MADASAN'S BASKETBALL TEAM/COACH SHEYANNE

This is the sixth grade Girl's Pee-Wee Basketball Team. Madasan and the other six girls make up the team. Sheyanne is their coach. They won a few and lost a few this season.

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They were having fun with the photographer, Carmen, when she shot these pictures. She doesn't like to do traditional shots and the kids love it.

SHEYANNE'S SENIOR PICTURES (A FEW)

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I just couldn’t resist putting a few of Sheyanne’s senior pictures on the blog. This is a small sample of the over one hundred fifty plus pictures that she had taken. They were all so good it was hard to select the best ones. (Can you tell just how proud I am of my girls?)

MADASAN (Tiny)

I seem to have more pictures of Sheyanne than Madasan on my blog. Since Sheyanne is older and involved in more activities I just have more pictures of her. Madasan’s time is coming.

This picture of Madasan (we call her Tiny sometimes) was so cute to me I just decided to put her on my blog for just being twelve and having such cool hair. She had crunched her hair and it really looked good. She is my quiet shy one and doesn’t talk all the time like Sheyanne. She likes to be told that she takes that after her dad. She works hard to be more like him all of the time. It bring a big smile to his face when someone says, “She’s just like her daddy.”

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The headlines read in the Nashville News, “Lady Bears Pull-Out Victory over Lady Outlaws in Final Seconds.”

This was a real nail bitter! The Lady Outlaws played so well after being defeated in the first game by this team. They went into overtime and Spring Hill finally pulled out a five point victory after the extra stanza, 61-56.

They misspelled Sheyanne’s name but just getting her picture in the paper will excuse that.

The season is just about over. Senior Night will be Friday, February 8. Sheyanne is expected to ball because she is getting so emotional about this being her last home game. District starts the following week.

NEW GRAND DOGS

I wanted you to see my new grand dogs, Fancy and Dixie. In an earlier picture you saw that I said Jazzy had come to live with Sheyanne. Jazzy just didn’t seem to fit. One day Suzanne was singing one of Reba’s songs, Fancy is My Name and the little dog came running sooooo she became Fancy.

Crystal, Suzanne’s friend and the one that raised the dogs, had one little female left. Suzanne REALLY needed another one so she got Dixie. Fancy is a little jealous but I think things will work out since they are litter mates.

The two cuties are Yorkies and just needed to be together. ☺

AR STATE FAIR PICTURES FINALLY ARRIVE

In October the girls had pictures made at the AR State Fair and they just arrived.

The first picture is of Madasan and her heifer, Sally. The judge joined the picture because he liked the looks of Sally so much. Sally won Grand Champion heifer and also allowed Madasan to be inducted into the Purple Circle Club for the second year in a row. This is quite an honor.

The second picture is of Sheyanne’s little bull, Romeo. Romeo won Grand Champion Maintainer bull.

The third picture is of Sally with friends Alan and Megan. Alan helps groom the cattle and Magan, his sister, has shown cattle for years and has helped the girls in showing their cattle.

Showing cattle is a lot of work but the girls really get charged up when they bring home winners. They are already getting ready for the next show season.

LADY OUTLAWS COME IN SECOND IN WICKES TOURNEY

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This is Sheyanne and Coach Feemster with the second place trophy at the Wickes Tournament Saturday, January 12, 2008.

JAZZY JOINS THE FAMILY

This is Sheyanne’s new dog, Jazzy. She is a six week old Yorkie.

If you look real close you will see Sheyanne’s black eye. She got that in the game with Caddo Hills. (This is her basketball look-no makeup. She had just returned from basketball practice.)

DOWN ON THE FARM II

There is no end to the activity down at the Broken M Ranch. Cousin Kendall visited last week and insisted that she go see the animals.

The girls put a halter on the new calf, Frosty, and Kendall wanted to ride him.

