Well, he's not invicinble.

My first sight as I pulled into the driveway was a bloody dog. It was the fearless Gringo.

My first thought was Oh mi gawd, he ate a puppy! After realizing I was being a bit dramatic, I tried to calm down.

I scanned around for J then I thought, Oh mi gawd. Where is Jigs?! He ate Jigs. I'm going to give myself a heart attack one day.

Let me say that Gringo is the most playful, fun-loving dog on the ranch. He would never actually eat a puppy or Jigs but when you are me you automatically think the worst.

I got out of the car and took a look, but the blood was everywhere and I couldn't tell where on his head he was cut. I call out for J who was inside on the phone with our local vet.

Turns out it looked a lot worse than it was. It was a deep cut on his ear that wouldn't stop bleeding. Since J tried to doctor him a few times the blood was all over his face and paws. We don't know if it was a coyote or maybe barbed wire (since the dogs jump over and through the gates), but whatever it was gave him a good cut.

He's better now and the bleeding has stopped. I will say it's scary seeing your best guard dog covered in blood.

funny cards.

My mom finds the most appropriate cards for J and I.  Here was J's birthday card.

Wordless Wednesdays - Our newest addition!

Where there's a will there's a way...

The ranch's two new escape artists.

The Real Farmwives of Colorado.

I've joined the ranks of other farm wives. We come from all different walks of life, but have the same passion and love for our family of animals.

We make up the Farm Wife Project of Colorado and let me warn you - we are armed and dangerous. Okay, not really dangerous.

Stay tuned (and be sure to follow my blog) for stories from farm and ranching wives from all over the great state of Colorado. This will be fun and quite entertaining!

Special thanks to Rachel Vermillion for getting this started and Caleb Schultz of Rural Aesthetics for the FarmWife Project logo!

30 years

My lovely husband,

Happy 30th birthday.

You have worked so hard this past year (especially the last few months) and deserved a birthday celebration to remember!

This past weekend was a great way to ring in not only the new year but the next decade of your life! Can you believe that twenty of your hometown friends came, some driving as many as 16 hours, just to celebrate your special day?! Goes to show how very special you are to everyone that knows you.

I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays together and on your 60th being able to look back and see how far we've come.

I love you so very much.

Happy Birthday.

At J's b-day dinner. He walked into a room full of his closest friends yelling "Surprise!"

J grew up with these boys. They hadn't skied together in years.