George Ranch & Wedding

To see more pictures, click on George Ranch to your right. I thought I'd share the pictures of the George Ranch.  Shelby and I went with some friends to tour it.  What  neat place!!!

Here's a link to some of Cody and Brooke's pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rockingrs2008/CodyBrookeSWedding#

Fun week

This week sure went fast! Having Ryan working everyday but Thursday (including today) has kept me busy. I am trying to get shopping and cleaning dine all while taking care of Shelby. It has been challenging but the extra time with Shelby had been fun.

I got up on Friday at 4:30 to do my Christmas shopping. I hit several stores and was home by 8 am so Ryan could go to work.

Shopping + little time = too much stuff

I probally got more than I needed and I am still not done. So Shelby and I are going to Sugar Land to hopefully finish up.

Ryan and I have a wedding tonight. The break for both of us will be nice. Shelby will be staying home with a babysitter.

It looks like we'll have a full house for Christmas! Ryan's parents, sister and her boyfriend will be here. My dad and Charlene are thinking about coming too. They are still working out the details. Hopefully they'll know soon.

The weather has been really nice here with a high in the 70s and a low in the 40s. I like going outside just to get out. I mowed the lawn the other day. It sure does help having urge zero turn lawn mower. We can mow our lawn in about an hr. It used to take a couple of hours assuming nothing broke! We still need a depenable push lawn mower though. In time...

Well more cleaning to do so I should go. Here's a few pics from the George Ranch where Ryan works. We went to see him on Wednesday.




Ryan on a ranch horse.


She was watching her daddy do a roping demonstration.


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Barrel Racing

Well all I can say is a bad day of barrel racing is better than a good day of work.

Badger is retired. He isnot running to his potential which means he is hurting again. :-(. I had one race left for NBHA and he's not hitting the 2D so there is no point to make him run. I am sure it is his hocks again and we don't have the extra money to get them injected so we'll leave him alone until we can get that done.

Shiner did great in his exhibitions but something spooked him when running in the open. He dodged to the left as we were running to the first barrel. I managed to get him corrected but we lost too much time. The other two barrels were decent. Overall no complaints. He trusted me over his instincts. That's big to me since I am dealing with an animal that has the instincts to run from danger.

I am happy to say Shiner is hunting the barrels and I think I'll just run him now w/o any exhibitions next time. It will be interesting to see what comes of him in 2010.

Shelby was being as cute as a button this morning. Her's a pic of her this morning.


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Fast week

Is it really Thursday night!?! This week flew by! With the shorter daylight hours it seems like the days fly by. Yuck! I always look forward to the shortest day of the year cause that means the long days are on their way back.

It is 6:30 PM and Shelby is in bed. Poor girl had a busy day! I am tired and not feeling well so the early bed time is a bit of a relief. Ryan is still working so I get some me time. I am watching House of Payne. The show makes me laugh!

Tomorrow I have an all day meeting. Then Saturday I have a barrel race in Wharton. Due to the short hours of daylight I can't ride. I did work shiner last night. I was going to pony Badger but he and Twister had other plans.

They are in the front pasture and so I have to open the gate so they can get into the barn. Well they decided they were going to keep walking right on out to the back pasture. I took the hint and let them stay out there.

I later introduced Cowgirl to them with the help of Romeo. Surprisingly the two meanest horses around didn't try to hurt her.

I had to laugh at Romeo cause he just sat back and watched. I think he was as surprised as me when all went well. He then joined the rest of the crew and they all hung out in the back.

In the meantime the neighbor's cows must've had the calves pulled off cause they were bellowing. Then I see them all running out to my horses. Next the horses run back up to the barn and the cows running and bellowing behind them. It was a site.

Well I guess that is it for me. Who would've thought I would type this much using my iPhone. I am getting pretty quick with this typing.

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Sunday

I am enjoying the peace and quiet of Sunday afternoon. Ryan had to go to work from 2-6 PM. Shelby is napping. I am cleaning. Fun fun! The quiet is nice though. My kitchen floor sure does appreciate the TLC. I like the pinesol clean smell. Next the continuation of laundry and the living room.

Yesterday was good. I ran Shiner and Badger. I had to run Badger two times cause the timer quit the 1st time. He did ok but not near as well as the 1st time. Oh well...Shiner is doing really well. He is figuring things out and picking up some speed. I also found the bit that works for him. That us so important!

7 more working days before Thanksgiving break. I am so ready for it. Well back to cleaning.

Here's a cute puck of Shelby.


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Shelby - 13 months

This weekend will be another busy weekend.  Saturday I'm going to run Badger and Shiner at the NBHA race.  It's time to get some runs under Shiner's belt before the new season starts in December.  I sure wish they would wait til January to get started!  Sunday we have church and I think Ryan is working at the George Ranch.  He's considering taking the full time position, but needs to talk to the boss about what that will entail.  I'll let you know once it's all worked out.

I guess that's it.  A busy day so I need to get to it. I just had to share our baby girl....She's growing SO fast.  These pictures make her look like a toddler!  :(

I love these two pictures!  I put more on her link for you to enjoy.  

Test

I got an app on my iPhone and trying it out. This is the coolest piece of technology ever!!!!


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