Horses and Huntin’

We’ve had some country girls around here lately. Lillian is really getting into her horseback riding and is trying to work out a deal with her instructor to be able to ride more in exchange for work. She’s got this one horse that she really likes and he doesn’t get ridden very often because he can’t be a regular lesson horse after he bucked someone off last year. Prior to that, he was one of Vivette’s best horses so it’s kind of a win-win for her because she wants someone to ride him regularly. That didn’t scare our country girl and her mama was willing to sign the waiver, so she and Little Rock are getting to be friends.

She would LOVE to rodeo but I think we are still far from than, and convincing her Dad is a whole other hurdle 😉 so she’s happy with her twice a week for now in hopes it will be more soon. We did get to go watch some of her friends in the Benton rodeo last Friday 

We left there late and got to the camp around midnight for a weekend of hunting with the family 









It turned out to be a perfect day! The birds were there and they got limits Saturday, and the weather was so nice I even went and sat out there with them. For the first time in the 21 years we’ve been together Matt got me out hunting with him. 

We went for rides, ate good food and had a nice time all catching up. It was only the 2nd time we’d seen the cousins since Christmas which was WAY too long 




And then Tuesday, was Miss Kathleen’s first football game to cheer with the pep squad. She had fun and it was fun to watch her.

 

Everyone is excited to see if cheer is something she starts to like. My dad is going to come in two weeks and GranJan is coming in October for a game. I love all the things that fall brings!




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