TRIP TO LIBERTY BOWL RODEO

On our way to the Liberty bowl rodeo, Chris, just had to have some chicken.
I want a bite but oh no, he knawed right down to the bone.
Brian came and gave his ole Mama some love before he went behind the bucking chutes.

That's Sam's hand behind my head

EQUINEFEAST 2008

Yesterday on RFD-TV, they were showing the Equinefeast 2008. Did any of you happen to see it? Wasn't there some beautiful horses? Also the horsemanship was awesome. I really enjoyed the shires that was on there. Some of the people who performed had on some beautiful costumes. I would have to say my favorite was non-other than the performance of the cowgirlchicks. The trick riding was breath-taking. Then again, I'm suppose to be partial to the cowgirlchicks, my cousin, Ginger Duke , is one of the riders. She is the blond who rides the black horse. She is also the one who rode double with a girl, while the other girl stood up in the saddle carrying the flag, Ginger was hanging upside down off the back of the horse.
They have just returned from Sweden, and are going to ride in the Rose Bowl Parade New Years day.
Riding horses has been in our family for generations. From rodeoing, to showing, to performing, to making a living dealing with horses. Ginger's Grandmother is a sister to my Grandfather. It's funny how her and I continue to have horses somehow tangled in our lives. Her with her trick riding and me with my barrel racing. And with me being on our drill team. Now grant you, we don't (the drill team) don't perform like Ginger and them do but I have known to do some trick riding of my own. Okay, I'm not trained and I didn't really mean to do the trick-riding, it just happened. Like the time, coming off the third barrel, I landed (my mare blows really hard coming off barrels) in front of my saddle. Yes, I was riding her neck. lol Or the time I went to get on, and the horse took off running with me hanging on the side with one foot in the stirrup and the rest of my body being dragged on the ground. Or the time I had to ride this horse in the show (this was where, the stock handler provided the horses) and I get in with the flag and the horse goes ape-shit, the flag gets wrapped around my head, I couldn't see crap, all I could do was hang on. I did get the flag from around my head, and finally got the horse under control. Or how about last year, I came in with the flag and my horse came thru the gate running backwards, I did get her going in the right direction and the announcer then said ,"now that we are going in the right direction, I would like to present the Army flag." Yup, just another night at a rodeo.lol
If you get a chance, check out Ginger at www.cowgirlchicks.com . After all this time, I'm finally going to get to see Ginger perform in person. My sister, Teisha and I are going in September to Missiouri to watch her and the rest of the girls perform. I am really excited about that. I to talk to Ginger every once in a while, but haven't seen her since my Grandfather passed away 4 years ago. (gosh, it doesn't seem like it's been that long since he passed away). I'm looking fowarded to visiting with her but manily just watching them perform.

JUST A LIL MEME..................

1.Do you like blue cheese? YES AND REALLY LIKE GOAT CHEESE
2. Have you ever done something you regretted? WELL..........I KNOW THAT THERE IS THINGS I REGRETTED NOT DOING
3. Do you own a gun? GRANNY GOT A GUN.YEAH, I DO
4.What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite? DIDN'T DO KOOL-AID
5.Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? NAW NOT REALLY
6. What do you think of hot dogs? PECKERS AND LIPS.LOL WELL THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF
7.Favorite Christmas movie? PAPA'S ANGELS
8.What do you prefer to drink in the morning? COFFEE
9.Can you do push ups? ONLY IF THEY ARE PUSH-UP BRAS
10.Favorite hobby? RIDING MY HORSES
11. Do you have A.D.D.? HUH? ME? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
12.What’s one trait you hate about yourself? I HAVE TOO MANY TO LIST
13.Middle name? ADELINE, ADDIE, STOP LAUGHING
14.Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? 1)DANG, WE GOT ALOT OF RAIN LAST NIGHT,2) LOOK AT THOSE CLOTHES THAT I GOTTA WASH,3) IT'S NEARLY 10 AND MY LAZY HUBBY STILL IN THE BED
15.Name 3 drinks you regularly have? TEQUILA, TEQUILA, TEQUILA, NO, COFFEE, MOUNTAIN DEW, AND TEA
16.Current hate right now? THE MUD WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
17.Favorite place to be? WITH MY KIDS, AND RODEOS
18.How did you bring in the New Year? I WILL NEVER SAY!!!!
19. A place would you like to go? TO THE NFR'S.AND I'M GOING TO MAKE IT ONE DAY
20. Name three people who will complete this.WHO KNOWS
21. Do you have slippers? YES. BIG BRIGHT RED FUZZY ONES.
22.What shirt are you wearing? MY MARY JANES T-SHIRT
23.Do you like sleeping on satin? HAHA, THIS IS ME, DO I LOOK LIKE SOMEONE WHO LIKES SLEEPING ON SATIN
24.Can you whistle? NEVER BEEN ABLE TO
25.Would you be a pirate? ONLY IF JIMMY BUFFET WAS WITH ME
26.What songs do you sing in the shower? RANDOM SONGS
27.Favorite girl’s name(s)?SADIE, SALLY ANN, I LIKE OLD NAMES
28.What’s in your pocket right now? PHONE
29.Last thing that made you laugh? GOT MY FEET TANGLED UP IN COVERS THIS MORNING AND FELL TRYING TO GET OUT OF BED
30.Favorite bed sheets as a child? ALL I CAN REMEMBER WAS THEY WAS YELLOW
31. Worst injury ever? WHEN I GOT HUNG IN STIRRUP AND HORSE DRAGGED ME AND TRAMPLED ME LAST YEAR.
32. Do you like where you live? SOMETIMES, I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN, WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS OR IS KIN TO TO EVERYONE.
33.How many TVs do you have in your house? 4
34.Who is your loudest friend? JON BRANDON, BUT HE TAKES AFTER HIS OLE MAMA
35.How many dogs do you have? 3 AT THE MOMENT
36.Does someone have a crush on you? I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT
37.What is your favorite book? ANYTHING ON THE AMISH
38.What is your favorite candy? I DON'T DO CANDY
39. Favorite Sports Team? WOULD HAVE TO BE MY DAUGHTER EMILY'S SOCCER TEAM.
40. What song do you want played at your funeral? THINK OF LAURA, WHEN I GET WHERE I'M GOING, THE DANCE.

