BIG TIME IN THE OLD TOWN...HOMECOMING-2008

Victory Line

Outlaws in action against the Gators.

Queen Reagan and Maid Of Honor Halee


Homecoming Royalty

The OUTLAWS, Homecoming Court and fathers of the queen and maids.

Captain Drew, Queen Reagan, Captain Chase

I know that a lot of you missed the Outlaw Homecoming so I thought I would share some of the pictures with you. We played Foreman and won big time. There was quite a celebration in the Holler.

MADASAN'S NEW HORSE SCARLETT

Rachel, Tuff, Madasan, Scarlett

This is Madasan and her new horse, Scarlett. She is with Rachel and Tuff at the arena. Rachel is teaching her all there is to know about barrel racing. Rachel is a very experienced rider and has won many awards in barrel racing. She has gone to World several years.

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Madasan is doing really well and is looking forward to going to some show in the near future.

LATEST NEWS FROM AR STATE FAIR

MADASAN WON SHOWMANSHIP in her age group. She called us tonight and said she won. This makes her another Purple Circle Winner. Congratulations Madasan and Sally. Madasan said Sally, her Maine Anjou heifer, was just perfect in showmanship. She did everything just right. We are not sure which one Madasan loves more Oscar or Sally but right now Sally is gaining points.

AR STATE FAIR-2008

Zack, Sheyanne, Brett, Meme, Madasan, Kolby
Zack and Sheyanne chowing down.

All of the kids that show Maine Anjou and Maintainer cattle at the AR State Fair.

Sheyanne showing Romeo, her big Maintainer bull. This is the last year for these two to show.

Alan, Madasan, Sheyanne and Okie in the winner's circle. Okie won Grand Champion and put Madasan in the Purple Circle Club for the third year.
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Another show season is over and when Madasan and Brett return from Little Rock on Saturday their show cattle will be turned out to join the other cattle on the Broken M Farm. Sally won the open Maine Anjou show at the AR Fair. She is already expecting a little one and should enjoy leaving the show ring. Sally put Madasan in the Purple Circle last year.

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Romeo will retire from the show ring to join the Maine Anjou and Maintainer heifers in the back field. He plans on giving Oscar some competition. (I wonder what happens when you get too many show bulls and need to sell one???)

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Oakie won the open Maine Anjou Bull Show and he will return next year to try to get his second Purple Circle Award.

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After you turn these show cattle out to pasture they start looking pretty drab. Without all of the petting, pampering and expensive feed they start looking like the other cattle. They never forget the thrill of being special because all Madasan has to do is walk out in the field and Oscar comes jogging to her. She loves her Oscar and he loves her. Her heifers come looking for her too but Oscar is really the special one.

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GREEN REUNION 10-4-08

Back row: Charles Jackson, Bobby Quinn, Jerrell Green, Glen Gibson

Front row: Mary Reid Jackson, Mildred Green Gibson
This is my mother's brothers and sisters.
Back row: Vira Young, Mazie Reid, Annie Bell Quinn, Ruth Howard, Denver Westfall, Mildred Gibson
Front row: Marvin Green, D.L. Green, Leon Green, Jerrell Green

Approximately 75 members of the Green family gathered at Center Point, AR on October 4, 2008 for a reunion. The food was out of this world. I think Mama Green must have taught her daughters the real secret of good cooking and they are passing it on down to their daughters.

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I don't usually like to go to reunions but when this one comes around I always return home being so thankful for having been a part of this family. I am also thankful for all of the traditions, religious training, and love of family that has come from my mother's family.

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(This post needs to be down under the Scrapper Homecoming but I got carried away and forgot to do it earlier.)

GREEN REUNION 10-4-08

The black and white picture on the right is my mother and all of her brothers and sisters.

Back row: Vira, Mazie, Annie Bell, Ruth, Denver, Mildred

Front row: Marvin, D.L., Leon, Jerrell

Charles, Bobby, Mary, Jerrell, Mildred, Glen

Jerrell Green and Mildred Gibson are the two remaining children of Tom and Mary Green.

Back row: Tommy Gus, Jerrell, Glen

Front row: Jan, Mildred

Aproximately 75 Green family members gathered at the Center Point Community Building in Center Point, AR for the annual family reunion.

MARY AND I WENT TO THE MOVIE

Mary and I traveled to Texarkana to see Nights in Rodanthe today. It was a real chick flick and the lady behind us literally bawled out loud. She sniffed and cried through the last part of the movie.

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Mary and I are Richard Gere fans. We decided that he is aging gracefully and is still just as gorgeous as ever.

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After the movie we enjoyed a steak at the TX Roadhouse. I saw three of my former students working there while attending college. One of them was our waitress. She got her training at Kenya's in Dierks.

ALICIA'S HOMECOMING

Richard, Alicia, Jenna, Anna

SCRAPPER HOMECOMING

I attended the homecoming at Nashville on Friday afternoon with Suzanne, Sheyanne and Zack. My niece, Alicia Howard, was a maid in the Scrapper Homecoming so we wanted to go let her know how proud we were for her.

