Why Not Nikker?: Rounding out 2010!

So when we were kids and complained about how little time we had left to do whatever activity. My mom would always say, "Guess time flies when you're having fun." Now I am not going to say ALL of 2010 was fun, but there were some pretty good "parts" to it and it moved right out that is for sure!

Here my dad is getting Wyatt "All jacked up on Mt. Dew"! Yeah, we are "those" kind of people! If I think Chad is being a drama momma, I often tell him, "You're not on fire Ricky Bobby!" (In my best southern accent. My grand parents are from Arkansas and Missouri, so I feel like genetically I should be predisposed to have a good one! Hehehee!!) And if he knows it, or isn't too crabby about my comment, will follow up with a call for help from Tom Cruise and Oprah. Sad, but true! ( : Wyatt, the number one bright spot this year!! Yeah for Wyatt, he's the best!!

My dad and Chad causing my Aunt Karen some grief...but I'll tell ya what. She walks right into some of it with a kick me sign! ( : Another great spot in the year this year was Chad and I finally getting a house. Thank God! And I do mean that!! We got some great help from my parents and sister Kacey, her main squeeze Germy...I mean Jeremy and their 4 kids. Chad's dad and step mom came down and pitched in and really made our summer! It was great to get help from our families!!!

We are also pretty excited and thankful that my sister Mindy has a DTF baby on the way!! What a great experience this is going to be!! I can't wait to see what this little girl, (we ordered that sex you know!) is going to grow up to be!! Her goof mom, now know as heart attach on the hoof did give us quite a scare just before Christmas. Enough of a scare that I almost wanted to haul her to mom and dad's for the time we were gone. If it weren't winter in N. Idaho, I may have!!

How the dingy broad did what she did, will of course remain a mystery as will how long she was stuck. Sorry no pictures as I was pi$$ing myself while trying to figure out if she was still alive and how the he!! I was going to free her dead or alive. I pulled into the driveway chatting on the phone with Mindy like every other day of the week and I saw Tari laying on her side near the feeder. Three legs stuck out like a cow with bloat. I am giving Mindy the blow by blow as I approach the "dead" horse and see her breath...then the "dead" horse realizes I'm there and lets out a desperate nicker. It took me hours...really seconds to see she had her hoof wedge in a small upright support for the feeders trough. She must have been wallowing around and some how got it stuck in there. The feeder wasn't frozen to the ground but she felt herself get stuck and froze. And then she waited for me to get home. It was fairly easy to get her foot out and her on her feet.

She was a little lame for a few hours due to the long period of time her left hind leg was flexed, but by morning she was rearing to go! I did have to put some blankets and towels in the dryer to get her warmed back up. She got the shakes once we were up and moving. I called the vet for some advice...never heard back from him. Until the next Monday...when he got my page. He said that they had been having problems with the paging system there. He also asked me why I didn't call back. I told him it was because she turned the corner in a good way so I didn't feel I needed to light up his office. I don't think he was impressed, but alls well that ends well...and hey, I consulted with my sister several times...that counts right? LOL!

Chad and I got a new puppy. She is loosely Kages replacement as last year he had a very bad winter. Many a night I found myself crying over his dumb butt. Apparently the angst he feels about us getting a puppy has recharged his batteries. Although crabby, arthritic, and now officially known as the fun killer...he is fat and happy! Eating all of the candy I don't like and as much horse poop as he can gobble up at one time.

Chad named her Seven... Seven times cuter than your dog he tells people! Such a proud parent!!

Mindy and I decided to theme Christmas this year. Our theme was a useful stuff only. If it has to be dusted, then it will have to be re-gifted. I think that we did a really good job of it! Dad got a shotgun, home protection. We bought mom a new snow blower, home improvement. ( And her old one is ailing.) I got Mindy 6 bottles of her favorite hot sauce, food improvement. A misc. leather scrap bag, tack improvement. And an angry desk calender, schedule improvement. Freddy got a memory card for his cell phone. No more deleting Wyatt pictures and videos. And Wyatt....well how do you get a little boy something that doesn't have to be put on a shelf or box? We got him a leap frog learning toy.

Kacey and her family showed up late on Christmas Day. So while waiting for them, mom gave Wyatt rides on the shovel Mindy got. The Border Collies weren't sure it was that great of an idea.

It worried Kage too. He wasn't sure that the old lady dragging the kid around could keep from running him over. Of course he wouldn't get away from the action either. Silly dog.

Fred and Mindy's kid will ride anything!! He rode the shovel, the dog, and two different little kid cars while he was at his Grandparents house.

Once Kacey, Jeremy, Chris, and Olivia...oh, and Jeremy's dog 88 (yeah another NASCAR reference...) showed up, it was present opening all over again!! Chris and Olivia played Santa... Hip young Santa's with I-Pods and Monster Gear.

It was a pretty good Christmas and family gathering to end the year. We weren't all together last year, so it was special...like the window licking kind of special, but special none the less. ( : Hehehee!!

Poor little 88 didn't like his niece Seven. When he isn't happy, he hides his head. He choose to hide under the tree. It was pretty easy for her to find him...much to his chagrin. He tried hiding his head in several other places, only to find her breathing down his neck.

Mindy and I also got to see our 4th sister Bonnie this trip home. I've posted about Bonnie before, she's the Iron Woman. She is truly a person that makes you better for knowing her.

Well that about sums it up for me and my rambling... I am not sure I stayed the least bit on topic.

For once, Kacey is taller than me. Too bad for her it all ended when I stood up.

Wyatt is such a ham. I can't wait 'til he gets older. It should be a wild ride. Mindy decided yesterday, having him be a farrier would work out smashingly for her. Ride, rope, and shoe...that'd be OK!!

88's dad. Germy. Yes germ + y. Kissing my sister will do that to a guy. Poor poor Germy. Whatever germ he has also got to his head and caused him to be a Dale Junior fan. SO much of a fan that all of the X-Mas wrapping paper had Junior all over it. I hope they find a cure for him soon! ( :

This long and rambling blog post wore everyone out. Wyatt's done. Finished. Kaput. Dads not really sleeping, he was just trying to hide from the camera. Little does he know that he has a couple of appearances on here. Sorry dude!!