Happy Birthday Rachy-Poo!!

Today is my sis-in-law's bday.

Happy Brithday Rach! We are soooo lucky to have you in our family! I never imagined that I could love Ben's wife as much as I do. I love that you are so different from us .... in a good way, in fact you are cooler than us, well me anyway :) --- you make me laugh and I love to try to trick you. I ADORE you for loving my brother. He is one of the greatest (though maybe orneriest) guys that I know. Whoever he married was going to have to be fantastic ... you are more than I expected. You are patient and kind and funny and cute as heck and smart and creatively talented. My boys (especially Hyrum) adore you and they always want to go see you. Thanks for being so good and patient with them! (As I'm typing this Rach called me, how random is that). I can't wait to meet that little miss hobbz in a few months, you'll be a fun mama, I hope she has your spunk and personality (and pray she doesn't have Ben's temper ... kidding, kidding). Keep it real my sista!!

my very own wizard of oz moment

I TOTALLY just had a wizard of oz moment.

So Fat Dirty (one of the boys cats) just had baby kitties in my backyard by the porch -- not the brightest, but more on them later. So being the mother that I am I went into my frontyard to find something big enough to block some wind for them. I see one of my old doors leaning up against the front of the house. I think "that will work" so I pick it up (old, solid wood door by the way) and then I start walking around the side of the house towards the back. As soon as I got around the corner that dang "Idaho Wind" pushed me over and I landed on my back with the door on top of me. Hyrum is screaming and I'm thinking that I must look like the wicked witch of the west with my feet sticking out. Let me tell you, it was something else.

That's the last time I'll do a good deed for some stupid cat.

Enjoy the weather my pretty!!! (insert evil cackle here)

Look mom, another post

Yes, yes, I am the queen of cool. I'm writing another post.

What? Blogging again today doesn't make me cool. Geez, I thought it did. My bad.

Really, I'm just awake -- Wyatt's at school and the other 3 are still sleeping. I've been feeling pretty cruddy the last few days. Just your run of the mill I can't breathe or lay down because snot runs down my throat and then I gag on it kind of stuff. So instead of sleeping like I want to be, I'm sitting upright in the office blog surfing aka blurfing :) now that's a fun word. Come on Rach, you are slacking in the blog department -- it's not like you're pregnant and working. Oh wait, yes you are :) I miss your stories though! I'm tired of this runny nose and stuffed up head crud. If I wasn't cheif baby feeder maybe I could take something more potent than a tylenol. What I wouldn't give to have the children all gone and be able to take 2 TBSP on Nyquil and just SLEEP for 12 straight hours. Ahhhh, bliss. But alas, I took tylenol an hour ago and I still feel yucky. What? Tylenol won't actually make my sinuses quit draining. Blast! I guess I'll go drink so more water and hope for the best.

Quin left last Sun. but never fear he is coming home LATE tonight --- we have to pick him up at the airport at 11:30 pm. Oh happy day! Not that I'll get to sleep anymore but there will be an actual adult that I can complain to living here in the house :) (I'm really only kinda kidding)

Ok, the princess has awakened and seems to want me. I am such a hot commodity around here.

Peace out.

Check out Sam the Man

okay so you need to go check out the blog I started for Samuel A. Hobley -- professional horse trainer extraordinare :) here is where you can find him. he's accepting clients from everywhere, he'll just train the horses at his arena in Deer Lodge until we can get him moved down here closer. anyone know someone looking to buy a cute house in Montana? have I got a deal for you :) I am so proud of Sam and so impressed by his ever-amazing wife, Autumn, she is really the brains behind the man. Behind every good cowboy is a better wife!!

"Poor crippled calf" and other stories from the Tuckett Home

Hey all!! Quin has been gone this whole week to schooling in Reno -- so I have plenty of time tonight to finally do a rocking post! Be prepared for stellar pictures, moving stories, and laughter. Tonight Miss Maggie got her first trial run with cereal. She LOVED it!! I'm not sure if I'm ready for her to be old enough to eat cereal and roll over (which she almost is) but time keeps on a-marching whether I want it to or not!Mmmmm -- good stuff!! Look at those eyes ~ she was SOOO excited for the cereal -- it cracked me up, I think she ate even better than any of the boys did at first ~ she is so sweet and mellow that when she gets anxious it is so cute!!

