My time in Colorado

Hello, I know it has been a while since my last post. I'm sorry I am just getting to posting about my trip to Colorado. Well to start off, it was 100 degrees the day I left and very humid! I have to drive at night, because I have no air conditioning in my van. So when I actually left it was about 85 degrees. I drove to Dumas, TX and stayed the rest of the night. When I woke up, it was already cooler, and the closer I got to Colorado, the cooler it got. I was up on one of the passes and actually hit 59 degrees, it was SO nice! I arrived in Olathe, Colorado and it was nice and cool there also. So it was WONDERFUL getting to escape the heat and humidity. I immediately started helping my mom with her cherry harvest. I worked EVERY DAY but ONE. And we worked from DAWN TO DUSK (except for Sundays, we only worked in the afternoon). We would go to bed at night not even able to keep our eyes open, we were so tired!

I had taken the kids' bikes out there to ride in the orchard, and I'm so glad I did, they had such a blast doing that. Blake actually learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels, and he really did GOOD once he learned, which was quite an ordeal teaching him.

Every day was about the same, work work work. Then we had an opportunity to be a vendor at a BIG event in Olathe. It was a thing called "Night Vision". Basically it was a 2 day festival (July 3rd and 4th) and they brought in about 15 Christian bands to perform. Some of the bands were: Natalie Grant, Brandon Heath, the David Crowder Band, The Catinas, etc... (I can't remember all of them). So for those 2 days, we sold cherries and got to be at the festival and work at the same time, which was pretty fun.

I went to Colorado a little discouraged. Not too bad, but just a little unhappy. Well, I got to go to 4 baptisms and an ordinance supper, which really uplifted me, which I REALLY needed!

One of the highlights of my trip was getting to go to Ouray, Colorado (on my one day off) and spend the day with my sister, Peggy, who lives there. She took me and the kids WAY up into the San Juan Range. The terrain was SCARY, it was a one lane road (with an occasional part to pull off for oncoming cars to get through). There were rocks (BIG ROCKS) everywhere on the road, and cliffs all over. It isn't the most peaceful drive up into the mountains, but the views are BREATHTAKING! She took us up what they call Yankee Boy Basin, and it is just gorgeous there! (The mountains displayed on the top of my page is the San Juan Range, and we were on the back side of them) I really enjoyed that day, and I know it will be a great memory for me and my kids forever.

The first scenery picture is an actual picture of the road we drove on, pretty scary huh? The below picture is of me, the kids, and my nephew, Danny

Then after being in Colorado for 2 weeks, I was ready to come home, even if it was to heat & humidity. The old saying is true: There's no place like home :) I decided to go home through Denver and stop and see my brother-in-law and sister-in-law (Dale and Chantel). So we drove up to Denver, stayed the night, and it ended up working out that Chantel got to ride with me to Oklahoma and visit her family for a week, so I had company on my way home.

It was such an enjoyable trip for me. I got so much rejoicing while I was there, and was just glad to get to go :)

Major catch-up & PRAYER request for my mother

Hello, I'm so sorry I haven't been on here in a long time, and even more sorry that I haven't been commenting on your blogs. I've been a busy lady lately. I finally have a day off today, but will mainly be catching up on my house today. But I have the first half of next week off and I will try to get caught up on everyone else's blogs. A lot has happened since my last post. First of all, I got a different job, the hotel did have a couple perks, but had wayyy more downfalls. So now I am doing something I love, and that is taking pictures at the Wal-Mart Portrait Studio (PictureMe). So far it is really fun. I enjoy taking pictures and I love kids/babies, which is the main people getting their pictures done. So that has been going good so far. I don't plan on being there forever, but until we can get back on track/caught up.
Our lives have been really confusing and stressful. Ryan quit his job, and things have just been... not good. But, Ryan has figured out what he wants to do and is going for it now! I'm happy for him. He is starting, on Monday, to take online courses to be a Personal Fitness Trainer. It will take 10 months to get his certification, and then he will be doing what he has always wanted to do. And he also got a job that he is excited about. I hope this job goes good for him, he is very optimistic about it. He just started demonstrating Kirby vacuums. He doesn't have to sell them, but he does show people what they can do. So we'll see how that goes.
I haven't been myself, I've just been so stressed and I'm finally feeling like myself again after praying that things would work out, things are starting to go good again.
This past weekend was the Henryetta campouts. Ryan and I took our tent down there and we all stayed in a tent (which was FUN) for 3 nights. The whole weekend was SO wonderful and UPLIFTING! We got to visit with so many brethren, and the meeting on Sunday was WONDERFUL! I will post some pictures in a couple days when I have a little more time.
I really need to go for now, and get back to my chores, and just be patient with me, I WILL be commenting on all your blogs in just a few days :)
I do have ONE more thing to ask of all of you... PLEASE pray for my mom, she has been down, unable to walk for a week or more. She has been down with Gout in her right foot. Her name is Nora, and she REALLY needs prayers.
We'll talk to you all very soon ♥

Goodbye Buddy, hello Gabriel!

Yesterday was the day I actually needed to post this, but it didn't happen, so oh well ;) We sold our cockatiel, Buddy yesterday. A super nice family bought him, and I know he will be very happy with the new family. I will kind of miss him, but I am mostly relieved. We had just gotten tired of having him around.
And also yesterday, I got a new baby nephew, ♥ Gabriel ♥ . I hate that he lives about 2500 miles away from me. I hope that I get to see him before he gets too big. But I'm thrilled about the new little addition to my family. I am getting another niece/nephew in March, and can't wait for that little bundle to arrive. But anyway... Congratulations Lee and Cherrie, oh and happy anniversary as well :)
Also, I've still been on the search for a job. I went to an interview today and immediately after the interview, the manager got out her paperwork for a new employee, so I got the job. I was a little shocked that she didn't wait a day or two to call me back, but I was glad that everything went well. I will be a photographer, which is great because you all know how much I love pictures! A LOT :) So I'm pretty excited. It is 25 cents an hour less than the hotel job, but I don't have to pay $8.00 a day to park at this place, so that is a major plus over the other place. I have a much better feeling about this place than I did at the hotel. We are still in need of prayers, this has been a huge setback for us, and we'll make it, but it will take a lot of work.