Cowart Gang

It's that time :(

Pretty obvious I haven't been around in a while, huh?!

Ever had something fun turn into a stressor?  I think it happened last year when I was going through so many changes.  I was always taught to say nothing at all if I didn't have anything nice to say & by the time my heart was less hardened/hurt I just didn't have the desire to blog anymore.  I still don't. 

Nana pretty much keeps folks up to date on what happens around here anyway & I can always hack into her blog if I have something fun, big, exciting to post.  I have from now until January to get this blog turned into a book.  That alone is causing my pulse to race.  If anyone knows of a quick, inexpensive website/software, etc, please let me know.  I've tried blurb.  It's been fun & there are many times I refer to my archives to remember exactly when something happened.  I hope to preserve it even if it's just on copy paper.

Good night all!  Look me up on Facebook. Quick, easy, no stress....just what I need!

Back-To-SchooL

 

Notice the fog & no sun?  We had to leave THAT early!

Sam - "First grade is just like kindergarten & you didn't feed me breakfast!"

Ben - "I don't feel good, don't go the river road."

Graham - "I have to stay over tomorrow for a football physical @ 4pm.  Is that ok?"

Overall, it wasn't the best of days, but it wasn't the worst of days, either... 

Nana's Birthday Present - June 2009

Nana's present

(above link will take you to my facebook album w/ pictures of the whole book)

 

know anything about Forage Production?

Ryan does!

He competed w/ students from all over the state of Mississippi and his SAE in Forage Production won 1st place!  We are so proud of him.  He will go to Indianapolis, Indiana in October for the National competition.  This is a video of the presentation.  They had big screens on both sides of the stage during the presentation.

*BE SURE & TURN OFF THE MUSIC PLAYER SOUND - LEFT SIDEBAR*

Sorry about the pronunciation in the video.  It's COWart, not coArt. 

Ryan didn't know until they said "receiving 1st place" that he won the award.  During the 1st part of the session, I flipped thru the program and found a list of the award winners.  I'm so glad I did!  I was able to get my flip video camera out and capture the screen show as well as set Ha up w/ my digital camera for still shots.  I wish I knew the number of hours Ryan, Papa, and Mr. Harvison spent just getting the application ready to send in for judging...not to mention the number of hours Ryan logged in Forage Production over the last 5 years! 

He did it!

 

Tomorrow we are leaving for Starkville.  Ryan is a state finalist for a proficiency award in forage production.  I won't begin to try and explain what that means... just keep a check on twitter Tuesday morning around 9am and find out what happens at the awards program!

Lost?

not really...I'm still here.  Just totally, completely, utterly worn out.

Life is good.

Boys are good.

baseball, graduation, rodeos, new job, old job....blah, blah, blah.

I'll be back... rested w/ lots of stories to tell!

until then... check out who hit his 1st one over the fence!

15 years

of waking up together and my cowboy still takes my breath away...

Happy Anniversary Shelly!

the Last prom

for Ryan and Ha

If it had been up to Ryan, Haleigh's prom would have been the final one for him.  I don't know why it was so important to me for him to attend prom at his school but it was/is and I'm so glad Ryan didn't fight me on it too much.

 

They just left Cotton Branch in the "cowboy limo" otherwise known as Ryan's truck, the dually...

He even had it detailed...almost like he was EXCITED about going to prom.  ha ha ha

The other couple pictured with them are Kim (she goes to FC w/ Ryan) and Cody (he goes to ASC w/ Haleigh).

They are @ Dixie Springs eating supper right now.  I'm sure they will be stuffed and enjoy it...although, I'm visualizing the menu and I'm not sure there's anything on it that Ha will eat!  Remember those days?

 

Both couples "tolerated" pictures @ Nana's really well except for Ryan... he thought all the pics that were taken a couple of weeks ago for ASC's prom were "enough already!"

Can you tell how much he loves his Nana?  She loves him wide as the sky and deep as the ocean, too.

 

I'm not going to elaborate on how I'm feeling right now... Oh how I wish I could turn back time and start over w/ my oldest boy!  We have grown up together and I've learned through my mistakes w/ him. 

 

So glad these 2 had on short dresses and could pose in the fountain! 

I'll let Nana tell you about the tie fiasco.  Let's just say Papa is out of town and when I arrived @ CB, Nana was on the internet looking for instructions on how to tie a tie!  Thank the Lord for wonderful friends!

If you are reading this before Friday morning, please pray that all our children make it home safely tonight/tomorrow and that they have a wonderful time and make great memories.

(Jeanne, I'll let you pick pictures of you and Ha to blog with because I know how I'd feel about it! Thank you for loving my boy & being a part of the village raising him.  You mean the world to us!)

(and...Amy H. Wilson, you were missed!)

I have no idea what to title this post

I thought about Gobble, Gobble but that is just plain tacky.  Hunting is a fact of life around here.  Sure, it's a sport but it's also much more.  I never realized how important animal management is until Papa started the DMAP program.  Just like too much or too little water on my tomatoes... too many does/bucks/gobblers/hens, etc throws off the whole circle of life. 

Heck-fire, I'm trying to be too complicated here.  Ryan hunts.  Ryan killed a turkey.  Yeah Ryan!

 

that time again

Yesterday was ASC's Prom

 

Don't these 2 look sharp!

I got to the rodeo just in time to leave and make it back home for pictures before the limo picked them up.  They went to Jax to eat 1st.  Next up, Prom @ FHS the Thursday before Easter.then I guess GRADUATION!

 

Thanks for the pictures, Amy!