Baby Blues

So I'm a big sucker for really lame MTV shows. My newest addiction is 16 and Pregnant. They usually consist of a girl in high school who gets pregnant and it just shows the struggle with pregnancy and then the first few months of the babies life. Most of the couples keep their baby, with no money nor any knowledge about life or babies. Sitting at home tonight while Grant is at work, I watched one about a couple from Michigan. They both came from broken homes and his dad actually married her mom a couple of years after the kids starting dating...really weird. These kids did the most grown up thing, they decided to give their baby up for adoption. They came to the conclusion that they could not provide an adequate home. They made this decision against their parent's will. Their parents kept telling them to keep the baby, but the kids insisted they couldn't provide for the baby. They picked a couple who could provide a much better life. When they went in for a sonogram, the boy just kept reassuring his girlfriend that the baby is going to have a better life. A couple of days before the baby came, the boy wrote a letter to his daughter, that was the first time this show made me cry. The letter told how he would always love her, but she needed a better life. Once she went into labor the adoptive parents came to the hospital in anticipation of their new baby. When the baby came, the real parents just held each other around the neck, neither of them wanted to see the baby...the second time I cried. They eventually decided to hold their baby...the third tear session. When they handed their baby off to her new parents, they adoptive mother gave the birth mom a bracelet that said "always in my heart." (by this time I was fully crying) The adoptive mother got 3 of the bracelets made, one for each of them, including the baby, so they can always have a reminder of each other. If you happened to see this show one TV, if you're wanting a good tear jerker, defiantly watch this episode!

No Longer a Teenager!

Happy Birthday to my best friend, Kristen! She is the best friend anyone could ask for! I love her so much!

She's finally not a teenager any more! Plus its her golden birthday...20 years old on the the 20th!

Mom's Visit

Whoa! The last month has been crazy! On June 25th, my mom came to visit for almost 3 weeks! We had a blast while she was here. We celebrated Lovell Days by watching the parade, cookouts and the most amazing fire works I've ever seen! We drove her up into the mountains to see some of the beautiful scenery. We saw wild mustangs playing in the snow. It was amazing. We spent many days doing such fun things. The best time for all of us was going on the cattle drive with Grant's friend, JT. We had to go into the mountains with 4-wheelers and horses to move 600 cows and calves almost 3 miles to a new pasture. It was a day I'll never forget. We got to covered in mud and cow pies, most of which stained our clothes. My mom went and stayed with my Grandma in Cody for a few days over the 4th, she said she was intruding on Grant and I, but we were always happy to have her stay with us. We had a great fourth, we spent it with Grant's friend, JT's family, who is the nicest, most accepting family. They invite us to everything because we don't have any family out here and they have practically adopted us. After a few days without mom, we drove over to Cody, and the three of us visited Ole' Bob. We had planned on going on a trail ride, which Grant and I had done a few times. There was a lack of wranglers so we ended up taking a 2 hour trail ride. We got a 20 dollar tip, so we actually got paid to take a ride! The first night my mom got here, Grant had a softball game and then she made it to the next 2. It was nice to have her around. She's coming back out in September, who knows what kind of adventures we'll have then!

This is us after a LONG day of moving cows! My 2 favorite people in the world!