Go Jace!!!!!

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

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

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

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

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!

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......

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!