Blessings~
P.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Balling Babies
Our boy, Bo has taken up tie down calf roping. Here he is typing down a calf. He'll look at this picture and point out all that he's done incorrectly. I look at the picture and think, WOW!
This was his first Tie Down Calf Roping competition. The Jr. Lewis Competition of Champions - if you are familiar with the sport, you know that Jr. Lewis comes from the South Hutchinson area and is known for training calf horses, etc. Bo finished 2nd in his age division and won this rope can and some moolaa!
So, Bo decided he was going to take this event seriously and called his Uncle David, who has an abundance of calves. Uncle David owns LaPar Dairy and decided just for Bo, he'd sell some of his calves. They wheeled and dealed, haggled and negotiated but ended up with a fair deal! Bo came home with 8 Holstein calves to practice on.
One thing we found to be a disadvantage at home was how long the legs are on holsteins, but he kept working till he could flank them all. And when he roped his first calf in competion later, he flanked it with no problem! We've had fun learning the art of tie down calf roping.
And the balling babies have settled in to their routine, get fed, get flanked, get fed, get roped, get fed, get flanked.
Blessings~
P.
This was his first Tie Down Calf Roping competition. The Jr. Lewis Competition of Champions - if you are familiar with the sport, you know that Jr. Lewis comes from the South Hutchinson area and is known for training calf horses, etc. Bo finished 2nd in his age division and won this rope can and some moolaa!
So, Bo decided he was going to take this event seriously and called his Uncle David, who has an abundance of calves. Uncle David owns LaPar Dairy and decided just for Bo, he'd sell some of his calves. They wheeled and dealed, haggled and negotiated but ended up with a fair deal! Bo came home with 8 Holstein calves to practice on.
One thing we found to be a disadvantage at home was how long the legs are on holsteins, but he kept working till he could flank them all. And when he roped his first calf in competion later, he flanked it with no problem! We've had fun learning the art of tie down calf roping.
And the balling babies have settled in to their routine, get fed, get flanked, get fed, get roped, get fed, get flanked.
Blessings~
P.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Just Another Day in Paradise
I'm home! I will never take being a stay-at-home mom for granted again. Working Real Estate is great because I schedule it around my family. Working for a company is the pits! For the past 15 years, if my kids needed to go to the dr, I scheduled the appointment. If I wanted to have lunch with a friend, I went. When I took on a 3/4 time job, I suddenly lost all my freedom and I DIDN'T LIKE IT!!
So, I am now back home - Hip Hip Horray!
Now, I'm back to blogging and will get caught up with all of you in between the two inches of dust on my curtain rods and the walls that need painting, grass that needs mowed, corrals that need painting, fences that need build!
Rather then just post a whole bunch of pictures of what has been going on around the Broken Y, I'll start with my Saturday night!
My sweet dollie
took me on a date! Her treat!
We went to the
Yes - those are Crocs!
Yes - they are my FAVORITE shoes!
Yes - I wore them to town!
We saw the 9:00pm showing of SOUL SURFER! Excellent movie! One of those movies that you think about for a couple days afterwards!
She is sweet as can be and plunks her $ down on her mama alot!
Talk to ya'll soon!
Blessings~
P.
So, I am now back home - Hip Hip Horray!
Now, I'm back to blogging and will get caught up with all of you in between the two inches of dust on my curtain rods and the walls that need painting, grass that needs mowed, corrals that need painting, fences that need build!
Rather then just post a whole bunch of pictures of what has been going on around the Broken Y, I'll start with my Saturday night!
My sweet dollie
took me on a date! Her treat!
We went to the
Yes - those are Crocs!
Yes - they are my FAVORITE shoes!
Yes - I wore them to town!
We saw the 9:00pm showing of SOUL SURFER! Excellent movie! One of those movies that you think about for a couple days afterwards!
She is sweet as can be and plunks her $ down on her mama alot!
Talk to ya'll soon!
Blessings~
P.
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