Look what my husband brought home from Beaver

This is one of the Baxter's little kitties... Let me introduce to you to Spooky.

She's loving being an inside cat ~ hanging out on a blanket and a pillow on the couch.

I found Spooky inside this very small box...
Just chillin folks. She's giving me a little wink.

Watching this kitten play makes you forget all the troubles of the world.

She will play with anything! A small piece of paper on the floor will keep her entertained for about 20 minutes.

I loved it most when she came running in our room ... sideways ... on her tippie paws ... her back arched and tail pointed!!

Quixa wanting that kitty!!

Now, this is Baxter ... the one I wanted.... we may try him out for a while and see how it works out. Isn't he so cute! I think it's a he...??

More good news from Matthew's cardiologist

Dr. Mayman... his pediatric cardiologist.
Matthew is asleep in this picture ... after having a huge conniption while waiting. This is Dr. Baron his GI doc.

Matthew's Blog: Two doctor appointments this morning.

Thank goodness October is over and we had all good news from his doctors.

No more specialist appointments for 4 months!!

We don't need to see the pulmonologist or cardiologist for 6 months. His pediatrician is as needed. We just need to keep him healthy during the winter months.

We sure thank our blessings.

I posted some pics while at the two doctor appointments.

Beaver Blog Cabin

This is Matthew's trapezoid window. We had to make it a slider so that if there were ever a fire, a firefighter could crawl thru the window.

This is the trapezoid window over the staircase. Only one more window to put in and we're done with windows ~ and the cabin will be totally "dried in."

Getting that trim up to cover the double insulation, that cost us double what we thought. lol Well, that part really isn't that funny.

Mike is still caulking... he has one more side to caulk. It takes foreeeeevvvvveeeerrrrr!

Also, it's getting colder now, and it has to be 40 degrees or higher to caulk outside. I don't think caulking is Mike's favorite part. It's murder on his finger.

Next, the covered deck across the back and the side over the hill. Woo Hoo! I can hardly wait for that!!!!!!! It's going to look so much bigger w/ a covered deck.

Thennnnnn at some point, they will put up the balcony outside of Kimmy's room.

Matthew's Blog: What is a mic key mom & dad to do???

Matthew's Blog: What is a mic key mom & dad to do???

This is a little gross, but you get used to it.

More wedding pics in addition to my previous post

Matthew was too grumpy and sick for me to go to Beaver this time ... so, I came to mom's ~ it was the only way to stop Matthew's major conniption fit. While I was here I scanned some more wedding pics.
This is Mikey and Casey. My two favorite men.
Now you can see all the beautiful dresses that Marci made. Marci is to the right and those are her little girlies. My sister Kim is next to me. Marci had just had colon cancer surgery the April before our wedding and she still made my dresses!! She's doing great BTW ~ 95% cured. Praise God!
My two best boys. I am close to 11 years older than Mike... and Mike is close to 11 years older than my son. *snort* Casey walked me down the grass to the alter.
This is Johnny and Mike... Johnny and Mike have been best friends since Jr. High ... up in San Ramon. This picture is hysterical...it was taken the day after the wedding while cleaning up.

I have this 5x7 framed in our den. I frequently tell Mike that I've always known Johnny is really "his best girl". I knew I caught on the rebound!! LOL

Our 7th Wedding Anniversary is today

First, I'd like to thank my mom for scanning this pic she has hanging on her wall and e~mailing it to me....
I have a scanner but I can't figure the thing out. I have another great picture similar to this, but it has my son Casey in it, too. Maybe I can get it on later. Casey looked so incredibly handsome!!

Anyway...

I can't believe it's been 7 years now. That was one of the happiest days of my life.
I had finally found Mr. Perfect. It was a dream come true ~ I still pinch myself to be sure this is real. Mike is just as perfect today as he was back then and he still calls me his "best girl"!
Isn't he soooo handsome!!

We had such a fun backyard wedding.

October is a great month here in L.V. ~ nice an cool.
We decided to save tens of thousands of dollars and do it simple. We just took a lot of the money we saved and fixed up our patio and backyard instead! *shakes head* We are just so practical!! LOL

We always joke around that we got married out by the dog run. (Mike had built the most beautiful dog run w/ slump stone and fancy wrought iron. You'd never know it was a dog run.) When people would see these pictures, they would ask if we got married at The Secret Garden... and we'd just giggle and tell 'em "nope, we got married out by the dog run!!" Sometimes if I ever misbehaved, Mike would jokingly say, "Hey, you promised to obey ... right out there by the dog run!".

One of my very best friends, Marci in Reno HAND MADE my champagne wedding dress and veil ... all the bridesmaid dresses (amethyst in color) and the flower girl dresses. Her daughters were my little adorable flower girls. This dress is so incredibly beautiful...there are 110 buttons down the back of this dress ... her husband helped to cover. There is a huge beautiful bow at the bottom of the dress..... and there is lace on the dress full of sequins and pearls.

