Smokin Rib Cook-Off

In September Bob and Bobby decided to enter the Smokin Rib Cook-Off. If any of you know Bob very well, he goes all out. He ordered aprons, and 15 pounds of peanuts. I will explain that later.
Barber's Xtreme Graphix fancied up the aprons and sponsored them too.


The cook:" Bobby Fla-vor", the so-called helper:"Col. Bob" and me, the supporter.
We started at 9:00 a.m. and the judging began at 5:00p.m. Had visitors all day. Had a little beer, had a little wine.......


Oh, back to the peanuts......Bob wanted to do something different so the crowd would remember us when it came to the People's Choice of the Day vote. Well they boiled 15 pounds of peanuts and it did remind people who had the best ribs! They won the
People's Choice, but not the rib class.......huh. Story short, the girl that won, cheated! She pulled in, batted her eyes and all three boys took off to help her. Let's see....unload her grill, that didn't have gas.....let her use ours to heat up her ALREADY COOKED ribs.( that were suppose to be cooked on the grounds)....that she used store bought sauce, which she slapped her own label on, and sold as hers........is there something wrong with this picture? I think so.....
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I told the boys never fratranize with the competition and next year, I will have the wooden spoon to inforce the rules...Those boys!

One dozen slabs of ribs, yummy! Oh and the HOME MADE sauce was to die for!

Alex's Triathelon

Yep, that is Casey and Alex after running up the hill on Main St. together, after he road his bicycle from the dam. She met him at the bottom of the hill. They ran together, as they headed to the YMCA.

Running across Main Street to the YMCA, to head to the pool. At this point Casey was pushing Alex as he was saying, "I can't make it Casey".

The last leg of the race was swimming and looks like Alex made it!

A BLUE ribbon for him! Good job

Peek-a-boo, wonder who this is??

2010 Continued-Summer

Summer is a very busy time with the horses, horse shows, fairs,etc. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of some good friends.



This is Cody Steele and Lily. She is his gaming horse.






Michaela and Buttercup had a good year. Michaela has done wonders with this horse and we will be watching them next year.







Emily has had Daz since Easter. Her family had decided to lease her for the 4-H year to see if Emily would want to continue. You tell me......Daz looks fabulous and Emily is happy. What a beautiful picture, oh and they placed in the class!









My wild boys! Yes, this is Tyler on my gaming horse, Chex. They finally clicked during the middle of the summer. Chex gives it all and Tyler sure enjoys him during the summer.

Follow along, as I continue to tell you about my 2010. Early July, Kelli, Alex, Owen, Tyler and I took a trip to Gatlinburg, TN. Tyler and I enjoyed it so much the summer before, that we decided to go again. Kelli and the boys thought it would be a good, short vacation. We went to the Aquarium. Spent over half the first day there.





The penquin tank was too funny. Trying to crawl through that tube to get to the center. Then only to stand or squat to see out the top. Owen thought he could get in there with them.

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The Helecopter ride was the highlight of the trip. Tyler, Alex and I took a 15 minute trip over the whole area. It was the most amazing thing. Tyler was co-pilot, while Alex and I took the back view. Boy what a view!

Where have I been?

Wow is all I can say......where have I been since February 14th, the last post on my blog? Well alot has happened, to say the least. Where do I start.......I will post pictures if I have them to go with the story, otherwise use your imagination.

On Feb. 19th, I headed to State College for a Penn State Horse Judges Clinic. Yep I have become a 4-H, certified Horse Judge and am loving every minute of it. Why I didn't do this a long time ago, I will never know. Anyway, arrived home at 7pm on Sunday with Bob waiting to take off for TEXAS! Yep, my Christmas gift was an entry in a Cowgirl Rodeo, in TX. Had the camper full, 2 horses loaded and away we went. Took 3 days and the sunshine and warmth were worth the trip! Needless to say, we will be going again. Had a blast, my team of 2 Texans and 1 from Colorado, took 3rd all around. Can't wait to see those girls again and do somemore trailriding in the parks of TX.

When spring came, the kids began to fish and as you can see, this is something Casey had never done. She was so proud of herself.

Valentine's Day

More of our Valentine's Day 4-wheeler ride. We had a fire in the pit, Kim making snow angels, plowing the hay fields .....just plain having fun. O'Dog in the famous ski hat of mine that I won't get rid of becuase it is too warm. He seems to like it!

Our Winter Wonderland!

On Valentine's Day, we had planned a day of sled riding. Never thinking the snow was too deep, we decided to go for a 4-wheeler ride instead. Some of us got stuck, some of us went where we should not have gone, some of couldn't go where we wanted to go and so on, you get my drift.

Jeff took Alex with him, tucked tightly in his seat belt, for a wintery ride. Alex enjoyed the whole time until he realized it was getting too cold for him.

Some of the streams we crossed with our fingers crossed at the same time.

(Jeff, Alex, Tyler, and Taylor)

Oops, the same picture, I guess we had too much fun!