Saturday, August 30, 2008

HANDSOME


WE ARE ABOUT TO GO HELP LANCE PROCESS CATTLE. GUS IS SO EXCITED. HE GOT DRESSED ALL BY HIMSELP AND SAGE AND I TOLD HIM HOW HANDSOME HE LOOKED. HE SAID "TO BAD I WON'T BE HANDSOME ANYMORE AFTER I GET POOP ALL OVER ME!" PRAY THAT SAGE WON'T SCREAM THE WHOLE TIME WE ARE DOWN THERE TODAY LIKE SHE USUALLY DOES.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

MY OWNER

AT LUNCH TODAY SAGE WAS ASKING ABOUT LANCE AND I. SHE ALWAYS THINKS THAT HE IS MY BROTHER, SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL HER HE IS MY HUSBAND. TODAY SHE SAID, "IS DADDY YOUR OWNER?" LANCE TOLD HER HE WAS AND HE PAYS FOR ME EVERY DAY!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

SAGE'S QUESTIONS

"MOM WHY DID GOD NOT GIVE ME PINK HAIR?"

Monday, August 25, 2008

FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARDEN


GUS STARTED KINDER TODAY. HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. I HOPE HE IS STILL SO EXCITED ON FRIDAY!! HIS TEACHER IS MRS. ARCHER, AND THERE ARE NINE KIDS IN HIS CLASS. I THINK THERE ARE 5 GIRLS AND 4 BOYS. HE IS MOST EXCITED ABOUT RIDING THE BUS WITH CONNER. THERE IS ONLY ONE BOY IN HIS CLASS THAT WAS THERE LAST YEAR, BUT HE DID NOT SEEM TO MIND THIS MORNING. POOR SAGE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY HOME "ALL ALONE" WITH ME. TATUM CAME OVER TO PLAY TODAY, SO THAT HELPED WITH THE TRANSITION. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SHE WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

IS THIS A TURTLE?


WE SAW THIS CRAWLING ACROSS THE ROAD BY THE FEEDLOT SATURDAY. I WAS HUGE AND LOOK AT THE SPIKES ON ITS TAIL!!

ONLY A LITTLE SISTER....


....WOULD CRAWL AROUND ON THE FLOOR AND LET HER BROTHER TRY TO ROPE HER.

Friday, August 22, 2008

COUSINS



PRATT AND HALLE STAYED WITH US ON WEDNESDAY. GUS IS SO MUCH HELP WITH HALLE. I GOT A REALLY CUTE PICTURE OF 3 OF THEM.



PRATT JUST LAYED ON THE FLOOR AND SAID "CHEESE" AND THEN "LET ME SEE."

GUS HAS A NEW PUPPY


I FOUND GUS AND SAGE PLAYING THIS GAME THE OTHER DAY. SHE WILL DO ANYTHING HE ASKS!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

FUNNY STORY

YOU PROBABLY JUST HAD TO BE THERE, BUT.... WE HAD LUNCH WITH YAYA AND PAPA YESTERDAY IN ROSWELL (ON OUR WAY HOME FROM OUR SPUR OF THE MOMENT TRIP TO RUIDOSO). WE ATE ON THE PATIO AT A RESTAURANT, AND THEY HAD A FOUNTAIN THAT THE KIDS WERE PLAYING AROUND. GUS BEING A 5 YEAR OLD BOY KEPT RUNNING UP TO IT AND JUMPING AGAINST IT. SAGE WAS QUIETLY SITTING ON THE SIDE PLAYING WITH THE BUBBLES. ALL OF THE SUDDEN WE HEARD SCREAMING. GUS HAD JUMPED A LITTLE TO FAR AND JUMPED ALL OF THE WAY IN. HE WAS SOAKED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH, HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SO FUNNY. HE WAS HAVING SUCH A FIT THAT I COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT THE CAMERA TO TAKE HIS PICTURE.

Friday, August 8, 2008

GO ROUND WINNER!!

GUS WON THE GO ROUND IN THE MUTTON BUSTIN AT THE LEA COUNTY FAIR. HE WAS 85 POINTS AND SOOOO EXCITED. HERE IS A LINK TO HIS RIDE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m45KMKy0Ac

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

3 YEAR OLD LOGIC


THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU LET TWO 3 YEAR OLDS PICK OUT THEIR OWN PAJAMAS. IT WAS WAY OVER A HUNDRED YESTERDAY!!

Monday, August 4, 2008

SWEET CORN


SOME OF OUR SWEET CORN IS READY, AND I THINK SAGE WAS THE MOST EXCITED PERSON OF ALL. SHE EATS AS MUCH AS ANYONE AND CAN CLEAN THE COB OFF REALLY GOOD FOR A 3 YEAR OLD.

SAGE AT XIT


SAGE ALSO RAN BARRELS, POLES, AND GOAT RIBBON AT THE RODEO. SHE BROKE THE PATTERN IN THE BARRELS AND POLE, BUT HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT. MY CAMERA DID NOT GET ANY ON HER RUNS ON VIDEO, BUT SHE PRANCED ALONG GIGGLING THE ENTIRE TIME. SHE WAS PRETTY CUTE. SHE HAD SOME STAGE FRIGHT BEFORE HER POLE RUN, AND SHE TOLD SHANNON THAT SUNNY GIRL (HER HORSE) DID NOT WANT TO RUN, BUT AFTER ADJUSTING HER REIN SHE WAS READY TO GO.

RESERVE CHAMPION POLE BENDER



GUS WAS THE RESERVE CHAMPION POLE BENDER AT THE XIT KID RODEO ON SATURDAY.
HE WAS SO EXCITED YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS THE NFR.