In the last picture she is sitting on the calf with her eyes closed. Little Frosty bucked a little and Kendall’s eyes got big and she yelled, “Do it again!”

After another round she declared that she was no longer going to ride her sheep but she was going to be a BULL RIDER.

In the first picture you can just imagine what Brett is telling her not to step in…

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SHEYANNE BRETT MUSE #32 This picture was in the Nashville News on Monday, January 7. The Lady Outlaws were defeated by Spring Hill 38-25.

SHEYANNE'S SENIOR PICTURES

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I picked this pose, in color, for my large picture. Her blue eyes just make the picture.

SHEYANNE'S SR. PAGE

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You may not be able to see all of these pictures but my granddaughter wanted me to do her a page for the yearbook. Since we have a zillion pictures it was pretty difficult to narrow the pictures down to so few.

SHEYANNE'S SR. PAGE

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You may not be able to see all of these pictures but my granddaughter wanted me to do her a page for the yearbook. Since we have a zillion pictures it was pretty difficult to narrow the pictures down to so few.

HOWARD CHRISTMAS-2007

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Christmas night was filled with excitement when the Howard clan gathered at Michael and Joanna's home. We had great food, the kids exchanged gifts and the adults had to play Richard's Swap Game. (He makes the rules according to the number he draws.) ☺

I'm have pictures of the families that were in attendance.

1. Top left-This is Danny's family. Tela and Ace were missing. Ace was in Houston with his new bride's family and Tela had to leave before we took pictures. She did have a big announcement. She and Russell are engaged and plan to get married in April.

2. Top right-This is Ronnie's family. Dana, Shelby and Sammy were not able to attend.

3. Lower left-This is Tom's family. Sonia was visiting her husband's family in Arizona.

4. Lower right-This is Baby Richard's family.

5. Large and in living color is my family. Suzanne, Madasan, Jo Ann and Sheyanne. (I think we need to change Madasan to Madasanne...)

If you will notice that all of the families are standing in front of the SCRAPPER TREE. My girls and I ARE NOT-after all we are OUTLAWS and you know how we feel about Scrappers even if they are family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADASAN AND FROSTY!

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♫♫♫HAPPY BIRTHDAY♫♫♫
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Family and friends helped to celebrate Madasan Billee's twelfth birthday Saturday, December 22, 2007.

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A few days earlier Madasan's show heifer, Hoppy, became the proud mama of a new baby calf. Without hesitation, Madasan bestowed the name of FROSTY upon him. We were hoping the baby would be a female since Madasan gets so attached to her animals but since it turned out to be a bull we are hoping he will have all of the characteristics of his mom and can go to the fairs next year and eventually become a herd bull. If not....steers are not in big demand on the Broken M Farm.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM JO ANN AND TUFF

This picture has a cute story attached. I took the girls pictures and they took my digital camera card to Wal-Mart to have their Christmas cards made. This picture was on the card so they thought it would be so cute for me to have a card from Tuff and me so they had ten printed up and brought them to me. I did send four of his Corgi friends one of the cards. Rudy, Jack, Tess and Audrey got one. I also sent one to his original owner's dogs. They are the reason I have Tuff. They fought so much they had to be separated. I'm sure they will be sooooo happy to see their friend is doing well and that his ears and neck have healed up nicely.

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I will be serving breakfast to my daughter and her family on Christmas morning and then the girls will tear into their presents. Then on Christmas night we go to my nephew's home where about forty Howard's will gather to feast and enjoy each other's company.

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We have one other celebration before Christmas and that is Madasan's twelfth birthday. We will celebrate that BIG EVENT on Saturday, December 22.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all my friends and family.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE MUSE FAMILY

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This is my daughter and her family. They have on their Broken M Farm t-shirts and added Romeo and Fuzzy to the picture. Madasan wanted to have her horse in the photo but the cows wouldn't let the horse close enough to snap the picture so we had to do separate pictures.

