Abilene Visit

I decided to head to Abilene last week since I was home alone. Bronc and I made our travels and he was wonderful. I think he might be getting over the car seat issue!! Whoopee!! Enjoy our pictures from visiting MiMi and Pawpa Gillit!!

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Fall Works

Fall works began about two and a half weeks ago. For those of you that don't know what that is I will tell ya. The guys go out on the wagon from camp to camp with the remuda (saddle horses), tee-pees and rough it until they get done. They have a cook that cooks under the fly with this wagon here. He cooks with dutch ovens like old style!! They basically are gathering the Mamma Cows and weaning their babies off of them. They vaccinate and de-worm and then turn the cows back out. In the spring this will happen again, but it will be to brand the new babies. And history repeats itself. This is the fly where the cowboys gather around and eat their meals and shoot the bull.
Bronc and Daddy

Uncle Tell, Tyler and Bronc and Tom.

Here is Tyler in the lead trotting the remuda to the last camp for the fall works. And let me tell ya, the guys are so glad to be done with the wagon. Can you imagine not getting to shower on a regular basis??

The horses passing through Dumont.

All the colors!

This was kinda funny. There was a stop sign on the right and Tyler was telling the horses to stop. Go figure...

Bringing the remuda to Camp Hollar Pens.

Getting Closer.

Tyler and Charcoal

They Made It!!

Pretty blue sky and all the pretty horses!

Until next time!

Bronc's got a Girlfriend

Here is another awesome sunset from my front door. Even though we are not living in the flatlands of the Texas Panhandle anymore, we still have pretty sunrises and sunsets here at the rancho.Meet Lottie, this is Bronc's girlfriend. I know, I know he is a little young to have a near 18 year old for his girl, but he has loved Lottie since he set eyes on her 5 months ago. He flirts, stares at her, pretty much what a man in awe would do over Hottie Lottie. Way to go Bronc!!
Look at this handsome young fella!! He is getting ready to go to the Tom Butler Memorial Bronc Riding in Post!! Just need our jeans and we are set!! I love his sweet smile!
Oops... So I was in the office the other day and Bronc was in the floor. He was being fussy so I handed him a pen. Well next thing I know, I turn around and he had clicked the pen open and was flopping it around, chewing on it, you name it. The ink tells the rest of the story. Am I a bad Mamma?? Nah, it made him content and I had to get some stuff done!!
Bronc with his ink markings!! What a brown bean he is, he was blessed with beautiful skin!

Fall Days

Here is Bronc Sporting Daddy's cap!! Who does he look like here?? What a cutie patootieeeeee!! Bronc just had his 6 month Birthday yesterday!! We didn't do a cake because this little fella still enjoys his milk jugs. I have been trying to get him to eat baby food, but he has gotten where he clamps down his gums together and won't even let me put the spoon in his mouth. Little TOOT!! I finally got the pleasure of helping the guys the other day. It was fun. Tell and I gathered weanlings while Tyler and Bronc drove around caking the cattle. Bronc did so good, note he still has his jammies on. We got up early and it was chilly so he just helped in his P.J's!! Tell was giving Bronc the bunny ears. Always has to be goofy....

Enjoying our cool morning a horseback!

Fall works start Tuesday and the guys have been super busy cutting firewood and getting everything ready. Here is Tom driving the wagon to the China pens to set up camp for next week.

Really loving this cool weather we have been having!! It gets me in the mood for fall and all the festivities yet to come. Bronc, Grandma Rice and I will be setting out for a Colorado adventure the end of the month. We are flying to see Wes and Rachelle, so I will have to let you know how Bronc does on the plane. I hope he isn't the child that makes headline news about screaming the whole time and then getting kicked off the plane! Ha!! Hopefully that won't be the case!! The Tom Butler Memorial Bronc Riding is just around the corner, really excited for that!! Until next time........