Tagged (Really?)

So I have been tagged to list 7 interesting things about me. I will try to come up with things that people who are around me regularly may not know.

1) I grew up in Las Vegas. I spent most weekends and all of my summers on a ranch on the Arizona strip riding horses and chasing wild cows.
2) Both of my children are adopted. Most people who find out can not beleive it.
3) I am not a member of any church. I am spiritual person. But I do not like organized religion.
4) I am truly an independent and not registered as a Republican or a Democrat. I think they both get it wrong.
5) I hate the cold. I love the warm sun. I could live in 90 degree heat year round.
6) I want to move to a foreign country for a year at least once in my life. I have traveled to a couple of different countries for work. It always amazes me how people are so different but so much the same.
7) I never went to Disneyland as a kid. So when my kids were old enough, I took them 3 times in 2 years! I also spent more time in the park than either of them did!

Rodeo Is Not an Event - It is a Lifestyle

We were practicing roping on Sunday. During the winter in Utah, we have to ride indoors. So we have to haul the horses, the cows and all of our equipment to the indoor arena.

We spent over 4 hours between practicing and hauling horses, kids and cattle back and forth. This is what our life consists of constant practice, chores and traveling to the next rodeo.

We were having dinner on Sunday night with my brother and sister in law who came down to help. As we discussed the days events, my daughter says hey mom when are we going to get a new dishwasher? (Ours broke about a week ago.) My reply was well we have 2 rodeos to enter in March and several more in April. So probably not until next fall.

That is when my sister in law and I both laughed. Rodeo is not an event. It is even more than a sport. It is a lifestyle. You have to live it to understand it. I really had no idea how involved it is until my kids started living it. You sacrifice the nicer things in life to make it to the next rodeo.

Some may think we are crazy and we probably are. We love what we do. We are very close as a family. My kids have learned some amazing lessons about life, sacrifice, competition, and hard work through rodeo. I wouldn't change a thing. (Except to have lots more money to rodeo full time.)