The Ward Family

Swine Flu And Doughnuts

2010-03-14T14:50:00.000-07:00

We had our monthly community 4-H meeting and I had put together some vocabulary words for all the kids so we could work on our livestock terminology. On the beef and horse paper was the question "what is 1 disease you should vaccinate your animal for?" Tanner put swine flu on both papers. I about died....I didn't realize how much I have not taught my own kids. Then when Breck was asked what gestation was he replied "a type of doughnut".......where did he even come up with that? I guess I have my work cut out for me.........

Slap Jacks on the Corner

2010-03-10T21:18:00.000-08:00

My big boys have been really into card games lately and the two favorites are, kings on the corner and slap jack. Jace came into the office today and wanted to play "slap jacks on the corner." It ended up being just slap jack except for he got to look at the card before he laid it down.......which I tried with no avail to convince him he was cheating, he told me "well, that's how I won mom." What to do with this boy............?

Irish Rovers

2010-03-10T09:28:00.000-08:00

I love these 2 songs by the Irish Rovers. My Papa had a tape and he would always play it for my sister and I when we were little and would go somewhere with him........it was the highlight of the trip! So fun to have it on my blog!

Holidays

2010-03-08T16:52:00.000-08:00

Valentines Day was a month ago and I am finally just changing my background. I really need to stop doing holiday themed backgrounds, because I am horrible at changing them..........

Arizona

2010-01-21T11:55:00.000-08:00

Arizona was soooooo fun! I have decided that life is way too short to live in Idaho all winter. It was 70 degrees while we were there. We got to go on some cool rides out in the desert. The cacti there were way cool. They say everything in the desert there will either bite, poke or stick ya and they weren't kidding! We stayed during the week in Humbolt with the Richards'. George is a 7 time NFR qualifier and won it 1 year. It was really cool for Sid and Breck to rope with him and get some roping tips. We spent the weekends by Phoenix. It was so cool to see all the oranges, grapefruits and lemons growing. We also got to see some radishes being harvested which was neat. Sid and Breck both roped really well. On New Years Day, Sid won the 12 gold plus and won a new pair of gold spurs. He wants to wear them, but they are way too pretty and are going on the wall. Breck won the dummy roping there and won a new buckle. The other 3 boys stayed with my parents and had a great time snowmobiling up their cabin. I'm already ready to go back next winter!

Las Vegas

2010-01-21T11:09:00.000-08:00

I just realized that I still has Christmas music on my blog and had never done a new post for our trip to Las Vegas.......I need to stay home more! So our trip to Las Vegas was great! I love Las Vegas at NFR time, there are soooo many cowboys and the atmosphere is amazing! We got to do some really fun things and meet some really cool people.

Belonging

2009-11-30T20:27:00.000-08:00

Breck was interviewed a few months ago for a magazine called, Belonging. It is a magazine for the Hemophilia community. We just got our copies and he is on the cover of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were soooooo excited. It is a super cool article! There are so many people in the hemophilia community that would consider us nuts to allow Breck to ride a horse (and have a tramp, and dirt bikes and on and on). But, I hope that we were able to help some families that have young children with Hemophilia to see that it isn't the end of the world and there are so many options out there for these kids. Yeah Breck!

Nug's leg update......

2009-11-30T20:19:00.000-08:00

So here is another cool picture of Nug's leg. She is making progress........although it is very slow! We definitely aren't going to have to put her down anymore, but she is still a long ways away from ride able. So as of now we are still hoping for the best and that we will be able to ride her again. In the mean time we are looking for her a suitable husband for next year......

Fall Carnival

2009-10-12T10:15:00.000-07:00

Saturday was the Fall Carnival at our school. The boys had tons of fun. Tan and his friend Beau helped (scared people) in the Spook Alley for most of the time. Breck loved the Cake Walk, and finally won him a cake. Conor loved the bouncy houses and Jace loved the Monster boxing. He kept saying "mom, can I do that again, I want knocked out!" It was really funny to watch, the gloves were as big as he is.

Go Jace!!!!!

