The Flood

We had nearly 13 inches of rain in a weeks time. It was crazy, it rained forever seemed like. I was going to upload some video of the water running but it wouldn't work, go figure. Tyler's mom came to hang out with me two weekends ago while Tyler was gone to a rodeo. It happened to be the weekend we got a ton of rain while she was here. This picture is the bridge that you drive over to get to our house. There never is any water in it unless if rains a ton. This water was probably a good 5 ft deep and running super fast. Crazy fast..
We drove around the ranch looking at all the water, cruising thru water, tons of mud... It was alot of fun. Umm... no comment on Bronc driving, thanks!!
Behind me is another place on the ranch that the water was gushing and running like crazy.
So later on I told Linda we should follow the water on the 6-wheeler by our house. We drove for a quite some time and never could get to the beginning. The dogs love to go for 6-wheeler rides. The 6-wheeler was parked but in drive still, well we kinda were on an incline. The river was just about 3 foot from the front of the 6-wheeler. I was busy taking pictures and all of a sudden it starts to roll right towards me and it is headed to jump off the side of the river bank.... Scary... I would say a good 7 ft drop or so.. Yikes... Linda starts to freak out and I casually grab the brake on the handle bars and stop it. Good thing the dogs know how to swim.. Ha.. was that funny? I thought it was. Linda was pretty scared.

My pups and Bronc baby, that boy loves 6-wheeler rides. I imagine because when I was huge pregnant I would drive it up to the neighbors when the roads were muddy. I would have to leave my car at the neighbors in order to get out for work. So he is used to it!!

Bronc Baby and Mamma!!

Camera Charger Check!!

Well, I finally got my camera charger so I am back in action!! I nearly missed out on a whole month of taking pictures. Craziness. Enjoy the picts. of our little man. He is starting to show some personality to us now which is quite comical at times. Here is a picture of Bronc enjoying his teething ring, he loves to put things in his mouth already!!We went to Plainview last weekend to mow the jungle and here is Bronc at Aunt Joan's house. We also spent one night with Riley, Tori and Scout but for some reason didn't snap a single picture. We really enjoyed our short visit!
Bronc Loves his Bumbo chair. I call it his Bumbo Dumbo chair, always have to make up a weird name with everything.... He can sit up like a big boy in it.
Some Daddy and Bronc time!!

My cute little man! Isn't he getting long!!

A quiet moment in the car seat. He hates his car seat. Poor little fella.

O.k, Tyler has a thing now of letting Bronc taste different foods like ice cream and watermelon. Well, Bronc looovvveess watermelon. Every time Tyler would take it away from him he would start to whine and get grumpy and then when we would give it back to him he was so happy. I tried to post the video of it but it wouldn't work, I'll try later.

Happy 4th!!

Happy 4th!! I had the choice to go to Colorado Springs with Bronc Baby in the car for 9 hours or go to Abileno for 1.5 hours. I chose the latter. That boy hates his car seat. Probably because when we go to check water and put out mineral on the ranch we kinda let him be out of the car seat. Don't get mad we are on the ranch driving around Tyler's country, no one sees us... I feel bad... But it is just o.k. Get over it... O.k!! Over it...

So I decided to go to my Mom's casa lassa!! I made that up, what does lassa mean?? I don't know, I just say it all the time. Bronc was good for 45 minutes and then it was on. The screaming began and I told him that he had to stay in his car seat. Not that he understood, but he continued to scream anyways. So that went on for about 15 minutes off and on and then he wore himself out and went to sleep for the rest of our trip. Yeah!! I could actually hear my music, brown chicken brown cow or bow chicka bow wow..!!!

We had fun, we just relaxed ate good food and watched it rain. We did a little shopping and that was about it. I really missed going to beautiful Colorado Springs, I luv that rodeo. Oh well!! Life goes on!!

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I Did It....

I am officially a full-time MOMMA! My job was wanting me to continue my work on the Lubbock/Plainview route, which would make me live in Plainview half of the week. Originally we had discussed that I would work the routes closer to our new home, but they kinda hired someone out of Abilene and she is gonna do that route now. So... my pickle you see. I couldn't find a babysitter and didn't want to lug Bronc back and forth to P-ville. The whole big purpose of moving here was to start a new life here. Tadah!! I am officially unemployed..... It is really quite scary, really the only part that is scary is my big cushy paycheck is no longer existent. So now onto POOR BOY RANCH WAGES!! We will make it work, I luv our awesome God, he always prevails. I turned it over to Him, and I know that he will direct us in the right path and bless us tremendously. The ranch folks at the Tongue River started a weekly bible study. I really am enjoying it. We meet every Monday at Becky and Tom's house. We take turns bringing supper and then we study. We are doing a Beth Moore study, Genesis is the book we are studying. I actually am understanding it much better, that was always a hard one for me, actually the entire Old Testament is hard for me. So, I am getting fellowship with great people and our Father. It has been really good for me!!

So, my camera charger is still lost. I am going to order me one today, I miss taking pictures. So maybe in a week or so, I will post some picts. Bronc is doing great! He is really smiling, talking baby talk, laughing some and sleeping longer at night. Can I get a Woop-Woop!! Like last night he slept 7 hours!! It was lovely! I love my pillow. .. We have a nice little morning routine where we sleep in together. Well, more to come I'm sure!!

My Dilemma...

