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Cowboy Code, What is yours?

     The Sun is setting to the west in Oklahoma sky in late September, the clouds are red and orange. Cowboys and Cowgirls are saddling horses to get ready for the evenings performance. Fans have come from all around to see this crazy thing they call rodeo. The season is coming to an end, some lay everything on the line to make it to the big dance in Vegas. Others are there to get closer to the Gold Buckle.

     This weekend I will celebrate my two year old birthday, that is of becoming a bull dogger. I remember it as if it was yesterday. Nothing like jumping a steer for the first time. Now two years later I love it more than ever, but I sometimes wonder what if. What if I can never jump another steer, what if I never win another rodeo, what if I never make it to the NFR, what if I never win a Gold Buckle, What if..... Its the what if in our lives that hold us back from dreams sometimes. It has been a very hard semester for me at college, I haven`t be able to rodeo at all, my horses haven`t been healthy for part of it. I wonder what is my next step in rodeo sometimes, will I ever get to back in the box at the Thomas & Mack? I believe that it is ever Cowboys dream to make it to the big show. Few will make it to the big dance however. There are 300 Steer Wrestlers, that compete enough in the PRCA in order to make it to the NFR. Only 15 go, that means that in ever 100, 5 will go. That means that you have to out haul, win, practice, workout, and so much more. Than the other 95% of your hundred. Sound easy enough right? I`ll let you know when I make the finals.

     If you haven`t ever heard of www.iamsecond.com then you really need to go look at it. Men and women that have made a difference in America tell their stories. Guys like Trevor Brazile, Stephen Baldwin, Mike Huckabee, Toney Dungy, and others share their stories. I would say that I mostly relate to Trevor Brazile`s video, being a cowboy and all. Trevor talks about the "Cowboy Code and the Cowboy Way" in his video, a code that I can Completely relate with. Cowboys are just not another group of before we live to be a Cowboy day in and day out. We respect ourselves, others, and our competitors. It is not just a sport or a job it is a way of life.

     I have played alot of different sports in my life from basketball to football and everything in between. I believe that rodeo is the only sport that competitors cheer on each other. Rodeo is also the only sport that all the competitors are just one big happy family. I remember my first rodeo season realizing that every body cares about how you do and will do anything in the world to help you. I was shocked to find that an even closer family is the bulldoggers. I didn`t start doggin till half way through my junior year and every body was there to help. If it was helping me with my run to make myself better, or a horse to ride. I was reminded of that close family when I got to college I got phone calls from buddies back in Florida. They told me that I needed to come to the Perry, Georgia for the Southeastern Showdown, because nobody could fill my goofy boots!!! The "Cowboy Code" is even more important to bulldoggers.

                           Dad and I at my first State Finals. You rock Dad.

   So on Thanksgiving I thought to myself and Thanked God not just for a loving and Godly family, but also for being a Cowboy and living by HIS word and the "Cowboy Code."

Check out Trevor Brazile`s Video: http://iamsecond.com/#/seconds/Trevor_Brazile/

Cowboy Bud

A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.

The driver, a young man in a Brioni(R) suit, Gucci(R) shoes, RayBan(R) sunglasses and YSL(R) tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?" 




Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell(R) notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3(R) cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on 
the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on 
his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. 



The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop(R) and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. 


Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot(R) that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL(R) database through an ODBC connected Excel(R) spreadsheet with 
email on his Blackberry(R) and, after a few minutes, receives a response. 





Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet(R) printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have 
exactly 1,586 cows and calves." 



"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud. 




He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. 




Then Bud says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" 




The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, Okay, why not?" 


"You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government", says Bud. 




"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" 





"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter 
than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. 

Now give me back my dog.

