Moving the Herd

Rock always pretends to be a cowboy, and when some of his uncles bought a herd (of five) it was time for him to put his money where his costumes are.

 He showed up ready to rope and ride.

 Ryker rarely pretends to be a cowboy and wasn't ready to rope and ride.

 The cows thought that Jeffrey's shirt was a salt lick; Rock used that to his advantage.

 Ryker still didn't want to rope and ride.

 We started to move the herd west towards the trail.

 Jensley made sure to inspect each head of livestock to ensure that only the most premium beef made the trip.

 DeA had to hold her back because she wanted to attack each of the cows.

  Ryker wanted nothing to do with the messy, dangerous cattle.

 Sometimes the cows don't want to go where you want them to go, that's why we keep Jefe around to take them where we want them to go. 

 The herdmasters kept a close eye as the livestock was loaded into the dump trailer.

 Jens really, really wanted to ride in the trailer with the cows, but Mommy held firm that her little girl wasn't going to take a bath in cow poo.

 The kids (and the adults that had to drive) all thought it would be a good idea to ride in the trailer with the peeing and pooping machines.  Suddenly the cows weren't so cute.

 At some point Ryker decided that he liked cows and wanted to play with them.  I think having his Aunt Lesa there to help made a big difference.

 Suddenly he was ready to rope and ride!

 The kids were pretty happy about their time with the cows.

 Happy and worn out.