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CHRISTMAS BUNKO PARTY

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Our December Bunko party was at Erin Wright's in Mineral Springs. After being served a delicious spaghetti supper we played Bunko until we dropped.

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As you can see from the picture several of the ladies wore their pajamas. If you look real close you will see that one on the back row has rollers in her hair. (Her halo is a little off center.) This is Julia, the queen of the Bunko Babes.

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On our way home we stopped at Julia's parents and serenaded them with a Christmas song.

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This is a great group of ladies. Just knowing them and getting together with them brightens my day.

HOWARD THANKSGIVING 11-24-07

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Thanksgiving with the Howard bunch is quite a gathering. Around 35 Howard's and two guest invaded Michael and Joanna's new house and had a feast.

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I forgot to take pictures until things were about over so the four I have are a sample of those attending. The first picture is of my two brothers, Ronnie and Richard, with me smashed in the middle. (The only time I ever feel small is when I am standing between these two big rascals.)

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The top right picture is Richard's wife Jeanna, their two daughters Alicia and Anna, Anna is holding Bella my foster niece's daughter and the three blonds on the end are my daughter Suzanne, and granddaughters Sheyanne and Madasan.

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The smiling couple in the lower left picture is Ace Daniel and his new bride Morgan.

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The lower right picture is the hostess, Michael's wife Joanna and guest Larry White. The little boys are Christian and Walt the sons of my foster niece.

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We had a great time but thoughts of those family members that are no longer with us still make these times sad. We have lost our parents, Ruth and Floyse Howard, my husband, Billy J., and two brothers, Thomas and Danny.

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LADY OUTLAWS DEFEAT NASHVILLE 53-52

Sheyanne is number 32 in the picture.

DOWN ON THE FARM

Madasan checks her horse's feet before practicing her roping.

The girls and their dad are checking out one of their show heifers that is expecting a baby calf on Madasan's birthday.

Suzanne finally got her buck. She doesn't look too happy because it wasn't the big one.

BRETT GETS THE BIG ONE

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Now, I know it isn't exciting everywhere to kill a deer but in my neck of the woods it is a very big deal to bring in a nine point buck. Brett and Madasan were out hunting this afternoon and this big fellow just happened to be in the wrong spot at the right time.

You can tell by the expression on Madasan's face just how much she enjoys the sport. I'm wondering how long this interest will be with her because her sister, at the ripe old age of 17, has already found basketball practice, cheerleader practice, coaching a sixth-grade basketball team and many other activities have put deer hunting on the back burner.

NIGHT OUT TO SEE HAIRSPRAY

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Iris, Donna, Julia, Ann, Nancy and Jo Ann

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My friends and I had a great night out to see a live performance of HAIRSPRAY at the Perot Theatre in Texarkana. The theatre was packed, we had good seats and the performance was outstanding.

Before the show we had dinner at a new steak place in Texarkana. One of the waitresses was nice enough to snap a picture of us.

MADASAN GETS A SIX POINT

JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Madasan loves to hunt with her dad. She went out on the first day of the Youth Hunt and saw two doe. The next day she was looking for a big buck she had been seeing in the pasture but he did not make an appearance. Instead a six point buck came into her site and BAM she got him with one shot.

Sheyanne and Suzanne ran down to get a picture of her kill. Sheyanne looked at the little deer and said, "Madasan, you shot Bambi!" Madasas just grinned and said, "Pooooorrrr littttle fellller!"

SENIOR NIGHT FOR SHEYANNE AND FRIENDS

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The night started off by honoring all of the senior members of the cheerleaders, the band and the football team. Each senior was escorted onto the field by their parents and a list of their accomplishments, honors, etc., were read.

The Outlaws played the Murfreesboro Rattlers. The Rattlers came into the game with one loss and the Outlaws had only one loss. At the end of the game the Rattlers had soundly defeated the Outlaws. Since both teams had such excellent records they will be playing in playoff games in the coming weeks.