Another one of my very best friends, Susan flew up from Florida to take all of my wedding pictures and she did a fabulous job! She ran around in her little "zebra" dress, barefoot taking pictures. She was the master of the wedding. She also helped us to beautify the dog run by putting all kinds of big huge fake plants on the other side.

We had a cake baker (who worked at the Belagio) bake and decorate the most beautiful wedding cake. I will post a picture if I can ever scan pictures. This was the best tasting cake EVER. The cake was for 150 people (we had 125 people) and it was GONE by the time WE got around to it! We did get our little bite during the cutting of the cake and toast.

The caterer was supposed to show up at 11 AM for our 2:30 pm wedding... but since there was a UNLV and UNR football game... a couple of the workers didn't show up...
so the caterer showed up at 2:00!! I was in a panic.

I'll spare ya'll the gory details of the night before when we were setting up all the chairs and tables. Our very old cat was leaving little loose "bombs" all over the place. I was freaking out.

It was such a magical day and it went by so fast. Blurr is what we remember of it.

Our house has so many wonderful memories. I first met Mike in my kitchen during a little BBQ. Mike proposed to me during his 30th birthday party, in the kitchen. Then, we got married here!

Thank you Mike for making me the happiest girl on earth. Thank you for being the best husband ever. Thank you for being such a good daddy to our little soldier boy. Thank you too, for loving and caring for Casey as if he were your own son!

Well, we're off to Beaver again, our other little piece of Heaven on earth. We bought that property while on our honeymoon!!! We were camping in Utah and drove around looking for land.



Hey... look what I found on my computer "pictures" file... here's the cake!

Matthew's Blog: No more kidney reflux!! Wahhhh hoooo!!

Isn't he so sweet! Hospitals now have "blue" print now, in the past he wore "pink".

Matthew's Blog: No more kidney reflux!! Wahhhh hoooo!!
We are all so glad it's over ... and he'll never have to go thru that again.
He's ready to get outta there. This picture cracks us up... we call it the "one cheek peek".

ATV riding up the face of Beaver Mountain

Tanji surprised me with a few hours "off" of caring for Matthew to go for an ATV ride up the face of Beaver Mountain with Mike ... I hadn't done that since before Matthew was born. It was soooo much fun...I loved every second. I think October is the most beautiful time up in Beaver. The leaves are turning orange and yellow. Here are a few "cell phone" pics:

A self portrait.... we were in Heaven.

Our cabin is down there a little past those two roads... to the left of center.

Our new "old" woodburning stove

Well, here it is. The wood burning stove we bought from a family in Cedar City. Timmy found it for us by listening to "Tradio"... it's a program where you listen to local classifieds on the radio!! Very very country... it's so funny. This stove is going to be great because there is a blower on the back that will blow the heat coming from the fire (thru those little holes up top) and 8 inch tube ... also, we will be able to burn coal along with the wood. The doors are huge so we could burn a stump! Can you see the deers and the moose on the front?? This puppy was approx 600lbs... it took 4 strong "he men" to carry it up into the family room.

This old one cost us only a third of what a brand new one would cost and fits our needs a lot more. I would have liked to have had a glass front, but we'll get a screen. We bought some beautiful slate from Home Depot, it will go under the stove.
It's an "Indian multi color"... something like that. It's going to be pretty.

Just got home from spending almost two weeks in Beaver. Mike has done a lot of the caulking on the outside of the cabin.

I won't be going up for a couple weeks.

This month is a busy doctor month ... we spent almost 2 hours at his pulmonologist office yesterday... we go for a kidney reflux test Tuesday (that will NOT be fun for Matthew or us) ... he as a GI doctor appointment and an ECHO in a couple weeks. The last ECHO was 6 months ago. As usual, I get nervous about the ECHO. Hoping for no more leaking and no sludge build up on that valve.

Not much else going on around here.

Class Reunion of 1978 was BLAST!!!

Sunday, Sept. 28th update: I went to the festivities last night as well. Like Friday night, it was a blast. Lot's of 70's music being played in the background to keep us all back in time!! Still amazed at how good everyone looked. There were lots of posters, signs and pictures of the good ole days at Western High School. Lots of dancing (NOT ME THOUGH) and good food. There was a large blue, red & white cake for us to enjoy, I enjoyed the chocolate w/ chocolate cream filled. We are going to try and have a once a year informal get together. What was crazy, it did not seem like 30 years had passed.... it's like we all just picked up where we left off. I took a moment to sit and watch all my ole classmates laugh and talk and dance ... it was so enjoyable...
I wanted to absorb every minute. I am so lucky. Thank you again Kim for coming to sit w/ Magoo. I really wish Mike could have been there.

I had the time of my life last night!!!! I am so glad my sister really pushed me to go. She was so kind to come over after a long day of prosecuting creepy criminals to watch my little "toddler tornado". Oh, I did put a watch on after this pic was taken.... you can see my watch line.

