Frozen Turkey Bowling

Talk about some real Thanksgiving fun!! This was our second year doing our frozen turkey bowling!! We get a frozen turkey and wrap it in industrial cling wrap and then lay down a blue tarp, and some two liter bottles and there you have it, Frozen Turkey Bowing.


Here I am the score keeper. It's hard to keep score in bowling. These days all the bowling alleys all have computer score keepers. All I have to say is, "Move over Vanna here I come."

Here is Mr.Cowboy and Little Cowpoke helping with the pins. That one was a strike!!

The smaller kidos got to bowl with a frozen chicken. Here Little Cowpoke is getting some help from his cousin. Here is my sister. She is a fantastic frozen turkey bowler. See that turkey fly!!!!

Here I am laughing hysterically at my sister. Oh she had taken a horrible picture of me where things didn't look so hot. Then she tried to take another and oh, it turned out the same way, so here is one of those photos but I cropped out the really bad parts!! We have too much fun when we are together. I had a few turns too! It is really a lot of fun. Here is Cowpokette. She stayed in her car seat the entire time and dozed in and out. She is still a little too young to bowl. One last photo. Here is Little Cowpoke's little cousin being, "Destructo Boy!" Say it with your best super hero voice. I just love boys. They are so much fun. Now I know I promised photos of our dinner but those will have to wait until nest time, so until then y'all come back now ya here.

Let the Baking Begin and Money!!

My sister and her family have come to my house for the Thanksgiving holiday. I am so very excited to gave a good old Yankee thanksgiving. We are cooking today. We have been invited to my MIL's Thanksgiving at her house on Thursday, but we wanted to cook a Thanksgiving dinner with just us, just like the good old days, minus four other siblings and our mom and dad. But it still will be good. And after today's festivities we will have a bread on Wednesday to recover before we will stuff ourselves again on Thursday. I have to admit that I did not do any of the baking yesterday. My sister was and is the cook. I stood there going, "Okay, uhm......yeah.....that looks right.....smells yummy." This morning she has already put the sweet potato's in the oven. I have this convection oven that I have no idea how to use. It has five different buttons on the oven that give you different ways to cook. One is convection bake (this one I use all the time), bake, broil, convection roast, convection convert (I have never pushed this). I really do not know how to use any of them. I am happy if the food in there is done by the time the timer goes off. I will have to get out the manual out for the baking fest today. Oh and I was lazy with my photos today so don't mind them being kinda dark and dull. I will do better next time I promise!!

We started out the morning with these. Well, she started out with these, again I just stood there going, "Wow, that is cool!" These are leaves made out of fondant for a cake that she is making for our Thursday Thanksgiving. Then my dearest sister made this filling for the cake. This is where I was saying, "Yummy!" This is a raspberry filling that she is going to be putting in her four layer almond cream cake. Move over pies, here comes a thanksgiving cake!!!!We won't totally forget about the pies. I sliced some of those apples. I tried using one of those apple slicers from pampered chief and I about cut off my finger after doing three apples so I turned the knife over to my sister. Oh the buttery goodness!! I just love apple pie. My mom makes the best apple pie. My sister made a dutch apple pie. Then there is pumpkin pie. Which may not taste very good. She accidentally put a whole can of condensed milk and she didn't notice until she had started to mix it. So we decided to dump some of it out and said, "That should be good enough." I am not a fan of pumpkin pie so this small folly doesn't really bother me. It looks like it turned out alright. My sister baked all day yesterday. Then after dinner she made the cake for Thursday.

Mr. Cowboy just called me and told me that he won 500 dollars off the radio. How awesome is that. We never win anything, let a lone $500!!! What a great time to win too with Christmas right around the corner!! He called me all excited!! He is just too cute.

Today my sister and I are going to be cooking and exercising. We are trying to work out so we don't gain any weight this holiday season. We are going to go on a diet together. We weigh the same and have the same bad eating habits, so we will do it together. How come it's so easy to gain weight and so hard to loose it? I guess having two Thanksgiving dinners probably doesn't help us in our weight loss does it? But I will have more yummy food pictures tonight. It will be a good preview for your Thursday meal!! I am so glad my sister came to visit! I will post more food pictures tonight, until then, y'all come back now ya hear!!

Studly Studs

Mr. Cowboy and Paw Paw have had two studs for about 10 years now. They are good boys. They are easy keepers. Which means it doesn't take a whole lot of care to keep them up. They are fun to ride too. If you are a good rider. I have ridden them both. They defiantly kept me on my toes!! They also both have a way with the ladies.

