Day Care and some other stuff

Some days ya just gotta muscle up and do it!  Especially when Mom needs a break and offers to pay the green fees.  I accepted day care duty both times last week without even feeling quilty. And besides, we make an awesome threesome.  Just ask us.

Oh yes, did I fail to mention,  they've been sneaking in lessons from the course pro and quite a few practice rounds before heading out with Papa.

She hits straight down the middle and has a beautiful swing with perfect form.  Obviously her ball is easy to find and you don't need four wheel drive to get to it.

 On the other hand, he longs for and dreams about distance plus he'd like to out drive the rest of the threesome. "Watch this, it will be awesome Papa!'

Hmmm, a little wide and quite a bit of hook but at least it didn't slice this time.  Looks like we'll get a good dose of HUNTING and FISHING and GOLFING in today.  Oh well. it just continues to keep me convinced that grandkids are the reward for not getting rid of your own.

Yellowstone Classic 2011 - NILE Merit Heifer Division

1st Place to Beau Bromenshenk's heifer donated by Oedekoven Angus Sheridan WY



2nd Place to Seth Kraft and 'Ruby' donated by Pingetzer's Six Iron Ranch, Shoshoni, WY



3rd Place to Amanda Hartman's heifer donated by Timberline Ranch, Belgrade, MT

The Road Trip

It's not everyday that you get the chance to take a 3,000 mile whirlwind road trip to visit grand kids for two days.  If you are lucky enough to know the gals from Raffia/Sisters retail outlet here in Billings you could get invited to join them for a trip to the Dallas Market in June.  Well, I was invited along and in fact offered my car and was brave enough to leave both my hat and my boots home.

We left Billings at 6am on Tuesday and returned at 10pm on Saturday with a car full of jewlery and memories of the trip together.  What a pair of gals.  You stop where they always stop and eat what they always eat.  (They've been doing the Dallas Market for seventeen years)  Don't know whether or not they'd admit it but think they were glad to have a driver for a lot of the trip.  I was force fed Cirrius Radio Fox News.  Didn't know I could listen to Bill O. and avoid depression but it all worked out. 

In a nutshell, it was an experience and a good one at that.  Oh, the grand kids, as you'd expect they are the greatest and Papa Bill was thouroughly entertained for 48 hours and explicitly reminded when crossing the street for a play in the park to "Watch for cars, they are dangerous!"   Don't know how your kids and grand kids can be so much more intellegent than their parents and grand parents.  Sure makes me wonder about the validity of EPDs.  And the gals from Raffia & Sisters, they are sharp cookies too and darn good traveling companions.  Will go down in history as one of the  best weeks in this old cowboy's life.