Happy Birthday Sadie!

Sadie turns 11 today.  It's hard to believe that she has grown into a beautiful young lady in the blink of an eye.
11 things about Sadie:

1.  She can go from tom-boy to princess in the blink of an eye--how many girls do you know that want feathers for their hair and a pellet gun?

2.  She is talented--she can play the fiddle and enjoys dancing and cheering.

3.  She's a hard worker.

4.  She has fun with her brother--even though she sometimes thinks he's a pest.

5.  She's a daddy's girl--she can eat a whole rack of her daddy's famous ribs.

6.  She loves to share a good pedicure with her mama.

7.  She's always up for an adventure.

8.  She's smart and witty.

9.  She enjoys playing golf. (especially with her daddy)

10.  She loves spending time with her family and friends--older and younger.

11.  She loves animals--especially her lambs, dogs and chickens.

First Junior PGA Tournament

The kids played in their first Junior PGA Tournament today in Perryton.  It was very windy.  In their current age divisions, they play nine holes and are allowed to have a caddie.  Because Sadie is about to move up into the division that doesn't allow caddies, Robby caddied for her, and I for T.S.  T.S. definitely has a set way to go about things.  He made it clear that my job was to hand the club and put it back in the proper place.

They each received gold medals in their divisions.  It was a fun day for all of us.  We especially enjoyed visiting our cousins in Gruver the night before.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, T.S.!!

T.S. celebrates his 7th birthday today.  Here's a picture with his birthday crown on and our new puppy, Elsie.  We picked her up today--Sadie wants to be clear that it is OUR dog and we just happened to pick her up on T.S.'s birthday.

Seven things about T.S.:
1.  He is adventurous--ask him about being a "good blind driver".
2.  He is kind-hearted.
3.  He makes all of us laugh--a lot.
4.  He loves to play golf with his daddy.  He can hardly wait for Robby to be his caddy this summer.

5.  He'll still hug his mama.

6.  He even likes his sister, although he'd never admit it.

7.  He makes great sound effects with his vehicles--especially in church.

Houston 2011

Sadie and Nugget

Craig feels Nugget to decide what to feed.

The Coach and the team watch Alisa in the ring.

We had another fun stockshow experience--somehow I didn't do a very good job of documenting it.  Sadie and Nugget didn't do too well, but we were pleased that our cousin Sandy and her neighbor came down to watch.  We enjoyed dinner at Sandy and Jan's that evening--it certainly was a treat after a few days of food on a stick.

We enjoyed a relaxing time at Jennifer's.  The cousins, certainly do have fun together.  We made time in our trip for a few brief stops through Abbott.  Sissy and Albert should think of opening a bed and breakfast.  We were also thrilled to get to travel to Morgan Mill to see Randy and his family.  Once again, the cousins had a ball and we were thrilled to get to see the new Bow home and love on Evan, Meda and Mabry.

Sorry for the lack of pictures after the stockshow--I left the camera in Craig's pickup and no one thought it was worth it to drive back into Houston for it.

Houston Bound

Quick post--no pictures.

Just wanted to let those of you who follow this blog and aren't on facebook know that Robby's Tractor Technician team placed 7th at the state contest at the Houston Livestock Show yesterday.  We are so proud of the boys and their hard work.  They've put in a lot of hours prepping for the contest.

The kids and I are packed and ready to head out today--Sadie will show Nugget on Thursday at Houston.  Hopefully we will have good news to report.

San Antonio 2011

Feeding and drenching in Childress.  We got some interesting looks in all of the parking lots we stopped to drench in.

Sadie placed sixth in the Junior Sheep Skillathon. 

Proud members of the TalleyBow Show Team.

Sadie and Stitches before their class.

They ended up placing tenth.

Members (and future members) of the Maultsby Club Lamb Show Team

Sadie got GeGe to try the vibrating foot massagers.

The Two Musketeers. 

2011 Happy International Stoskshow

Sadie during showmanship.

Sadie helped her friend Jayden with his goats.

T.S. showed in the PeeWee class for the first time and loved it.

We had a fun day at the stockshow yesterday.  I'm having issues loading vertical pictures, so possibly more to come.  Sadie placed 3rd and 4th with her lambs.  Our sweet friend Alisa showed the grand champion lamb.  T.S. actually participated in the Pee Wee show.  It was a great day watching the kids of our community exhibit their animals and work together.  It's great to live in  a place where, as my friend put it, "generations" have worked to put on a show to benefit our kids.  Can't wait for county this weekend!  (If I can't figure out the picture problem, I'll try to take more horizontal.

Holiday Greetings!

Santa Recently made a stop at The Grand here in Happy.  Sadie wants an electric scooter and a Paperjamz guitar.  T.S. wants a Paperjamz guitar and a compound bow.  Let's hope they made it on the "good" list.



Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksmas (early Christmas) and Thanksgiving with family then headed to Aledo for Bow Thanksgiving.  The cousins had a ball building their clubhouse in the woods.  We all enjoyed meeting Evan--I'm sure he was thrilled to be held by all of us for so long.

The Clubhouse has a special sign in desk.

The girls pause for a photo during their grand tour of the clubhouse.

T.S. is definitely smitten with Evan.



Sadie and Evan



pumpkin fest 2010