This is Ima Delux Red Robin, aka Red. He is a good boy. He is bred to be a working cow horse. I being the "cowgirl" decided that he would be a good jumper. Wow that boy is powerful. He is a strong horse and keeps his riders on their toes. He also has a way with the ladies!! He was stalled in our barn one night and busted out of his stall door. Then he ran down the isle way of our barn and jumped a 4 foot fence to be with the ladies. He bred three mares that night. One paint mare, one two year old paint filly, and my thoroughbred mare.

This is a product of that night out with the ladies. My Thoroughbred Mare had this strapping young man. This is Emerald City, aka Ozzie. What a sweet boy. He is so laid back anyone can do anything with him. He is tall for two. He is about 15.3 hands. A very good boy. I am excited to be breaking him out. He is going to be my western pleasure prospect. He doesn't have any paint spots on him, so he is registered as a breeding stock paint. But I still love him. This is Red's show off page!! I made an ad. After 10 years of having these studs, they have never been advertised. I wanted to help them earn their keep and get more time with the ladies!! I was so excited making these ads. I can't wait to put them out and see if we can't get some breedings booked for next year. This is Richmond Peppy Star, aka Richie. He is an Quarter Horse Stallion. He has a famous grandfather, Peppy San Badger. He is mellow and laid back and you would never know he was a stud, except that he is in a pasture all by himself. He is sweet. Loves treats from the Cowpokes and he loves a good ride. He used to be ridden to work cows. Now he just stands in his pasture admiring the ladies. Here is his ad:This one was fun. I got to use an extracted photo. Tricky. I had to cut out the pool in the background!! I had fun making these ads. Now this next boy is out of our big Quarter Horse mare. She is a good 16 hands tall and about 1200 lbs. She is a barrel horse. Mr. Cowboy has been riding her in a little rodeo we have here. But here is her baby.

I am not sure what his full registered name is but we call him Dancer. He is about 5 months old here. He is fine looking boy. He is so gentle too. He loves you to scratch him on the top of his tail. He will be a fun one to play with too!! Those are just some of the 18 horses we have here in our backyard. These are some of the boys. They keep us busy. So, if you have a lady that you think would like one of our Men, let me know!! They would love to meet some new ladies!! But that's all for now, y'all come back now ya here!!

Staples, Fire Ants, and Rocks

Gee, I never thought I would have to do what I did today. I mean Big Cowpoke is blond but come on, I am too and these things never happened to me. I received a phone call from school. It was about time for school to be out so I didn't think he could get into any trouble with only 5 minutes left in the day. It was his teacher. She explained to me that while at recess he was playing and another boy pushed him down and he fell head first into an ant pile. Now ants down here in the south are not like normal ants. They are fire ants. And that is a nice name for them. They are mean suckers. They attack and bite you until you scream, and then they still bite you some more. Big Cowpoke said he shook his head and went running to his teacher. She helped get them off of his head. They even checked his shirt to make sure none got down there and sure enough there were some biting his back. Those suckers are mean. Then when he got home, not like he had a bad enough afternoon. He was looking for a pencil sharpener and low and behold he found this:

This is a very small stapler. It is no larger than and inch and a half long. I know it's a bad picture, but I am having serious camera issues. (*hint hint* Mr. Cowboy) I think I need a new bigger nicer one!! Back to the stapler. So, Big Cowpoke grabbed it and started playing with it. I was cooking dinner thinking he was sharpening his pencil, until I heard, "AHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Along with a blood curling scream with tears. I ran over to him to fin a staple in the tip of his thumb. Good thing the staples were small. I took out the staple and ran and got a band aid. What a miracle those band aids are. You put them on a cut and the tears stop. Amazing. What a bad day!! Now on a happier note, our road now has some rock and tar on it. I thought it was getting paved but no. They are just putting multiple layers of tar and rocks on the road.

When Little Cowpoke heard trucks coming we had to go out and see. He ran to Paw Paw's house and knocked on the door and told him, "Come see, big trucks, come see, me now". Little Cowpoke loves big trucks.