Sheyanne is with two of her cheerleader friends that are seniors this year. Laykon Miller is the daughter of Tommy and Denise Miller and Whitney Icenhower is the daughter of Jeff and Kerri Icenhower.

(I probably shouldn't add this but since this is NONNA'S WORLD, I am. All of the seniors were standing out on the field with their parents and here came my Sheyanne running across the field, up into the stands and presented me with a yellow rose, a big hug and an, "I love you." It is amazing how something so small can mean so much.)

DIERKS SR CLASS PRESENTS:

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The senior class of DHS presented the Craig Sodaro play, AMERICAN IDLE. This is Sheyanne and Dustin trying out for cheerleader in the play. (Taken from the Nashville News)

SHEYANNE AT STATE FAIR

MADASAN WINS THE MAINE ANJOU SHOW AT THE AR STATE FAIR

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This is Madasan showing her Maine Anjou heifer at the AR State Fair in Little Rock. She won the Maine Anjou show with this beautiful little heifer. The pictures shows her showing and then shaking hands with the judge after winning. With this win she will be inducted into the Purple Circle Club again this year.

Sheyanne's little bull won Grand Champion Maintainer Bull but that class does not qualify for the Purple Circle Club.

I will have the official photograph of the girls and their animals when the Fair Photographer gets them to me.

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SHEYANNE OFF TO SPRINGHILL TO CHEER FOR THE DHS OUTLAWS

I have a new camera that I just had to try out. The last one died on me a few weeks back so here we are zooming in on my Sheyanne as she gets ready for a trip to Springhill to cheer the Outlaws on victory. (Right now we are 5-0.) She looks so cute in her little short skirt. (and I do mean short) She is still wearing an ankle brace on her injured ankle but that doesn't slow her down much. GO OUTLAWS!!!

If you are not familiar with the Outlaws let me tell you a little about them. For years other teams have visited us and had outlaws hanging from the goal post, signs with guns and real outlaws but our name came from the most fierce Outlaw Horse not a shoot 'em up outlaw. You know you can't tame an outlaw horse. Our mascot is a large rearing OUTLAW horse.

MADASAN HAS A NEW HORSE

Madasan has been wanting a horse for quite some time. Finally, after some searching they located just the right horse. She fell in love with her instantly. She and Flossy have already become big buddies.

GREEN REUNION 9-29-2007

DENNIS AND JO GREEN AND THEIR FAMILY

(Tia, Dennis, Karen, Liz, Jeremy, Clint and Jo)

We had the Green Reunion on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the Center Point Community Building. Greens traveled from all over the U.S. to visit with cousins, uncles and aunts.

Uncle Marvin Green's family turned out in great number. Approximately twenty of that family attended the reunion. Five of Uncle Marvin and Aunt Grace's children attended. Those attending were the following: Jo lives in OR, Dennis lives in AR, Mary lives in AR, Carolyn lives in AR and DiAnn lives in OR. Ted and David were unable to attend.

Several of the Green family wore t-shirts that read, "Keep It Green".

Also attending the reunion were Jerald Green and Mildred Green Gibson the remaining children of Tom and Mary Green and Clara Fern Pitts the only remaining child of Bob and Lela Green.

GREEN REUNION 9-29-07

My mother's side of the family had the annual Green Reunion on Saturday, September 29, 2007. The big shindig was held at the Community Building in Center Point, AR. I forgot to count the number that attended but my Uncle Marvin's children turned out in great number. The group above is Joe and Dennis Green's families. The were sporting "Keep it Green" t-shirts. Dennis is on the far right and lives in AR. Jo, second from left, and his family live in Salem, Oregon.

Uncle Marvin's family had around twenty in attendance. They were quite a lively bunch and exhibited many of the characteristics of their father. Jo and Dennis have three sisters. They are DiAnne, Carolyn and Mary

2007 District Fair at Hope, AR

Sheyanne and Madasan at the District Fair in Hope. They won the following: Grand Champion Maintainer Bull, Grand Champion Maine Anjou Heifer, Reserve Grand Champion Maintainer Heifer and Madasan won Jr. Showmanship.

