GOT MUD??

We have got so much mud that it is CRAZY! Our road is completely washed out from all the run off from the barn and arena. Every year we get new gravel put down and every year it goes missing during this time of year but it has never been this bad, other years we could still drive down the road with out four wheel drive but this year it's four wheel drive all the way! This is the driveway to the house that we can not drive up. The news paper lady wont even deliver the news paper because it's so bad
This is the road to the barn that is still kinda good to drive on without getting stuck

This is what we have to drive through to get to the house. If you cant tell there is a ditch there filled with mud and water.

And just look at my poor Yukon XL it's covered in mud. I'm thinking that I should just have it painted to look like mud splatter then it would never look so dirty. I'm not going to be able to wash the thing till like May!
That's just GROSS!

And as if the mud wasn't bad enough there was so much snow sitting on the barn that it caved in one side of the horse stall's. Shane happen to be out feeding when this happened. So now, not only do we have to redo our rode this summer we are going to have to build a new barn because this one is starting to fall apart.

And as you can see our white Prime Time Heifers are turning a lovely mud color.

So if you end up not see us for awhile then you'll know that we are just swimming in mud!

My 32nd Birthday!

The kids thought it would be funny to put 32 candles on the cake and then add the number 32!

I had my 32nd Birthday on January 19th. I really didn't want to post anything about it because I really don't fill like I should be 32! We celebrated my birthday on Sunday January 18th because Shane was not busy and it is his only free day. The girls Shane and Bowdy made me dinner it was pot roast with potatoes, carrots, onions and we had salad it was very good and they made me a cake that turned out very good also.I bought my own birthday presents this year because it's just easier that way. I bought a new pair of furry boots that I love, a new camera that I needed, and a MP3 player that I wanted but Shane could not find. Carlene and Richard got me a new set of makeup bags, and I like those to. Look at all that smoke from all those candles!

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Now to the other reason that we had my birthday a day early is because we had to go to a funeral on my birthday. A very good friend of ours was killed on January 14, 2009 in Arkansas while he was working when a 4 ton piece of pipe fell on him and killed him instantly. His name was Joseph Rhett Ansley, he did a lot for our rodeo and was always willing to help out. We were there from 9:30am to 3:00pm Shane was an Honorary Pall Bearer. Joseph's birthday is today January 23rd he would have been 49 years old.
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Shane still took me on a date on my Birthday we went to Gallup and bought my other birthday present and it was a new mattress for our bed. We ate at Lotta Burger (I wasn't to hungry because we ate at the funeral) Then we went and saw the movie Marley and Me I thought it was a very cute movie Shane not so much he just said he liked it.

Cassidy's Baptism

Cassidy Charmayne Evans was Baptised and Confirmed a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on January 10, 2009. It was a big day for her and her family and we are all so proud of her.

Presiding: Bishop Tietjen

Opening Song: I Know My Father Lives

Opening Prayer: Chelcey Evans

Talk On Baptism: Grandpa, Richard Evans

Baptism Of Cassidy By Her Dad: Shane Evans

Talk On Holy Ghost: Grandma, Carlene Evans

Confirming Done By: Uncle Tom Evans

Closing Song: I Feel My Saviors Love

Closing Prayer: Tatum Evans

Cassidy, Mom, and Chelcey (The little girl is Chancey)
Dad and Cassidy

Cassidy her friend Hidie and Tatum in the back

After the Baptism we went over to Great-Grandpa's and GeeGee's house they were not able to make it so we made sure we went straight over there so they could see Cassidy.

Bowdy, Dad and Great-Grandpa

Cassidy and Great-Grandpa

Bowdy, Chelcey, Gee-Gee, Cassidy and Tatum

Great-Grandpa, Bowdy, Cassidy, Tatum amd Chelcey

Cassidy's 8th Bithday!

Wow! can you believe that this girl is 8 years old! I have a hard time believing it myself! So for her 8Th birthday she wanted to have a Hannah Montana party, of course what else would she have! She got to invite a lot of her friends and her some of her cousins they played Cassidy's says, Freeze Dance and got to pull strings on a Hannah Montana Guitar Pinata.
It was to cold outside to hang the pinata, not to mention that the backyard is still covered in snow up to my knees, so Shane just held it up and let the kids pull the strings. They all had a lot of fun with plenty of cake, ice cream and candy.

