Gotta Love Spring Brandings!

Well as I posted earlier- I need to live on a ranch! I had the opportunity last weekend to go up to North Powder, Oregon for my uncle's and cousin's spring branding of their cows. Since I had just had surgery I didn't get to do a whole lot of work, but just being up there is the best! And hey, my uncle's couldn't even tease me for not throwing the calves. Here are just a few of the pictures I took up there.


This is a view from the Truck (F-350 Quad Cab King Ranch Edition... BEAUTIFUL TRUCK! Thanks for letting me take it Uncle Allen) of Talley-Dobbins Lane. We moved the cows from the highway pasture to my cousin Jake's corrals, which is on Talley-Dobbins.


My Uncle Allen on his horse, AJ, dragging a calf over to be branded.


This is probably my favorite- This is my cousin's wife Wendy. She pregnant and Due May 5th... you'd never know it! She was out branding!!! She also made the best enchaladas I have ever had in my life! That lunch was AMAZING!


This is just another picture of my Uncle Allen on AJ- this time he has already drug a calf over and is just making sure it stays there!


This is a picture of my Uncle Dale, cousin's Eli, Wendy, and Jacob. They were making sure the fire pit was getting the branding iron's hot enough. The wind was blowing so bad that we ended up having to dig a fire pit! I think that was a first for me up there!


My cousin Jacob.... Cowboy anyone??? We were working his cows that day.


How cute are these kids?? Roper, Cash, and Megan had a blast being down in the action. Roper is 5 and actually roped his own calf by himself! He's bound to be a cowboy!


This is my Uncle Dale- He is pretty much my hero! He's my mom's oldest brother so I never really got to know him, but the last few times I have gone to Oregon I have gotten to know him so much better and he's just awesome!

Sleep..... Entertaining?

A few nights ago I was laying in bed- not sleeping of course (just like I am doing right now... 2:28 AM). And my roommate Tiffany started making very silly noises in her sleep. It took everything in me not to bust up laughing, but I knew if I did the noises would stop.


The next morning I told her about it and she tried to remember what the dream was about- sorry folks- no luck! She couldn't remember! Then she said, "You know what you do in your sleep?" My immediate response was "say embarrassing things??" (I talk in my sleep pretty bad. Apparently my cousin and I have had full on conversations in our sleep. We have also gotten into fights in our sleep). Ridiculous, I know.

Anyway, my lovely roommate corrected me immediately and said, "That too... but your feet shake! Seriously, when you are asleep your feet bounce and shake and stuff." I have noticed sometimes when I am in that state where I am almost asleep and then I wake up for no reason that my feet are bouncing up and down but have never thought anything of it. Well- apparently when I sleep I bounce my feet up and down. I thought that was kinda funny!

100 Things About Me...

I saw this on my step-cousin's blog and thought it was a good idea... We'll see if I actually make it to 100.

