RBC Day 2

I am currently trying to recover from RBC to regroup for next week's adventure. On Monday morning I head out for Kidz Kamp! Do you remember that I went last year? It was a great week but we were really short-staffed. I made it my mission this year to recruit more people from church but I wasn't the only one. Last year from our church the pastor in charge of kid's programs, his wife and I were the only ones that went. This year there are 11 of us going! YEE-HAW! I will have a co-counselor! YIPPEE! AND a counselor-in-training! WHOOP!

I didn't want you to miss out on some other awesome pics from RBC though. So, here are some from Day 2. I tried twice to upload some of the timed events to no avail. I don't have any from Day 3 but we did have a great jackpot rodeo for the kids that afternoon that was all captured on video.

World champion bull rider Matt Austin encourages this local little guy after a fall

Would hate to be in this predicament!

Uh, I think you're hand is caught...

I am so amazed at God's provision for safety at this camp after I look at all of these pictures. GREAT pictures Angie and Christie! Not one injury this week (other than some minor bruises and scrapes)!

Rodeo Bible Camp- Day 1

Today was the start of this year's rodeo bible camp at Cowboys With A Mission, the local ministry so many of my friends work at. My job is making sure video is being taken at each arena, collecting it and getting it set up to be played back for instructors and campers in the late afternoon. I also collect still photos to put together slide shows for the programs...which is fun when the computer doesn't crash on me (like it did today).

There were some amazing photos taken today. Most of these are of the rough stock riders. The mud makes for quite a scene! Thought you'd enjoy seeing these...I cannot imagine how these boys' mothers would feel when they saw their boys mid air like some of these! May The Prairie Kid never choose rough stock!

Sneak Peak

I hadn't told you, although many of you know, that The Prairie Kid was asked to the ring bearer in our nephew Jake's wedding. Well, the big day has come and gone! Due to the great amount of fun still left to be had with the remaining family in town, this is just a "sneak preview" into the day's events. Hope you enjoy!

Getting The Ring Bearer Ready

Oh how much fun it was!
Picture Time!

Little Cuties

The Wedding Party

Blurry but still cute

Here is the Best Man (yep, that's Jeremy, The Hero), The Ring Bearer, and The Groom (Jake, Jeremy's older brother)

Oh I love this one! He has his grandpa's ornery, toothy smile!

Seriously waiting

One last pic before the ceremony

The Prairie Family (yes, he is sticking his precious little ring bearing tongue out!)

There is much more to come...including the great story of how the kids did (or didn't do) in the ceremony! You'll have to check back tomorrow! : )

A Cute Story

I was ready to leave the children's area at church on Sunday when the husband of the preschool teacher said, "Kim has a funny story for you about The Prairie Kid." (Okay, he really didn't call my son The Prairie Kid.) I was thinking "uh-oh."

So I went in to her room and she said, "I was talking about the trinity and we were also talking about a triangle. All of the sudden The Prairie Kid whispered to her "Miss Kim, we don't say 'butt', we say 'bottom'."

She had said "but" in a sentence. : )

And, no, Kim did not call him The Prairie Kid either!

And did you know that there are new lyrics to the song "Row Your Boat?" On The Prairie it goes like this...

"Row, row, you're a boat." I didn't know I was a floating, wooden vessel. Hmph. Who knew.

Not The Summertime Blues

The Prairie is green! This is the most heavenly time in this high desert prairie. It lasts a short 6-8 weeks and then everything but irrigated fields and watered lawns dries up and turns back to that lovely shade of dull dead. Oh how I love this time. The weather is warm, the sky is brilliant blue, the hills are green (if you're from a really wet climate this is green to us), and the white clouds are like cotton in the sky.
Yesterday The Prairie Daddy, The Prairie Kid and myself loaded up on 4-wheelers and moved some heifers and bulls to the field around our house. I am excited that the dog's shock collar arrived this week because I wasn't sure how he was going to act when I let him out to find the bovines peering into the yard. Thankfully we have gates to close off the driveway to keep them out of the yard. Before we had gates we would find them hanging out in the front of our house like the garage was their barn. Cow patties in my yard are not my idea of appropriate fertilizing this time of year. : )

Then The Prairie Kid had to go out after his nap and talk to the visitors. He was telling them all sorts of things that I couldn't hear from the deck but could only imagine. I saw lots of hand motions so it must have been good!

I pulled out the old camera and took some pictures yesterday and today.

Here is The Prairie Kid conversing with the new neighbors

Oh the dandelions are bad this year!

Going for a little summer drive

The Prairie Daddy weed-eating for me before I mow...

Tomorrow is The Hero Cousin's first home baseball game that The Prairie Kid and I will get to go to. We're excited! The Prairie Daddy will sadly have to stay home and irrigate. : ( Such is life out here.

Well, I supposed I should go mount my tractor and mow that lawn!

Some Shallow Mourning

My mom said to me the other day something along the lines of "you didn't have any new blog posts this weekend." My reply, "I don't have any pictures."

My camera isn't working. Sigh.

Somehow on Mother's Day it decided to no longer turn on anymore. I need to find someone with a camera that uses the same battery to see if that is what it is. I am hoping that it is a simple solution. I do have a back up camera but it doesn't take great pictures.

So, here is a post. Sorry it isn't full of excitement or pictures. Sigh again.

More Trip Fun

The rest of our trip was great. The weather was amazing; it only rained one day. On Sunday we went to Lohman Beach. It was borderline hot out! We got great sun and enjoyed throwing rocks in the water, a picnic lunch, and relaxing.

Here is my sister and her adorable son

The Prairie Kid was sleepy and spent most of the time in this stroller napping...

Here I am with my big sis...

And this is so cute...my teenage nephew fixing his grandma's pants!

That night we went to a restaurant for Eritrean food. Eritrea is a country near Ethiopia. On Sunday evenings they have live music and dancing. Auntie read to The Prairie Kid while we waited for our food...

Then The Prairie Kid played drums on his cousins head...

And we danced and had a blast

We also celebrated Auntie Michelle's birthday while we were in Seattle. I noticed that my red-eye removal on my HP software doesn't do the best job...look at The Prairie Kid's eyes!

We made it home safe and sound late last night. Today we're exhausted and I am about to go take a nap! I love the city, the culture and diversity, but I have to say that once I hit Montana and then Wyoming last night I felt at peace, like I was home. The culture here may be lacking in diversity but the beauty of the area, the kindness of people, and the openness is home to me. And it sure was good to see The Prairie Daddy again!