New Horse

Just picked up  a new horse today. He's a dandy! He's 14'3 hands so he's kinda small but I think he has a ton of heart. He's in the 2rein. He moves off alot of body cues. He is really soft in the face and body. Here he is at home getting grain.

 Me and my boy, El Gato.

Until next time take care

Rough month

    When I was guiding I lost the starter on my truck. I put a new one in the dark so I could use my truck the next day.Then 2 days later the front wheel bearing burned up. Got my truck towed and fixed. When I picked it up my battery's were dead so I got to buy 2 new batterys.
   Our pastor from Crowheart WY past away last week of a massive heart attack. His service was today. We really wanted to go but we shipped cows today. So I couldn't get the time to go. That and we had a really good snow come in last night.
  My horse Roller twisted a gut and died on me today when I was gathering cows. Its a bummer he was my friend. I learned alot from him. Never forget you buddy.

 Now for some good news. My Mom came up and baby sat the dogs when I was guiding and Sharon was in Salt Lake City at the Quilting Summit. I got to spend a little time with Mom and enjoyed it very much. Sharons parents are here now we are having a great visit. We went a got a pumkins the other day. We didn't do the corn maze but we had a good time. Then went to Ft. Laramie and looked at history. It was a good day.
  We got some snow today!!! And we have enough to measure.
  Until next time take care

Hunting

Im home for the night visiting with my Mom. She came all the way from California just to watch the dogs for us. Yeah MOM!!!!! Thank you so much!
  I'm back guding tomorrow afternoon then season ends in acouple days. Guiding is long days and short nights....
  Here's a some of the animals we harvested.

 

Here's a Father and Son hunt.

 

 

And here's the Dad's Goat.

 





My first Combo hunt with Stan. We were hunting Antelope and Deer. Lots of pressure on these hunts. Leave at 5am and not get back to the lodge til almost 8pm. The hard work paid off!!

24 1/2" 4x4 Buck. We think it weighed close to 250pounds. Big boy.

I'm guiding some coyote hunters tomorrow then Antelope on Monday.
Thats what I have for now hoping to have more pictures......Click on them make em bigger.
Until next time take care

Hunting camp

  Off to hunt camp tomorrow. I'll be guiding for antelope and acouple deer this year. Its really not a "camp" its a lodge. Here's the link http://www.rockin7ranch.com/ So this my last night with my bride for about two and a half weeks.
   Sharon is off to Salt Lake City of the Sewing Summit for acouple days. Sharon is pretty shy around people and she was nervous going last year. Now its all she thinks about. She has made lots of friends online and she get to meet alot of them there. Its pretty cool. She is picking up a friend that lives in the UK. I guess you could call it a girls weekend get away. Quilters and Knitters gone wild!!
  Still no rain here. Its scaring dry. Its cooling down we have been in the low 80's days low 40's at nights. Here's a picture I found. Kinda cool formation.

Until next time take care

Bathroom floor

 We had a carpeted bathroom. We just aren't big fans of a carpeted bathroom.

Here's the floor with out carpet.

And now the finished floor. My boss pick up the tile for the floor. We really like it. It makes the room have alot more light. Really looks good, Huh?

 until next time take care

Big News

  Here's a picture of my bride. She knitted the sweater she is wearing. Pretty dang cool huh?

The really cool part is that she is just starting the second trimester. You know we are gonna have a baby!!!! We are super excited about this. Here's Jelly Bean two weeks ago.

We are calling the baby Jelly Bean because the first ulta-sound looked just like a jelly bean. Until next time take care.

A Date

      My bride talked me into working today insted of yesterday so I could go with her to the Fiber Fair in Scottsbluff NE. It was nice to just spend time wondering around and looking at stuff. We didn't have any time pressure, THAT was so nice! We took my truck and I had a new radio put in. The old one died. The new radio plays an iPod. Sharon gave me her old one so I've been putting music on it. We stopped at the radio store and the guy there said it would about a 30 minute to put it in. So we went next door and had lunch. He was done when we got back.
    Went to the Fiber fair. They had tons of fiber aka wool. It was cool seeing Sharon in her element. She had fun looking and talking to vendors. She is kinda shy so me being there helps her. Sharon has been spinning wool on a drop spindle and wants to get a spinning wheel. There was a vendor that rents wheels. We came home with a wheel to try out. It doesn't look like the old classic wheels. It's a fold up travel model. Sharon has played on the classic models and really liked them.This one will give her the chance to spin up a bunch of wool into thread and see if she likes spinning. I think we will be getting a wheel in the future. They are kinda expensive but whats not. The craftmanship on the classic type wheels in just awesome. Here's the wheel folded up.

The wheel set up and ready to use. The front view.

Well until next time take care.

Water tanks

  Last couple days I have been working on putting in new water tanks at my house. The big old metal one rusted out so I put in this rubber tire tank.

Here's a shot of it with dirt in it. I will top it off with concrete then set the float valve in it.

I had really cool old concrete tank but it was leaking so I tore it out as well. When I was setting the tank this morning everything was going great til I accidentally moved the tire and broke the riser pipe. So Im digging through the old concrete. Got to find the joint its probaly 5-6 feet down below frost line.
  Thats what Ive been doing. Until next time take care.

Wedding

  Here's some of my sister-in-laws wedding. I know it was a couple weeks ago but better later than never right? Here's the family.

The Wedding party.

Dancing with my mother-in-law. Lots of fun! I love this picture just wish our hands were lower.

My bride and myself.

The woman that I am lucky enough to spend the rest of my life with.

Until next time take care

At Rest

     So we went to Dubois WY on Friday and yes it was another whirlwind trip. We celebrated my Dads life on Saturday. We buried his ashes in the morning and then had an open house at the VFW club in the afternoon for the public. We laid him to rest next to his parents.
   I made a box and Sharon made quilt for the urn.

  My Dad was a Mason so the Masons came down and and we had Darwin the pastor of the church Sharon and I went to it Crowheart do the service. It was really nice.  My Uncle, Aunt and I spoke about Dad.



My Dads headstone . The little note next to it is kinda our way of grieving.

  We did a some crying in the morning and laughing in the afternoon. We celebrated two birthdays Saturday night. My great Aunt Anita turned 80 and my cousin Lori turned 40.

The family. Sharon was feeling tired and went to bed so she's not in the picture.

Rest in Peace Dad. You will be missed.