Our Weekend Recap

Crazy busy doesn’t begin to describe our weekend this past weekend, but it was a good one.  Saturday started out with Wesley cutting hay, and halfway thru a plate broke on the swather so we had to go to Hysham to get a replacement part at the implement dealer there.  When we got home Wesley went to put the new part on the swather & I stayed behind to get things ready for the roping in town that evening.  We left the house about 5:20 Saturday afternoon & got home about 11:30 that night.  What a night Wesley had in town at the roping let me tell you!!  Beaming with pride doesn’t even begin to describe how proud I was of him at the roping.  He got 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th in the first roping of the night, and then 1^st and 3^rd in the second roping!  He did an outstanding job!  We find out this Saturday what place he is in the roping but by all accounts from what I can figure he is first in the heading and should be about 2^nd in the heeling.  If he continues at this unstoppable rate he will end up winning a saddle and buckle at the end of the season!  Can’t wait to watch him rope some more and see how the summer roping season turns out for him J

Sunday morning Wesley, David, and I all got up bright & early to head to the ranch in Opheim, Montana that his parents own (and where our steers & spay heifers call home).  It takes about 5 hours to get there.  I was pretty excited (even though I was running on 4 hours of sleep) because it was the first time I was going to get to experience the ranch in Opheim (a full post devoted to Opheim is coming soon), and the first time I would get to see some countryside other than southeast Montana.  Wesley and David were also entered in the Opheim rodeo that afternoon roping together, so we got to watch a little roping again that afternoon.  Although they didn’t do so well in Opheim, they had fun roping and we all had fun watching the rodeo. 

Monday morning we took a potential cattle buyer around to show him our steers & spay heifers, and then packed up to head back home.  Wesley and I left Monday about 11:30 AM, and David & Jewel came back Tuesday.  Wesley and I stopped and had lunch in Glasgow, then stopped in Miles City to run a few errands & get a few things before coming home.  We got home about 6:00 Monday evening and were greeted by 2 happy dogs who were more than excited to see us (mainly because they had to spend the night outside on Sunday night & didn’t get to come in since we weren’t home).  After checking water, bottle feeding the baby calf, giving the chickens water, and turning out the horses, Wesley and I turned in that evening to watch our TV shows that we recorded while we were gone. 

Tomorrow is the 4^th of July and a good reason to celebrate all the great things about our great Nation – including BBQ!  Wesley and I plan to do a little hunting & touring on the ranch tomorrow morning, then we are going to finish up our 4^th by throwing some thick cut rib eye steaks on the grill, with some sweet corn, Dutch oven mac-n-cheese, baked beans, and a trifle & sopapilla cheesecake for dessert!  We are pretty excited about the 4^th…it’s a good reason to soak up the sun and enjoy good, AMERICAN food – including beef.  If you haven’t tried a delicious, medium-rare cooked rib eye, sirloin, or T-bone steak or hamburger lately, you don’t know what you’re missing!   ;-)

God Bless America!!