The National Weather Service finally posted the award they gave Johnny last week. Fifty five years of weather observation! This was supposed to be given to him a year and a half ago… I was bummed I couldn’t make the presentation, but we had less than 12 hours notice! oh, well… It’s an amazing honor…
Category: Family
Life of Reagan
We’ve all decided we want to be Reagan. While adults are setting up for preg testing the last bunch of cows, the local vet, the Good Doctor, blows up a latex glove filled with mini candy bars inside. You get to run around and play. When standing around gets tiring, your own personal camp chair…
Hard Work and Dedication
I was lucky enough to get some photo albums from a relative in order to take photos of photos… Though I tend to lean towards landscapes and working shots, the majority of the photos are of people. I liked this one, because the young men standing on the right and left are Frank and Fred…
Ranch Kid Tip of the Day
When your mom gets tired of you losing your hat when riding… she just literally braids your hat into your hair. Of course, it helps to have one of these ponytail baseball caps! Boys, however, you’re on your own!
Awards and Sponsorships
Early morning on the mountain on my long legged horse… Saddling at 5:30 was the plan, but saddling 8 kids’ horses is rather a chore and then tossing on our five saddles… the guys still ended up driving up the mountain with the sunrise glaring in their eyes. Not often do we have all the…
Yes, It is True
Definitely not our best selfie… but we don’t care! Forty one years and counting…
Princess
Ran over to Worland to see Lacee crowned as the Washakie County Fair Junior Princess. She has a lot more confidence than I did when I was eight! They even asked her questions on stage and her answers were more than just ”world peace”. (anyone get that movie reference?) I’ll include her video in a…
NDotAC
National Day of the American Cowboy. Most people don’t know the difference between a cowboy and a rancher and that’s ok. We’re still out here, backs bent, head down, teeth gritted, meeting whatever comes our way. We’re part of that 1.5% of the population feeding 330 million three meals a day. Sometimes it seems like…
Rodeo Time
Let’s see… It’s super hot… work on the ranch is temporarily on hold… must be time for the Kids Rodeo! Lacee carried the Wyoming flag in the Grand Entry… Jaxon and Quinlan and two others sang the National Anthem… With that… we’re off to another year of competition. First up, the costume contest! Reagan was…
Our ”Ussie”
Two days of riding and moving and bleeding and gathering and shipping and trailing… and today we ALL rode, even little Reagan. We trailed our yearling heifers a few miles downhill… and she rode like a champ. When we were finished, she hitched a ride back with her grandpa in the side by side as…
#TBT: You’ll Be Fine, v.2.0
This was first posted June 24, 2011. As you’re reading this, I’m in Casper. I’ve returned to my mom’s house for a special occasion. My brother and sister-in-law now live in “Southfork”, as my dad named it. <Any guesses to what his favorite TV show was way back when?> Anyway, tomorrow we’ll…
Truly Blessed
First chance to get off his horse and run around like little boys should after 5 or 6 hours in the saddle. He brought me two presents… a small horny toad and a bitterroot flower. I accepted the flower and he let the horny toad go where a horse wouldn’t step on him. He’s worked…