Amazing Rodeo Weekend

So, last weekend we had kids rodeoing in two different locations again.  Chantelle was up in Bassett two days and Ty decided to go to Taylor on Saturday, mainly so he could get to rope with his new team roping partner again before the Jr High season starts later in September.   All of us but Ty headed up to Bassett late Friday night.   Saturday morning I got up and headed to Taylor to meet up with Ty and watch him compete while Ryan stayed with Chantelle in Bassett.

My mom and Arden also travelled to Bassett to cheer on Chantelle while my dad and Linda met me in Taylor to watch Ty.    Chantelle's pole horse came up lame so she had to draw out of poles for the weekend.  She missed her breakaway calves but her and Charmane ended up 9th in the team roping on Saturday.

Ty started out the day with poles, won that event.  Cool.  Taylor awards buckles for first place in each event so we knew we wouldn't be going home empty handed.  Next came Breakaway Roping.  Won that.  Nice!   Then Calf Roping, yep, won that too.   Then barrel racing, first place again.  We were all in shock.  Wow, what a day.  Finally it was time for team roping.   Ty and Austin went out and had a really nice run.  Caught their steer in 10.19 to win that event too.   Ty ended up with 5 new belt buckles and was awarded the All Around Trophy too!   I am so proud of him.  He works so hard practicing every day, he truly deserved and earned his buckles.

After Ty got all of his awards I headed back to Bassett.  Ty came later after he took his horses home.  He had competed on his new horse that he bought a few weeks ago for the first time. 
Chantelle had enjoyed being back in the rodeo scene and seeing all her friends again.  She enjoyed the night life and well into the morning life!   Now we are all back home getting ready to do it all over again next weekend and the following 7 weekends after that!

First Day of School 2011

I can't believe it is school time already!   Boy we aren't ready for it this year.  We've been practicing rodeoing so well, sometimes even twice a day, it's going to be hard not to be able to do that.
This morning both kids reluctantly drug themselves out of bed and off to school they went.  Ty's only excited because his good friend J.T. is going to be in Dunning with him this year, so I'm expecting a few detention slips!  Chantelle has a really hard course load this year, including Physics, Pre-Calculus, and Spanish.  Luckily she has sports practice at the end of day to look forward to.  Ty's 8th grade class is made up of 5 boys and 1 girl, Chantelle's Junior class is 9 boys, 2 girls.

Since Ty's football practice doesn't start until next week, he was home at 4:10.  Chantelle got home from volleyball practice around 6:30, just in time to get on her horse.  After roping for awhile, and after I'd spent 3 hours cooking, we finally sat down to our annual first day of school supper around 8:30.  Every year we eat supper by candlelight on the good china to celebrate the start of a new school year.   This year we had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, fried eggplant, cheesy garlic beer bread, and home made chocolate pudding!   Luckily no homework the first night!

Shaylee's Broken!

So, July 28th started out a normal day.  Was going to be a good day.  One of my last few days at home before school started, and before the fall rodeo season started.  I had a lot on my to do list!   Chantelle was in charge of Shaylee so I could get things done.    The girls headed outside around 9 to play and jump on the trampoline.  It wasn't long and Chantelle came running, Shaylee had been jumping and she heard a snap and Shaylee was really crying.  She was for sure she'd broken her leg.  Now normally I'm the parent that lets them tough it out and get over it, BUT, since Chany had actually heard it snap I made the call to the Dr, got all us girls ready, and a flying trip to Callaway we made!  Two x-rays later we found out the tibia was indeed fractured.  Just below the knee.

At Callaway they put a splint on her leg and sent us home,  with an appointment to see a specialist in Kearney.   Shaylee was NOT a happy little girl.  She kept forgetting she couldn't walk and had to be carried everywhere.  It didn't take long for the rest of us to get tired of it too!   She was heavy and never did like to stay in one place for long!   She didn't sleep well either.

We ended up going to the specialist the very next day to get the real cast on.  The specialist looked at the x-rays and said they looked good, no need for surgery or anything else.  Just a cast.  A cast the goes halfway up her thigh!   She got to pick her color out of a big list and chose purple!

After we got the real cast on she was a much happier girl.  She still couldn't walk of course but it must have felt better.  No more complaining of pain and she slept really well.  We went and bought her special silver and pastel markers to let everyone sign it too!

Chany and mommy were the first to sign.

Then we went down to grandma and grandpa's house and they signed it and Ty came down and signed it too.  Aunt Lishia and Braden were also there.   Shay was getting autographs left and right.

It didn't take her long to figure out that if it didn't hurt she could get places.  After a couple days she did start to scoot across the floor to get places and would take a few steps between pieces of furniture.   One day we "lost" her and found her in going potty all by herself.  Not sure how she managed to get her panties down and up on the toilet but she did it!

Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Arden sent a big bag of stuff home for Shaylee from a rodeo of Ty's  Lots of markers and paper and stickers and stuff.  Shaylee was so excited and it has helped keep her entertained.  Then Aunt Lishia and Heather got her lots and lots of candy.  Not sure THAT was what we needed, lol, but Shaylee sure did enjoy it.   NEXT came a big box from Aunt Vonda!   Inside that box was all sorts of Dora stuff and PLAYDOH!   We hadn't ventured down the playdoh route yet but Shaylee she has had fun with it.  She has played and played with it, and done very well with it.  She gets them all out, plays, hasn't mixed any of the colors up, and they all go back in the containers.  I know I can't believe it!    A few more days later and Chantelle took Shaylee up to the farm for an overnight trip and came home with yet another bag of goodies.  No, this child isn't spoiled.  Grandma also went and got Shaylee a walker.  THIS she used for maybe 48 hours.  It did not take her long to finally start walking on her own.    Now it's pretty much like nothing is wrong.  Except, we can't play in the bathtub and a few little things that we haven't figured out yet.

As you can see, she isn't slowed down any more.  This was at Ty's rodeo on Saturday.  She can climb panels with no problems or help!   She made it through two rodeos this weekend without any problems.  Her toes were filthy by the time we got home Sunday but she was a trooper.  

After the rodeo we even tossed her in the pen of goats and let her herd them around for awhile while we waited on Ty.   She had a blast!

We go back to the doctor this Wednesday to have it more x-rays and see how it is going.   Am kinda hoping they could put a little different cast on.  We'll see.