Horses & Montana

June 28th - It's a beautiful morning in Iowa! The sun is shining, the dew on the young grass in the newly planted pasture is glistening, and the horses are happy to get their morning feeding. I love Saturday mornings. After a week of waking up around 4 in the morning, sleeping until 5:30 seems quite indulgent. Our older two girls stumble out of bed and my morning Fox and Friends quickly get's turned to Blues Clues.

I thought it ws time to share photo's of our horses and trip to Montana. If anyone wants to donate a couple million dollar's to my Build a Ranch in Montana fund, let me know (this is not a 501(c)3 and would not qualify for a tax deduction). What an amazing state! We went at the end of May to pick up Star and Sugar. We really enjoyed our time.

The top pic is Kelly working Star in our round pen. Star's full name: First Star to the Left. The next picture is Kelly and Taylor waiting for the vet, with Sugar. Sugar's full name: Rising Star's Sugar Cookie.

Star is a 5 year old gelding that is 50% Welsh Pony and 50% Thuroughbred. Sugar is a 21 year old purebred Welsh Pony. We're pretty happy with these two and they are adjusting to their new home in Iowa.

Below are some of our pics from the trip to Montana.

The Girls

Here are some pictures of our little ones. Taylor is 5 going on 15. She is getting ready to start school and enjoys being the drama queen of the family! Raegan is almost 2 and is our silent but deadly one. If you can't see her, that means she has probably found nail polish somewhere (red is her favorite) and is proceeding to give herself a pedicure. Sarah Beth is our princess and the pea. She has no concept of self entertainment, partially due to the fact that she has 2 very attentive older sibs. She has the squeal down pat and is NOT AFRAID TO USE IT! They are true blessings and we are truly changed by their spirits and love in our lives!

Gardenrifric!!!

We are ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE gardeners. We have tried, and believe me, the old adage that anything will grow in Iowa soil doesn't hold water in the Decious household. Well, after two years of dwarf corn, dogs eating strawberries, razor thin carrots, grassy lettuce and tomatoless tomato plants, we heeded the advice of my brother (Bryon, you get a small amount of credit for this). With our wonderful (and youthful) friends, Aaron and Liz, we built 4 container gardens and now have garden coming out our ears. Although no one is sure when to dig potatoes (anyone???), things are looking great. All the rain has really made watering a non-issue and fairly maintenace free. Now that's my kind of garden.

Iowa Flooding

Here are a few pictures of the flooding in and near Pella. Things are starting to dry up now, but the damage is now setting in. Lots of crop damage and loss in our area and people are out of their homes due to the water damage. Praise God, we live on very high ground and just had to deal with muddy pens!

Hello all!

Peter & I thought we would try this blog thing! We are both in our thirites and trying to stay up with all the "modern trends". Yes, maybe we arent the most "technilogically savvy". Maybe our blog isn't the "coolest" or "make any sense at all." Maybe we don't "spell all the words right" or "speak in coherent sentences", but none the less, prepare to be enlightened.