This and That

Ivy and Rockstar out and about last night, it was a really cool evening. Fall is upon us!!Yesterday Bronc decided it was time to start sitting up. He does really well, he is a little wobbly to the sides so I put his boppy pillow around him and he sat really great! Yea!!! Look at me!! Big Boy!!
Bronc on the front porch with Daddy!
He loved the Orange Marigolds, he kept picking them off the plant. Silly Boy!
Bronc and Uncle Tell
He loves his Uncle Tell Bell!!

O.K. I really did take maybe four pictures the whole weekend. So here are the four that I took at the Wichita Falls Ranch Rodeo. This is before the rodeo.
Bronc rooting on Tongue River Ranch in his TRR onsie!! Yea!!
Overall, Tongue River didn't fair well in the rodeo. Tyler won the Bronc riding both nights and won the average. He also was named Reserve Top Hand!! Way to go Tyler!! We also entered the chuckwagon cooking and photography contest. We ended up 3rd in Photography, 1st in black eyed peas and 3rd in the meatloaf. So overall, we did o.k. and really had a great time. It was pretty miserable in the heat category, they said it was 108 in Wichita Falls on Saturday. Whew and it felt like it to....

Tyler accepting his Reserve Top Hand spurs, he also won another pair of spurs for the Bronc Riding.The little tuckered out Bronc. He did not enjoy the rodeo much, it was really loud and he didn't like it one bit. So, I did alot of walking during the rodeo. Fun, fun!!! The things mother's do for their little ones!!

First Ride

First Ride!Bronc and Daddy on Medicine Man. Bronc seemed to like it, he didn't get excited or anything. I guess he really didn't know what to do but just look down at Medicine Man. Yippee!!
Once again I failed to take pictures this past weekend at Wichita Falls Ranch Rodeo, so I will get some pictures from the girls and then blog. We had an exciting and fun time along with some great wins in different events. Until next time!!

Smores and more

We had a fun evening last Friday. We went to Amy's house, she is Tongue Rivers secretary. Her husband works for T.D. Kelsey and they live on his ranch east of Guthrie. T.D. is an amazing artist and sculptor. Check out some of his work. It is truely amazing. This Longhorn was on the side of the barn and the bull was so lifelike.
I had Morgan stand next to this horse to give you an idea on how huge this horse was!!
What a wreck that would be, by the way this piece goes for 67 grand whoppers! Wow!
Thats what I'm talking about!
So we started off our evening playing the nintendo wii. I had never played it before. Here is Tyler and Gage bowling, Gage beat Tyler! I boxed Lottie in a boxing match and TKO'ed her!! I might add that the hula hoop game jacked my lower back up, but it feels much better now.
Amy and Bronc baby
Tyler holding Bronc
We had a fun steak cookout and also made Smores!! Yummy!!
Amy and her girls enjoying the Smores!Our actual purpose for hanging out at Amy's was to build a fence for our photography entry at the Wichita Falls Ranch Rodeo this coming weekend. Tyler, Gage and Clell, which is Amy's husband, were nice enough to build our fence for us. Here is a sneek peak at our pictures. They turned out awesome. We all contributed photos as a group project so we have a ton of cool photos.
Starting the fence. The blister bugs were horrible that night. Crawling all over us..............
We had suprise visitors at our casa Sunday. The Brunson's stopped by on their way to a wedding. Here is Kale holding Bronc!

Summer days at the Rancho

We are still loving every minute here at the Ranch. What a blessing. I tell myself this just about daily. God really opens and closes certain doors in our lives when needed. He really has great timing. Here are a few pictures of the Tongue River crew enjoying a hot summer morning out at the roundpen.

