Breck

Breck finally got his new saddle today. He has had to wait 2 very long weeks to receive it. He did such a great job at this years junior rodeos. He also won 2 new buckles and some awesome back cinch buckles today as well.

Darn Horses

So last weekend was a little rough on our horses. Friday night started with Murphy getting his eye cut open and needing stitches. Vets are hard to find on a Friday night in Richfield Idaho. So we have some amazing neighbors that came to our rescue that stitched him right up. I am just going to have to learn to do it myself, I hate being helpless. So then being the nice horse owner that I am decided to turn Rap, Nugget and Lloyd out into the new pasture so they could just be regular horses. Sunday morning we get up and notice they are still in the same place they had been all night, and Sid goes up to check on them and Nug had cut half her foot off (not an exaggeration). It was a MESS! I have never had a horse cut like that. So we wrapped it up the best we could. FYI vets are also hard to find on Sunday mornings also.......I don't know why these things don't happen Monday thru Friday 8-5. Monday morning I made an appointment with Dr. Clark and took her in and she is still there. Keep your fingers crossed for us! I am going to post a picture of it.....but don't look it you get grossed out easily.

Back To School

So school has started and I really couldn't ever decide if I was ready for the boys to go back or not. I think it depended on the day and if I got to be mom or just a referee. But regardless of what I wanted they started back anyways. Tan was excited, Breck dreading it and Con finally deciding it would be ok if he was excited even if Breck wasn't. They looked SO handsome on the first day of school and we pull up and my 5th grader turns and says "mom you do not need to walk with me into school, I know where I'm going and i don't need your help!" He seriously was embarrassed of me..........what a weird place to be in! I always thought I was pretty cool.....nothing like having a 10 year old put you in your place. It is sad Con had to go to school, I could keep him at home to myself forever. And I think a little of me is nervous of being home with Jace alone. It is either going to be really good or really bad!

An End To The Season

We just survived the 2009 Junior Rodeo season..........whew! We had tons of fun and it was so great to see the boys improve so much! Last night was the short round in Gooding. Only the top 8 kids in every event got to come back and compete. Con came back in all 4 of his events (barrels, poles, goat tail un-tying and the dummy head roping). He did SO good! He won the dummy head roping and won a huge new buckle. It is one of the coolest buckles the boys have won yet! He also won a bag, a new set of spurs and a tie down. Breck came back in the goats and flag race and won a new set of bell boots and a new set of spurs.

Buhl

We wrapped up another junior rodeo association we competed in this year. There were only 4 of them and they are in Bulh. Conor won his first junior rodeo buckle in the dummy roping (he's won 3 others at the US ropings). And Breck got third in the flag race and third in the team roping. These halters he won were SO cool. He was the envy of every girl there. He knows purple is my favorite color and he told me I could use his halter, but I could not have it. We will see about that..........

Breck

We went to watch a friend of ours rope in the Jerome rodeo. While all the other kids were running around and visiting the petting zoo, we couldn't find Breck. We then found him setting on the arena fence watching the rodeo. And this is after he had been at a rodeo for the past 12 hours.

Jace Jace

We went out to eat after one of the boy's junior rodeos and we went to eat at Chilies. I think it was quite the experience for Jace. While Sid was betting Breck $1 he wouldn't eat a jalapeno, Jace popped one in his mouth. Which is SO his personality! You guys talk about it and I'm gonna do it. Then when the waitress asked him what he wanted for dinner, he told her "a cheeseburger with a worm on it." Unfortunately for Jace they were out of worms in the kitchen. And then he decided he wanted eat the lime out of his dad's drink. We told him it was sour, but he bit into it about 12 times, before he decided it was truly sour. Two days later he rode his trike down the stairs in our house after being told it wasn't a good idea. I sure hope he grows out of this phase before he's 16!