joe's 10 run!!!

My friend Lisa is a great mom and friend, while the boys are off rodeoing. She is home tending cows, fences, water. What ever needs done she is on it. She can even rope off the 4-wheeler now that's talent!!! Heres a video of Joe since you couldn't make it.I know Joe loves and appreciates you so much. So do I thanks for raising such a great, fun kid for Dixon to hang with. They sure make me laugh, it was fun. We ate overkill burritos and some stop and go, showered in sulfur water, set off the fire alarm, and the boys chased elephants and only missed their curfew by 10 minutes.

back to the practice pen

So we didn't have the weekend we had hoped for, so its back to the practice pen. We worked on tieing mostly and slowed things down. Dixon has been roping on a new paint mare of Grandpa Winn's and she is doing great. Ky and Shad rode and roped some. Shad was working on his trotting skills with his new mount Magic. She loves to go fast, so grandpa was showing Shad how to slow her down. We are so lucky to have a grandpa with so much knowledge. We love it when he comes to rope and help. Moving to Nephi we have lots of great opportunity's and practice time. We miss our friends out there, but we are so glad for Grandma and Grandpa Winn. Last night Grandma came down and rode with us to. I know Kyleigh really looks up to her and really loves to spend time with her. They were both rodeo stars.
Joe and Dixon had a blast this weekend, Joe made a nice calf run, and dixon made a great bull dogging run we just broke out. These boys I don't think will ever grow up. This is a quote I love and these boys live it out every day of the week!!
FRIENDSHIP IS NEVER ESTABLISHED AS AN UNDERSTOOD RELATION. IT IS A MIRACLE WHICH REQUIRES CONSTANT PROOFS. IT IS AN EXERCISE OF THE PUREST IMAGINATION AND THE RAREST FAITH.
They love each other and it shows, so thankful for good friends, u know those kind that love you even when you are silly, gagging in the shower, ask Joe and dixon about that. To much sulfur in the air!!!! ha ha

bull riding adventures!!!!

A little minute before we head north to the land of Logan and tremonton for a H's rodeo. Casy and Shad will stay here this weekend and finish grecco and freestyle state in Springville.
I just received these great pictures from Layne brown of some HS rodeo pictures. Dixon is such a talented cowboy, but this is where his passion lies. Shad's is a mixture of roping and wrestling. But my big cowboy he's got some chad and casy winn in him.
Being 6' 2" his mom thinks he has to work harder to stay balanced. But all in all he does great!!!
Well i hope our horses work good and we can have a great weekend, I'll be the number one video mom during the bull riding and help warm up horses if needed. I'll leave the bulls to Shane, Joe frost and dixon.
Kyleigh is coming with us and is in hopes Emma and Aron are there from Ogden.

joseph kimball

Joseph Kimball Benefit - May 2

I have just a minute before I am going on the air live with cable talk, on KMTI a radio station in Richfield. We are talking about the benefit in Salina on May 2, 2009 for my friend Joseph Kimball.
What an exciting event this will be, I can barely wait to see how it turns out an all of the fun we are going to have!!!!
When I decided to do a benefit I included some other friends of Joseph's, Matt Sherwood 2 time world champion Header, and K.C. Jones, 4 time world champ and Worlds Greatest Roper, BFI champion. Along with these world champions are many others who are coming to rope and have a great time!!!
In preparing we have been able to come up with a custom made saddle donated by Burns Saddlery, BlackHawk Arena use, so many auction items i can't even write them all. So many friends and family who are willing to help all day.
Just to sum it up, I really love the opportunity it brings to my family,, that we are able to work and play together.. Joseph has spent countless hours away from his family helping mine and so many others. If there is any better example of commitment, love, unselfishness, hard work, friend until the end, it would be my friend Joseph and his wonderful family.
When times are tough we need to rely on each other and work hard to help others be successful. Joseph is a little overwhelmed by the whole benefit. I told him it was just a huge party to celebrate that he made it through an overwhelming experience!!! So here's to you my friend, we love you and we are going to tear it up next week!!! off to the talk show and park city to help at the Burns Cowboy Shop.
Wendy

busy moments - EVERYDAY!!!!

Well it has been a while since i have had time to sit down. We have been busy with a roping school, company, hs rodeo practice and rodeos on the weekend.
Over spring break we held our annual K.C. Jones rope school along with Joseph Kimball. It was a huge success with private lessons for two days and a full day of beginners on Saturday.
Over the span of a couple weeks we had lots of company. Easter was a great time, K.C.'s family and the winn kids died easter eggs, roped the dummys, played, ate. It was ton's of fun.
K.C. and I spent plenty of days looking in horses mouths, checking teeth, and working hard. He asked me about 50 times if I wanted to buy the business. Needless to say I said heck No!!!! It's a tough job and so important.
Dixon and Casy went to Castledale and Price last weekend, to the hs rodeo. We ended up with a 7 in the doggn on saturday and 6th place, 3rd in both places in the bull riding and would have won the team roping with a 6 flat but broke out just barely. We will be in Logan and Tremonton this weekend. Shad is in Springville finishing wrestling, with state grecco and freestyle.
Amen to the end of the wrestling season!!!!! The fam has been roping and riding everyday enjoying the sunshine, we have waited so long for!!!
I will spend a few days inh Parkcity this week, then next week is the benefit for Joseph in Salina. It will be a blast, lots of roping, eating, dancing, can't beat that.
So in a nut shell, or you could just say hell on wheels thats us!!!~!

Spring hs rodeo back at ya

Last weekend we headed north to the high school rodeo in Farmington, Dixon, Ky and I. Shad and Casy headed south to a freestyle and grecco tournament.
This weekend for me was a lot harder than most. Dixon was only entered in the team roping, because he had been in some trouble. All I can say is if we were one eventers we would stay home!!!! All day kids and parents asked he and I why he wasn't entered. It was a great lesson for him because he thought no one would notice!!
We finished 12Th on Friday, Dixon and Dallin did a great job with the steer we ended up with. As soon as we left the chute he headed right and when dal roped him he locked his brakes on the corner. Luckily Dixon held position and snagged a leg.
Saturday we drew a great steer and wasted him. Dallin roped great Dixon threw the perfect heel loop for two and went to the wood to fast and Dall didn't finish pulling. So the combination we ended up with no feet and no time. Long Day!!
Fun ride with my boy and we enjoyed being in the company of good friends at the rodeo. Dixon and Joe were able to see each other and visit, which was well needed. Dixon misses him more than he will ever know. Thank goodness for phones, wrestling and rodeo!!!!
Shad had a great weekend, won all 3 grecco matches and all 4 freestyle matches.
We stayed with Brad and Karen Hodson, Kyleigh was in heaven since she got to sleep over at her best friends house and watch movies and play play play!
Back to practice this week, rope school, barrel clinic, teeth floating, and so much more.

lots of fun in tooele!

So we all know that a good part of why we haul down the road, are for those memories. Good heck to bad that dosent fill the gas tank, I just want to reflect on such a wonderful weekend in Tooele.
These pictures are the kids just being themselves and some of there very closest friends. I joined face book this week and I had forgotten about all of those child hood friends and memories.
What a god given gift it is to have friends. What I love about it is, if there the true blues like i have. You can loose track of them for 20 years, and magically they see you on facebook and it was just like yesterday!!!
Thanks for that, what a great life we have, and how lucky we are to share all of the good, bad, hard, fun, trying, crazy times with our friends!!!!
Heres to the next 60 years im sure they will be just as good as the last thirty five!!

FUN FRIENDS FUN FRIENDS!!!!!