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." by John Wayne

My last week has been a struggle, sleep was not in my vocabulary and apparently it is right now either while I am  home.  I have taken a lot of test this week and turned in a few papers this past week, so I am looking forward to getting my grades back when I return from thanksgiving! I will be home for right at a week returning to Arkansas on my birthday. I have decided that while I am home it is all homework and not much of anything that takes to much energy. Although, I know mom will pass out a few chores in the morning and friends will be around here till all hours of the night, Life will be all good this week as we celebrate Thanksgiving. As I started my way home it wasn`t bad. When Cody my roommate dropped me of at the Monroe,LA airport, I had to go in and check to see if I was at the right place! It was small to say the least. With the whole building being able to fit on a football field it was a quick walk to the one gate in the terminal. There was a man behind me as I went through the good ole` TSA check point, there was a man behind that was making me a little nervous. No, we wasn`t from Iraq or wasn`t a Muslim. He was an African-American in his mid 20`s, in need of a butt whooping. He started by cursing his grandma and everyone around him. While even almost not allowed on the plane because of it. As we were boarding a woman and her two kids where in front of me, the mom turned to me and asked that if the crazy black man sat next to her or her kids if I would trade with them. I realize that she did not want to have to face a crazy man or her kids have to do it. But I think she could have choosen at least somebody with a few more steaks in there belly. Lucky, enough we all didnt have to sit next to the crazy man, just behind him. I came home thinking about courage, as John Wayne put it "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway."  This made me think about Ezra 10:4 "Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.” I don`t think it could have been said any easier kinda like the Nike slogan "Just Do It." I know that there are things that I want to do right now in my life so bad, but just cant. Look at what Ezra has to say and take another look, what about now? Giving it a fighting chance. If your like me its your passion and your hungry without it.

Chain of Love

Most of my time that I spend at work is with a set of head phones on, simply jamming out to what ever radio station I can pick up. At home I love it because you can listen to Tampa radio station when your in Cocoa. Monticello, Ar is a whole different ball came, there aren`t more than a few stations to choose from and they rarely ever come in clear. However, my attention was brought to Clay Walkers song Chain of Love. As it came on the radio, I stopped for a brief moment. I am sure that I have heard this song before, it just has never hit me the way it did today. If you take a close listen to it, can you not totally relate this to our lives as Christians? Or what about just being a good ole` Southern person? One of the first things that came to my mind when I heard this song was a time when my brother Ben and I were trying to get my first ever calf crop of there Mommas. As we pulled up to the gate we found portable Classrooms in the way (It was right next to school,) Our top of the line 1973 A1 horse trailer wouldn`t make it in. Off on foot we went the first calf was easy, calf number to was caught down in the pond. It was Spring in Central Florida and very dry. While Ben backed the truck done the side of the pond I was holding the calf. Our goal was to get the calf in the bed of the truck simple right? Sure, minus the fact that we found the only mud whole within fifty miles of there. We called everybody we knew that lived close. All were out of town, but willing to come get us any way. A friend of ours John was way on the other side of the county when we called, but jumped in his truck to come get us out. It took a hard pull, but he got us out. We were so grateful that we didn`t have to call dad and tell him that we were stuck in mud, while there was a drought going on. Needless to say as Christians we should look at Clay Walkers song, because we can learn that lending a helping hand to some one may lead to a blessing of more than we can imagine. Or what about giving a helping hand even though we may never meet that person again? Could we have an opportunity to share the love of Christ? As Christians even though we may not want to or are afraid to we need to steep out of our comfort zone and reach out to others. For God the Farther calls us to!

Joey & Rory - Chain Of Love

Most Important Lesson I have learned in Rodeo

As a first generation cowboy, or as Floridians would say “Cracker”, I have had to seek guidance to become the Cracker I am today. From learning to ride a horse, to gaining weight, it has been a challenge, but one that I would face again any day for the knowledge I learned along the journey. It has only been four years since I started rodeoing, and on December 2, 2010, I will celebrate two years of be in the family of bulldoggers, a family unlike any other. Most people are unable to recall how many buckles or saddles they have won. I on the other hand, only have a hand full, but am proud to wear each one of them. This includes the Champion Buckle I won last April with a time of 6.2 in the steer wrestling at Green Cove Springs, Florida, which is no doubt the most difficult arena to bulldogg in Florida. Ultimately, there were two choices as I entered that rodeo. First, I could gable and take a gable and win the rodeo or maybe even miss for a chance to go to nationals, or just be another bulldogger and go out there have fun and just merely get the job done. I did not have any buckle proving my rodeo success by my third year of high school and decided that winning this rodeo was going to become my ultimate goal. I also desired a shot at Nationals and winning the Green Cove rodeo was the only way to see this goal come to fruition. State Finals was all business knowing I had to be one of the top four. I had to throw each steer as well as be in the top for the average. After my run and the third round was over, I knew it would be a challenge for the competitors in front of me with their draws, but they overcame it. I received second in the average and seven points away from nationals. I often think of all the runs I made my senior year of high school and everything I could have done differently. Those seven points that I lacked were one steer – one that I missed. Following State Finals, I often asked God why it was that I tried so hard, but never made it to the big dance? I practiced more often than most other bulldoggers, while some did not practice at all. I, on the other hand, was in the practice pen at least four days a week. I found that God was and continues to prepare me for better things in this life than to be a High School National qualifier. I not only want to be “one of the five” in steer wrestling, I want to be “one of the five” in life, in God’s eyes. So on that day, when I have reached my ultimate goal of heaven, I know that my entry fees have been paid, with or without a gold buckle.