While it was warm for a few days a couple of weeks ago --- you know that short time when the wind didn't blow and there was no rain ... Paisley came and played and we had so much fun! Please don't ever tell Coop & Hyrum that dandelions aren't really flowers, they pick them for me and all the girls around all the time. When Paiz came they picked them for her and then I braided it into a crown ~ Hyrum said she looked like a queen. :)

I love this one of her ... and the next one is too sweet -- she gets so excited to come over, the boys adore her and she worships them!

Later that day we went to Grammy Monica's house and the boys played with Paisley --- she kept on jumping in the little car, she thought she should be driving, it cracked them up!

Maggie had enough sun that day --- I pulled weeds, planted shrubs, and worked on my flower beds ~ I'll take a picture and show you my new love tomorrow. Here's Miss Maggie pooped after a day gardening with Mama. Poor girl, looks like I overworked her ;)

Now I have to add this one of Cooper from a week and a half ago -- we woke up to go to church on Sunday and we were greeted by SNOW!! It snowed all morning and didn't let up when we got ready to go so he figured that he better wear his hat ~ I love that he has a tan little face with his winter hat on!

Em cut and colored my hair for summer --- I love it!! It's pretty blonde ~ but they do have more fun you know!! Here's a pic of me and my man Hyrum at Grammy's school waiting for her class play to start. (I better put some pics of Wyatt in my next post -- he's my main helper while his dad is away!)

Things are moving along even with Quin gone so much --- I haven't bought a pygmy goat yet, but I haven't ruled it out yet either. So here is my crippled calf story. I was driving from Rigby to Rexburg and I passed fields of baby calves out running and jumping and playing. The only thing I love more than a baby pygmy goat (and baby lambs) are baby calves enjoying the sunshine. Out in the middle of the field I see a tiny little calf--it has the LITTLEST little legs ever, like it must've been part midget or something. I felt awful, it couldn't run and play -- it was just standing there. (sniff*sniff) Just when my heart was breaking and I was worried about how well he would survive (the thought crossed my mind I should figure out who's it was and take it home and bottle feed him and take care of him) anyway.... I was so worried and then he climbed out of the ditch he was standing in. That is when I realized I may be a wee bit sleep deprived. Maybe I'll get a nap when Quin gets home! Love you all!!

**SWINE FLU**

How you catch swine flu .... lol

Wyatt wants to know if I could find a picture of a kid kissing a moose. Cooper said "I'll kiss one, mama go get your camera".

I lied

I promised you pictures on this post, but the camera is in the car --- so since I'm to lazy to go get it you don't get any cool pictures ~ but lucky you, you get ........ dun, duh, duh, dum (could you hear that in your heard -- it was like a little drumroll thingee)

5 little known facts about me

1. I love being outside more than I like being inside. Ok so that's not really unknown --- but how about I think my yard would be about complete if I had a few chickens and a pygmy goat in it. I've been searching craigslist religiously looking for baby pygmy goats at a good deal ~ I'd give anything to have one, or anything up to $50 :) I think that are so sweet and I love that they are handy little weedeaters.

2. I love the smell of grease and dirt. Good thing I married a dirty mechanic then :) I love it when Quin comes home and is dirty and smells like the shop ~ I think that there is something very attractive about manual labor --- very cavewoman of me, but I like thinking that "by the sweat of his brow" we are eating our food.

3. I spent my 18th birthday in Boston without any family. Fun stuff --- I talked to Quin on the phone for about an hour from my hotel room (can that really be almost 10 years ago).

4. I want to own a pair of fabulous rain boots almost as much as I want to own a pygmy goat. Some rocking polka dot ones, some striped ones, animal print, I'm not that picky as long as they fit :) size 10 or 11 will do thanks.

5. I have OCD about A LOT of things --- my christmas lights all have to point the right way, my sheets have to be pulled tight before I go to bed, my towels HAVE to be folded a certain way, and the pattern on my bed (stars) has to be pointed the right way. I also am weird about loading the dishwasher and even numbers. I am a true weirdo.