What the What?!

Shane and I celebrated our two year anniversary over a week ago.  I got text messages and facebook posts all day!  We truly felt the love from our wonderful friends and family!  I was able to go through our wedding album that our wonderful photographer, Cyndee, put together for us recently and I fell in love with this picture all over again.  To truly understand what is going on in my mind and probably in Shane's you need the back story--and I can't believe I haven't shared this one yet!  This story will take you back to the day before our big day!
June 18th, 2010--I woke up and got ready for all the work we had ahead of us that day!  Shane was already up and ready to go, I went into the living room and started talking to my parents about everything that needed to happen that day, after we had a game plan I went outside to where Shane was talking to his brother, he ended the conversation by saying, "ya, I'll see you soon."  I told him I was going to head to the church to get things started and he told me he was going to go meet his brother in Caldwell for a while to do "guy stuff".  I asked him how long he would be, when I could expect him to get everything put together for "our" wedding?!  To say I was in crazy mode is a understatement.  I asked what he was doing, so at least I could tell people where my soon to be husband was while we were working on the wedding--he of course couldn't say.  
Fast forward to our wedding day--our wedding toast actually!  My beautiful best friend had just given the toast and made me cry (thanks Marie!) Next up, Shane's brother, Kyle.  At this point I had almost completely forgotten the crazy lady I had been the day before (I am unsure if Shane had though!)  Kyle started his speech by announcing that he and Shane had gone skydiving the day before!  Our amazing photogratpher caught this picture--an amazing reminder at how much Shane (and his brother) could still surprise me after knowing him for over 4 years!  
That was the first surprise of many after being married.  Two years later Shane (and his family!) still surprise me.  Some days it's his thoughtfulness, or his random acts of kindness towards me, my family, his family, or others.  There have been not so pleasant surprises, but for the most part I feel pretty dang lucky to call have this funny and loving guy at my side through our adventures! 

Deer Pictures!

As promised, here are the very cute pictures of the fawn that ventured my way!  Again--such an amazing experience!  I am still trying to dig out the picture of my car post deer hit and run.  But the fawn is much better to look at!  

Deer! Oh, dear!

It has been a long hiatus from blogging.  It all started with the Holidays, which were fantastic, but stressful at the same time.  I didn't get stuck in the snow once this year--but we did buy a Tahoe to help me stay on the road!  It was a much better winter than last.  

This spring I was out in the field more than ever.  I drove truck off and on, and even got in the driver seat of one of the tractors for practice!  I am still practicing my backing up skills with a trailer on though.  

My most exciting moments on the farm this spring and summer (if you could call it that so far!) have been centered around deer.  Yes, deer.  

In April on my way home from a very long weekend at UI for events and a class that met on weekends.  It was rainy and crappy out.  I was almost home, when out of a blue, a deer ran in front of me and I hit it.  I slammed on my breaks, examined the damage to my car and the poor deer.  Both were in bad shape.  The poor deer died instantly, and it looked like my car was pretty much done for as well.  I cried in the middle of the road, apologized to the deer, (even though it ran out in front of me!)  

Thankfully Shane was home and came to my rescue.  He held me in the rain, told me my car would be okay, and that we should go home.  After two weeks of waiting and driving a very nice rental car, I had my car back and it looked great!  I am definitely even more wary of deer on our road and am thankful that I wasn't injured and that no one else had to see the pathetic sight on the road I was!  It made me realize that there are huge perks for living out in the sticks--no traffic to see you mess up!

The other very positive event that revolved around deer happened last weekend!  We were driving home from the Tekoa Slippery Gulch parade when a mama deer and her twins crossed in front of us--I slowed down and noticed that the two fawns were hanging out in the tall grass next to the road.  I jumped out of the car and started taking pictures.  
Pictures will be soon!

 

This experience made me so very thankful that we live in such a beautiful place!  So far this summer I have seen four different (I think) fawns in the seven mile stretch of gravel road!