Family Matters

More photos from the Fuhrmans

Here are a few more photos from the afternoon at the Fuhrman's last May.

 
Brena

 
Cassidy trying to wrestle Quentin to the ground and Brena cheering her on.

 
I cannot believe how much Breck has changed.  And you won't see her fussy this way, especially when she's in Mamma's arms.

 
The horses getting a break, too.

 
Quentin

 
Quentin took this shot of us on the fence; Quentin's taking photos and I'm shooting some video.

 
Brothers catching; Bret on the head and Jed on the heels.

 
Dalton going for some heels.

 
Quentin showing off his antique holster that Uncle DeWayne gave him.

 
Dad, Quentin and Dalton (driver) on a surrey ride pulled by the halflingers.

 
On the surrey, Mollie sharing her beautiful smile.

 
Here's a happy Breck

 
Breck having fun with Quentin and his cowboy hat.

So very blessed to have this wonderful family!

Some more photos from the Fuhrman's

These pictures were taken May 31 at the Fuhrman's, the same day as Jed's bucking adventure.

The pictures above are of Cassidy's new baby.  I think she named her Lilly.  She is only one day old in these photos.

 
Bret heading (notice he caught) and David healing.

 
David and Bret talking it over.

 
Working the chute...

 
Watching the action from the back porch.

 
Dad in his element... horses, his boys... doesn't get any better than that!

 
Father and son (David and Dalton) roping together.

Love these days just hanging out and enjoying time together.

Ride 'em Cowboy Jed

This past summer I spent some time at the Fuhrman's watching "the boys" rope.

I didn't know it when I crawled up on the fence to take pictures, but I was in for a rare treat.  LOL...

I have "burst" mode on my camera which I typically use for sporting events; it's a great way to catch a sequence. 

Jed and Dad burst out of their respective boxes (Jed on the heading side, Dad on the healing side).  Jed was swinging his rope and just as he released his loop for the steers head, his steed - Buckshot - decided to let loose.  

What's even funnier... about 10 minutes before these shots, Jed rode by me as I'm sitting on the fence and told me to only take pictures of him catching!  LOL...

 

Yippee Ki Yay little brother, you're one tough hombre!

Lampe Fair Pictures

Some time ago Denise sent me Fair pictures of Kallie and Coy along with information about how they did with their 4-H projects.

Here is the information she sent me:

Coy did very well working with a new horse (for him). Candy is 6 years old and broke, but not for arena classes. She is dad's pasture horse and does well at roping and gathering cows. Coy has wroked very hard learning to ride her and get her to attempt arena classes. He received a Blue in Showmanship, Blue in Pleasure, a red in Trail and got a 2nd 3rd, and 4th in the running events. As we are just learning to ride her, he mostly trotted and cantered in the speed events, but still did very well. He received 4th overall in his age group and won Grand Champion Mare in the halter class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was Coy's first year with an animal bigger than a bucket calf. He absolutely adores MACY! she weighed 845 lbs and she was as gentle as a puppy; he worked with her so much. Sometimes he'd go outside and disappear and he'd be out in her pen leading her around or loving on her. They even took a nap together in the beef barn.

 

 

 

The fair was extremely hot this year; over 100 degrees every day except for the horse show. We got to camp in our horse trailer this year for the 1st time--thank goodness for the air conditioning....next year hope to have the shower installed. We had a great time camping out and staying in the big kids beef barn...met many new friends and hung out with several old ones, good times for parents and kids alike. 

Kallie got mostly reds with her barrel horse in Showmanship, Horsemanship, and Western Pleasure, and Trail. Although she performed the Western Horsemanship pattern flawlessly and deserved a blue--he even took his leads correctly!!! He did all the obstacles in trail perfectly, but stepped out of the back through the L at the last minute. She got 2nd place in all three running events (blues). She also received 2 blues with her sewing projects, 2 blues on her cooking items, 2 blues and a purple on her photography, and a purple on her garment display booth. Overall well done considering she spent 2-3 days a week babysitting for 9-10 hour days--her first job and had basketball practice 3 days a week which left little time for riding her horse as much as we usually do.

 

 

 

 

 

 
(Wow, is Kallie growing into a beautiful young woman or what!??)

A couple of extra photos:  Kallie and dad doing the meat judging contest; Coy with a friend of ours in our club at the beef barn, Gma and Kallie getting her sewing judged.

 

 

 

Congratulations Coy and Kallie on a very successful fair!

