Horse Lessons

Korbin loves to ride horses and would ride all day if we let him.

We have finally decided that Dillon will make the perfect kid horse and have been letting Karson ride him ALONE. He has done great and enjoys riding especially in his saddle(one of Brent's old kid saddles). Karson is learning to control Dillon and "Be the Boss" of him. We have gotten in some spins since Dillon is a reiner but over all it is a great experience for us all. On the latest ride, Karson enjoyed sitting on Dillon by the fence and watching the cows. As we were watching them, we spotted two coyotes going after a calf. Daddy jumped off his horse and ran the coyotes off. It was an adventure for Karson to see. He loved it and still talks about the coyotes getting the cows.

First lessons from Daddy

True reiner!!

All smiles from this cowboy!

When not riding, the boys love to play with Rusty and jump and run on all the junk trailers. They love the farm and going out there. Karson always is looking for Grandpa to ride the tractor with. Korbin just plays in the dirt. Kelton is great to hang out or nap. Great farm Boys!!!

Mom of many talents

December 15-
I learned that I was a mom of many talents today. Brent gets roped into helping his dad strip and plant every year. That is about as much farming as he does and tries to stay on the horses the rest of the time. They started striping the cotton Thanksgiving and have been going strong ever since. It means late nights, few horses ridden, grouchy men!! Plus mom and boys are ready to have dad back also. Brent thought they were on the last stages when his dad and granddad left the farm to head to the farm in Martin Co to combine the maize while they had someone contracted out to help them. This just left Brent and the hand. Not much would get done. Brent was pretty frustrated and called to see if I had any suggestions. He asked about Dad, me, anything. I told him no to clean house and do laundry instead. However, about lunch I began to feel bad and called back to volunteer- I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN A STRIPPER BEFORE!! It was going to be an experience and I was pretty nervous. Plus, what do you do with three boys. Brent got me on the stripper, left older two boys in car to watch a movie, and Kelton in our laps. He showed me how to run it and it was pretty simple. I finally got the hang of it and he turned me lose. Kelton rode in the seat behind me and Grammy rescued the other two boys. We ran all afternoon and into the night. It wasn't too bad until dark and you had to get out to unstop the pickers. It was COLD!! Luckily, Gene showed up and I had students coming for tutoring so I got to quit early. I just hope I didn't ruin the crop too much. I guess if not, I won't be asked to do it again next year. At least I didn't break anything. Lots of friends have given their suggestions on how to run over or break the tractors so they are not asked to help again!! It was fun and now I can run an Army Tank!!

12/15

West Texas Snow

Snow for us in West Texas usually comes off plants in fields of brown. This year Karson was really into riding the stripper this year. Korbin wasn't too sure about the BIG stripper but was happy to ride the tractor with daddy. Kelton actually got to ride the stripper one day. Dad roped mom into driving the stripper since everyone else went to Martin Co to combine the maize. Driving the stripper was an experience but mom loved driving such a large piece of equipment. She is ready for an army tank next!! The crops were fair this year but we had fun harvesting and are already looking forward to next year.
Boys found a huge pile of cotton dumped on the ground. It was like jumping on a cloud!!

All ready to go

Playing in the dirt beside on of the many modules they helped make.

Grandpa will shoot us for pulling the cotton out of the modules!! Run boys!

Our famous farm dog, Rusty. He is a great dog that got dumped out at the farm. Brent adopted him and we are so glad he did. He is the best natured dog allowing the boys to pick at him, ride him, throw dirt at him, do basically anything to him without getting mad.