A Cowboys Prayer

If you rodeo you have heard this a million times. It still sends Chills down my back when I here it. Does anybody know who wrote it?
**A Rodeo Cowboy's Prayer**

Our gracious and heavenly Father, we pause in the midst of this festive occasion, mindful and thoughtful of the guidance that you have given us.

As cowboys, Lord, we don't ask for any special favors, we ask only that you let us compete in this arena, as in life's arena. We don't ask to never break a barrier, or to draw a round of steer that's hard to throw, or a chute fighting horse, or a bull that is impossible to ride. We only ask that you help us to compete as honest as the horses we ride and in a manner as clean and pure as the wind that blows across this great land of ours.

So when we do make that last ride that is inevitable for us all to make, to that place up there, where the grass is green and lush and stirrup high, and the water runs cool, clear, and deep -

You'll tell us as we ride in that our entry fees have been paid.

These things we ask - Amen.

Things I have done since I broke my Collar Bone!

I wrote this about a month after I broke my Collar bone, but just found it and thought I would share it with you!
Things I have done.

1) Been bucked half way across the pasture by a colt.
2) Gotta down treadmills, weight benches, and a whole bunch of other stuff at work.
3) Unloaded feed a lot.
4) Rode plenty of horses.
5) Worked on the tractor.
6) Be unsuccessful at pushing the law mower.
7) Put up about five of dads signs.
8) Moved a sign across the street and down the road.
9) Cleaned stalls.
10) Saddled horses.

Things I cant do according to the Doctor.
1) Everything above and to many to list.

Things the Lord kept me from doing while I didnt no.
1) Steer Wrestle!

Thank You Lord for protecting me from hurting myself even worse!!!

Are you a Sinner?

As I was listening to the radio at work on Friday, I heard Josh Thompson`s "You ain`t seen country yet." Good song, but what about his song "SINNER?" It hit me like a freight train would. As I listened to him sing, I thought about my life. Not so much about what I have done wrong in my life, but what I haven`t done in my life. No, not what things I have done wrong, but what I have done right. At least I did the last half of the song. I realized that no matter what happens in my life the Lord will always be there for me. It isn`t about how far we can get away from the Lord, but how close we can get to him. You can ask about anybody when they spend time in the word of God everyday, they are more generally happy. Happy and not afraid to share the word of God. So why is it that as Christians we don`t seek Christ, but flee from him? Honestly, I think because we are afraid of what good might come of it. I know that is the case for me at times. So how can we as Christians over come this? By doing what we don`t wanna do!! Seek the Lord and spend time with him daily! It might be hard at first....wait all the time to set aside everyday to spend with him, but do it.


Website of the week is:

