Chico's progress

Chico is making lots of progress. Eric is able to ride him and he and Tess are buddies. He really seems to have a desire to learn.
No rain for the first time in several days today. The roads are improving and maybe the corrals will be dry enough to have our rescheduled branding on Sunday. The calves are a week bigger and full of green grass...wrestlers always appreciated.

how high's the water, mamma?

The weather is the big news around here. We got 7+ inches in a little over 48 hours. The sanddraws ran..twice. Here's some photos.

Eric's new fence just barely missed getting washed out. There used to be a hill here.

We didn't have tornado's but plenty of scary looking clouds.

Tess came back inside and put her swimming suit on.

The new ceiling survived, no leaks.

The sound of the flood was cool, but I can't get blogger to upload my little video.

Moms Day Out

Here's grandma and Tess at our mothers day brunch at the Paisley Shawl in Glenrock. It was superb! Tess liked the strawberries the best. Afterwards we went to Meadow Acres Greenhouse and got a few plants, although it has still been chilly but with the chill has come some rain, so we aren't complaining.

And...just when you thought you had escaped the boredom of CONSTRUCTION pictures..we are back in the swing of things. Here the guys are moving an entire piece of the deck, in hopes of putting it back after we have the exterior redone.













It looks somewhat like a tornado hit around here as there are three other big pieces of deck strewn about the yard. But we are rockin' and rollin.
Oh, and the mustang is named Chico!

The biggest news around here is the Mustang Challenge. Eric was chosen as one of 35 big hearted and wild minded folks willing to spend the summer with a mustang. After 100 days of working with similar horses, there is a competition at the State Fair too see who has made the most of their horse. An extreme mustang makeover!
So last weekend, Tess and I went to Wheatland with Eric to pick up the beast. He came down the alley at a lope, kicking at the horseman behind him and into a chute where Eric and helpers put a halter on him before he went into our trailer somewhere near Mach 2.

There were several reporters there and so Eric is now somewhat famous:
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2008/05/04/news/wyoming/2b11f9eb334fef0a8725743e00832d51.txt - 33k -

That was last weekend. Since then I have been what I have termed a mustang widow.
The good news is that for mothers day I got a new camera....
Which of course I have to take mustang photos with.....







Saddle! This was after Eric's had him a week.

What a handsome fellow!