It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Woah! Chesterfield is finally beginning to live up to the reputation of barren, cold, wilderness. Last night Chris, Phil and I went to go clean the "new" Chesterfield church which is 50 years old, but newer than the other church from the 1800's thus, the new church. The church is less than 1/2 mile from Knox Farm, but on the way home it took almost ten minutes of head hanging out the window driving to see the road. It was exciting.
Church today was pretty great. I officially had my records transferred to Chesterfield Only Ward, even though I wasn't even sure what ward they were being transferred from. I guess that officially means I am a real person in Chesterfield now.
The snow has been absolutely lively though. I still love it here!! And, I guess it is official I get to be here for the whole summer!! Show destinations include Sacramento, Spokane, a small town in Oregon, and Lexington for 2 weeks!! Sigh... A horsie summer is coming up and I can't wait! Oh yeah, Bindi doesn't know how to use a barn, and she also ran into the arena wall this week... Is there hope for a pony that ridiculous? Also the snow is way better than mud as you shall see.

Other Life Forms

Well I just had a visitor in town and it was quite nice to see someone within 10 years of my age. Truly though I really, immensely enjoy the folk around here, but it is always nice to be with someone a bit more relatable.
James arrived Tuesday afternoon just in time to go eat at the most expensive restaurant in town at about 9 dollars a plate! Thai Food. Then an afternoon at the Bannock County Museum was pretty incredible. That includes a stuffed liger cub. Literally, only in Lava.
Woah also speed scrabble was played! This is out families new favorite game. The worst thing about scrabble is how long it takes, right? Thus, everyone is racing against each other. Amazing. Loser had to sleep on the couch.
We also had a cooking extravaganza that included veggie tomato soup, sweet potato fries, and setting off the fire alarm. During the cooking hour James had brought a magnetic dart board that was pretty magical.
James was my farm hand and now knows things have to be clean at Knox Farm!
There was an astounding amount of YouTube hilariousness of cat bloopers, crazy journalists and of course always to remember to hide yo wife, and hide yo kids, cause they're rapin' errbody out there.
A hunt for hot springs was another fun activity. We were looking for the sprigs where a man got boiled to death, alas a lot of walking and testing of water with cold digits yielded no results.
Last but not least, a guitar lesson!!! Woah, woah, I am totally forcing al my kids to play guitar because I think it is the best instrument (just kidding mom).
Overall, you can fit a lot of activity in twenty four hours if you only sleep 4 of them! :) off to go ride now yay!

Armageddon.... The usual.

I thought that not working "on trail" would mean I didn't have the luxury of seeing every single lovely sunrise and sunset. Luckily, this hasn't been the case with moving to Chesterfield. Every day I am out feeding as the sun comes up, and every night as it goes down. And as much as I obsess over the wasatch range, it does sorta block the view of sun activities. Thus, here are some more of the many moments where I wish I had a camera that was even half as good as my eyeballs! Gah, and it always goes so fast! Sad.
Anyway, I was also lucky enough to ride my beloved bike today! This is road bike heaven. No cars, rolling hills, extremely freezing... Helga got tuckered out though for sure.

Ponies!

I forced Emily to take a picture of Bindi and to prove I really do have a horse and ride around. Emily ride one of Chris' (punctuation?) Connemara ponies that was a twin named Raggedy Andy and the twin is named Raggedy Ann. Cute! Anyway, I am lucky enough to ride Andy once in awhile so I will be talking about him a bit. But!! Bindi did her first 2'3" course with an oxer and everything!! I was so proud of that little lady. She was forward, fairly rhythmic and relaxed yay! Who knew jumping so small could be so exhilarating. Chris is as always, an amazing teacher. Hopefully I can convince someone to take some pictures while we jump. I am so happy every day I get to ride, I love it! Oh also, Chris assigned me to find shows all over around Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming to take Bindi, Andy, Silvester and maybe another horse to. Sigh, what a great assignment.