Tyler and "Medicine Man". This is the ranches new stud that they got in the early spring. He is out of Mecom Blue, we had a colt out of this same stud and he was awesome. This is Tyler's first ride on him. He was trained prior to coming to the ranch. Let me just say, Tyler fell in looovvveee with him. He gets to rodeo on him and is going to show him as well. He is so excited!! I am too!!
My lil buddy Cutter. He loves him some Bronc Baby! I miss you guys! The Jone's family left Tongue River to go work at another ranch. We are super sad...
Amy, Hottie Lottie, Cutter, Bronc and Casen hanging out above the round pen!!Tyler down below! Ha!Stoney and Ryan roping on sale colts. This is Ryan, please say a prayer for him. He got bucked off Saturday and fractured 4 transverse processes in his lumbar spine. Wish him well!
Tyler and Medicine Man

Reunion

Sorry it has been a while. Just been busy doing Momma things and cooking for the ranch a bit. Seems like we've been on the go alot lately as well. We had the annual Borchardt family reunion two weekend's ago. Tyler had a rodeo in Nebraska and Groom so I proceeded to represent since he wouldn't be around. It is Tyler's side of the family if you didn't know! I'm sure everyone enjoyed meeting Bronc baby!! For some strange reason I didn't take but a few pictures that weekend..... So I don't have many to share! Wayne came down to the reunion and here he is holding Bronc. He also came and spent 2 days with us!! That was nice!
Here is Bronc in this ancient old bouncy chair. Maybe not ancient, but old. It is older than me. Tyler's Mom used to bounce in this thing!! Not sure what he thinks about it.

Here he is in the chair at his Great Grandparents house!!
Bronc chewing on his rag, he loves his rag!Bronc and Great Grandpa Cornelius enjoying one another!!
All in all we had a fun reunion!! Ate good food, mingled and played a little baseball of course.

Mohawk Baby

Last night after I gave Bronc his bath his hair was sticking up all over the place. I thought dang, his hair is really longer than it looks. So, I deceided to put a little lotion in his hair and give him a new cute do. His hair stuck up about an inch. He looked so cute.

Sweet boy having a morning nap. Mohawk Baby!!
Love this little Boy!!

Fly Fishing in Tejas!

Wes and Rachelle drove down from Colorado, a long 11 hour trip for just a few days. We really enjoyed having them and really appreciated them coming all of the way here for a visit!! Linda came to visit to, she recently had a Birthday so we celebrated that as well. We cooked a big steak lunch and made an awesome German Chocolate Cake..everyones fav!! We mainly stayed at the house because it was so hot this past weekend. But we did manage to take an evening trip to the fishing hole and enjoy a little fishing and some fun family time.

O.K. the one and only Wes, the outfitter ya know. Well, he brought a piece of Colorado with him. Fly Fishing...it was pretty interesting. Who woulda thunk it...Who would have thought? Proper terminology. I like mine better. Anyhoo. So Wes proceeded to fly fish and was successful. He caught supper more than once. Pretty snazzy might I add!! Fly Fishing in Texas!!

A bass that Wes caught with his Fly Fish Rod and Reel!

The family enjoying snacks
Mamma and Bronc Baby cooling off.. and Mom there wasn't any sqeeters on him and we weren't in the bush with Bronc!
Auntie Shel so proud of Bronc!Our Boy!
Bronc baby enjoying our evening!Wow, what a great picture! Grammy and BroncSupper coming right up!
Wes preparing fish #1, notice Ivy has to be in the midst of everything! She loves to go the fishing hole and hang.
Our source of cooking delight!!
Season that fishy up!! Supper is served!!What a beautiful evening!!

Grammy Rice holding sleepy Bronc
Bronc was in this position forever. He was really interested in the bright colors on Grammy's pants.
O.K. I would like to take a vote... Next Gerber Baby?? Isn't this soooooo cute!!

Uncle Wes and Bronc watching the Outdoor Channel, go figure! Ha!

Ride the little pony, tickety tock, tickety tock.... It sings that and it stays in my head forever and forever...

Bronc loving on his Daddy!! We had a great weekend and look forward to more!!