I have a dilemma... I had a babysitter lined up that lives on the 6666's ranch in town, but now she is most likely going to take the cooking job at the Tongue River. So I am out a babysitter and am supposed to go back to work in 2 weeks. I am being led anyways to quit my job and raise our son. Tyler wants me to quit and stay home. I thought about taking the cooking job at the ranch, but that would mean early 4 o'clock mornings, getting home around 1 pm or so, but working 6 days a week. I am a little spoiled and don't want to work 6 days a week. I could bring Bronc with me.... Considering that it would be awesome to be able to take care of Bronc and not worry about a babysitter. I also would be taking a huge loss in financial terms, I have a really good job..... Money isn't everything and we would be perfectly fine if we could get our tractor sold and mobile home..... So that is what I am leaning towards. It is hard to find sitters out here in the middle of nowhere, we are a good 25 miles from Paducah or Guthrie. We really don't have really any close neighbors either. .... Could you say a prayer for us please.

Now to change the subject. Check out the turkey's that were crossing my front yard, pretty cool. We had Cory Winders and his family over last weekend. We had alot of fun. We cooked good food, went fishing and hog hunting. The guys caught a ton of bass and we cleaned some up and froze the fish for a fish fry later on. They shot about 5 wild hogs, those things stink, let me tell ya. I didn't get to take many pictures because I have lost my camera charger in the move, my camera died. I did get to take a fun picture of this horny toad that Chance, Cory's son caught while we were fishing. Isn't he cute. Chance rubbed his belly for good luck and then we let him go. There are a bunch of horny toads around the fishing hole.
Other fun news for me! I finally got to ride for the first time in like a year. It is like riding a bicycle, you never forget. Except the roping was a biittttt rusty! It was great, Tyler, Stoney and his boys, Gage and I were horseback. The guys worked horses on cattle and the boys and I roped in the roundpen. I forgot how refreshing it is to be in control of such a powerful and magnificiant animal. They really are therapeutic. The guys are trying to get the horses ready for the Return to the Remuda sale, so we will be visiting Headquarters alot these fun summer evenings to ride and play a bit too!!

Complete!!! The house that is!! And a little bit of Bronc too!

The moving in process is complete! Back in May Tyler's sister and Mom came to help me unpack everything. We got most everything done. I still had to hang pictures on the wall and organize my guest bedroom/office and laundry room. So, my Mom came to visit for a few days last week and helped me finish the casa. Would you like a tour? It turned out really cute!

This is the front of the house with the awesome big front porch!

I luv this porch. All I lack now is some rocking chairs and maybe a table!
We finally have a mud room that is just the mud room!! Yeah!
Office/Bedroom
Office/Bedroom
Office/Bedroom
Laundry Room
Bronc Baby's Room

Bronc's Crib

My dining room

Kitchen

Kitchen

Front entrance to the casa

Living room

Corner in the living room, this old door was in our barn at Plainview, isn't it cool!

Living Room

Grandma Gillit luving on Bronc Baby

My sweet boy catching some zzz'z

Favorite time of the day, Bath time!!

Bronc's first day to hold his rattle, what a big Boy!!

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Life at the Tongue River

We have really been enjoying our time here at the Tongue River Ranch. It is so beautiful and there is a ton of wildlife. We see deer, hogs, turkeys, snakes (don't care for them to much), bobcats, coyotes, all different kinds of birds, and strange looking bugs. Living in the Panhandle flat lands for over 10 years, you come accustomed to hardly any bugs or snakes for that matter. Also, about the only wildlife you ever saw were coyotes, pheasants and rabbits. So I am adjusting to all of the new wildlife and also the awful humdity. I could sure do without that! We discovered that we have a fishing hole on one of the spreads that Tyler looks after. It is soo much fun. We have fished it several times already and have good fishing! There is bass, catfish, perch, scary black snakes that swim, minnows and snapping turtles in it. Isn't that pretty how the clouds reflected on the water! Here are some heifers that water at the fishing hole. They are nosey!
Mama and Bronc Baby fishing it up. I out fished Tyler this day, but haven't had much luck since. Tyler keeps catching the whoppers and I hardly get a bite. What in the world am I doing wrong???
Here is one of the whoppers I am talking about, I bet it weighed 8-9lbs.

Bronc luvs to fish. He is so pleasant and just hangs out for hours without getting upset. This turkey was walking across the front of the house the other morning and I was sneaky quiet and got a picture of him. Look at the perrty wildflowers in the background!!
Speaking of wildflowers, of course I had to plant me a wildflower garden. I dug up beds in front of the entire front porch. I have been trying to work in the yard some when Bronc is taking naps, which has been difficult. Somedays he naps 3 hours and then others it is 30 minutes to an hour. Here is a picture of the work in progress. The dogs were loving the cool dirt. Thank goodness I have a fenced front yard, I can keep them out of it when I'm not around. They were digging holes and such. I planted my seed about 4 days ago and the baby seedlings are sprouting like crazy. I should have flowers blooming in a month or better.
Prize boar hog. At least in our book. The other day when we were on our way home from fishing I said is that a heifer down in the wheat field. Tyler wasn't sure so we drove out there, well it was the big boar hog. We didn't have a gun that day so we chased him around in the pickup for a bit and tried to take a picture. Well, he got away. So a few days later we went fishing again and on our way back home, there was that pig again in the wheat field. And we had a gun this time. Tyler dropped him with one shot. He probably weighed 250-300lbs, just guessing. Tyler had heck getting him in the pickup, he just had to have a picture of him.

Look how big he is, massive.
Bronc enjoying a nap
Oh my little Ivy. She is such a funny little dog. This is Cory's boys, Chance and Brennan. We were loading the trailer up in Plainview and the boys and apparently Ivy thought it was break time. She is such a hoot. Love that little girl. She makes me laugh!!