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When we arrived Richard, my brother and her father, had saved us a front row seat.

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Several of my nieces and nephews have been in homecoming before but this was our first time to attend. I told Suzanne about this and she said, "Well this is the first one to call three times to invite us to attend."

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We are so accustomed to seeing blue and white in the Outlaw Homecomings it was a tad strange to see all of that orange and black. We slowly adjusted to the color change but decided that those Scrappers need to come up and see just how the Outlaws do a Homecoming Ceremony. The decorations were lovely but not quite as elaborate at the Outlaw decorations. After the introductions the cheerleaders did about four cheers and that was it. Ours goes on forever . One thing that I was impressed with was the Queen's speech. She did a fantastic job and the young men and women look really classy. (For Scrappers...)

DISTRICT FAIR AT HOPE

You can't win them all....The girls are always dissapointed if they don't take the Grand Champion Awards when they enter. But BAD JUDGE is the only explanation I could come up with. Sheyanne said she thought he was a goat judge. Poor man was so hot and had so many cattle to judge he just had to make a few mistakes....Acturally they got first place in their breed but ONLY got Reserve Champion for their bull and heifer. Then in showmanship the judge narrowed the twenty down to three and both girls were in the top three, in their age group, but failed to make the top spot. Bah humbug!!!

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Sheyanne's boyfriend, Zack, is learning the ropes of cattle showing. It is all new to him and you can tell he is having so much fun watching the girls scoop up cow poop, wash and blow dry their animals and then wait, wait, wait, until they are ready to show.

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The AR State Fair is next on the agenda and that will be the end of Sheyanne's being able to show. I'm not sure if she will celebrate or be sorry...we will see.

THE NEW MAN IN SHEYANNE'S LIFE

This is Sheyanne's boyfriend, Zack. He is a sophomore at UACCH, works at a Mexican restaurant and lives with his grandmother. His parents are from Prescott. (I like him.)

When he found out I had a blog he asked if he was on it and I said, "No!" I told him Sally and Okie were on it but not him so I'm taking care of that tonight. Welcome to my blog, Zack!

GIRL'S NIGHT OUT

On Thursday, Sept. 18th six of us had a "Girl's Night Out." We left shortly after school was dismissed and traveled to the 4:30 p.m. movie in Texarkana. We saw The Women and later had supper at the FlatIron Grill. Donna Grady, Nancy Alsabrook, Maxine Story, Julia Moore, Iris Stokes and I had a wonderful time. We had one major mishap...Donna's favorite shoes broke and she had to hobble into the restaurant. She decided to walk bare footed as we exited the restaurant. We enjoyed a good movie, good food and good stories during our night out. (Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.)

MADASAN WINS AT THE FOUR STATES FAIR

Madasan with Okie
Madasan and Sally

Madasan took her animals to the Four States Fair in Texarkana. Her show was on Sept. 12. Her Maine Anjou heifer and bull won Grand Champion. She entered Jr. Showmanship with approximately twenty 9-12 year old boys and girls and came out the winner. She did such a great job.

SHEYANNE GOES TO COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY OF AR COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT HOPE

MOVING IN TO HER NEW APARTMENT

THE NEW APARTMENT

We loaded up Suzanne's truck and made several trips to Hope to get everything set up for Sheyanne's new apartment. We gathered up enough furniture to get her started. She had to buy some things to make it look "COOL". She wouldn't let me take pictures of the inside until she had it just right.

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She went down on several occasions and tried out her new apartment before officially moving in on August 19. She had orientation on August 19 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. She left her mom and me at the apartment and whispered to me, "Don't let my mom cry too much." I didn't.... We left before she returned.

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She started class on Wednesday, August 20 with fifteen hours. She has classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So far so good. (She already has a new man in her life-that is good I guess....)

SHEYANNE ON VACATION

Sheyanne and Keaton
Halee and Sheyanne
Sheyanne, Carissa and Halee

Halee, Sheyanne, Jonna, Kendal, Keaton, Carissa

Sheyanne enjoyed a trip to Ft. Walton Beach in Florida with several Muse family members. This trip was her cousin, Carissa, graduation gift to her. She had a ball and came home almost roasted.

HOWARD COUNTY FAIR-AUG. 11-16, 2008

A tired young lady after a week at the Howard County Fair.
Madasan showed a pig for her friend.

Cramming for entering Showmanship. The good news is that she won this coveted award and received a beautiful belt buckle.

Madasan and Sally

This is Madasan and her bull. He won Grand Champion and also Supreme Bull. Kolby, Madasan's best friend, is holding the awards.

Madasan's animals all won awards so she felt that all of her hard work really payed off.

Sheyanne missed the Fair this year. Her cousin took her to FL for a week as a graduation present. She returned home tonight around 11:00 p.m.

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY, SHEYANNE 7-16-08

Madasan helping to remove the candles.

Sheyanne celebrated her 18Th birthday this year. It doesn't seem possible that she should be 18 years old. It seems that it was only yesterday that she was my big helper in the elementary school. Now here she is all ready for college, got her own apartment, registered for 15 hours of classes and getting ready to try her wings.