2009-10-12T10:12:00.001-07:00

Jace won his first ever dummy roping! Jace won the 4 and under dummy roping in Billings at the WTRC Finals. This is the first one that we have let him enter and he did such a good job! He won a Bones, and we have been wanting one. And what a good color he picked out!

Yellowstone

2009-10-12T10:05:00.001-07:00

We had a day when we were in Billings between the horse sale and before the roping started that we decided we would check out Yellowstone. When we went to go into the park they informed us that there were 2 fires in the park and 1 that was bad enough the road was closed and then there was also a bridge out. So we ended up only being able to come in the Northeast entrance and out the North entrance. So I didn't get to see Old Faithful.......bummer. But we did see a bunch of cool animals. We saw 100's of buffalo, which Jace wanted to ride. We saw a herd of bighorn sheep, Con wanted to bulldog them. A big black bear, a little wolf and a herd of elk that Breck wanted to rope. It was a LONG drive but it was fun for the boys to see it. Tanner didn't go with us to Billings, but Grandma and Grandpa took him and the exchange students that next weekend and they did get to see Old Faithful (they came in a different entrance) and Tan had a great time too.

Cody and the Chicken

2009-09-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

If it isn't kittens in the form of horse poop, then it's turkeys in the form of chickens!

So, Breck told me about a week ago that there was a turkey in the pasture with our cows. I (like the good mom I am) totally blew him off thinking yeah right! Right, like there are turkeys in the pasture. So today I am outside and here come our dog Cody out of the pasture with this "turkey." The turkey is a chicken and it is totally alive, missing quite a few feathers but still alive! So Jace and I go running after Cody to get this chicken from him and he turn the corner of the house, drops the chicken off in the window well and takes off. He knew he was in trouble and in fact I still haven't seen him........smart dog! So we have one neighbor that I thought I had seen had a couple chickens and some ducks. We jump on the 4-wheeler and head over there and the lady says she is missing a rooster but not a chicken. So it makes me think that maybe the turkey/chicken is a rooster? So she follows us home definitely confirms it's just a chicken and takes it home with her. What great neighbors we have!

Furry Poop

2009-09-17T08:20:00.000-07:00

So we were cleaning stalls last night and I made Tanner open the door up that leads out into the horses runs to clean behind it. After he had opened it I just noticed that there was some poop back there that he really needed to clean up. I was busy cleaning another stall and so I wasn't really paying attention, and every time I would check on him he still hadn't cleaned behind the door. I finished my stall and finally looked at the stall Tan was cleaning and noticed that unless Murphy had been eating something furry that was not poop behind the door! Now Tan has been in this stall for 30 minutes cleaning it and never noticed. So I asked him what it was and he said "it's just more poop mom." So I go to investigate this weirdness behind the door and there were 5 kittens there! And they are old enough that their eyes are even open. They are soooooo cute! We have been wanting some barn cats and I guess now we have some!

Conor

2009-09-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

Con lost his first tooth. It has been pretty loose for awhile and he wiggled it all the time and I just couldn't wait for the day that I got to pull it out. Well......he went to school one day and pulled it out himself and took all the fun!

Be careful what you wish for!

2009-09-17T08:15:00.000-07:00

So Sid and I have always wanted a little girl, but I'm not sure this counts. We were over at some friends house who have all girls and I guess if you can't "beat'em, join'em!" So before we know it Jace was dressed up as a girl, this was only one of many dresses he modeled for us that night. I am thinking this will be great blackmail when he is in high school.

Horse Update......

2009-09-02T20:28:00.000-07:00

So we got to take Murphy's stitches out tonight, and his eye seems to be healing nicely. I sure hope it looks normal before we head to the Wrangler finals in Billings in a couple weeks......Nugget came home on Tuesday and her foot is casted, so I have no idea what it looks like. She has to keep this cast on for 3 weeks and be on some big time antibiotics and then she goes back to the vet to see where we are at. We are still keeping our fingers crossed!

