Go Rebels!!

I just want to take a minute and wish the Rich Rebels along with my dad and Jader good luck next week and the state tournament. I am sure that you guys will do great. I can't wait to come visit and cheer you on.

So GOOD LUCK REBELS!! Take State!!

Texas Hail Damage

So I am quite the blogger today but I finally had time to catch up on this and so here is one more post....

Last week we had quite the storm. I have been through many storms now in Texas and believe me you have never seen a rain/hail storm until you have seen one in Tx. It was sunny out Tuesday night and they were predicting a big storm to come through but I really wanted to see that movie "He is just not that into you" so I talked Ben into going to the movies and we left my truck at home. (Needless to say the movie wasn't worth the damage.)

About halfway through the movie we kept hearing all of this thunder but I thought it was just coming from the movie because of course it was raining on the screen. Ben finally looked at me and said I am going to go check it out. He was gone for a few minutes and I started to get worried - tornadoes are somewhat of a common thing and we were under a tornado watch...I begin to envision one coming through the movie theater so out I go. Well as I get outside I look out and dimesize hail is just pouring down. It was unbelievable. Well it was too late to do much about it so we went back in and finished the movie.

When it was over we went back to his truck and inspected for damage but found none (lucky him!). Then I started thinking about my truck at home. I haven't had it back very long from the wreck it was in. Well we got home and needless to say we had golfball size hail at our house and my truck hood was covered with dents. My windshield was broke and my bug guard was broke as well. The vent on my trailer was shattered and I was pretty much disgusted. I am just thankful that my truck is drivable. You will have to look close in the pics but believe me it is full of dents and a cracked windshield!

So I am now in the process of getting more estimates and will never leave my truck out again if they are calling for severe storms. I learned a pretty hard lesson. Hopefully one of these days I can post pics of a truck that is not damaged...I keep crossing my fingers. Such is life in Texas I guess.

Birthday Roses

I know I am late in blogging but I just wanted to show everyone the beautiful roses my husband gave me for my birthday - along with a Wii-fit, which kicks my butt. Anyway I just thought these roses bloomed out so pretty and I thoroughly enjoyed them so thanks Ben - what a great husband!!

So I guess I now fully belong to the dirty thirty club - not sure if I am too thrilled about that but it is better than the over-the-hill fifty club....

A whole new world

Wow - Ben and I have been on the go lately! Between Perry GA, Waco Tx, Kinder LA and Jacksonville FL, life has been very hectic. I love our life and love to travel with Ben but home sweet home looks better and better. The one great thing about our life is getting to travel all across the country. There are so many cool places that I have been able to see just because they have a roping there. I know that it is an awesome opportunity and I try and take advantage of it when I can. Now for those of you that have traveled some you know the differences in the different parts of the country. California is always on high speed where the south just basically operates slower.

Well I was able to visit one part of the country that is definetly unique and that is the bayou's of Louisianna. We went to a roping in Kinder, LA a couple weeks ago and I will tell you what that is a completely different world down there. We were able to drive there because it is only about 8 hrs from Stephenville and the closer we got the stranger we got. I really think that is somwhere someone could just dissappear to and never be found again. In some ways it was very erie and in other ways it was pretty cool.

The town that we were at had an Indian casino there and so that is where the roping was held. It was a pretty neat place. They had the usual hotel rooms above the casino but then in the back they had a whole mini town made up of "Chalet's" (actually they were FEMA housing units but Chalet sounds better). Ben and I stayed in our own little Chalet complete with bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room. It was a fun experience and I really enjoyed it. Every night we went out to a little restuarant that sold fried shrimp, crawfish and alligator and it was delicious.

The Restuarant - best fried shrimp ever!!

The Row of "Chalet's"

We love our Chalet!! (except for the small water heater!)

Ben hanging out in our living room!