Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving most families get together and eat lots of turkey and dressing, and watch football.....but not us! We get together and work cattle. Yes, we eat lots of turkey too, but the majority of the day is spent horseback, and we love it! We couldn't imagine spending the holiday with our families any other way, and while we were out riding all day, it gave us lots of time to think of all we are thankful for. Quinn and I realize we both come from wonderful families who are so supportive, and we are so grateful for the family we have created. We have three healthy children, and we could not ask for anything more. We came to understand this year that what we have to truly be thankful for, are things that you can't buy with money! We love and enjoy the friendships we have had through the years that have become stronger, and also the new friendships that were created this year. We hope that all our family and friends had a great Thanksgiving also.

This momma cow really didn't like what we were doing to her baby, I was a little nervous about what she might do to me.

Quinn roped and drug calves on his horse "Rusty"

Quinn went fishing and caught two!

Dragging calves to the fork.


This is Quinn of his horse Rusty, roping calves to drag to the fire.

The kids loved watching, but stayed in the back of the truck where it was safe.

This is a cow that Bopoo(my dad) gave to the grandkids. He thought she would be easy to recognize.

This cow is super friendly, she knows we have good treats for her.

Lee, feeding the cow

The ground crew

Riding with the cousins

Emily
Lee and Lauren riding Strawberry

Lauren

Bopoo leading Cade

Emily couldn't figure out why Beauty wouldn't go. Emily, she's going potty!

Cade's Birthday

Wow, Cade is two! He had a fun birthday and got lots of cool gifts. Quinn and I got him a gator, and even though he doesn't drive very well, he gets better and better each time. All the kids had so much fun riding it around at the party.

He also got a bat and ball, but he insisted on using the wrong end to hit with.

Emily and Lauren driving Cade's Gator

Cade was pretty excited about the cake and blowing out the candles. He loves woo woos(trains), and couldn't believe there was one on his cake! After Emily blew out the candles for him, we had to relight them and try again.

Just a little bit of riding and roping

We usually try to rope once a week, and the kids are always in the arena and in the middle of it all. They love being in the arena and getting dirty and riding the horses.

Emily
Cade on Roy

Bringing up our fine roping cattle, yes that is a jersey bull, and the others are heifer calves with strapped on horns. Not exactly the best roping stock, but we make it work. They have actually turned out to be pretty fun to rope.

Cade and his Momma, he never misses an opportunity to ride, and now that the weather is finally starting to cool off a little, it is so much nicer to be down in the arena.
Thanks Jackee for the pictures.

Happy Halloween!

The kids had so much fun trick-or-treating this year....Emily was a fairy princess, Lee was a storm trooper, Lauren was a fairy, I was Dorothy, and Cade was a munchkin from munchkin land. We went to our church trunk-or-treat and halloween party where we had good food and lots of fun.

Bonfire

I absolutely love this time of year, when the leaves start to change and the weather gets cool. We decided to have a bonfire and we could not have picked a better night......clear skies, and cool temperatures. We invited over a few of our friends for chili, hot chocolate and smores. We ended up sitting around the fires while the kids played and talked about scary movies, yikes! Thanks for coming everyone, we had so much fun!
Some of our good friends, Josh and Lacey.

Lincoln, trying not to touch the grass with his hands.

The boys, and tiger.

Quinn and Jess

Emily was so much help in her cheerleading costume.....thanks Lexy, she loves it!

Tiger has grown to become a really big dog. He likes to run past the kids from behind and knock them down.

I think he's turned out to be a pretty dog with a very fitting name.

The kiddos helping dad with the fire. Gavin thought this was Rowel's best side.

Finally got the fire started despite the 4 inches of rain in the past couple of days.

Helping Dad.

Gavin and Jessica