www.gracelanding.com

Striving For Excellence

Often times we are faced with uncertain times. Times that are hard to understand, times that we wish not to face, or times when our lives are not going as we please. Or for me now a time when I am hungry for my passion, Rodeo. It has been a challenging first semester at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. I came here with a broken collar bone from the IFYR, and by the second week of practice I had sprained my knee. Followed by a concussion by the end of September. It had been my second concussion in a little over two months, so for once I listened to the doctors and took a month off from riding and practicing. When I was able to practice the pen was too wet due to rain and practice was called off for a week, and now the steers are gone till the first of February. It has now been four months since I have jumped a steer, four months to long that is. I tried to take advantage of not practicing, now I know that doesn`t make a whole lot of sense. Look at it this way you cant compete to the best of your abilities with out a few key things. One being completely in tune with your horses. Riding in the woods and just "tuning" on them just helps them to relax and let them realize that not every time they get saddled they aren`t running there heart out for you. Second, is being fit. Lets just say at 5ft 8in tall and weighing in at a whooping 148lbs, I am not the most ideal bulldogger. while balancing College, homework and a job. I have also been doing my best to better tune my body. I don`t want a 6 pack like some guys. I want to be able to handle steers one thing that I have heard many times while practicing with Ivan Nelson and Darby Hunt is "If you had a belly like mine, you would be better off" and in alot of cases there right. I am focusing on my arms and legs right now, those are my weak points and most important for bulldoggers. Third, is spiritually strong I can tell a big difference in my doggin when I am tune with the Lord and what he wants from me. This has been the biggest struggle for me. Never in my life did I attend a public school until college. It was a big shock to me. I am getting better about my prayer life and reading of Gods word, but still not where I should be. I am very thankful that the accountability partner that I had in middle school and high school is still there for me and still calls to check on me through out the week. Through my reading this week I was up lifted about my bulldoggin and in general. In 1 Timothy 4:6-8 is says "<sup>6</sup> If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,<sup>a]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">[a]</sup> you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. <sup>7</sup> Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. <sup>8</sup> For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." Keyword being trained not just in the word of God, but in everything you do. I have asked myself lately and in the words of Rope Myers "am I Physically strong, emotionally strong, and spiritually strong." what about yourself? Are you? To all my fellow "Crackers" I cant wait to see YA`LL in just less than two weeks.



Goals for the week:

1. Work horses.
2. Slide Steer Saver.
3. Get more in tune with God.
4. 2,000 Push ups.
5. 3,000 sit ups.
6. Ball basketball at least three times.
7. Lift weights at least three times.



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Friday, April 23, 2010 Am I mentally Ready? Am I Physically Ready? Am I spiritually Ready?

Am I ready? I have been asking myself that questions for almost two weeks now. A lot has happened since, I wrote on this deal. Not because have wanted to, but the past month has been so overwhelming with school, the only reason I am doing this at 4am is because I am stuck on my 12 page paper I am writing for my college class. Any how lets go back over a month, Since I last wrote on this I have been to 2 Georgia-Florida Rodeos, 3 High School rodeos, and 1 PRCA. Not bad, but it hasn`t been all that great I take part of that back One of the high school rodeos I was second in the Average, and the other I won in Green Cove Springs. Now the GFYRA, thats a different story Because my last four rodeos for them I have missed my steers. Don`t ask me why just there its just that way I guess. Now enough with the rodeos, Practice has been real good, April in Florida is historically dry, not the case this year we have had a couple different weeks the in April that practice has been little or none because of the rain. None the less, practice has been very vital for me. Number one I am 15 points behind the number 4 man, and I have to be in the top 4 to go to nationals. Second, I will get better thats just the way it will be. Practice has been all about getting up and over the steer and not leaning, Plus lots of right arm. There is still a lot of work to be down before State Finals next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

I haven`t just been asking myself am I ready since the Green Cove High School Rodeo when it became clean I was still in the hunt for nationals. How am I going to prepare even more for the most important rodeo of my high school career?

1) Physically- I have started working more, bur adding to that I have started playing basketball at college. Not, so I can get good my only goal is to be able to play a pick up game every once in a while when I am old. A couple reasons why one reaction I might not be able to shot 3 pointers all night, but if I can read where the ball is going and react. Thats preparing me mentally for Finals, I am nearly just sharping my brain and its reaction time. Two, endurance as I said practice has been slow some weeks because of rain. Just needing to stay in shape to practice.

With being such a small bulldogger, I have been work my upper body that last week realizing that, I need lots of right arm and lots of explosion. After talking to a fellow bulldogger about lifting weights in the Gym he recommended that I do sets of 6. Weird, right most trainers say sets of 8 or 10. He explained to me that as a bulldogger wants Explosion not endurance. If we needed endurance like a basketball player than we would do sets of 10. Its a new world and we need explosion. Been working on all my stomach muscles so I can "float" those feet better and truly "place" them where I want. Lots of sit ups!!!

