We Remember

Below you will find what was posted on the AQHA facebook page today. It is so nicely titled and fitting for the day.

There were a few that totally missed the point here. Unfortunately it kind of turned out to be funny.

There were 34 comments. See if you can guess which comment was mine. (Hint: Not "hes married...lol")

American Quarter Horse Association
We remember.


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American Quarter Horse Association In this photo: Riley Smith of Earth, Texas, at the 2010 Working Ranch Cowboys Association World Championship Ranch Rodeo. AQHA photo.


-omg is he single? lol God Bless
-I thought the same thing Tamora...he's hot. :
-We Will NEVER Forget.... Always Be Bless'd & Be a Blessing Thank You AQHA
-god bless you guys and the familys of the lives lost
-AWESOME PIC!!!
-Always. We remember.
-we remeber..........
-we remeber- beautiful picture, ~god bless~
-Yes ! We will all remember!!
-We remember
-Can he remember closer to me lol
-I borrowed this pic for the day, I hope that's okay?
-I think in honor of all the nine eleven victims I will ride my stormie for a while in honor of them.
-We will never forget is correct.
-Hes married..lol
-Like horse, LIKE rider! :)
-god bless those who lost their loved ones.
-beauty
-That horse looks like my friends but her is a hanoravian
-Great photo!
-I love this pic, God Bless America!
-A great tribute to the 9-11 victims...
-GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! THANK YOU ALL....OUR ARMED FORCES, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS FOR KEEPING US SAFE!
-God Bless The USA
-god bless America
-Lovely to all those falling in love with the dude. I'm falling for that gorgeous horse. Dang thing is BEAUTIFUL.
-I will NEVER FORGET. GOD BLESS AMERICA and the families/friends who lost a loved one. THANK ALL OF YALL WHO SERVED/SERVING- I keep you in my prayers. What a beautifull picture and a GREAT TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON 9/11
-That's my uncle!?
-least we forget, my heart goes out from England
-What could be bettter, God, America and horses.
-I think he's hot too. It is awesome being married to Riley Smith He's the most wonderful husband and dad!! Thinking of those who have lost a special someone.
-God bless you all.
-America needs to stand strong! God bless the fallen and those who remain! Pray our troops stay safe!

Absolutely my favorite

pics......ever!! It could be that I think they look great in black and white and the vintage-y frame. So you all know or maybe I should say that it's super obvious that I don't usually edit my pics. The other day I found that ALT put the Photo Elements APP on my phone. Cool deal, or at least I think so.

So what I'm trying to say is that I took these with my I-phone, edited them on my I-phone, then e-mailed them to myself from my I-phone. Get an I-phone. Just think if the phone part doesn't work there are lots of other options to keep you entertained. lol !!

These pictures are precious to me and pretty much sum up our lives. We love to be together and these kids adore their Dad!!

Reno has just started riding with Riley in the past month. He thinks it is the greatest thing and that he should get to ride all the time. It will be interesting to see if that ever changes.

Scout is very much into riding all by herself. I'm afraid we'll be in the market for a kid horses by next summer.

Reno - 10.5 months

I guess I should just start being honest about his age. If I had originally planned to post at the 1/2 month then maybe it would have ended up at the right time.

We have 4 durn kitties at the new house. I let Gigi bring them a few weeks back thinking something would happen to a few as it usually does. Would you know that all 4 plus Balissa are doing great!! Balissa is the grown cat already living there when we got the house. Scout named her of course. Reno loves these cats. He actually loves any kind of animal.

I'm not sure how much you weigh Mr. Reno. My guess is around 18 pounds. You are still very much our little "lightweight". Your food of choice at the moment is mashed potatoes. At exactly 10 months we ditched formula and put you on whole milk. You have been doing great with it. You still love water and aren't wild about juice.

Just in the last week you have started sleeping all night. Finally!! You've been a pretty good napper all along even if it was for just 15 or 20 minutes. We lay you down and shut the door and you go to sleep on your own. The pacifier is history I suppose. Just in the last week you've been throwing it across the room instead of sucking it.

Pinching, scratching and biting are on your list of how to aggrivate Mama. You've done the pinching and scratching since you were tiny. My elbow is usually raw or my neck is bright red. Thank goodness Daddy keeps your finger nails clipped good. It is very obvious that you know you shouldn't be doing it either.

You have turned into quite the little ham. It can get pretty wild when you and sister crawl at top speed playing chase. You wrinkle up your nose and snort when you think you're being funny. You newest trick is to climb up the stairs onto Scout's bed and then onto her dresser from there. Needless to say there have been a few crashes.

We are trying to get "NO" into your little brain. It kind of goes with your name.....Re"NO". You have gotten a few little pops mostly for biting or climbing.

You are a super fun, sweet, cuddly guy. We have the most fun with you!!

When I'm a Big Boy

Scout - "Mom... When I'm a big boy like Trail, I'm not gonna wear a girl swimming suit, just shorts and no shirt to swim around."

Me - "Scout... You're always gonna be a girl!!"

Maybe she's confused because this is what she and brother do for fun? Yep, naked in the flower bed.

also,

Scout tells Autumn about our cat Donut.

"Donut, she's a boy."

All of this in one day. Hmm....Riley will be home for lunch soon, I'll let him handle this one.

Happy Monday!!

Luv these kids!!

Earth Ranch Rodeo 2011

The big city of Earth has been having an amateur rodeo during the third weekend in July for ummm....forever. Seriously I think somewhere around 65 years.

Sandhill has put on a ranch rodeo for the last 8 years. It usually takes place during the first week in August.

This year the two functions combined. I think it's a lot of fun for the home-town crowd to be able to watch cowboys they actually know.

Reno wasn't so fond of the sirens in the parade.

Sister, on the other hand, is very fond of parades and is getting to be quite the candy-gatherer!!

Call, Trail, Tripp, and Autumn rode in the parade.

Our friend Coby Summers won top horse in the rodeo.

It was Friday and Saturday night, one go-round, with 14 different teams each night. Summer, Autumn, Hope, and I kept score. Sounds like a lot of folks but we also had Reno the whole time and Scout for some of it. Thanks to the Spangler family for entertaining her for part of that time.

Happy Convention 2011

The end of July we enjoyed are annual trip to Happy Convention. Technically it takes place at Wayside, TX but "Happy" is a more fitting name. We camp out in our trailers and enjoy four wonderful days of spiritual enrichment. It's pretty much like church camp for the whole family.

We are always "Happy to be at Happy".

Aunt Hope & Reno

The cousins!!

I'm pretty sure Reno is flirting with Hope in this pic.

Mimi & Papa with most of their grandkids.

The Tripp Townsend Family

Scout with Acadia, Alyssa, & Rylan

Poor Rylan, Scout bosses her around so badly!!

Like mother like daughter!! Pretty sure I did the same thing to Larkin.