my husbands older brother lives on a ranch in reno, just outside of the city.
his wife, is an incredible rodeo-queen coach…

they board horses, and auntie trains on average twenty girls who come and go all week long. some of them stay for a few days, some come for one… but everyday there are pre-teen and teenage girls at their ranch, riding horses & training for rodeos.

a girls horse heaven. you can imagine.

last summer {here}, our girls had the time of their lives while they spent five days at their uncle & auntie’s ranch.

this summer, our girls begged to go again,

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pioche, nevada…

August 2, 2010
is where these three cuties spent three days

while kiana and i were here.

without question, it was the best three days of their summer.
they love their auntie, uncle, & cousins!

and they love all the fun activities that come with
visiting their home.

thank you, scott family,
for being so-so wonderful!

xoxo.

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to reno.

my girls came off the plane, and did not stop talking

for hours

about how spectacular their week was…

these two sisters loved being at their uncle kenny’s & aunt jennee’s.
they loved riding horses.
all. day. long.
for five days.

{they were really pleased about only taking one shower all week.}

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kiana had her digital camera, and these are the pictures they brought home…
to share with me…

they only took pictures on one afternoon, of one day!
{those stinkers.}


thank you kenny &

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our weekend

August 12, 2009

went like this…

we were going to leave in the afternoon. by 1pm at best.

but dusty needed to work and i had lots of things i wanted to get done before we left town…and if we waited till 9pm, then we could pick up kiana from dance and she could go with us too instead of stay home with grandma.

so, we ended up starting our 10-hour drive at 10pm.

i did all the driving except the last hour on the way to bridgeport, california. because my night-owl tendencies kicked in and i was not tired at all.

almost exactly ten hours later we rolled into our hotel (very small-town hotel) at 7am,

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mr. and mrs. mcnutt

June 23, 2009

dusty’s niece shauna and her fiance’ jason,
were married june 20th, 2009
in ely, nevada {the birthplace of my husband}

ceremony & reception held at the Ely railroad depot-

{reminder: you can double-click on any pictures to see them larger.}the wedding ceremony~
dusty & his siblings –
dusty*kenny*ruthy{mother of the bride}*nancy*ryan
dusty & his sis nancy are helping their niece pin-up her bustle…

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say it ain’t so…

June 15, 2009

scotty turned the big 4-0!

this past weekend, we celebrated scotty’s 40 years at the bellagio in vegas, thank you for letting us join you. we truly cherish your friendship. and we warmly wish you many many more wonderful years to come –

you are truly one of the dearest. xoxo.

“it’s all for you…baby”


chris/suz/birthday boy
suz/me/brittneythe birthday dinner-one waitress asked if this was all a joke?!?
she said, “there’s no way he’s 40!”




thank goodness for awesome dancers!

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