I felt like a teenager again ~ it was like we went back in time!!! Everyone looked so wonderful and exactly like they were in high school. I could have stayed thru the night!

Honestly, we all couldn't believe we were at our 30th class reunion. The ONLY thing that everyone kept doing as we exchanged our "I'm a person" or business cards, was to pull the card way out and struggle to read the gosh darn thing! Uh....it was so funny. Welllll, in our defense ... it was not the best lighting in the place.

It was kind of like my wedding day... there were soo many fun people to talk to ... but you didn't have time to visit with any one person too long and you didn't want to miss talking to someone.
Crazy. Sometimes you would be talking to someone, then someone else would come along and tap you on your shoulder right in the middle of a conversation... it was nuts!!

When I was in school, I had a bad habit of never wearing my shoes (sorry mom) ... I always took them off and carried them on my finger. Well, my feet were killing me last night because I am not used to wearing adorable high heeled shoes. So, if I were standing there just talking, I would just step out of my shoes and visit comfortably and maybe a couple times I walked around with them off. People totally remembered that I was the barefoot queen.

I will come back w/ more fun details ... but you know how I was worrying because I need to lose those nasty 15 to 20 lbs .... well, everyone made me feel so good last night that I totally forgot about it! I am such a "momster" these days. If I hadn't gone, it's because I felt fat and I didn't want anyone to see me that way. How silly... what a mistake that would have been.

Really and truly, even way back then, I knew I went to school with the greatest bunch of kids. A lot of these people I went to Elementary and Jr. High with as well.

The only thing that would have made the night better, was if Mike could have come. He could not get the night off *sad face* ... a couple of the other Sergeants were on leave.

My 30th year class reunion is this weekend.

Dang, I wish I would have gotten those 15 to 20 pounds off!! I've been saying that for 3 years now. I am beginning to wonder if I'll ever get back to my old shape. I think exercise might help ~ I'm pretty good at making excuses.

Oh well ... it should still be fun anyway. Sadly, Mike can't get time off of work, so I have to go alone. My sister kindly offered to watch Magoo for a few hours on Friday night. If it goes well on Friday, I might beg her to watch him Saturday night, too.

The other day, I signed up for Classmates.com ... and oh my heck ... it was so worth it!! I've already been in touch with several of my old buddies. If you haven't done it... it's great.

I didn't go to Beaver this week because I had so many things to take care of here.
I will be going up for ten days next week, the neighbs are going Elk hunting, so I'm tending to the chillins.

I'll be back with some pictures later.

I need to learn how to be contacted when blogs are updated.... Chris H said it was easy, but I couldn't figure it out. I must be we Todd did.

Yowza!! This is what happens when the wind catches the metal... it bore itself into this beam on the ground... we had to make sure no one and no doggies were underneath the roof until it was secured.

Mikey going on his first ride along for Bow Hunting.... my "virgin hunter"... hee hee. Mike had the greatest time... now that the roof is on, the boys can have a little "he man" fun time.

Tim hates having his picture taken.. he's trying to get away from me.

Matthew showing off his peanut butter and marshmallow cream sandwich. Yummy.

The roof is on... they just need to put the trim on the front to cover the insulation.

The loft is done... and the boys are framing the rooms in. They are in the process of putting the windows in upstairs. Mike has been caulking the back side of the house. Once the caulking is done and the windows/doors are all in... they will start the covered deck. Woo Hoo... it's coming along. We bought a wood burning stove and some beautiful slate last week... I will post a pic soon. It's a huge stove w/a blower fan ~ we can load up w/ coal and wood. Can't beat free heat!

A picture Kim took of Sunny while we were gone... he gets lonely, so we have arranged for him to have visitors. Kim is Sunny's favorite person, even though I AM THE ONE who feeds him and takes care of him. When Kim comes over, he practically jumps on her, it's funny. What a silly bird.

The view out of Matthew's room. This will be a trapezoid window. You can barely see all the moo moo cows down in the field. The neighbs were joking around that this would be a perfect place to hunt for the deer in the fields ..... *eh hem* NOT!

Yay, roof is on! We are now home after 10 days in Beaver.

My little "doo rag" dude. He watches his uncle Tim wear a "doo rag" under his floppy hat every day... now he has his own. A casualty of "roofing"... this fell a half a dozen times... I think it still works!! All taped up.

Unloading the steel.

Mike standing in Kim's doorway. Soon there will be a couple windows and doors. Oh yes, and a balcony so no one falls down the ramp to the basement.

Our little house on the hill.

Getting the back side finished first.

The color of the roof is great ... it matches our doors and window buckings perfectly.

With the help of our friend Mike D ... the three guys were able to finish up the roof in a little over a week...there are still some things to do ... but at least it's protected from the rain.

We stayed quite busy the entire time ... the girls do all the cooking and cleaning... and the boys are building a house. We can't feed the boys enough while they kill themselves with work.

Matthew is great....he's talking more and more. Not so much w/ eating, but oh well.. that will take time.