BRANDING 2009

We all have congregated in Hartley, Texas this weekend for one of the most fun (thanks Corinthia, I'm a math teacher, not english) weekends!!! My father in law has an annual branding and everyone gets together from Colorado, Kansas and Dallas. My crew (from Colorado) got here Thursday and they helped dad get everything set up and ready. They did some small things Thursday night and moved cattle Friday morning. Friday afternoon we spent in Amarillo (HELLO HOOTERS!!). When we got back to Hartley Corinthia FINALLY arrived and we spent the night, all night catching up and laughing. So we finally got to bed at 2 am and had to be up at 4:45 (Corinthia's alarm started going off at 4:30 and didn't shut up until 5:00). We then gathered, sorted and branded all of the calves. We were done by 11 and spent the afternoon eating lunch, riding horses and making beer runs. There were a couple of little spats here and there ( teen girl drama) but everyone lived and we are up now drinking more beer and having more laughs.

This really is one of the best weekends of the year and everyone is already looking forward to branding 2010!!!