A Rodeo Family: A ranching weekend!

We had a busy weekend with helping Chip AI. Kyle was off on the rodeo trail from Wednesday night until Saturday night. With Kyle gone, Chip had to rely on his back up crew(Jenae, Marilyn, Hope, Ben & me) to get things done! Jenae was his main ranch hand all weekend. Friday night she was riding Bently, Hope's barrel horse & she took a little tumble off and hit the ground. Bently is a really quick horse & up until this point she was really enjoying tearing around on him. The dogs I think are to blame for spooking Benltly & he went one way & she went the other way. It shook her up for a bit & she was not brave enough to get back on him that night.

Saturday morning Chip called over to see if Jenae was up for helping him move some cattle. The night before did not seem to phase her as she was happy to be back in the saddle again. (This time on good ol' Hippie) She & Chip moved the yearling heifers from the place down south to the home place, I am thinking it is about 3 miles, but I may be off my estimating how far it is between places. . Moving yearling heifers has its challenges as they do not usually know exactly where they are going like the old mama cows do. Aubree & I followed behind in the pick up & trailer. All in all it went fairly smooth considering that Chip's only rider besides himself is a 7 year old!!!

Saturday night we got to keep Trey overnight. Everyone was so tired, so it may not have been the best night to have him stay with us, next time we will get him mid afternoon & keep him through the the night. He was so happy to see his Uncle Kyle come home! Kyle did good on the rodeo trail. He won the bronc riding at Cherokee, IA & won the steer wrestling & bronc riding in Tekamah. He also placed 4th in the calf roping at Tekamah.

Kyle & I went to church. Chip & Marilyn said they would keep the kids. Taking 3 overly tired kids to church was not something that sounded like much fun to me! Church ended up lasting a hour & 1/2, so I was glad that we did not need to try to keep the 3 little monkeys quiet for that long :-). When we got home from church the kids were all busy riding. They were having a great time. Marilyn grilled steaks for dinner and Hope & Ben came over as well. After our bellies were full we headed home to take a nice Sunday afternoon nap! Well that was the plan anyway... I was hoping my tired girls would think taking a nap sounded as good as I did, however they decided playing was more fun! I did make they lay down and at least rest, but no sleep for them! About 3:00 we headed to the creek for a nice little swim on a hot day. It was as fun as always. I am really thankful to have such a nice creek in our back yard! We have lots of fun there & make lots of memories!