Update......So I ended up having to take Nug back to Dr Clark's, she got and infection inside the cast and she spent another 2 weeks there. I just got to bring her home again yesterday. Dr Clark said that if you were to cut part of the horses foot off with a chain saw it would look pretty much like hers does (which is not reassuring). So now her leg is just wrapped and she is REALLY sore on it still. So I think it is going to be a super long road with her but the vet thinks she will still heal up ok. I guess only time will tell!

Breck

2009-08-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-28T02:19:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-28T02:12:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-18T11:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-11T17:05:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-11T16:59:00.000-07:00

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!

Saddle

2009-03-30T12:51:00.000-07:00

Is is ok to have a blog where I can brag about my husband? I am going to anyhow! Sid finally won his first saddle! He won it at a Wrangler roping in Ogden Utah, they beat out over 400 other teams. It was a really fun weekend, I am excited to start traveling again this year. It is so fun to see everyone when we go.

Spring Break

2009-03-30T12:42:00.000-07:00

Our spring break was totally lame this year. We went to Boise and had Breck's portacath removed (that is where he got his medicine). It is hard to believe that we had it put in 6 years ago. He handled it really well and everything went great. He was a little reluctant to leave the hospital, he really liked the play room and loved the remote that controlled the bed, TV, lights and the radio. I took out the I.V. on Saturday and he can take his bandages off this Saturday. It is weird to have that part of our life over, we have a whole closet in our house just dedicated to port supplies. Now what to do with the closet.........

Long time.....

2009-03-30T12:37:00.000-07:00

So I have decided to take up blogging again (please don't expect anything fancy). This second my two biggest reasons are: It is way too cold and windy outside to do anything productive. And the second reason is that I don't want to do my taxes.....so why not blog right?

Mud Puddle

2008-07-06T20:57:00.000-07:00

One of our risers that feeds our pivot broke and flooded part of our new arena and of coarse they boys found it. Sid and I were busy putting panels up for the arena and thought it was great that the boys were occupied......that was until I saw them up close. They were soooo muddy! But they had fun! While the boys were so occupied with the mud puddle Sid was tightening some wire on one of the panels and pulled back too hard and hit himself in the mouth with the pliers and chipped his tooth. I thought it was pretty funny, but Sid did not. After the boys got done playing in the mud puddle we sent them in house to take a shower (you should see my shower....but that is a whole nother story) and next thing we know here comes our naked Jace with marshmallows on wooden skewers. What to do with that boy?

Fun On The Fourth

2008-07-06T20:46:00.000-07:00

Our 4th was layed back, quiet and relaxing......just what we needed. On the 4th Sid came home early and we had a fun dinner with Dallas and Margaret at their house. Then we all came home and took a nap. We woke up and did chores and then did some fireworks at our house and then went up on our dirt bike track and watched the Richfield fireworks (they were lame this year) and came in the house and went to bed. Saturday Sid and I left the kids and went shopping in Twin and went out to lunch, came home took yet another nap, woke up rode the horses, watched the UFC fight and went to bed. It was a good day.

Date Night

2008-06-28T09:31:00.000-07:00

Last night I got to go on a date with my husband. I love when he calls and asks me on a date. I know for a fact the last thing he probably wanted to do was drive to Twin after working all day, but he is so sweet to remember me and my "needs". We went with Craig and Natalie (it was actually their idea to go out) and went to Outback and Cold Stone. We had such a good time, we laughed ALL night. I think I really needed that. Anyway, I highly recommend a good date night to everyone that reads this.

Jace (aka Jack Jack)

2008-06-27T23:29:00.000-07:00

So we have all seen the movie The Incredibles....well there is a bonus little cartoon called, Jack Jack Attack and our cousins have decided that is totally what Jace acts like so that is his new nickname. Jace was over at Deanna and Alex's house and Alex told Jace that it was not ok to pick on the dog with 100 stitches that just got hit by a truck (how mean I know) and he went running into the house and told Deanna "that Dad outside is MEAN!" Jace can make a super cool "mean face" and he even growls now when he does it. He really makes me proud. If you tell him that if he can't listen you are going to spank his bum his reply is "oh no you can" instead of "oh no you can't." I think by the time we are done with him we will be on a first name basis with the ER.

