Cool, clear, water....

Water pipe arrives!  Unfortunately, my dad no longer has his trencher, so country boy rents one for the weekend.  We packed the hours of the few days digging trenches all over the place. 

 

 

Friday was spent starting from the water meter and setting out the pipe.

 

 

 

Photo Op!  A view of the cattle pond.

 

Saturday fun.

Found a rough spot with rock, so dad had to dig through that section with his backhoe.

No problem. 

Had a little rain Saturday evening, but once it stopped, we got back at it.  Worked as long as we could, with the help of truck lights.  We were on a mission to get full use out of this rented trencher, and get this done!

 

 

Sunday

There is only so much one can do while another is sitting on top of a trencher.  So as country boy trenched ditches, inch by inch, I took the horses out for the day.  Drummer boy and I worked with the horses and assisted as needed.  (Translation: we ran to the hardware store, measured ditch depth as needed, ran errands, etc.)  You know, the important things.  

 

 Once break was over, drummer boy and I took the horses home so we could help start connecting the pipe and putting it in the ditch. 

 

 

 

The rest of the week is spent finishing connecting pipe, laying it in, and continue to backfill ditches.

 

To be continued...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't bring me flowers, give me dirt!

I'm cramming in two months worth of work into three blogs here.  Doesn't seem like much, but we've got a lot done!
In August, my country boy took the time to work up ground for our new arena.  Some gals want flowers or dinner, not me.  Dig me up some dirt to ride in and I’m happy!  The spot feels right, like it was meant to be an arena.  I can’t wait to get it completely done and put up our lights! We have so much to do on the arena yet, I’m just thankful for some worked up ground for now. 

 

 

The ground worked up really good.

Even though it was still a little rough I took the horses out to ride in it.

After his “honey do” list, country boy got back to work on the horse pens.

Moving more dirt and welding up more braces. 
 

 

A view of the horse pond where they bulldozed some rough ridges.

 

Dally was the foreman

Dad and country boy, setting more posts and welding more braces.

 

Never miss the opportunity to take a good photo through the ears of a good horse. 

 

September arrives and we are waiting on the powers that be to appraise the land.  Things are rolling, slowly but surely.  We just keep trucking along, working away on what we have control of.  All the while, taking some time with friends, cooking out and having fun.  After all, that is what keeps us sane though all of this!

 

Like I could resist a horse selfie

 

My happy place

 

 

 

Arena is still a work in progress but at least we have worked up ground to work horses in.
Roll out some barrels....now this place is starting to feel like home.

 

 

 

A nice evening view 

 

 

 

Dog, (and horse), days of summer.

Never a dull moment, always something to do. I haven’t got to blog much, (obviously).  For one, things are slowly progressing with nothing exciting on the construction yet.  And two, we’ve been busy this summer, to say the least.  Our son, the drummer boy, junior rodeoed all summer and won himself his first buckle.  We are so proud of him!  So with hauling him and the horses everywhere and working on the 80 whenever we get an extra hour or two in between, we’ve had a fun filled summer.  Here is a quick glimpse of some of my favorite rodeo kids.  Obviously our drummer boy, along with Lightning, her sister, and our nephew.  They all did awesome!

The "rodeo squad"

So proud of these kids!

 

 

 

Our nephew, pictured here with drummer boy.

He ended the season as Reserve All-Around Cowboy.  We are so proud of him!

Drummer boy got to team rope with his dad a lot this summer.

 

 Good old Gray

 

We rodeoed rain or shine!