Kindergarten Rodeo in Coahoma

Well I am making myself take the time to update this. It has been a couple of weeks and so much has happened. My dog, Charlee, just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I looked at her last night and told Ben that she is no longer a little puppy but a teenager. It is scary! LOL!

I wanted to blog about a different kind of rodeo we went to a couple of weeks back - The Kindergarten Rodeo in Coahoma, TX. This is the neatest little rodeo I have ever been to. My husband and sister-in-law, Brandi, have announced and done music for it for several years. In fact when I first met Ben he told me about it and said it is his favorite event to announce.

For the last 31 years the teachers in Coahoma have taken their kindergartners and put on this rodeo. They have bronc riding, barrel racing, pole bending, team roping, square dancing, a band, flag racing and of course my favorite - bull riding and it is all done on STICK Horses! Yes I said stick horses. It is the coolest thing ever! They have a little chute complete with pick-up men, clowns and a barrel man. The clown, Clem McSpadden comes and also the fiddle player Jody Nix and Miss Rodeo Texas.

Not only does this rodeo take alot of organization (hats off to the teachers) but it also takes alot of creativity. These little kids are all decked out in their hats and boots and they participate like little soldiers. It is so fun to watch. You would think it would be one big circus but it isn't. Below are a bunch of pics so you can get the idea! If I was a kindergarten teacher I would definitely want to try something like this - it is a great spectator function and much better than any play I have been too - granted I am a huge rodeo fan!

Posting of the Colors

Grand Entry

Waiting to Participate

Barrel Racing

Team Roping

My Favorite - The clowns!

The Barrelman

The bull riding - if you look close you can see the bulls head on the stick rather than a stick horse

As you can tell it was a blast! I was sceptical about going to it but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and can't wait to see next years production!

Our new roof!

Well as I blogged earlier we had quite the hail storm a few weeks ago. So we ended up needing a new roof on our house amongst other things. I thought I would show everyone our new white tin roof. You would think it would be louder but we put it on top of the shingles and so we now have more insulation and it is quite quiet when it rains. It also saves us a bunch on house insurance so it will be worth it. I didn't know if I would like it but I love it. It gave our house the much need facelife - although now we need to repaint the eaves...it never seems to end!

Before the hail.

Our new roof!

We also built a storage room and small shop!

Charlee & Me - the latest Clement's Addition

I have exciting news to tell - Ben and I now are parents of a beautiful fluffy puppy! Her name is Charlee Grace (Grace meaning she trips over her own feet:) and she is a Great Pyreenese. She is adorable but can be a holy terror and she has us wrapped around her little (well big) paw! Even Ben is in love!

A couple of weeks ago we were in Monroe, LA at a roping and friends of ours, Charlie and Teresa Armstrong were there with a couple of pups. They were taking one to a family there and still had a little girl to give away. Well I immediately fell in love on Friday but figured that Ben probably wouldn't go for it so I didn't say much. On Sunday as we were packing up to my surprise he looked over and asked what I thought about a puppy well I didn't need to think about as I jumped for the chance to have a dog again. (Lizzie my other dog lives with my parents because her and Ben really don't get along...) I guess that Great Pyreenese are great goat guarding dogs and so he figured we need to get one to guard our goats - go figure it always revolves around those goats. So as it turns out home we headed with our new puppy - Charlee Grace.

Just getting her at Monroe - 6 weeks old

She is absolutely adorable and full of her own little personality. She can be pretty stubborn and it drives Ben nuts but it is pretty funny to watch him tryout his discipline skills - me I pretty much just give in - go figure....

Ben & Charlee Hanging Out

Here are a bunch of pictures of her - she has nearly doubled in size in the last two weeks and I guess that they are supposed to get about 100 lbs so she should be a good guard dog!

Charlee's First Bath - Hmmm should I say drowned rat?

Learning to Lead - Not sure who is leading who...

Quite the scary looking guard dog! LOL!

Charlie and her HOPE to be goat friend Claudia (my bottle baby)