Bluebonnet Kickoff Classic

Well it has been almost a year since I have posted on here. I guess I need to get a little more motivated... We just had a weekend of showing in some intense heat in Brenham. We got to visit with a lot of good people and met a few new folks. Jenna had a very good day of showing Saturday and as always makes me proud of the young lady she is becoming. She did amazing in the show and did rather well on the day. She ended up last place in her class with her new red heifer but the gray heifer was a bit different. She ended up with Reserve Grand Gray Heifer for the day. Her and the heifer both made me proud.

Brazoria County Fair 2009

Boy I have not been on here in forever. We just finished a whirlwind ten days at the Fair. The first three days involved rain, quite a lot of it at times. The next four days involved a lot of heat and 150% humidity. Luckily the last three days had a cooler temp for us. Jen did a great job showing all four times she showed. With her red heifer she was at the bottom of the class in both shows. She helped some other kids from school show some angus heifers for a best of three head class an they got second place. It was pretty good. The last time she showed was her showmanship class. She did good for her first time in a showmanship class. She is not sick of showing yet and informed me she was ready to go to a few more shows. She saw a few kids wearing TJLA jackets around the Fair and says she wants one. We shall see.... Oh, and she has requested to show a goat at the fair next year as well. I hear they are not too much work. We will work on that as well. We have been so lucky with this red heifer. I could not have found a better heifer to be the first calf to show. She is calm and does not get too excited. Jen has had a chance to learn a lot while showing her. Now we are starting to try to figure out about getting her bred.

TJBA State Show

Well I never thought I would say these words... I am glad to be back to work! We just spent four days in Bryan at the Texas Junior Brahman State Show. We had a good time and met quite a few new people. It was however pretty hot up there all weekend. When I was in my truck the thermometer said it was 105 Sunday. The barn where the show was at was a pretty nice facility (Brazos County Expo Center). The people running the place did an awesome job of keeping coolers with water and lemonade all over the place. The guy that managed the place even went above and beyond his job and got in touch with The A&M Vet Clinic when we needed a vet to check out the heifer Saturday night. She hurt her leg at some point, no idea when or how. She seems to be doing better already. The Vet that came out was super nice and was great with Jenna and the heifer both. He did a lot to settle Jenna's feelings down and just basically just set her nerves at ease. We did not place as high as we would have liked to yesterday but all in all it was a good day and Jenna did great work. As always she made her Daddy proud. I also noticed that when it is a day she is showing that my nervous level is through the roof. She on the other hand seems to be cool as a cucumber. She may not be but she looks to be doing ok. I couldn't eat a thing all day before she showed. By the way, the show started at 8:00am and we showed a little after 4:00. She is getting so grown up so fast.

Heifer update

Well I was beginning to think the heifer was not going to be ready in the slightest bit for the shows at the end of June. Two days ago she finally let me lead her around some. She is in no way done, but it was a big step forward. I still keep out of range of those back legs. They are brutal! She is also not real fond of bathing. I have been rinsing her down a few times and it is getting better as well. I will make an effort to clean her up this weekend and get a couple of pictures of her to put on here. Summer vacation for Jenna (and me) is right around the corner. WOOHOO!

Almost perfect!

Just wanted to say that the weather has been as close to perfect as possible! Sun shining, around 80 degrees, no humidity, and most of all, NO RAIN for a few days!

Halter Breaking Update.

Well, about six day into breaking and making more progress than expected. After the machine gun kicking I got this past weekend I figured it was going to be a very drawn out process. I had her tied to the fence for an hour tonight. She even let me brush her for a while tonight. She seems to be relaxing a bit. Thank goodness!

Halter Breaking... or something along those lines.

Well I know that is a pretty fancy looking leg there, but I digress. This is the aftermath of the first day putting the halter on the heifer and tieing her up for a little while. I made the bad decision to get about six inches closer than I should have. It was like a machine gun going off with the rapid fire that was coming at my shin. I guess we live and learn. Even though this is a lesson I learned a long time ago, refresher... I will not lose this battle of the wills! She is hard headed but she shall soon see I am too!