 

Cassidy and Lucy

Jada and Cassidy stopped by my house last week after dropping off Dalton to spend a few days with Ty.

Cassidy was showing off her new shitzu puppy, Lucy.

 

Aren't they adorable!?!

Alex and Kolbee's Graduation Party

Here are some photos from the party for Alex and Kolbee held at Grandpa's farm after the graduation ceremony.

The first group of shots are a few posed photos with the graduates and their folks.

 
Paul and Kristie kissing their graduate, Kolbee.

 
Paul, Kolbe and Kristie

 
Debi, Kevin, Alex, Kolbee, Paul and Kristie

 
Not sure what Alex is laughing at, but I love this photo ofher.

 
Debi, Alex and Kevin.

This next group of shots are just some casual photos of folks standing around a visiting, the kids opening their gifts, and the general milling around of friends and family.  I hope you love these get togethers as much as I do.  Where else would you see Sheila Wimmer, Shane Kastler, and Heath Umphenour at the same place? ;-D 

 
Sheila Wimmer with Audrey.  Sheila taught Michele and she also had Alex.  That is quite a teaching career and I'm sure she had quite a few stories to share with Alex about her mom.

  
Paul, trying to hide from the camera as usual.

 
Pastor Shane and Kevin

 
Ann Jackson visiting with Grandma Virginia

 
Kolbee checking out his T-shirt blanket.  The squares are made from some of Kolbee's T-shirts.  Kristie told Kolbee that she made the blanket. The look on his face is him saying "Really? You did this?" LOL... right Kolbee, she whipped that out between your sporting events, her work and taking care of her dad. 

 
Alex is showing off her new purse.

 
Kolbee checking out his new laptop.

 
Gary, David, DeWayne, and Kevin visiting.

 
David, Missy, Trenton, and Edward Lee.  Looks like Missy is telling quite a story - the men are all quiet.

 
Kolbee and Alex sitting on the ottman (made by Jada for Alex) opening and reading their cards.

 
Trenton and Edward Lee... not sure which is the bigger story teller.  Probably Edward Lee, he's been at it longer.  ;-D

 
Jess, Sheilah, Julie and Jae

 
Great GREAT Aunt Deanna holding Molli Blou.  (Check out Jae in the background, that little lady is always trying to get some part of her body in a photo.  Here it's her head, but she doesn't care if it's a foot or arm. LOL...)

 
The kids playing on the big slide.

 
The kids playing in the yard.  Isn't it good to see Grandpa's yard full of kids?

 
Mollie is cracking me up.  She is decked out in her little cowgirl finery and she's wearing her scooter/skateboarding helmet.  Jace was showing her a few tricks.

 
Aunt Patty holding little Olive.

 
Tommy visiting with Kolbee... Good to see you again, Tommy!

 
Now this is a normal site.  One of the big guys picking on one of the little guys.  (Okay, don't think you can call Dalton little!)  I'm sure Adam is just finally glad he's one of the "big guys!" HEHEHE

 
Oh my, it looks like Malachi is about to get a facefull of football.  I think Kaden got a hand on it and deflected it.  In the red shirt is Chase, then Adam and Dalton.  Isn't it funny to see our vehicles parked on the highway!?

 
This is Jace trying to jump up and touch the rim.  Check out the little shaver... he's a ways away from the rim, but he can jump a lot higher than I imagined.

 
Here is Judah on the move.  Someone better look out.  He's got a determined look on his face and a squirt gun full of water!

 
Here is a photo of Julie feeding Breck.  (This photo was taken at the graduation ceremony.)

This last group of photos are group shots.  A couple were taken at the gym because I wasn't sure they would be at the party.

  
Another photo taken at the graduation ceremony.  This is Clint's family.  The pretting little girl in pink is his daughter Bailey and his wife, April, is holding their little girl, Lainey.

 
I also got a photo of Adam Hamilton and his girlfriend Ashley Casey with their son, Talan, after the graduation ceremony.

  
Ty and his pops, Trenton

 
Grandpa sitting for a photo with Heath and his kids, Christian (little guy in blue), Chase (red) and Courtney.

 
Grandpa with Deanna, DeWayne, Cassidy, Jada, Dalton, and David

 
This photo cracks me up.  These two guys are going to be Freshman next year.  Can you believe they are the SAME AGE!  Well almost, Brenton is 8 months older, but a FOOT taller.  How adorable!?