Here is my lil man David. He is my 19 yr old son but looks like he is 12. He is the most gentle, loving kid I know. He recieved a gun for Christmas. He loves to hunt, fish, and anything that has to do with horses.

Here is Emily and Abbie(JB's girlfriend) enjoying their gifts . Thats Boo in the background checking out his new boots.

STILL SOME MORE OF CHRISTMAS.............

Here is Kasey and Lacey enjoying their Christmas gift from us. We got them a glider. As you many know, they are the ones who is expecting our grandbaby. We also have a wedding coming up in January.

RANDOM PICTURES OF CHRISTMAS MORNING

Here is Tessa, Lacey, Kasey and Jon Brandon opening their gifts. Okay, Kasey and Brian(tessa's hubby) was fighting with cardboard tubes.

CHRISTMAS MORNING............

This was made Christmas morning, can you see the mud behind us? As I went and looked at all my friends' blogs, there's had pictures of all this white stuff. Weellll,,,,,,we don't get white stuff here in the south but we do have a lot of the red and brown stuff.lol
We had a good Christmas. A lil sad cause this is the last one with JB for he pulls out in March. As usual, I spent too much money on the kids, ate too much, and it seemed we had to be every where at once.
The kids and Lamar was too good to me this year, the kids got me 2 down coats, one a roper and the other a cruel girl, a new sharp western shirt, a hoodie, bunch of lotions and bath goodies, a necklace, and a HUGE belt-buckle. Lamar got me some jeans, and a couple of V.S. bras, which I really needed. It turned out to be a nice Christmas. I hope that each one of you had a wonderful Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

All of us here at 2lmzfarms wants to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas.

I would like to ask that you remember me and my family in your prayers. Jon Brandon is leaving out in a couple of months and I'm not handling it too well. My heart is heavy and broke. For I know that this is one time that I can't be between him and danger. I have my faith and believe me, I have been holding strong to it. I have lost my Christmas spirit. I wasn't even going to put a tree up and Lamar got the tree out , set it up, but no decorations. I feel like my life is in an uproar and I can't control it. Please just remember JB and all the troops this Christmas and for the following year to come.

I'M SOOOOO LUCKY..............

I'm surrounded by two of the most handsome cowboys. This was taken the night at the concert. See, my boys aren't ashamed to hang with their ole Mama. Not only are they my kids but they are my rocks, my rodeo partners, my life, my hero, but most of all they are my best friends. Yeah, I'm lucky and blessed.

PARTYING WITH MY BOYS...................

The other night we went to a concert to see 'THE DIRT BROTHERS'. They are an awesome southern rock band. Jon Brandon was a special guest at the concert. JB and Brian stayed in the V.I.P room with them before and after the concert. Mama just stayed out front drinking tequila.lol They are the ones that sing,"HOTTY TODDY, and BARNYARD PIMP". You really need to check their music out. Their videos are played on GAC. We all had a wonderful time, dranked too much, took some crazy pictures, danced way too much, dranked some more, and made some memories. JB is pulling out March 3. So this was our last big night out together before he leaves.

I'VE GOT FRIENDS(family in my case)IN LOW PLACES......

Last night we was shopping at Scruggs and look what I found. My 1st cuz's picture on a box. I started yelling,"Trai, look,you on this box". I knew that he had done some photo shoots for a company that sells hunting stuff but gesh, I didn't really think they would plaster his picture all over the United States.lol I did call attention to him and people started looking at us, embarrassed Trai, but he knows by now I'm good at that.lol Some of the people was like ,"Is that really him?" I was laughing my tail off. Trai and I are really close. Both of us really enjoy pulling pranks on people like putting my sister's outdoor furniture on top of her house. And then again, there is some things that will go to the grave with us.lol