Sooner Celebration is a tradition in our lil town. The whole town comes out for a 5k run, horseshoes, turtle races, kids games, a parade, a stockshow and much more. You know all the small town greats!!
This year Kaylee decided she wanted to try to show her heifer, Twinkle. To go back a few months, Dale had a heifer we raised up on feed as soon as Kaylee turned 9 in Jan. and was making arrangements to get her ready for Kaylee to show. This was a heifer we raised and although everyone thinks their stuff is great, she really is a very good heifer that would have done very well for Kaylee in the show ring! After much thought, she decided she did not want to show her and much to her Daddy's dismay, he turned her out to the pasture. Well come May, we went to a cattle sale and Daddy's girl strikes again!! She fell in LOVE w/a lil heifer and you guessed it.....talked her Daddy into buying it! She has been working very hard and showing lots of initiative to get ready for the big day. Due to Dale's crazy schedule, he made arrangements for Twinkle to "live" at a college friends house for him to halter break her and get her all ready for Kaylee to show her. Jason did and awesome job getting Twinkle ready and Kaylee did a great job going over every chance she got getting herself ready. Even though Kaylee has been around cattle her whole life, she is still very timid around them. Dale does a great job having LOTS of patience with her and letting her work at her own pace. Me on the other hand....it is best for me to stay away!!
This year Kaylee decided she wanted to try to show her heifer, Twinkle. To go back a few months, Dale had a heifer we raised up on feed as soon as Kaylee turned 9 in Jan. and was making arrangements to get her ready for Kaylee to show. This was a heifer we raised and although everyone thinks their stuff is great, she really is a very good heifer that would have done very well for Kaylee in the show ring! After much thought, she decided she did not want to show her and much to her Daddy's dismay, he turned her out to the pasture. Well come May, we went to a cattle sale and Daddy's girl strikes again!! She fell in LOVE w/a lil heifer and you guessed it.....talked her Daddy into buying it! She has been working very hard and showing lots of initiative to get ready for the big day. Due to Dale's crazy schedule, he made arrangements for Twinkle to "live" at a college friends house for him to halter break her and get her all ready for Kaylee to show her. Jason did and awesome job getting Twinkle ready and Kaylee did a great job going over every chance she got getting herself ready. Even though Kaylee has been around cattle her whole life, she is still very timid around them. Dale does a great job having LOTS of patience with her and letting her work at her own pace. Me on the other hand....it is best for me to stay away!!
So we took Twinkle to her first show yesterday and although Kaylee refused to go in the ring w/out Daddy, her and Twinkle did great! Twinkle was the only Shorthorn heifer, so she was Champion Shorthorn heifer!
Kaylee is practicing a lil before it is her turn to go in. I think Twinkle was about to go to sleep at this point!
"I will only walk her around if you walk with me!"
She is doing pretty good, but not ready for Daddy to let go yet.
Yippee!! Daddy can finally let go!!
But still not willing to walk alone!
In for Supreme Heifer. She is getting braver!!
And did a great job.....not sure how long it will take for her to realize she can do it on her own, but I am going to let her and her Daddy make that decision!This is the first year that the kids have not had a class float for the parade. Needless to say, Mommy was in no condition, at 9 months pregnant, to plan/organize it and noone else stepped up. So Daddy saved the day and brought a Gator home from work and they probably enjoyed that more! I got them some candy and they asked Kaylee's friend Kaitlyn, our friends Jennie and Jason Elmore's lil girl Pepper, and Dale's boss' Granddaughter Jelani to ride with them. I think they all had a blast and it was SUPER easy for Mommy!!
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