update

we've been having a lot of adventure with Oakley...he is a most wonderful dog and is very well behaved for a 4 month old pup. He is cuter than ever and is becoming a horse-dog. We went on a great ride with him for his very first time and he was awesome. So awesome, that Josh and I are even more excited to have him knowing he already is great with the horses. He got stepped on...and luckily was fine. Now he knows his boundaries are really stays clear of their legs. It has been an adventure and a lot of fun. We're trying to spend lots of time up the canyons at our own cabins, other peoples cabins, trails, and whatever else can bring us outside. July has been great...nothing beats summer (except my new skis that are waiting for me).
a few photos..

new post coming soon...

a lot has happened. i will post soon...i hope. hope hope hope...thank goodness for hope.

it's better than dope...not as fun as a jump rope, certainly healthy..that hope.

is this a good poem?  nope nope nope

raccoon eyeballs

hi, nothing like having a Wednesday off with josh, heading up to the mountains, and coming back as a raccoon.....completely FRIED FACE! hello. haven't seen the sun in who knows how long because even in the summer i work in a deep, dark, basement. hmf. maybe it's my vitamin d deficiency reminding me that i'm deficient. i got enough for like.. 2 days. anyway, it has naturally inspired me to think of missy's crispy's which are going very well actually. i'm looking for people to follow the blog though, will you!? come on. it's easy. seriously. and who doesn't love rice crispy treats. if you're my friend i know you love them because they get devoured everywhere i make them. it's true. and i'm not being prideful, it's actually something i can't help. it's just happened over time which has led to me going forward and hoping to make it into a REAL live business.  keeping my fingers crossed that it works out smoothly.
so, please visit
missyscrispys.blogspot.com
mail too. remember friends, you can special order, never order, or even have them shipped. yes you can have them shipped. your greatest dream has just come true.
you're welcome.
thank you.

president's day

today is presidents day. we briefly mentioned it and went on our way being glad we hardly had to work...instead, we headed to God's country and x-country skied in the GORGEOUS sunny weather on a blanket of (oldish) snow. it was LOVELY. deer everywhere...our old footprints from when we hiked a few days ago and a lot of great quality time with danger. I was skiing down this hill, kinda steep for me on xx skies, but was loving it. screaming with excitement the whole way down. josh was filming me. i crashed at the end and there is very distinct proof of me going from very happy to very freaking out...my knee was all tweaked and it was getting tugged in the wrong direction and it was making me nervous so i was screaming frantically so josh would rush to me..sometimes i'm still laughing so i have to be extra dramatic to make sure he knows. oh, he knew alright because it sounded like i was dying. luckily he stopped the recording asap so as to not embarrass us when we later view it. hahahahahahahahhahahahha when he came dashing to me it was super funny. like a guy running in flippers but 4 times the length and no poles and a camera in hand and a look on his face like he is trying to take the situation seriously but when you see it on replay on the video, it's totally and absolutely pathetic. i swear it was crazier then it looks...i swear it.

go ahead laugh. it's funny right. yup, when it's not you of course it's funny. i'm used to it though so i laugh too. hahahahahaha

happy birthday dear presidents...just another excuse to get outside :)

twenty-five

I am turning 25 in a week...and I am actually really excited about it. I keep thinking to myself that 25 will be a really great year...I just have a feeling it will be good. but then i worry that i'll jinx myself instead and it's going to turn out to be a disaster...but i don't want that. so i'm not sure what to think. i'm just going to wish myself a good year. i have been thinking about all the good memories i have from school years, sports, college, friends, and everything that makes me happy. sometimes i start to think about all the hard times and i realize there are as many of those as good times almost...but how surprising it is to think of the happy things and you don't realize there were ever any struggles. it proves that thinking positively can make your life happy and good. so here's to preparing for a really great 25th year (or is it really my 26th year?) hmm.

i'm starting it off by being really productive all week..doing something every night after work that i want to get done. hoping it will last more than a day. hopefully i'll actually have something funny to write on here.

heavy

We finally had a fabulous snow storm....full of heavy, WET, snow....it was a joy to come home at 11:00pm and shovel for an hour. it's great exercise and it always feels good to head over to a neighbors while you're at it. Maybe i found it enjoyable because 80% of the time Josh is out there on his own. I like to do it together though...it's hard to watch the other work hard from inside the warm house.

Also, we've finally changed the look of the blog...slightly. I like it.

pickle post

hello.

i'm here to discuss pickles. i promised alyssa and mike that i would post this as my first picture post. i think it's my first picture post anyway.

FRIED PICKLES

alyssa (and mike) introduced us to this delicacy and josh even ate 2. he HATES pickles and that is zero exaggeration.

to start off winter ( that still hasn't come for real) we spent an AMAZING weekend at the park city resort. and one of the best parts was the restaurant we found on main street. BEST SERVICE WE HAVE EVER HAD...it was stupendously enjoyable...truly.

hmm what else is there to report. we've started one of our first traditions - shooting our pumpkings once xmas decor goes up. i shall go find a picture to post. be right back.....

here is our ginormous pumpkin.

here is me.

and the photos that i tried to drag down are gone...thanks to my ghetto blog setting. uggg.

i should be speaking more words...well writing them. words of wisdom. but i have so many picutres that are speaking so many thousands of words that i'm getting overwhelmed.

this little man makes me so happy that even though i rotated his photo and it never works i don't even care.

this is a lovely day at solitude...it's quickly becoming my favorite place to ski. but i have so many places to try that i can't say that for sure.

i've been married to a cowboy for 3 years now.

naturally, i've become a cowgirl. bare-backing

christmas morning. josh got me BOGS. i'm becoming a legit ranch-hand

with so many pictures in words, i'm feeling like there are too many. we'll see.