Ryan, me, and the girls went to Stillwater, OK for the weekend. We attended the Young Farmers and Ranchers Winter Conference. For those of you who have no idea what this group is, it is sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance for farmers and ranchers 18 to 35 years of age. They help bring this group of people together that can learn about different cattle opportunities and farming. We actually were on the state committee with this group 3 years ago and then had not gone to anything until this weekend. We truly had a great time.
There were others from Major County that attended the event. Daniel and Kay Koehn went and Ryan, me and the girls got to know them a little better. We truly enjoyed getting to spend some time with them. Kay and I went "looking around the shops" Sat. and Daniel and Ryan took out girls swimming. I am sure this was the highlight of his trip! LOL! Thanks Daniel!
During our stay we went on tours, the first being tour of the ag research department on campus. Very interesting place. I found out a lot I never knew, and probably would have never thought I needed to know. Ha Ha! Then we went to a facility that obtain sperm and eggs from cattle, horses, goats, sheep, and even K-9. They keep them frozen until the owner needs them, and then ship them to the owner. They did an ultrasound of a cow that was pregnant. Rylee got to see this good and thought it was so interesting. Her Cousin Kevin would be SO PROUD!
The highlight of our trip, I say this very jokingly, was the chance to see the OSU Cowgirls play basketball against Texas A&M. As an OU fan, who do you root for!? NEITHER! Although we were surrounded by the enemy, it was mine and the girls first college basketball game, so we made the best of it and CHEERED for OSU. They lost! I had joked about wearing an OU sweatshirt to the game, and although I did not wear one, the OFB pullover I had on was a maroon. Needless to say I sat in a pool of orange with Texas A&M colors on. As if that wasn't scary enough, I went to the restroom after the game and thought I might get beat up by a mob. Not a young one either, these women, YES WOMEN 30 - 60 years old, gave me looks and vibes I wouldn't wish anyone to have to endure. I finally had enough and pointed out that my shirt was Oklahoma Farm Bureau and ran for my life! Not literally, I walked but I did it in a fast pace! HA HA! Any way obviously I survived!
We got to eat lunch with Ryan best friend from high school, Craig Church and wife Jamie and their son Grant. We try to see them whenever we are that way and they do the same when they are back here. Although it is hard to always make time like we should.
Anyway after the traumatic weekend, and now that I am seeing other colors besides orange and black, we are home and rested up from the full weekend. The weather is terrible and there is no school tomorrow, so I am turning off the alarm, cuddling with my man and sleeping in.
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