Oh, it was the Beef Show today… and three kids looked pretty sharp! (Quinlan’s steer died unfortunately.) We may be prejudiced, just a bit, but we thought they looked great! With one of Jaxon’s steers, the judge agreed, granting him Reserve Champion Black Angus Market Beef!
Category: Family
Sheep Show
Again… I have zero clue about sheep, but we’re there to support Jaxon and Lacee who do! Oh, don’t forget Reagan, who entered the Peewee Show… they don’t pick winners, it’s a “everyone gets a ribbon thing”… but don’t tell Reagan who had her Showmanship Skills lit up and glowing! Jaxon and Lacee each have…
So It Begins
I missed the Horse Show… but between Jaxon, Lacee, and Lorelei… there were 13 ribbons. Whoop, whoop! Jaxon got Reserve Champion Intermediate Horse Showman and Lorelei got 1st in Junior Trail riding. Today was the Swine Show with Quinlan in FFA and Lorelei in 4H. The Fair Results Page lists Quinlan as 1st in Dark…
Throwback Thursday: Yeehaw, v.2.0
This was first posted July 18, 2015. It was a close race between a tipi q&a post and this one with the grandkids in the kids rodeo. I absolutely couldn’t resist looking back on these precious ones! So… another long day, though very enjoyable and actually COOL. Yes, folks, I said, COOL. 99.9% of Kids’ Rodeo…
Reagan’s Day
Learning Reagan.
Princess Parade
Lacee was the Ten Sleep Rodeo Princess. Her first duty? Riding in the well attended parade.
Party
Happy birthday, a day early, Lacee!
What a Blast
What a blast I’ve had the past few days! My cousin, who lives in Laos, on the other side of the world, had come to visit me and my sister. At one point, he mentioned how fun it was to sit and visit with Burtons… family that knows his stories and history and father. I…
History Day
Fourth graders learn their states’ history… and I was asked to give a short talk about the Spring Creek Raid today for our fourth graders. Short, sweet, and a bit different take on the usual retelling as I included the side story of the Greet and Alexander families. The good news is: No students yawned….
Throwback Thursday: Family Operation, v.2.0
This was first posted April 19, 2015. It’s a busy time around here… We can put cows out on our BLM allotments now, so the guys have been working on that, and finally, today, I actually got to ride along! Yesterday was a process day… and everyone was there to help. Here’s Johnny working the…
Fair Projects
This year’s extra fair projects have arrived. Two lambs each for Jaxon and Lacee. One pig each for Quinlan and Lorelei. It’s going to be “fairly” busy around here…
Bear Stories 6
One of our local historical “legends” was a man named “Bear George” McClellan. He lived not far from my house which means in his written stories, I can recognize many of the places he talks about. I have copies of some of the articles he wrote for popular magazines of his day. Some stories seem…