Well the 2014 branding will probably be one of the most memorable brandings! It all started out so perfect! It was a beautiful day! Marilyn had fixed breakfast for us at 5:30 then the crew loaded up and headed down south to round up the cattle to move them home. I followed behind the first couple miles to get some pictures then went home to get my food ready for the meal after the branding. I had not been home too long before Kyle called me to get to back to them to help. There were several calves that decided to head back where they were coming from instead of following their mamas. He wanted me to come around and try to stop them, but by the time I got there it was too late. There was really no stopping them. It was a helpless feeling and I was very uncertain how it was all going to turn out. Luckily none of them got hit on the highway they crossed to get back and most of them went back where they came from. We had some get in with neighbors cattle. We were blessed with great help from great friends. The guys were coming to help with the branding anyways. I was sitting on the road by the highway making sure the cattle were not going to come back across it, when our friend Matt pulled up. I was telling him what had happened and he knew I was very worried about everything. He said to me "One thing about it Halie, is we have a lot of guys coming and we will get them rounded up" He called Kyle, who was with the rest of the heard, and asked what he should do. He took the crew of guys with him and went to work right away. 3 more guys and Kyle & Ben came down to help and things could not have went more smoothly getting them all rounded up. Well except for the back slide door of the trailer coming open and 15 of the calves getting out again! everyone kept their cool and they rounded them up again. For me it was a great reminder of how important friendship is. Everyone of those guys were treating the situation as if it was there own cattle they were rounding up. That is true friendship, and we are blessed to have so many wonderful friends!
Aside from that the day went great!
Like Pa from Little House on the Prairie says "All is well that ends well!!
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| Saddling up |
Morning sunrise
Getting to the pasture at sunrise to start gathering.
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| Trey & Hope |
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| Jenae on Comanche |
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| Aubree Joy on Comet |
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| Whitney & Chase |
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Ben & Chase  |
Chase in his shades
Trey, Aubree & Jenae taking the cattle home.
Hope, Trey, Aubree & Kyle moving cattle
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| Kyle holding the calf |
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| Chip branding |
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| Kyle branding |
Aubree was happy to find a toad! She loves any frog/toad she can get her hands on!
Aubree seeing if Trey & Chase want to hold the toad. They were not sure what to think of their crazy cousin Aubree!!
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