Cade's first time gathering cows

Cade rode Polka Dot for his first big ride. Polka Dot is a most experienced kid horse and there isn't much that fazes him, so he is a great first horse for Cade thanks to my cousin Wynne. He was so excited to get to ride with a lot of other cowboys and cowgirls. I dropped Avery off at Mom's and she asked him if he was going riding to chase cows and he just shook with excitement.

He did really good. I led him the whole way and he was all smiles for quite a while. He didn't want to yell at the cows however he was just fine to follow behind them. He asked me how come Sterling wasn't afraid to gallop after cows. I explained to him that when he got more experience he wouldn't be either. I was so proud of my little boy!

Here is everyone that helped gather cows. Four generations riding so that was fun, in another couple of years there will be a lot of little cousins helping gather which i am sure will test my Dad's patience!

Working cows

I took the kids up to watch the men sort off the bulls and precondition the cow and calves. Avery LOVED it. Loved the commotion the cows, the noise. She wanted to be right there in the middle of it all as did her cousin Everett. She was also very excited that her jeans were the same as Cade's. Cade however hopped on the first ride back down the hill. In this case with Aunt Jami and Carter down to Grandma Pat's house where he spent his time playing with carter and Chase.


Avery and Everett trying to get into the action. We really had to watch them because they REALLY wanted to help

Here is Avery yelling at the cows to get moving. The cows really did not want to be cooperative today!