2) Tonight O wait its 5am now so last night as I was working out I kept thinking how can I prepare for Finals Mentally? As the Barrel racing Finals are going out in Oklahoma City, right now I was talking to a friend of mine and she had a rough day, I told her to hold her head high. After telling her how last weekend went at the GFYRA she told me Chris "You'll get them at state. and Hold Your Head High and remember who your riding for" it sounds about like something I have told her before last night. As long as I am riding for the Lord I will succeed no matter what the out come. Its hard saying that when right now you are losing by 15points and there is only three runs left in the season. You just got to rely on Him and He will lead in the direction desired by the most high King. SO Lord, I am Ready To glorify you and your Kingdom at Finals and beyond!!!

On a Side Not my sister finally had here baby Her Name is Ella Elizabeth and is cute as a button!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 A Rough Road

As the Florida High School Rodeo season is coming to an end and with state finals just around the corner things have gotten tight in the standings. Last weekend the regular season stop was in Williston, Florida, as Saturday night was underway the community showed up. As it has always done in the past to support us. I had an ok run on saturday night it wasnt great, but it was good enough for 3rd still 2nd place loser. Sunday came around and I knew that I had drawn good before I even checked. Indeed I did as I drew the best steer in the pen, all I could think to myself was this is going to be a good run. I knew I had to see the steer move a little so I wouldnt break out, but not to much because he has been running left a little. I saw to much, and from there the run went south on me. I got up fustrated like none other, wondering why God, why am I not succeeding like I want? I mean I work my butt off to buy my horses, feed, tack and all. I practice more than any steer wrestler in the pen, yet I am not even in the top 4. I really needed some time to cool off after this run, it was a mistake that I should have never mad being late like that. After, really thinking why me God, I stopped wondering and started praying. I did something I had never done before, I made my facebook status a prayer. I wrote "Lord, I ask that you keep my mind and body focused on you so that I may excel in steer wrestling and all that I do. I thank you for providing me with all that is needed to go up and down the road. Amen." God has taken my life down so many different roads, and lead me places that I have been so unsure about. This past week I have wondered God where is my place in rodeo? A question that He may not answer for a long time, but until then I will follow his lead. As I was working on some of my dreaded Physics homework tonight online, I saw where Trevor Brazile had a video called "IamSecond" as I watched it I realized something that could change the world. A cowboy living for Christ, just as Trevor, Rope, Cash and others have done. These men have set the tone for young men who are striving to be a Rodeo athlete that honors God. I hope that I can one day be that Cowboy. I challange you cowboys to go watch Trevors video and just ask yourself How am I second? www.iamsecond.com

Thursday, March 4, 2010 Rodeo Poem

We can't help what we do out of love,
it's our addiction when you refer to our drug.
The adrenaline, the sweat, and the pain,
all makes rodeo worth being our game.
We strive and crave it all the time,
you may call us crazy but we know we’re just fine.
We live on concession stand food and 3 hours of sleep,
for after the moments in that arena we shall cherish and keep.
Traveling from one end of the country to the next,
always alone keeping contact from calls and text.
We keep our heads held high for we know the sacrifices we make,
even when we know everything else will bend and possibly break.
We live for just one taste of the high we get on feelings alone,
we don't let our nerves out, there never shown.
We try our hardest and hopefully god takes care of the rest,
we put ourselves on the line knowing that we may not be the best.
We sweat through our shirts because the heat of the day,
we don't care what anyone else has to say.
We freeze out butts off from the cool of the night,
and sometimes continue on until the morning light.
Were all one big family in this crazy sport we love,
we pray to get guidance and strength from god above.
From the barrels to the bulls, and everything in between,
it drives us through doubt and into control.
It's rodeo we call our place and home,
with our best buds and God were never truly alone

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 God Has Truly Blessed Me!

Winter in Florida and every where else for that matter has been very harsh. From the early freezes we had in January to the continued cold weather in early march. I even heard that there was snow in Atlanta, GA. today and it is March. We all thought that the citrus industry would have taken a bigger hit than last year with fewer freezes. Thankfully are father in heaven has been with us in this time and taken care of the citrus industry. I even had somebody tell me that Brazil would take over the citrus market if things like this kept happening, ok buddy Brazil cant provide fresh fruit to America like Florida does.