 
Brenton, Danea and Breanna

 
Five Generations: Edward, Edward Lee, Julie, Jess and Molli Blou
(In the photo, Edward is seated.  Standing L to R: Jess, Julie and Edward Lee holding Molli Blou) 
Papa Jason is making faces at Molli, that's why her legs are sticking out straight and she is starting to smile.  She has a full body reaction to Papa Jason.

 
Grandpa Edward with the Cooneys: Jace, Jess, Jason, Julie holding Molli Blou and Jae.

Wow, that was a lot of photos.  I hope you enjoyed them!

Alex and Kolbee's graduation ceremony from Pleasanton High School

It's hard to believe but these two youngin's have graduated from high school.  If you ask them, I'm sure they'd both add... "FINALLY!"

It was a great weekend, with family and friends gathering to celebrate this special occasion.  I'm not sure why or exactly when it started, but it seems we have all made an extra effort to make it to high school graduations.

Traveling quite a distance to attend the festivities included the entire Cooney family who traveled to the graduation from Fort Mill, South Carolina.  The Randall's traveled from Jacksonville, North Carolina.  (I think they get the award for traveling the farthest, but they flew in so does that count?  I should mention they flew in by way of Miami where they went to attend Jeremia's [Josh's brother] graduation - doctoral program in sports medicine, very cool.)  Adam and Morgan drove up from Dallas, Texas.  Debi's sister, Patty, drove in from Western Kansas and Heath and his kids drove down from Atchison. 

We also enjoyed the company of all the "local" family and friends that can be counted on to celebrate and cheer us on our major milestones.

Although I was hoping to arrive a little early, with the Cooney's visiting it just wasn't to be.  LOL... we were lucky to get to the high school before "Pomp and Circumstance" started to play.  Needless to say, we sat in the nose-bleed section.  Luckily, Bret and Jed's family were up there waiting for us. HEHEHE!

So enjoy a few photos of the graduation from a new perspective, just in case you've never sat quite so high at one of these events. 

 
A shot of the school board and administration.  Paul is a school board member and is the fourth person from the right.

 
Alex entered the gym first since she (and Griffin Bortzfield) were valedictorians.

 
Kodee's girlfriend, Hannah, also graduated.  This is Hannah walking in with Landon Baker.

 
Kolbee walking in with Kyle Walker.

  
This is Alex giving her valedictorian speech.

 
Alex hugging Paul after she receives her diploma.

 
Hannah shaking Paul's hand.

 
Paul handed Kolbee his diploma and here you see him giving Kolbee a hug.

  
Woohoo!  We're outta here.

 
Alex and Kolbee, both looking pretty darn happy.

 
LOL... two cool kids.

 
Proof... I'm not the only one that takes photos! (Audrey on the left and Kristie on the right.)

 
Kolbee with Paul and Kristie.  Do you think Kolbee's smile could be any bigger?  LOL...

I'll get more group photos and photos from the party posted in a separate posting.  It's time to go to bed so I can get to Sunday School in the morning.

A note from Aunt Deanna

Tell Josh thank you for his service for us and also a very welcome home.  I love the recent pictures in Laura's blog.  Hope he is as healthy as he when went.  We miss all of you and hope to see you all soon. 

Our family are all well. I have lost 30 pounds and hope to lose 30 more.  (Way to go, Aunt Deanna!)  I have a nutritional doctor and it's not cheap but I feel much better.  I am involved with the kids running and roping shows as treasurer plus try to attend all their activities (sports and school). 

DeWayne has just finished fixing up a disabled tractor for a friend.  He is currently fixing up a old horse barn for Cassidy and Dalton's goat shed.  Their old one burned down when the hot water heater cord was chewed in two (their dog we think).  I was the only one home and Harley came about the same time Dalton got off the bus and Cassidy about had a stoke when her precious goat returned to the burning shed.  She has 4 more goats coming tonight.  Two for 4-H and 3 for goat tying this summer. 

This weekend we're going to Denise's to work cattle on Saturday and on Sunday to a Fuhrman family 50th anniversary in Hutchison. 

Breanna playing basketball at Pleasanton Tuesday evening!

Breanna and I were chatting on Facebook this evening and she told me she will be playing in Pleasanton, Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.  It's a sub-state game, so it should be exciting.

If any of you Pleasantonians have a chance to go watch her play, you should.  Say a cheer for me while you're there.

Good luck, Bre!

and Hugz from the South...

More Christmas Photos from Kansas

Here are the rest of the photos that Denise sent me.

(Remember, you can click on the photo and it will enlarge in a separate window.)