1. I love Kimchi
2. I am addicted to my phone- I can't go anywhere without it.
3. I text way too much.
4. I had a $390 phone bill one month- refer to #3.
5. I love to play basketball
6. I hate not being the best at things- if I am not good at it I won't do it.
7. I have blue eyes
8. I want to live on a ranch.
9. I think cows are awesome!
10. I have incredibly thick hair.
11. I hate my incredibly thick hair.
12. I recently discovered I am terrified of heights.
13. I could live at Lake Powell and be happy.
14. I am supposed to wear contacts or glasses but hate them, so I just don't.
15. I would LOVE to serve a mission.
16. I would LOVE to serve my mission in Rochester, NY.
17. I love traveling.
18. I have been to almost as many countries as I have states!
19. I am a Daddy's girl- I hate to see my dad anything but happy!
20. My niece and nephew are my best friend.
21. I am afraid that I am not my niece and nephew's best friend.
22. I love my niece Camila and I don't even know her!
23. I have a severe jaw disease, not fun,
24. I no longer have a gall bladder.
25. I am terrified of getting cancer, which with my family history, is a very high possibility.
26. I refuse to let people see me cry, but I cry a lot.
27. Little things make me cry but big things don't. But once again, I don't let people see, so if I cry I turn my head so nobody can see.
28. I am afraid of forgetting my grandma.
29. My greatest fear is that my children will stray away from the church.
30. I bite my nails.
31. I hate plucking my eyebrows
32. My eyebrows are usually out of control.
33. I LOVE ANIMALS!!! well, all but cats!
34. I would be happy if I married a cowboy and lived on a ranch the rest of my life.
35. I think wranglers are hot.
36. Cowboys are hot.
37. I love Dancing With The Starts and So You Think You Can Dance.
38. I apparently can't type numbers when I am laying down and can't see the keys.
39. I would make a great accountant, but would kill myself if I had to be one.
40. I am marginally obsessed with Garth Brooks.
41. I have so much respect for my step aunts and uncles for the way they loved and helped take care of my Grandma when they aren't even her real children. You never would have known.
42. I can't talk about my Grandma without crying.
43. I found the last card my grandma gave me the other day, and cried for probably an hour because I missed her so bad.
44. I discovered this past weekend that my Uncle Dale is probably one of the most loving people I have ever met in my life.
45. I love all of my aunts and uncles- and that's pretty rare. My mom has the greatest siblings EVER
46. I can't wait to be done with school.
47. I am afraid of failing.
48. I would give up any worldly possession to make it to the celestial kingdom. Even if that meant being homeless for the rest of my life. As hard as it would be, it would be worth it in the end.
49. I want to go to Africa and do a humanitarian mission,
50. I want to get rich so that I can retire and spend the rest of my life doing humanitarian mission,
51. I love kids, and am always afraid they don't love me back.
52. I have serious separation anxiety!
53. I think my brother-in-law is the greatest one I could ever ask for.
54. I get migraines all the time.
55. I type 98 WPM
56. I hate taxes!
57. I secretly wanted to be a doctor my whole life, but I shake too bad so I gave that up.
58. I love Grey's Anatomy, buy have stopped myself from watching it. Addictions are never good,
59. My best friend in the World is Spencer Scott Bean.
60. Whenever I have a bad day, all I want is to have a hug from Spencer.
61. If I see somebody else cry, I cry.
62. I look like a cocaine addict when I am tired (according to my roommates)
63. I want to be like my sister when I grow up.
64. I want to go to every country in the world by the time I die.
65. I am afraid of being afraid.
66. I hate cats
67. I am really bad at blogging.
68. I am really bad at Ping Pong- but I am working on it!
69. I love all korean food!
70. My favorite thing in the World is being in a different country, not understanding a word, and feeling so much love for the people.
71. I love trucks!
72. I am afraid of divorce.
73. My brain is uneven.
74, I love horses.
75. I like to pretend to not be afraid of things because I dont want to be a wuss.
76. I am shocked that I have gotten to 76 and am not totally out of things yet!
77. I hate exercising.
78. I am obsessed with bag balm!
79. I am very tired most of the time, but rarely sleep.
80. I love ice cream but rarely eat it.
81. I think Diet Coke with fresh lime is the best tasting drink ever.
82. I am depressed that I can no longer endulge in #81.
83. I have a really bad callic on the back of my head.
84. My niece has more of my weird features than my sister's.
85. I get overwhelmed very easily but pretend not to.
86. I pretend to not be afraid of anything
87. I pretend to not have any real weaknesses.
88. I have the greatest family in the world.
89. I have the greatest big sister ever and it only took me 17 years to realize it.
90. I hate waking up in the mornings
91. My favorite thing to do is lay on a mat on the top of the houseboat in Lake Powell and take a nap!
92. I hate being nauseated more than anything in this world. I would rather be in so much pain than be nauseated
93. I am marginally in love with Garth Brooks
94. I have serious issues with people who are inconsiderate. Just get over yourself for crying out loud!
95. I am anal about brushing my teeth.
96. One side of my body is drastically larger than the other.
97. I love boating and could spend all day every day (as long as it's warm) on the lake.
98. My best friend gets home in 36 days!!!!!!!! and i am SO excited!
99. I tap my toes non-stop when I sleep. I didn't know this but my roommate told me that I do. Which makes sense why my calves stay toned when I NEVER work out!
100. I am grateful for every day I have on this earth and do my best to live each day to the fullest and learn everything I can while I am here.

Baby Camilla!!!

My brother, Eduardo and his wife Debbie had their first baby this morning at about 5:45 AM. She was born just about 8 weeks early and is so tiny! She is in the NICU but is doing so well! She has so much hair and is so incredibly beautiful! The pictures don't even do her justice because she is that beautiful!!!


This is a picture of Camilla in the NICU- Check out the hair!


This is Eduardo- I don't think I have ever seen a more proud Dad! He came to the office earlier today and showed me videos of her! He is going to be such an amazing Daddy!


This picture just shows how tiny she is! She's a little miracle! It's amazing how much you can love someone you don't even know!

