Because of the weather, we’ve been keeping the below three horses in the “large paddock.” Today, we let them out to run around in the field. They ran around for a good 10 minutes.

From left to right is Maple, Onora and Aspen.

While I was out in the pasture I took a picture of our house in the snow:

Then I finally got a good picture of all three dogs… it’s really difficult:

From left to right is Penelope, Rosco, and Ansli. (Although theoretically, Rosco is the only one Ashton and Anna own. The other two are his good friends.)

Here’s Blu and Chunky. Chunky is doing a pretty good job of continuing to lay eggs, even on the very cold days. Last year, our chickens stopped laying when it got cold.

Mocha looking majestic:

Mocha checking out the Toyota:

After I came inside, the two mustangs that have been living on our back 10 acres finally stood together so I could get a picture of them:

Onora has a crush on the two mustangs, so when she noticed they were hanging out by her fence, she came running over:

Soon to be followed by Onora’s little best friend: Maple

That’s all 11 of our animals on a winter morning.

Ashton Anna

Round 2…
Fight!

Mocha was sitting on my desk looking out the window as she normally does every day. It was still nice and cool outside, so I opened the window so Mocha could stick her head out… The second the window opened: Mocha jumped out of it, landed 10 feet down, sprinted 20 feet into the bushes and a second later came out with a snake:

As you can see the snake was about as long as Mocha is!

Then she took the snake under our porch to play with it.

After I took that last picture, I brought Mocha inside so the snake could return to it’s life in the hopes of getting large enough to help Mocha and Rosco in the quest to remove all gophers from our land.

And since I’m posting about Mocha, here are some picture of Mocha being adorable:

Hahaha, what a spoiled cat.
-AshAnna

First: Mocha. I’m sorry, she’s just so ridiculous I can’t help but take the pictures:

(This one’s so awesome I created it as a 1440×900 desktop too.)

Ashton finally got his hair cut:

Ashanna created a flowerbed on “the dull side of the house”

Here’s the progress on the stone wall:

We rented a post-pounder for the weekend.

We woke up the other day to this:

There were three of them in this next picture… but I was too slow.

Chickens:

Enjoy,
AshAnna

Mocha on a Post:

Mocha on a Mouse:

Mocha on a Car:

Mocha on our DISH:

Mocha in the In-Box:

Mocha gets a bath:

Mocha says, “You can’t see me sleeping on Anna’s clean sheets”:

Mocha walking:

Mocha is also very well known for badgering any “alien” dog who visits our house. This is Mocha intimidating Penelope and Pudgy:

Mocha never ceases to amaze us.
AshAnna

She will hang out on your shoulders for hours at a time.

Enjoy =)
Ashton

Anna and I have been in our new house for 7 months and married for 2. It finally snowed. Normally, it snows by Halloween, but this year it came very late… which usually means it’s going to be a short and heavy winter. We’ll see.

Here are some pictures:

Rosco and Pudge sitting in front of our house.

The view from my office window:

Mocha in the snow:

My favorite girls:

Enjoy,
Ashton

Mocha’s first experience with a snake! (That we know about).

Mocha was playing around in the grass, and then comes out with a baby garter snake in her mouth.

She played around with it for a while, and she got bored of it.

We haven’t seen the snake since.

-Ashton

First step is the nap:

And then she walks in front of my monitors a couple times before deciding to jump onto my shoulder…

And then triesto get me to take a nap with her:

Okay, so she doesn’t actually help out at work any… it’s just a nice thought…

-Ashton

Anna has been talking about getting a dog for over a year, but we’ve never had a yard big enough for one. The day after we moved into our new house, Anna tells me that she’s going to stop by the pound and see if there are any puppies. I’ve never had a dog and can’t wait.

At about 11 o’clock, I get a phone call on my cell from a Montana number I don’t know. It turns out to be a friend of Buddy’s (Anna’s step-dad) who has a puppy that needs a home!

To make a long story short, he arrives at our house within an hour with our new puppy!

Meet Rosco!

He’s a German Shepard, Rottweiler mix. (Body structure of a German Shepard, coloring and fur of a Rottweiler, and the intelligence of both.) He is such a fast learner and a great listener! We don’t have to tell him anything more than twice. He always learns on the second.

What Rosco didn’t know was that we have a cat named Mocha and she’s not used to dogs.

Meet Mocha!

But Mocha is very curious about this new family member, and has been slowly getting used to him. As long as Rosco isn’t looking at her, she feels safe:

Rosco Adopted our family immediately. When his owner drove off, he didn’t even notice. Anna has taken him everywhere and he loves every minute of it.

-Ashton