There were 16 kids in my house all together! 4 of them are M.I.A. in the picture.

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY CASSIDY!!

Christmas 2008

Our Christmas week started off on Tuesday December 23rd we all went to Gallup to go to the Red Mesa lunch at Virgie's. Then we all headed to the mall to to some shopping the kids were buying gifts for the name that they had. We had decided to just stay in Gallup that night at a hotel because it had been snowing all day and our trip into Gallup was very slow with icy snow packed roads. We took the kids to see a movie it was, The Tale of Despereaux, very cute movie, they liked it. It's a good thing we stayed in Gallup that night because the next morning which was Christmas Eve I woke up with Strep Throat! So I made an appt. to see the doctor and got some medicine before we went home. We had dinner at Amy and Mike's house this year.

We had a great Christmas this year the kids all got what they really wanted. Chelcey being the hardest one to buy for this year was very happy with what she got, an I-Dog, Perfume, and Science stuff. Tatum got just what she wanted and that was some High School Musical stuff and a Easy Bake Oven. Cassidy wanted a lot of Hannah Montana stuff a jump rope and a Guitar. Bowdy being the easiest one to buy for wanted a Bucking Bull, Airplane and Speed Racer. As for me and Shane I didn't really need or want anything this year but I did get a new robe, slippers, some bath stuff and a trip to a Spa. Shane got a silver money clip, a new Shaver, PJ bottoms, Hugo Boss Cologne and After Shave, and a book on how to play the Guitar. The kids were all very excited Christmas morning that the girls were up at 1:00am went back to bed till 4:00am then camped out by the tree till 6:00am when they finally woke up Bowdy who came and woke us up to tell us that Santa had come. We woke up to a lot of snow so we had a White Christmas, it's the only time of the year that I don't care if it snows.

After the kids were done opening all there gifts and they played with them for awhile it was off to go build a big Snow Man!

What a great year we have had we are very blessed with the family we have and look forward to many more years with them they all grow so fast and make us laugh daily.

Our Family 2008

Chelcey 2008 Tatum 2008 Cassidy 2008 Bowdy 2008

Cassidy's Holiday Dance

The little Dancers and the Cheer Leaders

With so many girls in this family there's bound to be a Dance/Cheer coach somewhere right? Well there is and that would be Aunt Jen, and also Aunt Starla who teaches dance class where she lives. Jen has been the Cheer/Dance coach at the High School for awhile now, really I don't know how long, sorry Jen. Jen was also a cheer leader while in high school and in college, so she is very qualified for the job. Well every now and then Jen will do a little cheer camp for the little girls in town and she does a good job at it. This year she got the girls together to do a Christmas dance during halftime of the boys varsity basketball game. Cassidy was the only one of my girls to do the dance Chelcey thought she was to old and Tatum had basketball practice during dance practice. Cassidy had a lot of fun, it's the other side of her that no one gets to see that often, the performer side or as I call it the show off side of her! Cassidy had 3 cousins that danced with her, JoeLi, Madison and of course Kennedy (Jen's little girl) and some of her friends, Rylie, Hannah, and Kourtney. There were 2 other girls but I don't know there names. Good job with the dance girls! And good job teaching them Jen!

Cassidy with Kennedy

All the cute girls taking a big bow

Tatum's first year playing Elementary Basketball

Tatum on the court. Her friend Baylie is behind her.

This is Tatum's first year playing basketball for the Elementary School. Now if anyone knows Tatum well enough you would know that she is all girl, so to watch her play is very funny, because she dances around the court like a ballerina, you will also see her cheering on the sideline or even while she is playing. At one of her games she was playing in she was playing against a friend of hers that she knows through all the rodeos she's been to and decided to put up a conversation with her while guarding her. There are at least 20 girls on the team and with it being elementary level they let them all play a certain amount of time. The coach is doing a good job at making sure that all the players get an equal amount of playing time. Tatum even has a good friend on her team named Baylie Daniels who is just like her. Tatum is enjoying basketball and is doing very good in it, she can even make a basket from the free throw line! Pretty good considering how short she is. Will see how it goes when she hits 8th grade and finds out that she can be a Cheer Leader. I think her basketball playing days will be all over. Her Aunt Jen will be so happy because she is the Cheer Leading coach!

She made this shot!

Go Tatum Go! her friend Baylie never far from her side.