Our first hello after the sale!

Yeah! Sale is over and it went awesome! Thanks to everyone who helped out and came out to support us. It was the biggest sale ever with over 950 people attending. That's a far leap from the first year with only 40 people. Sorry we haven't blogged. It's been busy over the weekend and now clean-up. We tallied results today and are going to keep you in suspense until tomorrow. We also have some pics for you. Just wanted to say good night for now!

Terri & Brenda

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!! ONLY 1 DAY TO GO!!!! wahoooo

HOLY CRAP>>>>>> I am pumped, I woke up early, early this morning. It all starts tommorow and we are almost ready. Folks have already started to arrive. The signs are up and we are ready for this. EVERYONE IS WELCOME for the record. We have had people drive in and ask if they can join us or is it a closed deal. NO.....its not come on out. Here are some pics I want to share. We have lots of great items for the charity auction you will want to come out and shop! Kerry has done well with that and she has some great decorations for the charity tent as well. Lill our manager has again out did herself. That is a pic of the two of them. The tent with my bedroll beside the fire is where all the evening fun will be held. I am poking out of the show office tent on Que. The other pics are my awesome family helping us paint. Did I mention how pumped we are. SEE YOU ALL TOMMOROW!!!!!!!!!!!! let's get this shin dig started.....wahooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Terri

Five tents up only a few more to go!

Hey Everyone, sorry I didn't blog last night I could not get service from the office. Chilly morning this morning had to wear my vest! Took the string out this morning for 15 miles than off to the grounds to get the course all in order. Will talk to you tonight hopefully with some pics of the tents up, oh and we made a teepee on the course. Better get going before I get fired! smile

Terri

Town Day!

We received more great items for STARS charity tent, that you can bid on. I went to the dentist and received some bad news. The teeth beside my smashed out ones are also hurt and he took an x-ray and the bone grafting I had in July didn't work. I will not be a candidate for tooth implants, as half my jaw in the front is gone. Sooooo....I will be getting a partial for now and start saving for the work to come. ugh!!! Darn log! But if all goes right I should have teeth by the sale because I know my friends will not be nice. smile just kidding! Brenda and I got some flyers done today for the sale and getting all the last minute stuff in order. Chuck, Brenda and I went for a great ride this morning. We galloped, laughed and played tag. It was great way to start the day before heading off to town. Did I mention how nice it was out here???? Sleeping outside is awesome here in this neck of the woods. Pics are of our mountains and Chuck driving Arvid hauling logs with the calf sleigh and the kids following! Nite all see you tommorow.....Terri

We are out of the mountains! Home for the sale!!

Hey Everyone...man is it warm here by Camrose. Brenda and I survived our big pack trip with snow and lots of rain! Here is a pic of it. We rode alot, read some, played the harmonica and had a great trip. We are very excited about being home, I have to admit though. I am in SHELL SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone is driving to fast, no one is smiling and its quite different than being in the mountains. I miss them already...the night we got home we put up a wall tent and I have been sleeping outside with Taylor and my mom ever since. Although the traffic on the road sounds like its driving right by my head. Everyone that has been out there will understand where I am coming from. The thing I missed was, of course my folks, and my neighbors. But the smells of harvest and the hum of combines everywhere. Oh and of course the bath tub! We are very excited about the sale coming up and how warm it is out. I can't wait to see everyone at the sale. I want to blog every day to let you know how everything is coming along. We had a big clean up day and will start on the course very soon. Did a bit of shoeing today and the horses are loving the no mud and warm weather as well. We have been home for a couple of days and we are still riding them 10+ miles a day. Its our relaxing time of the day. Its funny though, the first ride out, they were looking at the signs in the ditch and all the local stuff. As the horse are use to elk, bear, tents ect...k...getting late at Taylor and Chuck are sleeping in their bedrolls by the fire. Talk to you tommorow! the pics are, Neil our neighbor helping us pack camp, here he is helping Brenda get her hay feeder on her trailor. The pic with all the horses is all the horses we took on our big pack trip. Here we are just leaving the rails up the clear water by 40 mile and heading home. The next pic is of the snow we got our our pack trip. The mountains reminded white after it as well. Hitting the hay...night! Terri