MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Well...nothing new is going on in our little world. I'm officially out for Christmas break tomorrow and couldn't be happier about it. We will then begin our mad-rush back and forth to ALL the family Christmas'.

Sooo......with that being said.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE LIGHT'S!!

We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

My COOZIE is home!!

My sweet little girl is FINALLY home from doggie hospital!! She 'bout ripped the nurses arm off getting to me....sorry =) She stunk oh so badly, but that was seriously the least of my worries!

She got a bath when we got home and was back to her normal, playing/biting the water self!!



Diesel was sooo glad to see her too.....it was quiet the reunion. This is currently what they are doing (which is pretty normal here at the Light house!)







Anywho....we are GLAD SHE'S HOME! Parvo ain't got nothin on her!! =)

Coozie update

This morning when I called to check on Coozie, they told me that she was such a trooper last night! (I think it's because she knows that I couldn't handle it without her). They took the IV out of her last night to rest, then hooked her back up this morning. She was doing sooo much better and that if everything continued on schedule she could POSSIBLY come home tomorrow!!! (they did follow that with "but please remember dogs with parvo are known to have ups and downs and no one can be sure of her outcome yet"....I didn't realy listen to that...I heard the first part and I'm NOT crying anymore!!!) They also told me that she chewed through her first IV this morning so she MUST be feeling better!!! =) (I'm sure they will charge me for that one too)

I went, again, after school to see my sweet little girl, and she no longer looked beat up!! She was trying to sit up in that awful little cage and she was waggin' her tail for me!! Still saying "please oh please get me outta here and I'll NEVER shred another piece of paper!". I wanted so badly to take her home then...but I know it's best that she stays.

After the nurse disinfected me, she said "and YOU look better yourself today too...no tears today!" haha.

Parvo is a B**** =(

Well....today is a VERY sad day. My sweet Coozie has come down with Parvo. We have NO IDEA where she got it....but that she does in fact have it. Royce took her in today (because I had to be at stupid work) and they admitted her IMMEDIATELY. They gave her an abundant round of shots and hooked her up to an IV. Since she has had some vaccinations in her system her chances of survival ARE good, but they didn't want me to get my hopes up completely =(

After work I rushed to Stephenville to go see her. I've cried all day mind you and they took me back to the back, out the back door and into the "quarantined" area.... where I cried again. When I walk inside the "doggie prison" and saw that she is in a cage that is clearly not big enough for a great dane....I cried some more. =( With all the shots they had given her, they had warned me, she would NOT look good. That was a COMPLETE understatement. She litterally looked like someone had punched her in her face (both eyes were completely swollen). I said "hi Coozie woozie" and she managed to give me a little, teeny-weeny tail wag...which made me cry....again. She lifted up her head as if she was saying "Get me outta here...I'm sorry for whatever I did" and then slammed it back down. And again...I cried. The nurse told me that everytime she threw up, they would have to give her another shot (an expensive shot that is). They would be keeping her on an IV for the next 3 days to see how she's doing. She has to go 24 hours on water and keep in down, then 24 more hours on food and keep it down. DEAR LORD, PLEASE SAVE MY COOZIE. I hate that she has to sleep in that awful place by her self, with no pillow or blanket or toy. =(

I'll keep you updated....but until then...most likely...I'll cry =(

I had to go home and disinfect EVERYTHING. I mopped the entire house with bleach water, bleached the food and water bowls and cleaned all the beddings and toys. My house now smells like a sterile hospital! But it will hopefully be PARVO free....we hope!

USTRC Finals in Oklahoma weekend

As posted in an earlier post, Royce and Cole qualified to rope in the team roping finals in Oklahoma this past weekend. Although it was a very "eventful" trip (from the truck smoking the entire way up there and back home....ole "skeeter" is it's new name - to being only ONE second out of making the short round (paying out at 98 thousand a team), we DID have a great time! It was such a great experience and we will DEFINITELY be returning again next year. I did come out with a kick ass pair of boots though....oh and $120 dollars profit from the casino on the way back!! Go me! Here are some pictures and a few videos of the boys doin' their thang! =)

Here are my new boots....

