My FFA Adventure

 Just over a week ago Eddie and I set out on a

wonderful adventure to Denver, CO

for a high school FFA trip

- I was scared spitless

and Eddie was, well Eddie, he didn't care.

I imagined a trip from H - E - Double toothpicks.

A 9 hour bus ride with over 50

teenagers!

Thank goodness, I was totally mistaken.

What a great group of kids and what

a luxurious way to travel.

DVD hook ups and I-pods made

travelling light years away from 

back in my day!

The ride was blissful :)

I even got to read a book

Sierra and Stevie sat semi-close to us,

but far enough away that I couldn't slap

them every time they "fell asleep" on each other.

which happened a lot.

Each day we were in Denver our itinerary was

chuck full of "educational" things to see and do.

And we started early every morning and went

until late at night.

The advisors wanted to keep those kids

hoppin' to keep them out of trouble.

I got to take a few pictures before my 

camera battery died on me. :( 

We got to visit the

PRO RODEO HALL OF FAME

Here is Summer, Chris (not quite sure what

he is doing to that cowboy poster), Sierra

 and Stevie. It was a fun place to

visit. Thanks to "8 Seconds" I knew

two of the inductees - Lane Frost and Tuff Hedeman.

Eddie enjoyed himself- 

he's an old FFA member at heart.

This is a group shot of the kids from our 

chapter. There was only 12 from our school, 

but we traveled in a caravan of 3 buses with over

140 students total.

In front of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame.

We spent quite a bit of time at the

National Western Stock Show.

Picture in your mind the state fair in a BIG

building with cows and such in the basement

and vendors and freaks on the main floor-

now imagine the smells all mixing together-

that's the NW Stock Show.

We spent a part of 2 days at it.

There was a bright spot-

we found the Roy Rogers and Dale Evan's

nudie car there.

Not sure why it's called nudie,

but we liked it, mostly because of it's

name, so snapped this picture. 

Then my camera died.

We went to the Denver Museum of Natural History

cool

We went to the Denver Mint

cool

We went to two, TWO, 2 rodeos

(we had the option to go to the 

stock show again- we picked the rodeo)

cool

We went to the Denver Bass Pro Shop

cool

We also went to eat at 

CASA BONITA

which looks awesome

but, wasn't so good.

Especially since this was 

the night before our 

long bus trip home with a ton of

kids (boys) who ate Mexican food.

Over all we had an unexpected mini-vacation

and a wonderful time.

I discovered Sierra has great friends

and teachers. 

I also found out that I still have

the energy to out do the teenagers :)

Welcome the Newest Members of Our Family :)

We have lots of new babies in our family-

some of them I never thought I'd see

really come to be.

(that's a not intended rhyme:)

Sierra and Stevie are the lucky new guardians.

These are Stevie's babies-

Gelga and Princess Peach

He named them himself :)

Stevie has purchased a harness so he can

walk these guys around the neighborhood :)

He says they'll be better tasting when they are in shape.

Let's not think about that now.

See how cute they are.

This is Pepper, one of Stevie's family horses.

Not a baby at all-

but a cousin to Gelga and Princess P,

so worthy of posting.

Sierra loves this horse.

Another cuz.

Poor thing has no name,

so we will call her, "Palomino"

This the newest baby on our family tree.

A really not so lambish ewe

Sierra named Kevin.

I guess I need to watch the movie "UP"

to understand her name.

I kind of think she has creepy eyes.

Sierra loves her and walks her on a lead

everyday. Kevin lives at the HS in the AG lab

with 3 other sheep. They are all FFA

projects which will be sold at auction

at the state fair.

Here is Kevin again with her roommate "June".

I think they like getting their pictures taken,

she how the pose for the camera?

I hope when it comes time to do with

these babies what they were destined for,

their guardians can go through with it.