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Hayrack Runaway Rodeo Grand Champ

01:57, 3.7.2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

Our youngest son has earned the 2006 The Hayrack Runaway Rodeo Grand Champ. While we were at a friends learning about goats our youngest son had a wonderful ride on a hayrack. Our team, the one we are selling, got spooked by something and took off. My 2nd oldest son was driving and unable to hold on/stay on the hayrack. My husband and 3rd oldest son got bounced off. During this runaway hayrack ride our youngest son was able to stay on the longest but did end up falling off. This was the first time our family has ever experienced what it is like to have a team run off with you. Our son, the driver, said he won't drive for awhile. Gotta teach him if you fall off a horse you need to get back up on him :) The gentlemen that is considering purchasing our horses had just left. He missed the big event. He will be letting us know soon if he wants them.

Last week my only living Aunt on my mom's side went to be with the Lord. Her wake and funeral happened to be a weekend we had 3 extra children. It turned out not so bad. I wasn't sure how the children would react. Some of the little children went up, knelt and prayed by my Aunt. This sent one lady into tears. She couldn't believe little children would do that.

Last Monday my dh called a local butcher to see when we could get our beef cow in. He said they were booked until December!! He asked if we wanted to be put on a waiting list. My hubby said sure. I figured it would be middle of summer before she would go. On Friday they called to say they had a cancellation for Mon the 6th of March!! We said we would take it. Hubby was supposed to go into work that day. He was able to get someone to cover until he could show up. Last time we took at cow in it was only my 2nd oldest son and I. She got loose by the butcher shop. We were blessed she didn't get far and we were able to get her into the shop. Dh leaves at 6am to go get a trailer from a friend so we can take her in. Gets back here only to get stuck in our driveway. The day before we got about 3" of wet heavy snow. All he kept doing was slidding in our driveway. I just got done milking and came out to see some snow and mud mixture under his tires. We got a tow rope at this point. We hooked up the tow rope to the trailer. When hubby when put the van in reverse we pulled the trailer so he was able to move backwards. Next came the time of trying to get a 1,500 lb cow into a trailer who didn't want to leave. It took 4 of us to push/pull her into the trailer and not let her escape. Once we got her loaded she left for the butcher. Wouldn't you know it, she didn't have a problem going into the chute into the butcher's shop!! Hubby and boys got back in time for hubby to grab a quick bite to eat. He left and I took our oldest son to work.

I can't wait for our beef. She has been on our farm since Aug 2003. She gave birth to a calf in January. During her time on our farm she didn't have any shots or antibiotics. She was fed very little grain. We were very blessed to have a healthy cow :) I will miss her opening the barn doors and escaping on us many many times. I'm guessing that is why I lost about 10lbs in the first year we were here. Only one time did they get off of our property and were down the road. A neighbor called us at 6:10am to let us know someone spotted 2 cows and she was wondering if they were ours. Sure enough, they were.

Have a blessed day!

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10:51, 3.28.2006 .. Posted by Nonni
I'm glad everyone is ok. I hope your older son dosn't let the experience spoil it for him. I'm not too sure how quick I'd climb back on either though...

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