A hot but fun afternoon!

Fitting Fanny's shoe

Caleb watching very closely!

This morning I was asking the boys who wanted to be my buddy to go tie the horses up at the land so our farrier could come to shoe them. Caleb then said that he wanted to go and then watch him. So we spent the afternoon watching our farrier. Towards the end Caleb couldn't take any more of the sun and heat and so he sat in the shade doing I don't now what! I'm so glad for the trees over there. I makes working out there a lot more bearable like today when it was 95 out there! Hank loved eating the clippings from their hooves...dogs!

P.S Have I told you that Fanny is TERRIBLE to shoe or trim?

Outlaw Days 2010

Today was Outlaw days. We were in the Parade for my dad's campaign I walked Hank in it and then we ran home, saddled the horses and went over to the arena. We forgot the camera so I don't have any pictures. Caleb won the calf riding(all 3 of the boys did it) and I did barrels and poles. On barrels my time was 25.something and on poles my time was 35. something. It was kind of cool, because my goal times were 25 for barrels and 35 for poles!! After I just finished poles I was doing the half circle that I usually do right after my run so I don't run right into the gate(I've tried that and I almost FLEW out of the saddle!) but Bailey didn't want to stop after the half circle and I kind of lost my hold and almost fell off! I was like half on for a couple of seconds! Jared did barrels too(he didn't want to do poles). It was a fun day! Fanny got to go too because it was a travel opportunity, to meet new horses, be around lots of new sounds, etc. we didn't compete on her though. She just got to watch! And thankfully it didn't rain! It was supposed to earlier this month when we looked and we were watching it throughout the week and then one day it said it was only supposed to be cloudy! And it was PERFECT for a rodeo. I wore a short sleeved shirt even!

New puppy!!

Yesterday we got a new puppy from our friends in Dietrich! She is a Border Collie/Unknown(mut) She is a yellowish grayish color with black spots. Lastnight was sure FUN!! She was yelping all night it felt like, We also went to Twin Yesterday to get all of the gear, since she is long haired she needs grommed and so we got brushes to groom her with. In target in the $1 bins thay just happened to have puppy stuff on sale, we got a really cute collar(that is way to big, she's wearing the cat's right now), a new leash, new doggie bowls that are soooooo cute and we got her a couple of toys. Oh, and Puppy chow.

Here are a few pictures:

Jared hold ing her up.

Aren't those bowls cute? And the WAY to big collar???

And so for family home evening we picked her up, went to Twin, And had a whisper family council(dad said that talking loudly hurt his ears) about the name and so we Decided on Lucy(I wanted to spell it Luci or Lucie). Hank likes her, but is jealous for all the attention!!

Fun with our cousins!

Friday night we were able to spend the night at Kristen's house!!! Mom and dad where able to go to SLC!!

On Friday we got to their house at ten(in the morning!) and we played outside all day!! Breck was soooooooooo exited to WIN a rope from Sid the contest was like this: Sid took the "horns" off of the Jake steer(special roping dummy without legs) and told him that if he could rope it 5 times just the horn "spot" then he could have the rope, after about 15 to 20 minutes(maybe longer!) he got it!! He was really exited. Then we roped the Jake steer some more and went and watched a movie and went to bed...Oh, and Casey came over and roped too, I ran the shoots and rode Chex! This happened before all the other "ropin stuff" occurred. While we roped I got sunbrned REALLY bad!

SATURDAY!!! I was invited to go to the ropin school in Hagerman with Sid and Breck! It was so much fun! And Casey even let me warm his horse up!(Thanks Casey!) It was a looongggg day...but fun! I played with "the girls" a lot(Katelyn, Kayla, and Kylee) and Katelyn brought her friend Ariel too! Lots...let me rephrase that...TONS of fun! Besides maybe Kaylyn(sp?), (she didn't turn as many as Breck did though). Other then that Breck(the only kid..and is 8) was the best header(headers rope the head and heelers rope the hind legs) there! Good job Breck he is REALLY good! Kylee ended up coming home with us and Breck ended up with Casey! And when we got back Michelle was at their house!(I act like you know all of these people). And I practiced setting Mate(Mater) up for showmanship! And I put sunscreen on about 10 times...no sunburn from Saturday!

And yes, lots of driving the toro and 4 wheelers! And no...we didn't play rugby. Oh, well. Maybe next time! And Hank had a blast, with Cody and Crash and Miss Foxy Roxy!

Sorry, no pics.

Hank

Yesterday we took Hank to the Vet, because he had a really swollen ear. He had this little pouch filled with bloody fluid. He got to spend the night at the vet office and came home this morning. He was sooo happy to see us. We also got to go to, watch the sugary on Hank. It was very interesting. First they stuck a tube down his throat to help him breath. Then they took a little knife and slit the little pouch of fluid. It came pouring out. Then they stitched it back together again. And gave him this rap that covers a lot of his head.The Vet called Hank messy puppy several times before the sugary was over. It was very cool to watch. This is the second time I've watched a animal in the vets. That includes bloody terror. Hear are some pictures of Hank today...

I think this one is cute from his face and sad with the bandage on.

Yes Yes that much covering.