Such excitement for our small town life. We are a small town we only have a flashing light and a gas station. Big city liven!!! Well, now on with the trucks. There were a series of them. And wow, how amazing how well they worked together. Great team work. First there was this truck. It's the tar truck. It's job is to leave hot steamy tar on the road.
It was hot and steamy alright. It looks so shinny and Little Cowpoke wanted to go play in it. He even tried to go and touch it. We yelled, "stop", and wow he listened. "BIG WRUCK!!!"Then came this duo. It is a dump truck and the truck layer thingy. It evenly dropped the rocks onto the hot sticky tar. Fascinating I know!!It was so neat how it just laid the rocks so nicely on the hot tar. Pretty cool Huh?Red came from the back pasture to see what was going on. I think he was hoping for a treat. Then these heavy rollers rolled over it to make it flat. There was this guy. I really have no idea what his job was. He just drove really fast up and down the road. I never saw it do anything but go really fast. Hmmmm........I don't know. And this is it. The finished product. They are going to come back two more times with some smaller rocks. And then our road won't be a dirt road any more it will be a tar and rock road. I am not sure which one I like better. I have already washed tar out of the Cowpokes' hair and off their skin. I can't get it out from under their nails. Yuck. Little Cowpoke enjoyed playing on Paw Paw's shovel. Who needs a jungle gym when you can play on a shovel?? It was such a nice day today and a great day to watch the road crew. Poor Big Cowpoke. I hope he has a better day tomorrow. But until then, y'all come back now ya hear.

Turkey Fun

For the past four days Big Cowpoke has been begging to work on his turkey craft for school. There was a large turkey that was in need of some color and feathers. So off to the craft store. I never have any crafty things at home, unless you want to scrapbook. That was an adventure, three kids in Michael's. Why do I think I am super woman and take my kids with me?? My husband soon met me there and it was better. I need go go gadget arms. After the craft goodies were collected and bought, we came home and went to bed. By the time we got home from town, it was way too late to do any crafts. But wow, bright and early Saturday morning I had a blond hair, blue eyed boy in my face whispering, "Mom can I do my turkey now?" The clock read 6:45am. I can't even get that boy out of bed that early for school let a lone on a Saturday. I said, "It is way too early and you have to do your chores. Plus we have a birthday party to go to this afternoon." His heart was broken. But he went back to watching cartoons unit I rolled out of bed. So, now it's Sunday and he had to wait until after church and after dinner before we could work on his turkey. Such a long time, but he was such a good sport about it. I also copied the turkey so Little Cowpoke could do one too. I just knew with paint and glitter being involved that there would be a tuff time convincing them to share. These paints are soooo cool. I was very leery about letting the boys have paint but they are washable. It really does was off too. Sometimes it says washable and isn't. And when you have a two year old behind the brush it can get kinda messy!! Big Cowpoke was so excited!! He was trying so hard to stay inside the lines. Little Cowpoke just painted and painted. He even would rinse his brush and wipe it on a paper towel before choosing another color. It amazes me how the second child learns so much faster then the first one. He just picks things up from Big Cowpoke. Fascinating. Big Cowpoke took his time and made sure everything was just right on his turkey. He painted everything and then the glitter came out!! That was fun. Kinda......well it was fun for them, not for me. Little Cowpoke just gooped it all in one spot while Big Cowpoke tried coloring the feather with the glitter. I showed him how to put a glob and then use his paint brush to spread it around. That was much more fun!!Here he is using his finger to smear the glitter!! That was a good method but messy. I think he did a fantastic job painting. But I am his mother. Now here they are. Two perfectly beautiful, colorful, and handsome turkeys. Big Cowpoke insists that he is going to win a prize for the coolest turkey. I absolutely love it when they get along and love each other. I just love sibling love!!! It's so sweet!! Don't you just love it when everyone is getting along and the house is filled with laughter and excitement!!!?? Okay it only lasts for like 15 minutes and that might be pushing it, but it is nice while it lasts!! What great artists!! I am proud of them. I did not help them at all. That's all for now, so y'all come back now ya hear!!

Big City Livin' on a Dirt Road

Oh how I loved living in the suburbs. I loved many things about it. You always had neighbors, sidewalks, paved roads, and stores near by for shopping, quickly. But I do love living in the country. There are a lot of plusses to living in the middle of now where. You don't have neighbors, no sidewalks, dirt roads, and not a single store with in a 20 minute drive. When Mr. Cowpoke and I were building our house I begged for a driveway. He just wanted to put rocks. I could not just have rocks. I rememberd all my childhood memories of riding my bike on the driveway and up and down the sidewalk in front of our house. Those were good memories. So, I put my foot down and insisted on a paved driveway. Then I asked him for a sidewalk. You should have seen his face. He laughed and said, "Awh......No, you don't have sidewalks in the country." I told him that it would be good for riding bikes on. But he still didn't buy it. I also said that maybe people would come from miles around to see our sidewalk. In the south, at least Louisiana, there aren't many places that have sidewalks. The driveway took 105 yards of cement. So, there weren't any left overs for a small sidewalk. But on the bright side, our little dirt road is getting a make over!!! Now my kids will get to ride bikes on the road. Don't worry I live on a dead end street and there are only three houses down from us, so not much if any traffic.

