About Us

Well, I have been wanting to blog for a while now.  I love sharing things we do with our family and friends, especially since we moved 5 hours away from most of our network this past summer.  My husband's family lives about 20 hours away from us in Southern Arizona so sharing on Facebook or via email has always been part of our routine.  I've been an avid Facebooker for a while now, but have always wanted a blog so that I could share more of the crafts, recipes, activities and crazy adventures we find ourselves on.  I  really enjoy "keepsaking" the things I find myself doing with my cowboys and with the way technology is now, it seems like blogs are almost the same as old fashioned scrapbooks. 

We don't do much, we are pretty ordinary really...but to me...my cowboys are extraordinary.  I think my kids are the smartest, the cutest, the funniest, the sweetest, etc, etc.  I think my husband is the handsomest, the kindest, the best horseman around.....and I would argue any of the above facts if anyone dared to dispute me.  But we are pretty ordinary.  We get up every day and get Rudy (I've seen other blogs where they don't refer to their children by their given name but rather by a nickname, I'm sure for privacy reasons.  So I guess I will do the same.  My oldest son I call Rutabaga or Rudy for short.  When he was little I called him Mighty Mouse, that got shortened to Mouse and then Mouse-A-Roo being silly.  Then Mouse-A-Roo turned into Roo and that into Rudy and now Rutabaga.) 

Anyway, we get Rudy ready for school and he grabs a ride with our neighbor 6 miles to the bus stop.  There he hops on the bus with Grandpa Ralph as the driver and rides 40 miles into to town.  I usually pick up Rudy and the 5 other ranch kids who get off at our stop in the afternoons.  Lately I have been leaving a little early for the bus stop so that I can have a few extra minutes to listen to my Janet Evanovich books on CD in my car. 

While Rudy is gone to school, Mr. Pickles (Mr. Pickles or sometimes just Pickles or Picky is our youngest son.  He got the name because in cowboy lingo a "pickle" is a horse that doesn't really want to behave or get along.  Not that Mr. Pickles is bad or mean, but he is...well, he is naughty and into everything!!!) 

Anyway, while Rudy is at school and my husband is off doing whatever it is that cowboys do (I have some secret thoughts about what he is actually doing all day and I am pretty sure it involves staying "busy" aka out of sight, as to avoid my honey-do list.)  But, while he is off and Rudy is off, Mr. Pickles and I sit around and eat Bon-Bon's.  Not really. 

We do all kinds of stuff that is pretty boring and normal.  That is the whole point of this blog...to show my family what we do all day....We do lots of stuff like this....he licks the butter off his biscuits and I take pictures of it.

I am lucky enough to be a stay-at home mom, though I am not home very much.  I run a clothing website and I will give myself a shameless plug  www.thespicycowgirl.com is my business and when not tending to the website I set up a booth at barrel races and rodeos to sell my inventory.  Barrel Racing is one of the other main-stays in my life. During the day I help with the book work of a large barrel racing association.   I also spend a good portion of my time working on whatever random projects I have....my husband says I have more hobbies than anyone he knows and I am usually working on one of them....cooking, finding new recipes, surfing Pinterest, sewing, riding, gardening, taking pictures, etc...so really that is probably what the main "meat" of this blog will be....sharing my hobbies with my friends.