Cowboys don't die, they just ride off into the sunset



   Grandpa

      Eldon Adams

      10/19/1935  -12/29/2013





Graduation 2008



Christmas 2010

Pheasant hunting 2mo ago

I never want to forget my Grandpa Eldon and even though I think that's impossible this blog is for me. It for me and my future family to look back on. Although this will be one of the least organized blogs it will have the best memories.
My grandpa has had a huge influence on my life, like huge!!! Because his son, my dad, acts just like him; the good and the bad. And certain people tell me I am my fathers daughter. :)
All growing up I looked up to my grandpa and I thought he was a true John Wayne....he even had a missing thumb from roping and I just loved hearing that story. It made him look like a true cowboy in my eyes.
I remember the old house we went to at least 2-4 times a week to team rope, I remember the hill we walked up at least 2000 times to get to that arena. The awesome hill we'd all roll down and sled in the winter. Yup Grandpa's house is where I wanted to be. There were always kittens around every spring, and always plenty of fresh air. His house was an Ol' farm house. He had this old A tractor too that I would always play on. On his same lot he had another run down house that we would always walk through and I am pretty sure all the cousins can agree I swear it was haunted.
My greatest memories though are with him, rodeo and the open road to get to them all. My grandpa shared the same love of horses and rodeo with me and was always there for our rodeo's or the long days of horse shows. He was there at the beginning and all the way to the end.

Yup that's me and our pony scamper. That pony was amazing and everyone feared him :)
I really can't remember a time where my grandpa wasn't around. Growing up my whole families life revolved around rodeo. We ate, slept and breathed it. When my parents were opening the Spanish fork location of ambers it was just me and my grandpa to make it to the high school rodeo's every weekend. It never mattered how I did he always would just say good job. He was always proud of us.
It goes without saying that if you talk about my grandpa later in his life then you knew he rode Roni or Ol' Red. This horse is still alive today. Everyone knew this horse cause he is an awesome head horse, especially for kids. He always put you exactly where ya needed to be. I rode him all of my team roping years. I loved when all the cowboys would come up and ask, "Did ya convince your grandpa to sell me that horse yet?" I would just bat my eyes and say, "Nope, he's mine". They'd always reply, "He must love you then". That was the truth. I think for him he got more pleasure out of seeing us do well off his horse then him actually roping himself. There was one rodeo I remember clear as day. It was in cedar fort, just a small July 4th rodeo. My sister and I were team roping together. Lets just say we won first and we were the ONLY girl team. I remember my grandpa and dad just had smiles ear to ear cause all they could say was "You kicked all the boys asses, thata girls!!" We were the little granddaughters that acted like grandsons.

Random memories in a list (cause it's easier):
-When I walked into the farm house and a guy was stealing grandpa's chain saw. Anyone who knows this whole story, don't judge, all I wanted was a cookie, and Sam was a real person lol
-Eating the dog treats that looked identical to puffy Cheetos and yes I had seconds, thirds and maybe even fourths before grandpa walked in and busted out laughing
-When he lived with us he would get so bored and constantly annoy me and sister, we couldn't blame him though and we laugh about it now.
-He always had cookies, and I always ate them.
-playing duck kill on the old school Nintendo w/ the guns.
-His laugh. Oh his laugh. It was contagious to me. It was like a silent laugh but his whole body would move. I loved it.
-He came for every Christmas to our house. He was always there when I accomplished something. He was at my graduation and every finals rodeo imaginable.
-His old Chevy that my dad used to make fun of.
-He had a lot of dogs but I remember cash and tango the best.

He will be missed by many and I know is legacy will carry on. I am an image of the generation he has passed on. I will share his stories with my kids and teach them all what he has taught me. I am sure he was greeted by his family that has passed on and him and Marvin can rope together all the time now. Love you too much Grandpa!!!! Rest in peace

I would love if anyone has memories of him to please comment on this blog, that way I have them all. I love hearing memories and most likely I'll remember them too.



My house, My home

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

My first home purchase is something that I want to remember forever. Mainly because 7 months ago it wasn't really possible. I never could have imagined that 2013 would be the year that this goal would become a reality. First thing is first, a pic :)

Not the best pic cause it's blurry but the point is that it is mine. There were certain things that I had to have in my house and this house possesses all of them
-2 car garage
-vaulted ceilings
-2 bathrooms
-large yard......for none other then a brown lab puppy coming this spring :) :)
-patio area
-walk in closet
-lots of storage
-1 level
-good neighborhood
I feel so blessed and lucky that everything in my life lined up perfectly in order for me to buy this.
It is so exciting and a little stressful to be a home owner. It scared me to jump into such a large purchase by myself but at the end of the day I know I will never be alone. My family has been here and supported my every decision and this was no different. Moving was no fun but after standing back and putting all the frames in place and furniture where it went I couldn't be more proud of myself.
There are still some days I stand back and think wait is this really MY HOUSE?? It is such a relief to have the stability of a HOME. No one can take this from me, it's officially mine.
Moving forward I can't wait to have a husband join me in this amazing place and show my kids through the front doors, but for now it is just me and this little man

Chevy

 

He was my moment of weakness. I am so puppy hungry I took the edge off by getting a kitten. Geesh he's a handful.

I am so excited to capture the many memories that these walls are about to see

 



New goals, new life, new adventure

Goals. What is life without them.
Here is to accomplishing many and making new ones.
One of the most amazing things about life is there is no way to predict what might come of it. At times it can be so hard to see the positive in every situation but for me I know all the trials and tribulations I have gone through up to this point were because of the amazing opportunities that were forth coming. The last 4 years specifically I made a goal to become an RN. At the time it was a goal that seemed far fetched and that I may never reach it but I DID!! I am officially a Registered Nurse. Wholey cow I could type that a million times. To say I am proud of myself for this accomplishment is an understatement. It wasn't easy, it brought mounds of stress to not just my life but the people around me, but wow what a rewarding feeling I feel today because I reached it. I get to make a career out of helping others. I get to be part of people's stories. Pics from the day of graduation.

