Avery Gives Back to Schools, Including Our Very Own Highland ISD! Box Tops

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For me, this is one of the best things about being a blogger, being able to give back to the community in some way so I was excited when Avery approached me about their ‘Give Back to Schools’ promotion.   Not only are they helping our school, you can win cash and supplies for your school! [...]

Breakin’ Nintendo

One of the questions I get most often is about my oldest son, and that’s “How does he break horses?”.  Since he recently started a colt, I thought I’d share with you day 1 of breakin’ Nintendo, his Dad’s horse.  And if you’re wondering why his name is Nintendo….this is why. He’s branded with DS.  [...]

Rodeo, Cheesecake, and Our Flag

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Every year, we are given tickets to attend the San Angelo PRCA Rodeo.  It’s always a great rodeo but this year, it was much more for me.  They added a couple of things that gave me goosebumps and a new appreciation of the Flag.  It started with this man here, the rodeo announcer, who is [...]

Texas Ranch Cowboy

Little Man Loves Hugs

I’m off to L.A. tomorrow but wanted to share these with ya.  We went to a PRCA rodeo on Saturday and this little girl was trying to give Truett a hug.  Can’t you tell he just loves hugs:)  I’ll try to update while I’m in L.A. but if I don’t, don’t forget about me! Staring [...]

One of 25 Texas Social Media Award Winners

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A while back, I found out I was nominated for a Texas Social Media Award and after browsing the list of nominees, knew I had no chance.  So you can only imagine my surprise to find out that I (little ol’ me) actually won an award, me and 24 others.  I was uber excited to [...]

Big Spring’s Oil Explosion

There was a huge oil refinery explosion on Monday at Big Spring that shook the town and even some surrounding towns.  My sister-in-law lives about 30 miles away and said they could feel the boom!  According to Fox News, there were 4 injuries.  One with serious burns and the others treated and released.  From what I understand, [...]