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.

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.

Wrestle Fest!

How many times have I posted about "Wrestle Fest"?




No, it's not that nonsense, Friday Night Smackdown . . .




No, it isn't that barbaric stuff called cage fighting . . .








Good 'ol father/son fun!














It doesn't matter where . . .



It doesn't matter when . . .



It could be 9:00am or 9:00pm . . .



When Dad says "Come On!"



They come runnin' . . .




And the Wrestle Fest begins!





Blessings~

P.

HEY! GUESS WHAT??

I was completley overwhelmed by the love and support I received in all the emails sent about my blog going private! Life has been absolutely crazy for me lately so getting a private blog set up has just not happened.

And ya know what else . . .I decided that weirdos weren't going to rule me!

I've met some incredible people through this blog.

Fantastic women of faith and conviction! Some men too!

I believe that God uses these avenues of friendship for is glory as well.


All that being said . . .







I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE!




I do need a blog face-lift and I'm sure Karma can help me with that!




But . . . I mentioned a GIVE AWAY at post 300! I'm getting closer so you better be getting ready!




God love ya all!

Blessings~
P.

The Police Report is Filed . . .

Okay . . . I have to go private. Many of you know and some of you don't that I am a Realtor. I have my name, picture and phone number published on signs, flyers, business cards, newspapers, etc.


I got a call last Saturday on my cell phone from someone looking for a place to live . . . we Realtor's get alot of weird calls that we just forget about. I am not able to forget about this call because he's called me back six times.


I've filed a police report and an investigation into the identity and location of this person is taking place. We have reason to believe from some of his comments that he may be a registered offender.

That being said, I feel that for the safety of my family, specifically my children, that I need to annonymize myself. I may be able to do that simply by taking out critical information from my Blog and giving everyone a pet name like "Ranch Wife", "Cottonpicker", "DH", etc. LOL, BUT I think I am going to have to privatize it. I hate doing that because I have 54 followers and I want to keep all of you.

So this is what I am going to do. I realize I have been a hit and miss poster, but if you want to stay on my "follower's list" please send me an email to brokenyranch@gmail.com. I will send you a personal invitation to join my blog as soon as I get it all done. If you have friends that you think would like to join, please share my email with them.

Blogging has been a wonderful outlet for me. I have beautiful new friends that, only a few, I've met personally. I don't want to give this up! I won't because of some creepo!

I will keep this open for about a week. Bless you all and I hope you stick with me!

Blessing~
P.

Five Minutes on Friday

What's been happening at the . . .



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .you ask?


Well, you didn't really, but I'm gonna tell ya anyway! I'm gonna have a fit of frustration, let it all out, and then move on!





Sewer back up




Un-known virus




Leaking roof




Downed tree




Sick horse




Showerhead leaking inside wall




Puking and fevers




Vet runs




Antibiotic runs




the runs (LOL)




Lowe's runs





picking apples




peeling apples




watching the pears fall off the tree (I don't care for pears)




windows for MIL's house to install




ANOTHER mouse invasion




building more fence




still feeling sick




flies, flies, flies (I HATE FLIES)




On a happier note, it's Friday. The weather is beautiful, I'm lifing from the fog of sickness somewhat, and it's another rodeo weekend. I'm with the boys in Mulvane and Rick and the Princess are headed to Mound City, KS.





AND . . .











It's my favorite time of year! I love the colors, I love the smells, I love the weather, I love everything about it!






Happy Fall Ya'll!



Blessings~
P.

Hello! Let me re-introduce myself! My name is Paula and I'm a blog slacker. I've been a blog slacker for about six months now. I've been told the first step to recovery is admitting it!

So, here goes . . . I'm a blog slacker! I mentioned that I would have a contest on my 300th post, that was about . . . I don't know how long ago, and I've got about 13 to go. It may take me to the end of the year, it may be a Christmas contest!

So . . . here are a few interesting pictures of my crew!

My beloved horse, Socks, is in Ace land so that he can get his teeth worked on. Look at that tongue! LOL



Klay and Kash at a T-Ball game. They were the Royals!



The Princess is getting ready for her first HS Rodeo of the season. She's made significant progress and I'll have a video posted soon! Just for you, Michelle!



I'm chillin' in a spot of shade at the rodeo. It was hot and I was thinking an RV would sure be good to have!!



and these . . . are some of the 1st Road Cowboy Fellowship crazies! We've had anywhere from 15-40 kids roping on Thursday nights. These kids came even when the arena was too wet! They are a special group!




Okay . . . I really have missed ya and I'm trying to get caught up with two or three of ya a day!

Have a beautiful week!

Blessings~

P.