A "Coozie" update

It's been a while since I've updated you on Coozie (6 months actually). But I wanted to show you how MUCH she has grown in such a short period of time. When Coozie came to us she weighed approximately 17 pounds and was 8 weeks old......now, she's 6 months old (and 3 days to be exact) and weighs in at 80+ pounds. OH MY is right.... Royce and I can't believe it...she's almost as tall as Diesel and I am betting WILL be bigger than him before it's all said and done! Here she is when we first got her.....






and this is her now!








I love this "big" girl!!! =)

So Very Proud!

This weekend we headed down to Abilene for the Texas Plains Classic Team Roping Qualifier. I was a nervous wreck the closer to the short round we got...and when Royce and Cole were the high team back in the short round I can't even explain how nervous I was! Here are the stats and a few pictures of the "rewards"! They were 3 seconds ahead of everyone going into the short round and still won by 3 seconds at the end!

Winning the Twelve's division was Royce Light and Cole Barber
* 33.95 seconds on 4 steers
* $6,884.00 was the payout for winning first place
* A really NICE new saddle for each one
* A national shootout spot at the USTRC in Oklahoma next month

Also winning the incentive was Royce Light and Cole Barber
* 25.40 seconds on 3 steers
* 1,500.00 was the payout for winning this
* A Sweet new Belt Buckle for each
* A regional shootout spot at the USTRC in Oklahoma next month as well!

TOTAL Payout after splitting up the money.....
$ 4,192.00 each!!!! (not bad for a whole days work....I guess technically 33 seconds!!)

I'M ONE PROUD WIFE!!!

I'll post the "official" picture when we get it...but until then these should do!

"She Thinks My Tractors Sexy"

....and I DO!!!

We just bought a new John Deere tractor this weekend! With all the fence building Royce does and all the equipment that he has to rent to complete the job, it only made since to use the money that we were spending on renting....and put it towards something that is ours!

Royce is IN LOVE with this tractor....he hasn't gotten off of it much (which doesn't help the fact that I hardly saw him before the tractor and now when he is home...he's on it). But I will have to admit... I dig it too! I got to shred the entire back pasture all by myself! There was a little problem though (and if you ask Royce I am REALLY hard on equipment...something always seems to break or go wrong with things when I operate it)....well...apparently there is a weight limit sensor on the seat. If you don't weigh enough it will set off this obnoxiously loud beeping noise and won't shut up until there is enough weight back on the seat (I guess so if you fall off it will set off an alarm..who knows)...Well because apparently you have weigh MORE than 150 to operate this tractor. I was having a hard time so Royce had to come and "ride" along with me and put some extra weight on the seat so I could drive the stupid thing without the alarm. Hopefully we can come up with another idea to add weight so I don't have to hear that everytime I get on it!

Another reason for the tractor is to help fix up this place for a hopeful re-sale! He's going to be tearing down all the fences and re-building, adding an entrance, and hopefully building a smaller metal apartment to increase the value quite a bit! Having the new tractor around will sure come in handy with all that too! Who knows...he may fix it all up and then we decide we want to stay...either way it's a win-win situation!!

Nikki turns the BIG 25....ouch

Well...the time has come that I've dreaded for ages...the big 25. I am having a hard time with this. After this...it's rounded up to 3o...so I decided to stay 25 forever! Every year from here on out I WILL be 25! =)

Even though I didn't want to celebrate this dreaded day, my family drug me out (against my will) and took me to dinner. We had a great time, except for all the "old" jokes made at the table. Trent got me a $50 gift card to Wood N' Thangs (which I'm stoked about!), Mom and dad gave me money and a Margarita Machine (hell yeah!) and Royceee-poo got me a rockin' wood container! Some people use them for potatoes, but I think we will use it for a trash can....take a look...he did an AMAZING job (and even all by himself!!....the training must really be working!) hehe

Well...WE MADE IT!!

ONE WHOLE YEAR!!!