Here are the tractors. Paw Paw told us all about what they do. He even knew their names, but I don't know much about any tractors. The red truck has water in it to wet down the cement stuff they put on the road. Then this grater tractor comes and grates it, imagine that. And then some really heavy rollers some over it and smashes it all down flat. Little Cowpoke was so very excited to see the big tractors. We were going to head to town but when we came outside and saw all the tractors we decided to stay and watch.Paw Paw told Little Cowpoke all about the tractors and what each of them did. Little Cowpoke listened and was in total amazement. Then a grater stopped right in front of our house. Paw Paw scooped up Little Cowpoke and put him up on the tractor. Oh this was awesome!! The workers had no idea we were playing on their machines. We were sneaky. Then this semi backed up and dropped all this cement stuff on the road. It was very dusty and really neat. Little Cowpoke liked to through large clumps of dirt into the cement and watch it go, "Poof". What a good arm. After all the flattening of the road, they put lots of fresh oil on the road. Now we are awaiting the paving crew!! I can not wait!!

I didn't do any scrapping today. I will get a page done soon. I am kinda in a rut right now. No mojo. I need some inspiration. Over at Oscraps there is a great designer freebie and a fun challenge. You get $3 gift for participating and then a bigger coupon if your layout wins. So, go on over and check it out. It's a fun challenge and easy too!!!

This is the layout that I did for the challenge. I know I have already shown you but here it is again. It is about me passing down my show horse to my oldest son so he can ride at rodeos. You can find all the credits here. If you are going to check it out tomorrow, the Oscraps site will be down for a server upload. So, you will have to wait until Friday night or Saturday. Thanks for stopping by and y'all come back now ya hear!!

Make-Up and Brittany

Wow, how much fun can one person possibly have with a two year old? I must say that this is the most fun I have ever had with a two year old. Since I am such the veteran parent, having only raised one other two year old. Hee hee. I must say this one is fun. Little Cowpoke definitely keeps me on my toes. I am always taking away lotion, markers, food, and make up. I am not sure how he gets all these things, but wow, he can come up with them out of the blue and make them explode with in seconds. Some of my favorites are his encounter with permanent markers. The first time was on my bed and on my bathroom wall. The marker was black and way permanent. As if there is a thing called semi permanent. Any who..it was everywhere. Thank goodness for magic eraser. It actually came off the wall. That magic eraser is the best invention ever. The man or woman who invented it needs a bonus. The bed was not even attempted to be saved. Then the red permanent marker all over his body when Mr. Cowboy was watching the kids and I stepped out to ride a horse, for three hours. Okay I admit it I escaped. I left and didn't want to come back. I really enjoyed the silence, doing what I wanted, not having to look over my shoulder thinking, "OH goodness what is that kid doing now!!". But it was nice to come home and see Mr. Cowboy suffering, just a little. They were all happy to see me home. But wow, have I drifted off the subject. Where was I, Little Cowpoke, yes, make up. He loves my lip stick. Which I don't know where he finds it because I don't ever wear it. So here he is in his fancy lipstick.

He was so proud of his new look. Some how it didn't even really get on his lips??? Was he even aiming? Well he didn't have a mirror, so maybe that is why he totally missed his mouth.

But WOW it sure got all the way to his ear. Almost like flames. Maybe he wanted a fast look? But man I just know people will be lining up to have this look. But this all leads up to this!!!! WARNING!!! This contains some really good dancing. And if you can hear the music, yes it is Brittany Spears. She does have a fan left. Too bad he is two. Okay it's my CD so maybe she has two fans left. The music is good okay!! I don't like her image, but her music sure has a good beat, as you can see here..............

Like I said, it is really fun having a two year old. I wish I could just keep my kids like this forever. Well, maybe not, I do want them out of diapers and hopefully someday out of the house. But until then I will enjoy two years old.

Update on the road work. It is getting done quickly!! Oil was put down today!! Yeah!! I will have pictures of it tomorrow! No more dirt road living!!! It is kind of sad and totally exciting at the same time. Until then see you later, and y'all come back now ya hear!!!