things down, here they are:

Unleaded Gas: $3.92 a gallon
Pinedale Graduating Class 2008: 60

Those are just a couple of things that I wanted to remember later. I can go back when my boys graduate and compare numbers. Hopefully we will be seeing a break at the gas pump soon, but I am not counting on it. Anyway I wish I had fabulous plans for the weekend but if I do I don't know it yet.

Sad I missed it

2008-05-27T14:47:00.000-06:00

My family (ie my mom, dad, sister and her chillins) just called and they have returned safely from a reunion in Texas. It is called the unfamily, a bunch of old friends get together every memorial day at the lake my grandparents live on in Texas. It has been happening as long as I can remember and this was the last one. I really wish I could have been there, but circumstances wouldn't allow it this year. So to all of you reunioners i missed you and wish I could have been there.

The weather didn't allow for much for us here in Boulder, but we barbecued yesterday with Cheys parents and Grandma. That was nice. It was also nice for Chey to have an extra day off. Between rain showers Jake and I took a little four wheeler ride to the back of the property and these are the pics I took. I feel awfully lucky for this to be my backyard. It is so beautiful.

It has rained so much here but with the cold weather the runoff has slowed down drastrically the whole car is once again out of the river. It is amazing to me how the water levels can change so quickly.

Anyway we got the easement granted from the lady across the street so that is great news. i am still waiting very impatiently for news from the bank. They are showing our house again tonight to someone that has already looked at it. They have narrowed it down to our house and one other so hopefully we will have an offer tomorrow.

As with any time you build there are always set backs. Seems like a new one hits us every day. hopefully they will all work out and we will be in our new house soon.

The car in the river

2008-05-22T18:17:00.000-06:00

This is the car in the river that I mentioned in my first blog. The water is so high now you can't really even tell it is a car, but those two round things are the headlights. The whole car is out of the water at normal water level.

2008-05-22T18:13:00.000-06:00

I call this my barn series. I am going to edit these pictures and frame them and hang them in my house. I love pictures of really cool barns.

2008-05-22T18:11:00.000-06:00

We call this picture the babysitter. It was taken while all the cows were calving. This one was voted to stay and watch the calves while the other mommas got to eat

Nice Weather huh!

2008-05-22T17:54:00.000-06:00

This is what we woke up to this morning! I thought the weather was finally nice HAH! I guess we need the moisture though, we did wish it was in the form of rain and accompanied by a little warmer temps but I guess we will take what we can get. To all of you in Texas enjoying the nice weather, think of me. I miss you, I love you, and I wish I was there with you. They are showing our house in RS tomorrow maybe we will get an offer. If not we are talking about possibly renting to own it to a couple we know for a few months until they can get permanent financing. We are awful nervous about the prospect of two house payments. Hopefully we can close on our construction loan on Thursday and get our house shipped then.

Justin is oh so close to crawling he can do a couple of crawls and then he falls back to his scoot, I am sure he will be moving faster than we can keep up with very soon. Jacob is still just splashing around in the puddles he loves all of the rain, because he gets to put his snowboots back on and splash in the puddles. He is definitely 2 good and bad.

Jake and I went to town to the library and the grocery store today. We picked up some stuff for Grandma Myers and went and visited her today. She loves visits from Jacob. Her dog hates him but she loves him.

I sure wish we were going to have a nice day to play this weekend but I just don't think it is going to happen. Thats all for now!

2008-05-20T20:52:00.000-06:00

Honest To Blog

2008-05-20T20:09:00.000-06:00

Hi all. Here goes nothin with the blog. I have a myspace account but for those of you who don't I will do this and send you the links. We are living here in Pinedale, (well actually boulder) the weather has been great the last couple of days. Spring has hit here and it is absolutely beautiful. Jacob loves it outside, it is all we can do to get him in the house. His Grandma and Grandpa have a hay meadow that they irrigate and his favorite thing is to stomp around in the water. There are frogs croaking all over out there but I'll be darned it we can find one. I went to a book party today and met a couple of girls, it is nice to meet new people and hopefully I can get a friendship or two. I am still trying to get a business liscense so that I can start my photography business. Sally has drummed up a little business in brighton for me and every time I go there I have at least a couple of appointments. Everyone seems to be really pleased with their pictures so maybe I can make a go of it. Being up here in this beautiful place I have a whole lot more options for pretty places to take pictures.
The run off is in full force, maybe I will attach a couple of pictures that I took today. Up on the side of the mountain you can see the water running off. At first glance it looks like snow in a ravine or something but it is not, it is a whole lot of water. Down on the river just up the road there is an old car in the ditch and this is how the old timers judge the water level. We watch the water steadily rise up this car. Yesterday it was hinting at touching the bumper today the bumper is about half covered maybe tomorrow I will go take a pic of it so you can all see. I will post some current pictures of the boys they are growing so quickly. Thats all for now