REMEMBERING B.J.'S BIRTHDAY

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Billy J. would have been 73 years old today. He was born September 27, 1934 and passed from this life on August 13, 1992.

We were married June 5, 1954 shortly after I graduated from high school. He had gone directly into the Army after he graduated in 1953.

We attended college at Henderson State Teachers College (Henderson State University now) and returned to our hometown to live and work. He started working for the Dierks Forrestry, Inc. and later for the Weyerhaeuser Co. and I started teaching school.

We adopted our daughter in 1969. She was the greatest thing that ever happened in our lives. She became our sunshine and brightened our lives so much. I wanted to adopt another child when she was two but Billy said we could never be so lucky to find another and love it like we did her.

When Billy got sick our wonderful lives changed drastically. From the time we found that he had a brain tumor until the end it took just about a year. This was the darkest time in my life. You don't get over losing someone you love, you just go on. It is part of life. Life goes on.

So today I remember him and how he hated to have birthdays. He never wanted me to tell others how old he was or how many years we had been married. I hope he doesn't mind this little tribute to him.

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B.J. BIRTHDAY

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Billy J. would have been 73 years old today.

BIRTHDAY MEMORIES

Billy J. would have been 73 years old today. He was born September 27, 1934 to Mattie and Clyde Walters. He passed from this life on August 13, 1992.

You don't get over losing someone you love, you just go on. It is part of life. Life goes on.

TUFF

This is my dog Tuff. He is a Welch Corgi. He is a sweet lovable dog but definitely has a hair problem. Besides shedding too much he has another major problem. He thinks he is the boss. That is the reason I have him. He was with a family that had Jack Russell Terriers and he was constantly fighting with them. When I got him his neck and ears were all chewed up. Because of that I can’t let him run free on the farm because he goes down to the barn and gets into it with Brett’s dogs. Suzanne worries that they will kill him so he has to either be on a chain or in the house.

This is my beautiful daughter and her family. They had Carmen, the local photographer, come out to the farm and take pictures. She does an outstanding job. If you visit Suzanne's house you will find the walls covered with her work.

Madasan

Madasan is my second granddaughter. She is eleven years old and in the sixth grade. She plays basketball and softball in the peewee program at the elementary school.

Madasan loves the farm and doing farm things with her dad. She had much rather be washing her livestock than sitting in class at school. Getting ready to show her cattle takes quite a bit of time. She feeds, walks, and grooms her livestock every day. After she and Sheyanne attended a grooming school they now clip thier livestock.

She entered a steer and two heifers in the Howard County Fair this year. Since Sheyanne was out with a hurt ankle she also had to show her cattle. When her livestock and Sheyanne's were both in the same division she had a friend help with the showing. Her steer and heifer won Supreme in the fair.

*This picture is of Madasan and her parents with her Purple Circle Awards. Her bull, Oscar, won Grand Champion Bull at the AR State Fair in 2006.

Sheyanne

Sheyanne is my 17 year old granddaughter. She is a senior this year. She is a cheerleader, plays basketball, softball and runs track.

Right now she is nursing a bad ankle. She had an accident in basketball practice and tore the ligaments in her right ankle. We took her to a sports medicine doctor in Little Rock and he put her in a boot for a week. We returned the following week and he put a smaller ankle brace on her. She was so proud to get rid of her crutches. He wanted to do surgery but she promised to follow his instructions and let her ankle heal before she starts playing ball or cheering. We return for a doctor's visit on October 4 to see how she is progressing.

The accident happened the week before the Howard County Fair. She had a bull and a heifer to show in the fair but was unable to show. Her sister and a friend showed her animals for her while she sat on the sideline. Her bull won Superior Bull and made her so happy.

Sheyanne