Any One Know Where Cornville, Arizona Is?

I always thought that Cornville was only the nickname for Taylor, but who knew that there really is a Cornville, Arizona?!! We have met an awesome couple that live there. A couple of weeks ago, Tanner and Cory Bryson let us come to their home and hang out for the day. We dropped off one of our horses, for training.

My kids thought it was the best place ever, and didn't want to leave. So, I thought that I'd add these pictures to our blog so that they can remember it.

They have an old wagon on the place that was really cool. I had to get a few pictures of it! I'm in love with anything that is rustic or antique. So, of course I had to get some pictures of the wagon with my kids!! I would have gotten a family picture by it, but Mike was to busy meeting all the ropers there that day, and hanging out with Tanner! So the kids and I explored the place on our own.

They have all kinds of fun things for kids to do there. Basketball court, trampoline, a pond with a slide and a boat to row around in, and a sand box right by the arena for the kids to play in while the parents rope! Oak Creek runs right by their home and they made the pond and put fish in it. Tyler wanted to fish, but we didn't have any rods. Maybe next trip!


They have an area set up for RV's, for any friends who want to stay over night. And a huge roping arena, with plenty of steers to rope! I don't think a day passes without a steer going through the shoot! Mike would love to move there now!

Tanner has an Equine Hydrotherapy Pool used for rehabilitation and fitness programs. It's water comes from an artisian well, where fresh water flows into it constantly. It was so neat to watch the horses swim it. My kids thought that it was the coolest thing ever!

Mike and Tyler got to lead the horses through it. Tyler loved it! He wanted to bring all of our horses there, just so he could see if they could swim or not!!

After several hours of begging to go swimming in the pond, I gave in! I told Tyler that it was way to cold, but what does mom know?!! I made him strip down to his undies, just so he had dry clothes for afterwards! And told him to jump!!! He tried the slide first, but it didn't work, so I had him jump in off the little dock. Makena put her feet in, but would not even consider jumping in with Tyler!

This is a video of Tyler's plung into the pond. Didn't take him long to get out!!! :)

If anyone would like more information on the Bryson Ranch, look up their website @ http://www.bcrosshorses.com/. Tanner always has nice rope horses for sale and he does the hydrotherapy pool.

Sunday Fun

Today was such a nice day! The weather got up to the mid 90's, which actually made for a nice warm Sunday afternoon!! We started our day off by attending our church meetings. We have the good ol early morning time, 8 a.m.!!! What ever happened to sleeping in on Sunday?!! Since we were gonna be late, again, I decided to take a couple of pictures of my kids outside this morning. It's not often I get them all 3 dressed up at the same time! Mike had to work overtime today, so it was just me and the kids all day.

After church and our usually Sunday afternoon nap! I decided to try and teach Tyler how to goat tie. My sister gave us the goat several months ago, and I've been to lazy to teach him. I think the goat is a bit to large for him, but it gave us a good laugh anyway! I know this isn't a normal Sunday activity, but at least we did it as a family!!! lol

Tyler gave it his all! And after several tries, finally got her down.

FINALLY, he got the goat tied! It took me showing him several times how to wrap the rope, but he got it done. He was so proud of himself!!! I think next time we will use our dog as the goat, she may be easier to tie!!

Tyler even had his own little cheer section! The girls laughed, and sang their football cheers for him. It was so cute!

After the goat fun, my kids wanted to get wet. The weather was very warm today, but the water was still cold! They didn't last too long in it, but at least my lawn got watered!

Ashlyn, freezing!! :)

Makena, tried to run from the camara, but she wasn't fast enough!

Tyler, trying to show off!

And of course, as they dried off, the Nintendo DS's came out. I don't think my kids can do anything without their DS's!!

We had a great day! Nothing can beat a nice quiet Sunday at home with the kids! The only thing that would of made it better, is if Mike would of been here with us today! Gotta love over time pay, but missed family time sucks!!!

PLAY BALL!!!

So, the weather is warming up and the wind is blowing!!!!! IT'S TIME FOR BASEBALL!! Oh, sorry. I thought that I was back in Taylor with the wind blowing so much and all!!!! I can't believe how bad the wind has been lately. We haven't let it get us down though! We have been so busy lately. It's crazy how fast the weeks fly by. Our kids have been playing baseball for a couple of weeks now, and I'm just now posting about it. CRAZY!

Makena is playing with the girls softball league this year. She decided that it was time to leave the boys little league behind and move on to the chanting girls league!! She plays on the TAR HEELS team, in the Queen Creek Heat Softball League. She loves it!! She is learning alot this year, and doing a great job. She is still in coach pitch, which is not much better than t-ball! But we have enjoyed watching her play. She hits the ball well, and is slowly learning how to field the ball better.
Tyler is playing in the minors division this year, and he is on the INDIANS team, with the Desert View Little League. He took two years off of baseball, because of football! And he is coming along really good this year. He has an excellent swing! (I'd be happy if we could just get him to swing at a ball in the games though!!!) He has had alot of fun playing this season. His motivation is awesome!! He went to a football camp, along with hitting baseball practices and games. I'm exhausted, but he is loving it all!

It has been so fun to watch our kids grow and develop their different talents. The older they get the busier we'll be, but we'll love every minute of it. Just as we do now! Next year we'll have 3 kids in baseball. That will be scary!!

Babies, Babies, & Babies!!!!

Horses, that is! We have been lucky enough to have 3 healthy colts born this year. One of which was born today, he is our April Fools Day Baby!!! His momma, Classy gave birth to him at around 1 a.m. this morning. We are still trying to decide if he was trying to be a paint!! He has alot of white on him. We call him Outlaw!

This is our second colt born this year, Six Shooter (aka - Maynerd!! :) Which Mike hates!) His momma is Kizzy, our kids horse! Makena thought that she should get to keep him! Crazy girl!!! She'd keep every horse she saw, if daddy would let her!

Gotta love the homemade blanket!! What ever works, right?!!!

And this is the first colt born this year, Pistol!! He is out of my cousins mare, Sissy. (Thanks Holly for letting us breed her!) He has been a crazy little guy, from the minute he was born. I'd say we named him correctly!!!! :)

What a sweety! When he's sleeping!!!

We have some good looking foals, and I'm excited to see how they all turn out! We are expecting 2 more babies before spring is over with. Maybe we'll get a girl out of one of the mares!!! Can't let the boys rule!