Baseball

2008-06-27T23:23:00.001-07:00

Baseball is over and I have really mixed emotions about it. I am glad because I am so busy and will enjoy having Tuesday and Thursday nights to ride my horses, but I really really liked baseball. We lost 2 games and won 5, so I was really proud of my team. I had 2 girls on my team that those last couple of games improved sooooo much, it was really fun to see. I think next year that I will loose all but 3 of my players, so I will miss them. But the good news is, is that Breck will get to play on my team next year and I will finally get to watch him play.

Swimming Lessons

2008-06-27T23:16:00.001-07:00

We had our last day of swim lessons today. It has been a fun two weeks, but I am glad that it is over. Tanner passed level 4 with flying colors. He and his cousin, Olivia, were in major competition (I have no idea where he gets that from) with one another and they really pushed each another to really improve. Tanner is really amazing to watch his front crawl and his breast stroke, I think he could easily beat me. Breck passed level 3, even though he thought he was going to drown when he had to tread water for 30 "whole" seconds. And Con passed level 1 even though he swam for about 10 minutes everyday this week. His teacher said that he could touch and he wasn't scared so he got to pass......whatever works I guess.

Goats

2008-06-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went and bought 2 new goats. We couldn't go to the junior rodeo so why not go by some goats right.......right! So we now are the owners of 2 fabulous new goats. One is Benny and one is Goliath. We bought them for the boys to practice their goat tying on, and Breck is getting really good.

Boat Race

2008-06-22T21:39:00.000-07:00

For cub scouts we decided that it would be a super fun idea to have a boat race. And in this planning why in the world would you want to use and average irrigation ditch when you can use the canal......right. So all the scouts made boats and painted them for the boat race, we packed lunches and headed to the canal. We had the boat race and 100% of the boats flipped over (I don't think they intended the $1 boats from Michael's to be put in a canal). Then came the exciting part of getting the boats out of the canal. So I am thinking I am so smart and take a huge fishing net to "fish" the boats out of the water, well the fishing net was not 30' long so there is like no way that I am going to get some of the boats out of the water. So my oldest son decides to jump in the canal, after all the scouts had PROMISED me that they would not get wet, just to save a cheap boat. We ended up loosing some boats, which caused some tears and some boats were mangled and it was a crazy day. So I am relaying this story to a member of of bishopric who nicely informs me that we have a special ditch in the back of the church that was made special for scouts and boat races.........so for our 2nd annual boat race we will be having it at the church and I will not be bringing a fishing net.

Baseball

2008-06-21T15:17:00.000-07:00

This is our last week of baseball and I must admit I am sad. My team has done so good this year, I am really proud of them. This week we have 2 home games so that will be a good way to end out the season. Breck has done awesome in t-ball. He hit 3 home runs last week, I wish that I got to watch him play more. Tanner is a great athlete and I will miss him next year when he moves up to softball.

Preston Junior Rodeo

2008-06-21T15:08:00.000-07:00

We left Friday night to go to the junior rodeo in Preston, and in 6 hours we made it to Burley and back. We got out past Dietrich and blew a tire, so we "limped" back into town and changed the tire. We then made it to Burley and stopped to fuel up and could hear the air hissing out of another tire and it was almost completely flat. We did not have another spare so we decided to have dinner and come home. I am not sure why we were not supposed to go to Preston but obviously we were not so we just came home. The flat tire ended up blowing as well and we got to drive about 30 mph all the way home. My kids were pretty bummed but they have another rodeo in Buhl on Monday night so we will try it again. I was just really glad that Sid was with me this time, and nothing really bad happened. So this is the first Saturday that we have been home in a long time and we were able to get a ton of work done, so it all worked out.

Swimming Lessons

2008-06-21T15:04:00.000-07:00

We have started swimming lessons again this year. Conor is able to touch in the 3 feet section of the pool so he gets to be in level 1 with no floaties this year....yeah! Breck is in level 3 again and doing great. At the end of the lessons the kids get to jump off the board and Breck spends most of his time perfecting his flips off the diving board. Tanner is in level 4 again, level 5 is pretty hard and not as much fun, so we decided to try level 4 again. I can't hardly wait until next year when all 4 of my kids can be in swim lessons, that is almost as cool as all 4 kids in school.........well maybe not.

