Death, Bugs, Rodeo, and One CRAZY Cat

So I haven't posted about all the little things going on in our lives cause really, there has been alot... After my appendix surgery I was kinda out of it to really realize what was all happening. And I know that the timeline within my posting doesn't match the timeline of actual events but who cares :)

For sure, I missed the Dixie Round-Up Rodeo. I mean I was there, in person. But not so much in mind. It was only 6 days after my surgery and I was still in some pain and still heavily medicated. Okay well a little too medicated now that I think about it in retrospect but at the time I felt horrible. I don't even want to post any pictures of the rodeo cause they; 1> are terrible because my camera is so freaking crappy 2> they really are of nothing cause while there I was so disoriented and confused that I didn't get any good ones even if they weren't blurry.

Then I had some tragedy in my life... Junior, our family pug, passed away on September 25. It was really hard to let Junior go, really hard for everyone actually. He was a really old dog and it was his time to go but its just hard when you've had something in your life for so long just for it to be gone. And other than him passing, it seemed to be like this passing away of a time of my life. I know its kinda lame but when our other dog, Pooch, died it seemed that it was kinda okay cause Junior was still there. But now that Junior is gone, that time of my life is gone. The time when my family was just my family, us siblings were all still at home and we were still somewhat small kids. But its all part of the journey and really, its almost nice to be starting this new part of my life when I am starting my own family. I just wish that pets could live forever like the cat in Hocus Pocus, but not die at the end of the movie. Oh and these pictures aren't of him dead, he's just sleeping :) I'm not that psycho.

This second death is very very humorous, well its humorous now.... During the hunt while Kerby's grand parents were on the mountain, we were responsible for feeding the 5 horses at the house. Well... one of the horses, Ricki, colicked and died. Yeah, it died. During the time that we were responsible for them, we killed it. Not really though, Ricki was fine in the morning when we fed and when we fed that night she just died. Kerby went out and noticed she was sick and 15 minutes later she killed over. It was really weird and it was really weird to see a dead animal... just laying out in a corral... in the rain... WEIRD

Then there was the tarantula...

... right outside our door CREEPY

And now the cat named Franklin :)

We put him underneath the laundry basket and just let him do his thing, he really is the weirdest cat I've ever been around.

Catalina Island

On September 30th Kerby was able to take me flying!! He had been planning to take me to Catalina Island in California for a while and we finally were able to go. I was so excited to be back in the plane again with him as the pilot. It is really amazing that he is a pilot and that he within a couple of hours we can be in a totally different place in the country.

We left St. George a little later than we wanted, taking off around noon. Its so cool to see St. George that high up. You litterally can see the whole town from one end to the other.

After flying over Las Vegas and entering Califonia, we stopped in the city of Corona at there airport to refuel and stretch our legs.

When we took off from Corona I knew it wouldn't be too long till we were over the ocean and on our way to the island. Then there in the distance was what seemed to be the end of it all. It was so hazy from the polution and nastiness of California that it was all a blur when you looked towards the horizon. The blue from the ocean and the blue from the sky seemed to blend together which made it a little disorienting. Luckily the island was there and soon we were on the ground on the tiny little island.

This is the only part of the trip I do not like. We arrived at the Catalina Airport too late to make the bus down to the town called Avalon. The last bus leaves the airport at 5:00 pm but doesn't come back.... :( So we were only able to visit the old airport and little cafe. But it was still really fun to fly over the town and see the sights.

As we left for our flight home, Kerby wanted to get a really good view of Avalon and what we missed out on. Avalon seriously looked so fun and I really want to go hang out there and really check it out. Kerby and I will definatly be heading back there to complete our little adventure to Catalina.
All and all it was a really fun trip and I was so glad that I got to go and spend some flight time with the hubs ♥