Royce and I have been Married one year today! And we are both still alive! It's been an AMAZING year to say the least...it went by incredibly fast, got me excited about all the years still to come and made me love that man even more! I love my Royceee!

On another note...Our newest kiddo is growing like crazy! Coozie is definitely going to be larger than Diesel I'm afraid! The good news is though that Noah is suprisingly warming up to her and actually playing with her every now and then (I know right...Noah?...the mean, hateful Noah??) Diesel I think is glad that he has a friend now...but certainly isn't liking how she wants to play with him while he's sleeping. He's even being such a gentleman....she will come over and lay next to him on his bed and he will get up, giving her the whole bed! (or maybe it's because she's annoying him and he just wants to get away...who knows!)

So...that's what goin on in the Light household! School will start again in just a few weeks =( My summer is drawing to a close and I'm NOT to excited about that. Royce is building a big fence in Godley so I can't even annoy him during the day...so sad.





**Note...the pictures below are of Royce eating the cake...I tried the icing (just for good luck), but have this thing about eating something that is a YEAR OLD...ew!





There are also some pics of the gifts we got each other! Nothin...big...just thoughtful!

Meet our new daughter.... COOZIE!

So we got a new little puppy yesterday! A girlfriend/wife for Diesel one day (and hopefully the mom of some beautiful puppies!!) She's so sweet....and soo LAZY! She's not to sure about everything right now, but then again who would be with a 150+ Great dane standing far taller than you and and a little chihuahua who could give two rips about you??!! Diesel's is not to sure of her right now...in fact he's actually growled at her twice...making me WAY nervous. But nontheless she's here to stay! Her slogan is... COOZIE..."To have and to hold and to keep your beer cold!"

A VeRy eventful Memorial Day Weekend

Ok....here goes (and I think it will be easier if I just list them) =)

1. Our air conditioner blows cold air and it comes out hard in all the vents, however, ONLY in the living room it is ALWAYS scorching hOt. We can't figure out why really. The last couple of days it's been miserable to even be sittin' in here. Saturday during the day it was sooo hot I HAD to just leave. I ended up going to town with the intentions of buying a new dish washer (tax free!!)....but remembering how hot and awful it is to sit in my own home I opted for a NEW A/C. So Royce and my dad managed to cut a hole in the side of the house and installed an A/C unit. AND MAN DOES IT GET COLD!!! =) yay for A/C

2. I really DO love mowing. Good excerice and I like to make everything look nice! So I started out on my 3+ hours of push mowing and was about an hour into it when I bumped into the water hydrant outside. OOPS. I broke the PVC pipe somewhere down in there causing a MAJOR water leak. (I'm talkin I have never seen water spray up that high...only in movies). So we spent the majority of the weekend fixing a water leak. =(

3. I gain my confidence up again and return to mowing (the next day). The grass near the barn was getting ridiculously high and I KNEW I had to get it mowed down. **(we are getting ready to purchase a tractor and I was waiting on him to get that so he could shred all of it down first)** Well...I get near the barn and a horse blanket was in my way. So I reached down to pick it up and hang it over the fence (being oh so fearful of a snake)...and what do you know...there is was....EEEK! I don't know what kind it was...but I DO know it was the same color as a rattlesnake. I didn't hang around long enough to find out what it was....or have a conversation with the creep either. I don't think I have ever screamed so loud. I left the mower and ran right into the house. The mower STILL resides in that location and unless Royce goes and gets it for me, or I gain enough confidence to go back out there that's where it WILL be. (unless they make fully snake proof suits from head to toe I WILL NOT be back). =(

Do you think my vacations/breaks could get any more eventful? Sheesh. How about a ReLaXiNg one for cryin out loud.

What you have all been waiting for!

BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES ARE UP!!! FINALLY!

Master Bathroom~

Kitchen~
















LIVING ROOM~

Floors~

Mater Bedroom~

Guest Bathroom~

Looking out the Front Door~

Looking out the back door~

The Arena (minus the sand....it's coming!)

Spare Bedroom~