Over all the rodeos have been pretty good this year, still trying to reach my goal of making it to nationals and winning the Georgia- Florida Youth Rodeo steer wrestling title. The rodeos since December have had a mix of rain and cold weather. I have been to more rodeos since December with rain than I have in the two and a half years I have been rodeoing. Which rain and cold weather are not a good mix for a bunch of Florida boys.

It has been three years since my Grandma Died. I have often thought about what she would think about me steer wrestling. My aunt “Tinny” as we call her told me not that long ago that she wouldn’t even watch because she would fear for me. And then later tell me “Christopher don’t ever scare me like that again.” Grandma always supported me in everything we did though no matter what, and I no that every time I back in that box, my grandma is up in heaven looking down cheering me on I Love you Grandma.

The following September after her death, I entered my first rodeo. I had goals, but they were cut short one year to the day after Grandma death. I went under the knife for complete knee reconstruction and four months later I was back roping again. Starting to steer wrestle was a different story it took me nine months to get my knee ready to jump my first steer. Now two years after surgery I am going harder than ever. God has truly blessed my Life!

Monday, March 1, 2010 Whats next?

ust after entering my first PRCA rodeo only a few weeks ago in Kissimmee, Florida, I caught the bug. No, not the flu bug, the bug to keep going to those PRCA rodeos. From January to April it is really moving with rodeos in the Southeast. As you all are aware that is unless you been in a cave for the past three years, things are not the greatest out there right now. Going down the road is not as cheap as it used to be. So I am just going to High school and Georgia-Florida rodeos right now, but am hoping to pick up the PRCA rodeos in a few weeks starting back with Lake City, FL. The Silver Spurs Rodeo of Champions in Kissimmee was a blast, I was lucky and drew a good steer. Trey Austin was 4.9 on him in the slack that morning, so I knew had one that I could win some money on. However, my horse has never really like the spurs arena even when nobody is in there her nerves just get the best of her. So with a bad step out of the box on her part we were late, but I still could of been faster on the ground because I wasnt over my steer like I needed to be. It was back to the practice pen that Monday and work began for the next rodeo which is in Williston, Fl. march 5-6. Ill be missing about 4 or 5 PRCA rodeos before I can get back to it in Lake City at the end of the month and yes its putting a shorter rein on my goal of making it to the circuit finals this year, but it is still in sight.

It has been Seven months now since the Dymmek family home of S Belle Brand horses has allowed me to practice with them. They have truly helped me a lot with my steer wrestling and my horsemanship. Gary Dymmek for the past four months or so has been training a new steer wrestling horse for his grandson Mose, and those of you that know Gary are well aware of his way with horses. Tonight was just a typical night of practice for us all, but I think Gary knew it wouldnt be. Because on his second to last steer tonight on a real young horse Mr. Dymmek at the young age of 62 got off on a steer, and has decide he might just have to start cracking out a little more. Nobody saw that coming in the least bit, and as Kamry Dymmek said tonight "Dad when I saw you make that move my eyes got the size of softballs I just no it dad."

Saturday, January 30, 2010 Buying My PRCA Permit

In late November I was asked by several PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) Cowboys if I would be buying my Permit for the 2010 season. I thought to myself you have got to be kidding me, by the time I turn 18 I will only have been Steer Wrestling for a year. Needless to say after talking with others, it started getting to me, and with much prayer I still wasn’t sure what to do. So on my 18^th birthday I made a trip to Bud Hallman`s House for a day of Practice, Mr. Bud had helped me the most with my steer wrestling until the start of school in the fall. So Mr. Bud new where I had come from and where I was heading, It was his wisdom that I took seriously, but more importantly I still listened to the Father. Most of you probably don’t know Mr. Bud Hallman, so here is a little back ground he is a circuit Judge in Sumter Country and has been Steer Wrestling since College, but in November he won the Southeastern Circuit Finals Average at the Young age of 56. That is not common so he is somebody that I never hesitate to call. So on January 28, 2010, I dropped in the mail my PRCA permit form. I still ask God everyday what on earth do you have me doing? All I know is that its for his Glory!!!