Halloween costumes

Branding day fun

Connor, Haidyn and Ross all had their turn riding calves

Weekend of fun!

We had such a great weekend! We were able to take a couple of days off and go to Durango for Labor Day Weekend. We left on Saturday afternoon and ate at Bar D on Saturday night. For those of you who dont know what Bar D is, I will tell you!! They start off by serving you (and like 700 others!!) a delicious supper of steaks or barbecue with baked beans, baked potato, a dinner roll, applesauce and spice cake. (I thought it was pretty good or maybe I was just starving because we got there sooooo early!) Then the Bar D Wranglers perform a music show with cowboy songs and they are pretty funny too!! Connor loved it. He was entertaining everyone with his dancing.

Sunday we relaxed most of the morning- we actually got to watch television!! Its been so long since we have watched satellite or cable, whatever you call it. I can't believe all the craziness on TV, anyway, we watched fishing most of the time. In the afternoon we took a drive to Silverton- I can't believe how cold it was there. That evening walked around downtown Durango. It was great to see all the sights again- Henson and I honeymooned there over 5 years ago!! There must have been some kind of biker rally or something cause there were Bikers everywhere!!!

We left on Monday and took our time driving home. I wanted to go to all the tack stores in the area and buy me a saddle but being Labor Day, almost everywhere was closed so that was a bummer. :-(

I didn't take any pictures cause my battery was dead, oh well!!

Our next vacation will probably be for the NFR in Las Vegas in December- I can't wait!!
Until then, back to work!!

Summer fun

These pictures were taken at the Spurlock Family Reunion at Bison Ranch in Overgaard, AZ. We all had lots of fun playing vollyball, tetherball, swimming, watching movies, and eating. This was our first year going and hope we get to go in the years to come- it was a very relaxing getaway.

What a big girl!!

Yay! Connor is four years old now! It's kinda wierd though because since the day he turned four he stopped taking naps. He is into break dancing right now, and has some great moves. He is such a sweet big brother to Haidyn too. We love you Connor!!


In the beginning of June we went to visit my Dad in Belen, NM for his birthday and were also able to visit with my nieces. One of them is Haidyn's age and they had a blast together (I took that last pic just before they fell over together!)

Little angels

(Oh how I wish they were like this on all road trips!)


Haidyn is walking now (she started just before Easter). She has also learned how to defend herself against her brother, as you can see on Connor's face. She is such a sweet and smart little girl. She loves to be outside and can spot out an animal anywhere!!

Connor is so excited for his birthday that is coming up on May 15th, and thinks he is old enough for school. Connor is into Power Rangers right now and won't wear his cowboy boots anymore because "power rangers don't wear boots"

Its been a while!

Wow, I can't believe it has already been almost 4 months since we moved back. We have been so busy and have done a lot of things! We love working on the ranch and something exciting happens everyday. In the next few months we will see lots of baby colts and calves- we have even seen some already. The weather has been so nice lately, but I'm sure there will be at least one more storm so I'm trying not to get spring fever yet.

We took Ross, Haidyn and Connor to the Phoenix zoo a couple of weeks ago. They all had a blast and were completely worn out after three hours of running from animal to animal. We tried to take a family picture with the giraffes behind us- but it didn't turn out so well. As a matter of fact, I dont think we even got the giraffes in the picture (thanks Linny)




We also celebrated Haidyn's first birthday!! She loves to walk holding Mommy and Daddy's hand. She's not walking by herself just yet. However, she says words like 'uh oh' 'hot' 'woah' (to the horses) 'hi' and 'eyes'.

I finally got my computer up and running so hopefully I get to post more often now.