Enrichment Stuff

I thought I'd show you all the things I've been doing for Enrichement. Check here.

Thank goodness for Grace

Grace is at that fun age where she cracks me up daily. A couple days ago Jaden was getting ready to go to wrestling. My kids both have a bit of a hick accent so when Jaden told Grace that she could come but that they didn't "cheer" there and she couldn't "cheer". Grace responded with a very confused look, "why don't they have chairs!"

Then today she asked if we could go to McDonalds. I told her "no" and she asked the usual "why not". I told her because we didn't have the money for it today. She told me I could use daddy's money. I asked her where daddy's money was(maybe he has a stash I don't know about). She said it was on his nightstand. A few minutes ago she came all dressed up in her dress up clothes and handed me her purse. Then she said "oh wait, I have sumpeen(aka something) for you." She ran and came back with her piggy bank and gave it to me. I asked what it was for and she said it was for me because I didn't have any money.

Does it work

Ok, so this whole private thing was a lot of work. If anyone knows of anyone who wanted to be invited and wasn't, please let me know or have them e-mail me (bonniefholley@yahoo.com)!

Private

I have decided that it might be time for going private. I love to keep up with everyone and this might not be a permanent thing but for now I feel it will be safer. I finally started watching who checked out my blog and it freaked me out. If you want to keep checking in please send me an e-mail(bonnie_h@ymail.com) or leave me a post with your address so I can add you. Even if you have never commented or I didn't even know you checked in, please let me know and I will send you an invitation! I will keep this up for a couple weeks!

Enough buffalo talk...let's talk men

The man tag
A. The rules are posted at the beginning.
B. Each Person answers questions about their sweethearts
C. At the End of the post, the person then tags people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged.Alright people here are the facts and details.
What is your husbands name? Cory Paul Holley
How long have you been married? 7 years
How long did you date? I'm not sure when we started dating. I knew him for 2 years before we got married and we were engaged for about 5 months
How old is he? 32
Who eats more sweets? Me!!!
Who said I love you first? I think it was me, I don't think he said anything after either-ouch!
Who is taller? Cory
Who can sing the best? Cory has a pretty good voice but neither of us is very comfortable singing. I'm pretty sure I suck!
Who is smarter? I guess that depends- he is pretty smart but he can't seem to boil water!
Who does the laundry? Me-but I don't do it "right", I guess t-shirts should be hung to dry?
Who pays the bills? Me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me-its closer to the door and the crying kids
Who mows the lawn? Both of us-usually Cory though
Who cooks dinner? me-note the boiling water comment above
Who drives? Cory-he has serious male issues about me driving-but to be honest he scares me sometimes
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Both of us-but usually I have to cry before he admits he is wrong
Who kissed who first? He kissed me first
Who asked who out first? Cory asked me
Who wears the pants? Depends on the issue!

I tag Kristen, Alisha, Becky, Leslie, Dani

Call me Annie Oakley

This morning I am incredibly behind on everything I need to get done but I told my dad I would post some pictures of my fun weekend. I will try not to bore anyone with all the details of the hunt. So here are the highlights:
1- it rained hard most the day Saturday which limited what we could see and other than two that mom saw far away we didn't see much-Sunday there were trucks stuck and sliding off the mountain
2- we had awesome friends and family-mom and dad, Kevin & Nicole, Laura, Paul & Linda, Art, Vic, some of Paul's friends from work, my kids & husband. My kids were awesome and spent a ton of time in the truck-all day some days
3-we got up by 5:30 every morning and didn't get to bed until after 10. Then I was up in the night nursing Lane. I'm pretty tired. I would run to find a buffalo and then hurry back to feed my child.
4-Monday I hiked to the ends of the earth - Jaden hiked with us for a bit and is an awesome hiker
5-shot the buffalo on Tuesday morning early after deciding to stay one more morning and then call it quits
So as ironic as this sounds and for those who have hated the idea of hunting-let me tell you that I have a much greater appreciation for animals. My father-in-law says "why ruin a good hunt by killing an animal" and I agree. The fun of the hunt was being so close to the animals, hiking with my husband and seeing him in his element, explaining things to my kids-like how the body works, the amazing world we live in, how easy we have it, etc. I didn't think I would get emotional about killing an animal but I did. I've learned that most good hunters have the same emotions. Killing isn't easy and I don't understand people who can carelessly do it.
I'm not sure what else to tell so I'll just show the pictures. I'm so glad to be home and to finally sleep.

I'm off to shoot a... buffalo?

Ok, so I am officially off in the next few hours to attempt to shoot a buffalo. I'm alredy exhausted! Hopefully, I find a big buffalo standing right off the road tomorow morning and swiftly shoot it with one shot and then I can relax the rest of the time. Reality will probably include 20 mile hikes down and up steep canyons, waking up at 5 every morning after only a few hours of sleep thanks to Lane, and never finding anything that lookds like a buffalo! Anyway, hope all of you have a good weekend!

Are you kidding me?

Sorry, this post is going to be where I vent for a minute. Don't be surprised if I pull this post eventually but right now here it is. There has been so much construction around us lately. As if building in a newer subdivision and having all that comes with that isn't enough, all the roads into and out of our area are under construction. I understand that, I should have known that coming into it. But today, the mail system is my gripe. We have one of those community mailboxes around the block. We actually kinda like having to walk down to it every day. For some reason(I'm sure someone else would understand) there has been a huge hole dug across the road right to the side of the mailboxes. I can still access my mailboxes without being in any danger but to the average joe driving by they may just avoid the situation. I got mail there the first day the hole was there but the last two days I haven't gotten anything. I haven't missed all the junk mail but I am awaiting instruction from the Division of Wildlife Resources for a blood sample that I have to take from my bison(if I shoot one) this upcoming weekend. If I don't get it I could be charged with a felony! So I've been kinda wanting it to come. So today, I called the post office and asked if they were simply holding the mail at the post office. They informed me that they are not. The mail goes out every day with the carrier. Her route takes all day and if she feels that the box is not a safe delivery she won't deliver. She may be back before the post office closes, but she may not. His recommendation for me...watch for her. Ok, I have 3 kids, 1 dance class, 1 kindergarten pick-up, a sick baby and the mailbox is not where I can see it from my house. I'll just go camp out next to it in hopes that she hasn't already driven by and mabye, just maybe, I'll catch her. Who are they kidding? I'm adding them to my list of annoying and not very customer friendly must haves...cable, any furniture delivery, and now the mail carrier. Heaven help me!