'I don't tare"

2008-06-08T14:46:00.000-07:00

I know that the "terrible two's" got it's name for a reason. But I have seriously decided that my 2 year old makes other 2 year olds look like saints. Jace is truly a piece of work. He will not ever tell you that he "loves you too" unless he wants something (like ice cream). So last night I told him that I loved him and he looked right at me and said "I don't tare". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If he is this naughty at 2 we don't stand a chance at 16.

Tanner's "Blistard"

2008-06-08T14:27:00.000-07:00

Tan went on vacation with my family to St. George Utah and got a horrible sunburn. My mom swears that she put spf 50 sunscreen on him twice, but he still got burned. You could not touch his shoulders for about a week. When he had been home for a couple of days I decided that we needed to change his bandages and get some antibiotic cream on them. When we took off the bandages we found this blister, or "blistard" as Conor would call them. It was truly the size of a golf ball. I have never seen anything like it.

FYI.....I read the directions (who would ever think of that) and it says that sunscreen needs to be reapplied every 80 minutes.

Update on Sid's Finger

2008-06-08T13:17:00.001-07:00

Sid goes into the doctor Monday morning to have it x-rayed again to see if that chunk of bone is moving. If it has not moved he does not have to have surgery and if it has he will have to have it pinned. So I am hoping that the dang thing is holding still. I guess we will see.

Junior Rodeo

2008-06-08T13:02:00.000-07:00

Well, I survived our first junior rodeo. We (myself, Tan, Breck, Con and Kyla) left Friday night and drove to Grace (about 3 hrs 15 min) and stayed the night in the horse trailer. The rodeo started at 8:00 and I wanted to make sure we would be there and be ready. The older 2 boys did barrels first, Breck got a no time because he broke the pattern and Tan ended up 9th out of 48 kids. I was really proud of him and Chex considering it was both on theirs first rodeo ever and Chex has just learned the barrels. Then Con rode his sheep, he said it was lots of fun and is excited to do it again, which is a much better experience than the last time he rode. Tan then rode his calf and did great. We then did goats. Con's age group just pulled the ribbon off the goats tail and ran back and he was so cute! And the older 2 boys tied their goat. Tan ran out of time. Tying a real goat vs the dummy is totally different, so needless to say this week we are buying a goat. Breck got a time and I was pretty impressed for this being his first time. So, they do all the goat events in the middle of the arena and I have Con going on one side and the other 2 boys on the other side, I am trying to video and hold Roxy and by the time it was over I had lost Kyla. My only excuse is I am not used to looking for kids in pink windbreakers. I found her within 5 minutes, but I felt really bad. Poles were last and Tan got a no time and Breck got 4th (yeah) and Con went up one side of the poles and back down the other. He was really sad! He rides great, he just isn't strong enough to make those horses listen. The day was a great learning experience for us all and we are going to practice hard for the next one which is in Preston in 2 weeks.

Our first baseball game

2008-06-08T12:53:00.000-07:00

We had our first game on Thursday. We were supposed to play on Tuesday but the game had to be canceled because of the rain. My team did sooooo good, I was really proud of them all. I have a couple of kids that need work (mostly just with paying attention) but all in all everyone did great! Tanner had one hit that was amazing, he nailed it clear in the outfield and got a home run. Every time he would hit the other coach would tell him his team to back up, I love it! I have no idea how he can hit the ball so well considering he wont wear his glasses, but he does great! We are not supposed to keep score, but in my opinion what is the point of playing a game if you aren't gonna win.......right? But, we creamed them! And no, I am not super competitive.

