Fishin'

While we were in Central Texas this weekend, we went fishing. Bobby has had the itch to go fishing for some time now, so it was a good thing that we finally did!!

He only ended up catching 1, but his brother {who doesn't like fishing at all, because he never catches anything} got enough for dinner!

We feasted the next day on fried fish, fried pickles, french fries and hush puppies! We like to eat healthy!!
 

Happy Hump Day!

M

The Great Escape.

Well, Bobby and I got to escape west Texas for a nice long weekend at his parents. They have been getting some good rains and it is a green drive most of the way there. That is a nice change since the past couple have been so dry. Saturday morn I got up and went for a big ole long walk with the dogs. They had a blast (until I had to put Sage on a leash due to the fact she can't listen!!) running around chasing rabbits and birds and what not. Sage actually caught a jack rabbit. I was freaking out cause I thought it was a neighbors kid goats, but thankfully it wasn't a goat!!

Since it was perfect weather I had to take some pretty pictures. Thought I would share. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!! 

 

*** I decided to upload these to the computer and put them on. They were very grainy when I just loaded them from my phone. That being said, they are just phone pics! That's about all I take!

M

Friday Photos.

So this is really late, but technically still Friday. It's been a real crazy week, but I still managed to get some pics taken. Monday set the tone for how crazy a week can be. A good friend of mine(s) husband died of a heart attack. So that makes prep for funeral, prep for Shattered Dreams, bible study at my house {which means i have to clean and have something cooked} and then just work and life it's self makes for a crazy week. All that aside, I made it to Friday and praise God it's a long weekend. 

Also, praise him for the wonderful rain we got last night. 2.4 inches!!! 

I'm just going to post a couple pics of projects I did and things I saw. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

M

Photo Friday!

A sweet blog friend of mine did a Photo Friday a while back. Since I have been really lame about keeping posts up, I decided this would be a good way for me to get a post, and not have to write much. Plus... I would love to share my life through pictures, then you can draw your own conclusion.

With that being said, I haven't taken very many pictures lately, so this will also be a very boring post! I failed to get any pictures from our trip last weekend. I was having too much fun I guess! We went to the Western Heritage Classic in Abilene on Friday. It was so much fun and we shopped til we dropped. This had a fabulous time at the Ranch Rodeo that night.

There was an excellent performance from a horse trainer, Bobby Kerr, and one of his mustang makeover horses. This video will show you pretty much what we got to see. He had Pancho with him. The video shows 2 of his mustangs, though. And since I have now idea how to just put the video on here, I will give you the link. Take time to watch it.

We also got to see the Budweiser Clydesdales. One of my favorite things in life. I will own a Clydesdale one day!




Then on Saturday, we made our way to Stephenville to watch my youngest sibling graduate from college. I stole a couple pictures my mom took from Saturday!

Mollie, the graduate, and I!

The whole family.

I just have a couple other pictures. I made some coasters for our living room. I love how they turned out!

And last but not least... Bobby and Sage. She had some parsley stuck in her teeth!!

Have a blessed weekend!!
Mandie

Sunday Projects.

I love a lazy Sunday. Those Sundays that you don't have to do anything you don't want to. A time to catch up on sleep, projects or all of the Hallmark movies you want!! This Sunday was definitely one for the books. My brother, Rygh, and his wife Lyn had come for the weekend to help us work calves. {You can check out her pics!} They left after breakfast Sunday morning and then we just chilled the rest of the day! We played with the dogs, laid in the sun a bit!, watched some tv/movies and most importantly.... WATCHED IT RAIN!!!! Boy, I love the rain!! We probably didn't get too much {I didn't even check the rain gauge}, but it was so refreshing! I pray this is the start of our spring rains!!

I had shared some pictures of the goodies I got at Petticoats on the Prairie a couple weeks ago. Well, I finally did something with one of my items. I'm not sure how long I will like this, but I wanted a cute way to display my instagram photos.

This way it is easy to change out pictures as I get new ones! And I had been looking for something to put on my chalk board for this month. I wanted something springy, but hadn't seen anything I really liked. I do like this a lot though. I want our love for the Father to grow as well as green grass and veggies!!

 

That about does it for the projects I got done. I'm slowly tackling the pile in my craft room! Hopefully I will start getting more and more accomplished!

Hope you all have a great week! 

Praise God for the Rain!!

M

Welcoming Party.

My sweet husband couldn't come with us to the Tough Mudder this weekend. He was kinda tied up with work and needed to stay home and take care of things.

He was anxious, though, to see all my pictures and hear all about the race challenge and was so good to tell me that he was very proud of me and my accomplishments. Man I love him. He also took the time to think of having a welcoming home party for me. He made signs for the dogs and cooked steaks for me. Oh it was so nice to be home! And with my love again!

You're my tough mother mudder

It was so sweet of him to think of me! Love that guy!! And my dogs!

Tough Mudder.

A couple months back a friend asked me if I wanted to do a Tough Mudder with her. I had heard about it, but didn't know tons. {You should check out there website. There are tons of videos of what is about... including supporting the wounded warrior project!} I told her that I would think about it, look into it and ask Bobby. Well, I decided to go for it. So, for the past couple of months we have been training to get ready for this crazy adventure.

This past Saturday was the big day. Once I put my nerves aside we had a total blast. Such fun! Not only did I accomplish something tough, I gained great friends and bonded tighter with existing friends. We took a pledge before we started that went something like this...

With that goal in mind I knew we would have so much fun. I love obstacles and team sports... that's why I love Tough Mudder!

Before

After

Getting ready to go!

One of the hills we had to climb!

Jump over fire into a water pit!

The last obstacle. Electroshock therapy. Looks like it just got me!

 

We made it up that hill.... Take out picture!

 

 

FINISHED!!

 Such a long grueling task, but it was way worth it and so much fun! Now I'm trying to talk Bobby into doing one with me! We'll see!!

M