Me and Julee have LITERALLY been at each others side through all of nursing school.
We have laughed and cried our way through this. Could not have done it without her!!
Life long friends for sure

That little pin took 2 years of hard work and dedication to earn and you betch ya it's
hanging in my car for me to see every single day!!

Thankful for the people were able to attend by graduation. Family means the world
to me. Alex and Ben were there too!!

My education doesn't stop here. I am applying to bachelors programs to start in the fall :) 

Another new goal that I am going to try my hardest at is enjoying life a little more. I have always been a crazy work-a-holic and now I just want to see a little pay off. So every month I am promising myself to go do something completely fun!! No work involved. SO here is the last 3 months (little behind on the blogging) of my fun :)

MARCH

March was still a very crazy month for me with school and balancing new emotion but I did go out to Mesquite with my family for spring break. This turned out to be one of those times I will never forget!! I met a older gentlemen when we were playing cards that in the end turned out to be such a blessing. I have always wanted to learn to swing dance because lets face it I just LOVE to dance. Anyways this man not only taught me but danced with me for HOURS!!! I had the hugest smile on my face. I was in dance heaven. I had forgotten my problems, my heartache, my stress. He made me smile and truly laugh since my break-up.

APRIL

Moab time!!!

For the past 3 years my family has made it a point to go down to Moab for the car show. I was so excited to go. This year was such a blast! My uncle was down there with his '72 Ford so I got to drive main with my cousins (seriously so fun). My dad rented a 4-door jeep so I cruised that around which isn't like me at all. I am usually very cautious and don't like driving around down there just because I don't feel safe, but this year I drove for hours. I did little lions back, most of fins and things, and first part of poison spider. In the end I was so proud of myself for taking a risk and learning something new.

  MAY

May has been such an amazing month. Aside from my graduation I have been SPOILED!! I got an amazing graduation date that included yellow roses, dinner at Iggy's and fun night at color me mine.

Endurocross in Herriman was the night of my graduation so we all headed up there to watch

 

 

I passes my state boards on the 13th

 

Interviewing for many jobs (still waiting to see where I'll end up)

 

Camping this past weekend

Our cute camp site up diamond fork

Four wheeling and don't mind "The Boot" goes everywhere!!
;)

 

Doesn't stop there. I then just spent 3 days in Park City at an amazing lodge.

The Châteaux

 

We enjoyed everything this gorgeous place had to offer. 3 hot tubs, heated pool, jetted tub, towel warmer and the perfect view.

We ate plenty of food but the place worth mentioning is called the J and G bar at the St. Regis. I would recommend this place to anyone and everyone!! It's pricey but so worth it.

You take a finacular up to the restaurant

 

These pineapple mojito's were seriously to DIE FOR!!!

 After our amazing dinner we got massages and then hit up the hot tub to watch the sun set.

We woke up early this morning to go on a hot air balloon ride but unfortunately it got cancelled because of wind :( Next time for sure!!

 What a perfect graduation trip!!

 

All in all the last 3 months have been some of the most rewarding. I am so excited to see what my future holds. Between experiencing new things every month and working hard towards some other goals I think my life is going to turn out pretty good!! I am starting to take life as it comes, learning that I can't control everything and that's okay cause spontaneity is much more fun!

It's always a good time when the Blazer comes out

This weekend was so much fun I thought I'd share, that way i can alway remember it as well. Weeks really are long sometimes and thursday night after a HORRIBLE night at work I was so ready for a fun weekend. Friday night I had bought tickets months ago to see George Strait in concert!!!! Mike and I love this man. He holds some pretty serious significance in our relationship as well.
-When I first met Mike there was not a night we didn't listen to his music. It is always smiles from me when I hear his name cause it brings back some of the best memories I have shared with Mike.
-In 2009 we had went to Usana to see him and concert. Mike and I were not together at the time but it was one of those night I WILL NEVER FORGET. I was still so in love with Mike. We still danced together as he changed the words to the songs to fit us, which lets face it George has some of the best love songs ever written so of course I pretty much bawled the whole concert. Anyways that night I knew somehow, someway we were going to be together again.
-And this year I really wanted to attend the concert cause I still remember those feelings from 4 years ago. I sat and listened to the songs and I couldn't help but think of how far me and mike have come. The challenges haven't stopped for us, the stress levels haven't lessoned and yet we are here, together and stronger then we ever have been. I love this man more then words could ever describe.

Just have to point out my amazing cute new boots. Wish you could see the amazing torquoise detail

 Love gorgeous george and I will be walking down the aisle to one of his songs!!! Can't wait

After that amazing night Mike asked if I wanted to spend the rest of our weekend in Birdseye and that we would be taking the Blazer :) And when the Blazer comes out we always know it's going to be a good weekend. We packed everything up and headed our way up the canyon......

He's a mommas boy and loved the camera!!

Love me some Blaze time!!!

He loves army crawling through snow, it's the cutest thing

We saw lots of turkey's

 And today when we woke up we decided to play around on the four wheelers. It's quite the trick to get around in snow with them


Me waiting cause I knew Mike was going to get stuck where he was going :)

Gorgeous country!!! Especially with snow covering it
 

 

Such a fun weekend!!! Both the boys zonked out on the way home!!!

I love spending time will all my boys, there is never a dull moment for sure!!!!