Ryan's first deer...for the hunting season

Ryan shot his first deer during muzzle loader season (black powder rifle). He was a nice 6 point and looked wide on pics we had of him...but when Ryan got him home to measure, he wasn't as wide as he had hoped...Oh well, we still have rifle season that opens in 2 weeks! Yeah!






For those of you that have not heard yet...Ryan broke his leg on October 28th. He was taking the girls to school in the morning and missed the last 2 steps on our porch. When he fell his left foot went over and his right knee landed above the left ankle, breaking the fibula bone. We went to a doctor in Fairview, only to have his ankle pushed on in the spots and asked to stand. No xrays were taken, we were told he had a spranged ankle and that he should wear his cowboy boots or lace up boots while he walked. Elevate it when he could and take some IBrofen for the swelling. We worked cattle the next day and he hunted the two evenings. We he woke Friday is leg looked terrible and ached even more. We went to the Urgent Care Center in Enid, where the first thing the nurse did was take him to get his foot xrayed. The first thing the doctor told him when she came in the door is. "Well it's broke, but I think you two knew that." Then we were set up an appt with an ortho doctor, which gave him a walking cast.

Needless to say, Ryan is very lucky that he did not need surgery. We are so frustrated with the Fairview Clinic right now, and I have not been to visit with them yet, but I intend to visit as soon as I know I can do it calmly. We are headed to the ortho to get a check up and make sure his bone is healing correctly.

YF&R State Convention

This past weekend Ryan and I, along with 3 other couples from our Young Farmers & Ranchers group went to OKC for the State Convention. We stayed at the Skirvin Hotel, which was very nice and ritzy! We went to meetings and went out to eat with friends. It was a nice get away. Our county group won the YF&R Event of the Year with our "Hog Wrestling" event that we put on at the Major County Fair. It was exciting to win, considering this was our first year to have an active group for a while. Any how, it was a fun weekend.










Before we left for the weekend, I took Abbey to the doctor Friday, with fever and coughing and found out she had influenza A. She had already had the worst of it so my parents kept them, since our rooms had already been paid for. When we returned home, Abbey was feeling alot better and Rylee was starting all the symptoms. Needless to say both girls stayed home today with me. They both seem to be doing better.