A happy post :)

OK, here is a happy post :) Lynx seems to want to exhibition now...lol We worked poles yesterday and WOW....he really loves poles and is really good at them! He also worked a nice set of cans! I think I might have to haul 3 boys to my next race :) Joe is doing good too. Lynx will be 3 in April and Joe will be 4 in April...WOW....Gabe will be 9 in April! Anyhow, I am totally excited about my boys! I have only ever really had one horse to haul and run. So the possibility of having 3 just thrills me to no end! I did join TX 30 which makes me an NBHA member. I will have to try and go to some of the close 26's races. I think that maybe by next year I might actually have 3 horses to run! How weird would that be?

Random Thoughts.

I am sitting here watching Numbers. They are talking about suicide. Well that is the story line tonight anyhow. My thoughts keep drifting back to my best friend's boyfriend who just killed himself. I cant help but wonder what the hell was going through his mind and wonder why he kept telling her he would hold her and love her forever. Why do that when you intend on leaving? The last text message he sent was just that. His last phone call was about how much he loved her and missed her already. I dont get it. I dont understand why they do that. Why people who commit suicide profess their love right before they off themselves? Ugh. I know, kinda a grim thought. But damn it, why did he do that to her? More than anything, it totally pisses me off that he left her like that. She will never fully recover. She was totally in love and totally involved. Now she is wandering around lost searching for reason. All I can do is be here for her and keep her moving. Make her get up and get out of the house. Make her go ride. But it just seems that I have a right to be MAD as HELL at him for leaving her this way. I want to kick his ass! Sorry about the cussing. But Damn it, why did he leave her like that? Not just her either. Her daughter. Her teenage daughter. Who thought so highly of him.......I just had to vent. Now I will go post something happy so you guys dont worry about me!

Ah. Barrel Racing is good for the Soul.

So, yesterday aka Jan. 16th and Jeff's 33rd birthday, We went to a Barrel race. We hauled Joe and Gabe...of course my dog got to come too. :) It was a little muddy but overall we had a blast! We got there early and saddled up for exhibitions on Joe. Jeff actually went with me and that is rare! Joe and I managed to actually lope the pattern for the first time!!! We loped a 25 second pattern. Gabe, well......lets just say that I pulled a check for 2nd in the 4D so I should be happy.....but he was all about the blue barrel (garbage can) on the other side of the fence!!!! So, we came in hauling butt then went right past the first barrel like he did not even see it! I think I need to talk them into hanging some banners! lol After he got around the first, his second and third were nice and we had a good time. We ran a 17.1 Not sure how the heck we ran that FAST!!! I mean really, we went about 30 foot from the barrel!!!! WOW! He must have been rockin' and rollin! He felt really good too!
Well Jeff got me the pic of Joe loping his first pattern :) and everyone wanted to go out to eat. I was a little surprised when Jeff agreed and waited for everyone!~ OH and Brooke and Sarah were there too! Almost all of my favorite folks! Well we went out to eat at a mexican place with about 15 of us. It was a blast!
I joined NBHA TX 30 too. I have points there, so why not? I will post a video soon.

Sarah Mae's First Barrel Run

I just wanted to share. My Neice wanted to ride by herself and do the barrels!! Is she not just so cute? Of course Jeff is videoing and with the digital camera....so, he got a little distracted at the end...That would be Jack Jack with his truck and my sis and her hubby too.