Friday, June 5, 2009

work them cows

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Round up done.
Time to work the cattle.
Work (werk) v. - to brand, tag ears, cut ears, vaccinate, count, determine gender, castrate bull calves
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Total cattle worked on the fine day of May 30th, 2009: a few hundred?
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Crew:
branding operations: Mark (Dad/Grandpa)
vaccination specialist: Tia (Mom/Grandma)
castrater: Cameron
bovine consultant, cyst popper: Weston
(we missed you Daron)
squeeze whiz, calf kicking post: Jamon
ear (& thumb) cutter & ear tagger: Tyson
"get along through the shoot" men: Ammon, Justin
gender & tag number recorders: Leslie, Staci
photographers/grub providers: Tia, Natalie, Carrie, (missed you Jamee), Staci, Misty
spectating authorities: Kyle, Ethan, Austin, Spencer, Kaleb, Katelyn, Ezra, Emma (where were you Olivia, Carter, & Brigham?)
whip boy: Spencer
babes-in-arms: Bode, Jiles
tail biter: Roxie
chauffeurs: Stardust, Honda Rubicon









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All done = Happy Rancher Man
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Now if he could only get that baler working.
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Last year's round up, Jamon brought up his friend Staci.
This year Jamon brought along his wife Staci.
Way to go J!
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To get the whole shpeel about how Carrie (me) feels about all of this cow stuff, check out this post from last year's "round up & workin'".

2 comments:

Walker Family said...

Hey Carrie- It was fun to see you too! Thanks for the compliment but I would say that you look great...I will get there again right!?!?!?!? Until then I will just have to enjoy the excuse for fatness. Looks like the roundup, cow thingy was fun! Plus, from looking at your post from last year I would say you better watch out because it looks the cowboy transformation is in full swing! You might just be a cowgirl yet! JK

Natalie in Sparks said...

great post! you are so creative.
what a fun time that was too!