J.A.C.K.'s Ranch: 10/01/2008

Hey Yall! This summer went well but fast. We mostly rode horses this summer and stayed indoors from the heat. We went swimming as often as possible. The kids also bowled in the summer league and did very well and enjoyed it. We made it to our annaul truck show, Austins Heaven

on Earth.

I trained under a Farrier (that is a Horseshoer for those who don't know what a farrier is) all summer and learned how to trim my horses hooves. Wow, what a workout. I learned a lot and enough to actually tackle the task.

This is me working on Cheyennes

horse, Dynomite. He was good for me which helped my back out. I love knowing how now, so I can pass that knowledge on to Cheyenne and Austin. Can't ever learn too much right:)

Jason is well and working. He messes with his many vehicles everyday and daydreams of making them all hot rods:) We decided against tearing down Austins old room walls so we made it a game room. Jason has fixed it up real nice....and cozy.

Cheyenne is still riding in Gymkhana and doing better each show. She will finish Gymkhana in November. She is riding like a champ and most importantly, loves it. She is a real wiz kid in school when she isn't tired. If she is tired then its like teaching a preschooler. But isn't that like most of us when were lacking sleep. She is in 3rd grade and absolutely doing awesome. I am very proud of her.

Austin is my super wiz kid in school. He demands perfection from himself and that is a constant battle with him. I try on a regular basis to remind him that making mistakes is how your learn. He is really great at every subject but Language Arts this year is giving him a bit of a challenge. I say challenge is good, right. He has started another bowling season. He bowls 3 games every Saturday morning and loves it. He is quite the little bowler. We decided against soccer this year, yeah! Soccer was 4 nights a week and bowling is only 1 morning a week. He doesn't really miss it either.

The Pahrump Fall Festival just passed again and it was awesome. I have many pictures from this weekend. OK, I have lots to tell............ Cheyenne was the only one who enter a goat and a chicken this year, for some reason Austin decided against it and regretted it afterwards. Any-who, Cheyenne received a first place and Grand Champion on her goat. She received a first place and Reserve Grand Champion on her chicken.

She also won a saddle from raffle drawing and she placed first in a Dog Fashion Show. That was really fun.

Austin entered a watercolor pictures he painted and got first place and Lot Champion. He also won $16 on Chicken Bingo. He loved the fair mostly because of the carnival. He helped out with Slippery Swine and got nice and greasy. We all went to the rodeo and enjoyed the rodeo clown as always. Cheyenne aspires to be one, ya know.