North Powder- Here I Come!!

So a few weeks ago I posted about how I need to live on a ranch just like my Uncle's in North Powder, Oregon. Well, a few weeks ago my cousin, Eli (who is from N. Powder) told me he was going up for the big weekend! My Uncles and cousins are accountants, so the weekend after tax season is when they catch up on all the ranch work. It is the best week of the year to go up there! It is so busy and fun!

Anyway, I was planning on going, and then thanks to my nice little stint in the hospital and organ removal, I didn't think it was a possibility. Well, thankfully I have been healing really well!! So today Eli texted me to see if there's any way I could possibly go, so I called my mom and got the go-ahead!

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

We are leaving tomorrow morning, and I will probably be posting pictures when I get home! I am so so so so so so so so so excited!!! I probably won't be able to do any riding seeing as that I only had surgery a week ago, but still, just being up there will be so much fun!!

"Did Becca Boo have a baby??"

Well, about 30 min after my last post I was informed that a general surgeon who happened to be taking care of my Grandma in the hospital wanted me to go to the ER immediately. 5 hours later, and an endoscopy later, I was in the O.R. I said some funny things- which I will probably post later- but the comment of the night came from another family member (my favorite family member......... :) Sorry Jen!)

Erika, my little niece, was very concerned about me. She had called me earlier crying saying "I been lookin for you in the basement and I can't find you!!!" (She was at my mom's house looking for us, but we were at the hospital).

Since she was so concerned, my parents decided it was a wise idea to bring her down after my surgery to see that I was ok. Apparently, before my parents came my sister explained to her that I was at the hospital and that the doctor's fixed me. Erika said, "Mom, did Becca Boo have a baby??" I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD WHEN SHE TOLD ME- which was a bad idea seeing as it HURT!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, after a very long week, I am on the road to recovery!!! I actually laughed today without wanting to die! Oh, and the swelling in my abdomen has gone down- so I don't look like I am 4 months preggers anymore!!!!

Gall Bladders.... What a Pain!!!

This has been an interesting week. I started on Sunday when I just didn't feel well all day, but I kept telling myself it was just because I was crashing from pushing myself so hard all week. Well, around 4:30 AM on Monday, I decided I was lying to myself. I started throwing up.... a lot. That continued and at about 9 I called my mom and asked if she would drive me to work (since it's tax season missing a day is not really an option.... or so I thought). The weird thing was, it wasn't that I was just nauseated, I was in so much pain. The right side of my stomach hurt SO bad, like I was being stabbed, and my back hurt really bad too, like I had thrown it out or something.

Well after being at work for about 2 hours, Sheron, who I have appropriately named my "Work Mom" since she has worked for my dad since I was born- literally- came in and kicked me out of the office! She ended up driving me home because I obviously was too sick to drive. Well, a few hours later I kept throwing up and was in so much pain that my mom decided it was time to go to the E.R. After about a 10 minute wait (literally! It was fast!) I was back in a room. All the doctors and nurses kept talking about was my gall bladder. After a sonogram, being poked multiple times, and being given some very strong medications, I was sent home.

I went in 2 days ago for more tests, which came back normal. So I get to go to the doctor's today to see what other tests he wants to run. If it is my gall bladder- it would explain all the stomach issues I have had for so long that we always sign off to "ulcers." So we'll see! Anyway, that's my update!!! Hopefully we will know what is going on in the next few days so that I can go back to normal life! Oh, and I still haven't gone back in to work.......

Best Buddies

Well, I have this problem where, if I don't keep updating my blog I will stop permanently, so here we go....

I have the CUTEST niece and nephew ever!!! They are my best little buddies! I love babysitting them, and get the opportunity to do that often. Erika is 2 and Landon is 5 months. They are two of the best kids!

Erika is such a big helper! She loves helping Landon and always tells me when Landon is crying (Landon DOESN'T cry- he just talks when he is upset so I usually can't hear it, but Erika Lynn can and she always makes sure I know.) She is usually the first one in his room as soon as he "cries" to make sure he is ok and to help out.

I took a few pictures the other day when I got to babysit them. Erika LOVES "holding" Landon. Unfortunately for Erika, I think Landon weighs more than her, so when she holds him, he tends to tip her over. It's pretty cute!

Nearly there

I just had to post about the most exciting news.... two weeks from right now I will be laying in bed being SOSOSOSOSOSO happy that TAX SEASON IS OVER!!!!