Sids Finger

2008-06-02T17:13:00.000-07:00

My threats must have worked......Sid did go to the doctor today and his finger is broken. It is not broken like a "typical break" (nothing in our medical drama can ever be normal) when you noramlly look at an x-ray there is a horizontal break in the bone, his has a chunk of bone broken off the side (I demonstrated this at McDonald's using a french fry for my kids today). We are waiting to hear back from the bone doctor about doing surgery to fix it and the best way to cast it. So, no roping for Sid for at least 4 weeks. I don't know how his is going to survive the depression:)

ANNOUNCEMENT

2008-05-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

I have an important announcement to make........this is the last year that I am going to have a Birthday. I appreciate everyones calls, Mijken taking me out to lunch and Deanna's super great cookies (that I am not sharing) and all the cards. Next year we are just going to have to pick a day to do nice things for me but it wont be my birthday. I am going to stay 29 F O R E V E R!!!!! Ya all can get old....but not me I have decided that I want no part of it!

Utah USTRC....yuck

2008-05-28T11:57:00.001-07:00

We weekend was not so much fun. I guess you "win some and loose some". It started off by one of our really good friends got his hand caught in his dally and had to be taken to the hospital. It was still attached (team ropers are notorious for getting their fingers, mostly thumbs, caught when they rope and get cut off....sounds fun huh). It ended up just being broken (in half) and is going to be ok.....in about 4 weeks. Then Sid did the same thing, just different finger. So his finger is 4 times the size of the others. I he has instruction (from me) to go get it x-rayed tomorrow. Then Sid roped with 9 different partners and he missed 1 and all the rest missed......major bummer. And Jace was a holy terror ALL weekend. But the highlights of the weekend are......Conor won another buckle, Breck got second and won a rope and we got Tanner home. Oh yeah.....and I didn't leave Jace in Salt Lake....always a plus!

Junior Rodeo

2008-05-26T14:57:00.000-07:00

I have yet to decide if this is a good or bad thing but....I signed my 3 oldest kids up for the Idaho Junior Rodeo Association. They get to run barrels, poles, goat tie (Conor will just pull the ribbon off the goats tail) and mutton busting. The first one is in Grace on June 7th, so we have been trying to get practiced. Tanner is in Colorado and wont have much time to practice, Breck rides every day and Conor (that's another story) when he doesn't want to listen he tells me that he is "only 4". The other rodeo's are in Preston, Rigby, Challis and American Falls. I just hope that we have fun and the boys can learn something. I will keep you all posted on how they do and hopefully will have some pictures up.

Foxy Roxy

2008-05-17T13:38:00.001-07:00

We took Roxy with us to Rexburg this weekend and everyone loved her, she has quite the "fan club" now. There were some kids there that played with her all day....she was one tired puppy when it was all over with. But I think she will make a good rodeo dog!

Grass

2008-05-08T20:03:00.000-07:00

This grass is making me so insane! No pictures of my beautiful yard.........yet.

Baseball

2008-05-08T20:00:00.000-07:00

It is that time of year again......time to look frantically around the house for the baseball things. Breck is playing t-ball again (this will be his last year) and Tanner is playing coach pitch (coached by yours truly) and this will also be his last year. They are both doing great! We still have issues with Breck convincing him that cowboy boots and baseball is not a great idea. It should be a fun year!

Jace

2008-05-08T15:54:00.000-07:00

I have pics of the older 3 boys and thought I would add some of Jace......who could forget Jace? Jace's favorite thing to say is "my do it" and that means you had better step back and let him take charge.

Nampa USTRC

2008-05-08T15:07:00.000-07:00

We just got home from the USTRC roping in Nampa (for some of you that do not know the roping lingo, here is a little lesson.....the USTRC is the United States Team Roping Championships). The boys all participated in the dummy roping on Saturday morning. Conor won his age group (5 and under) and Breck won his age group (6-7). They both got new buckles! We were so proud of them. I tell you what though watching your kids compete is a million times more nerve racking than competing your self or watching your spouse compete. Tanner got 4th and we were really proud of him as well. I told Sid after the boys roped that watching them both win buckles was so much fun we could just load up and go home. He decided that was a great idea but wanted his shot as well. Well Sid ended up getting second and third and won 2 buckles. I am a super nice wife and allow him to wear one to work and kept the pretty one for myself.........aren't I thoughtful! It was a great weekend we got to meet some new great people and my family and horses all put together in one weekend, it doesn't get any better than that.