As soon as we knew our relocation would take us in a southern direction, we began looking forward to participating in activities that we, at least at the time, associated with living in Texas. Tom and I had big plans to buy cowboy boots and cowboy hats for ourselves and the kids, visit the rodeo, ride horses, and maybe even check out a tractor pull.
Now, nearly three years later, only one of these activities - the rodeo - have we actually participated in IN Texas. We/I have checked the others off our Texas Bucket List, but we've done so in...Wisconsin. Oops.
I'm not saying people don't do these things in Wisconsin. I'm just saying that I never did or expected to do these things in Wisconsin, especially after I moved to Texas.
After nearly a year of shopping for a pair of cowboy boots I temporarily gave up and bought myself a "Texas purse". In Wisconsin. (There is nothing inherently Texan about this purse; I just think it looks like it was made in Texas or designed for a Texas woman.)
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My boy looks so little in this picture! |
Eventually I found my first pair of cowboy boots. In Wisconsin.
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This is how I usually lounge around my backyard. |
And then my mom found my second pair of cowboy boots. In Wisconsin.
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Love these. So much. |
On this most recent trip north, my parents, the kids, and I (and Tom during his short visit) took horseback riding lessons. In Wisconsin.
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Taking good care of Harley. |
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Hallie loved Tiffany - affectionately known as the "slow motion horse" - dearly. And
note Hallie's brand-new cowboy boots...we picked those up on our trip. In Wisconsin. |
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Learning to steer. |
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Learning to trot. |
And finally, on the 4th of July, my parents, the kids, and I went to a truck and tractor pull. You guessed it, in Wisconsin.
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The start. |
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First up, the truck pull. |
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I cheered for this vintage pick-up but it finished last.
I think. I never actually figured out the scoring system. |
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These numbers meant absolutely nothing to us, even after watching them
zero and start and stop and fluctuate wildly for more than an hour of competition. |
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After the truck pull, the tractor pull began. |
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And the winner is..."Farmer's Daughter". I loved that the only
female driver - with the prettiest tractor - won the competition. |
If I'm not careful, soon we'll hunting deer, milking cows, and making our own cheese curds in Texas...
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