7/7/16 During the night hours of the 6th,
we got a good thunderstorm with rain, an inch of rain! We got a couple tenths a
few nights ago. Until these rains we had been so dry the corn was rolling and
short and our yard was fried and brown. We needed the rain so much! Rain in
this extreme heat is crucial. Mark was certain we would not get the rains and we would have a severe drought. Corn prices last week dropped from $4 and now
they are below $3. This is going to be hard on the farmers!
Emily left a nice post on Facebook about Jayden and confirmed her win last night in Marshalltown. She is so excited for Jayden. I think she is quite amazed that the little horse she sold to us is doing so amazing. She told Jayden she has many friends that rodeo in IRCA that travel for years and never even pull a check and that Jayden should be so thankful. That is so very true. Most people don’t understand the rodeo circuit and very few appreciate what it means to place and win money at a rodeo. I am still in awe that Ace and Jayden are really at this level of competition.
Emily left a nice post on Facebook about Jayden and confirmed her win last night in Marshalltown. She is so excited for Jayden. I think she is quite amazed that the little horse she sold to us is doing so amazing. She told Jayden she has many friends that rodeo in IRCA that travel for years and never even pull a check and that Jayden should be so thankful. That is so very true. Most people don’t understand the rodeo circuit and very few appreciate what it means to place and win money at a rodeo. I am still in awe that Ace and Jayden are really at this level of competition.
The morning started out with Jayden
going to physical therapy, in hopes of helping with her joint pain, then we all had eye appointments. Later I took the
boys to the Boone pool. I had been wanting to take them since swim lessons. It
did not go well. I don’t know what it is about my kids and the public swimming
pool, but it never goes well. Luke complained about the water being too cold
and it was certainly not at all. He just got spoiled in Liz’s heated pool
during lessons. Jake complained because he did not have his favorite goggles.
They were not having much fun. My goal was to get Luke to go down the big
waterslide. It is ideal for a first slide, not too big and goes out in 3 feet
of water. When that kid sets his mind there is no changing it. He is so strong
willed!! We made it to the top of the slide and I agreed to go first when he high tailed it
down the stairs and that was the end of that. I do not enjoy our trips to the pool, but my kids are never going to learn to swim or like the water if we don't go.
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