Busy Bee's

I swear we go from the most boring people on the planet to having not enough time in the day in 60 seconds or less! I've been a bad blogger...sorry. I'm back though and have lots of news to report.

First of all, a big congrats to my sister-in-law and brother-in-law Stephanie and Coby. After lots of trying (which can't be all bad!) and the help of a little modern science - Stephanie is going to have a baby!!! We are so excited for both of them and can't wait to welcome our new little niece or nephew into the world. Kai'le is also thrilled to be getting a new little cousin.

Congrats also to Riley and Sunni. They will be getting married on March 7th and will be welcoming a new little one as well sometime this summer.

And...last but not least - congrats to one of my oldest and dearest friends Kristi Smith, she and her husband Ryan will be welcoming their 4th little monkey into the world here in the next few months...HOLY CRAP IT'S A BABY BOOM - HOPE IT ISN'T CONTAGIOUS!!!

Ryker and I have been busy trying to get things in order for our roping club this Spring. I actually published and sent out a newsletter to the previous (and hopefully continuing) members to let them know the happenings around the Jones house. Some of you may know that we started a business this past summer for the roping club and we call it Stryker Stables. We decided that our arena should have a name as well. We settled on Lucky Stryke Arena and made a (we think) totally awesome logo for it. I was trying to download it here - but the blog doesn't recognize the power point format that it's in. Basically, it's a four leaf clover with a lightening bolt hitting directly in the center of it. Go figure...Ryker, four leaf clovers and lightening bolts...surprise, surprise!

To go along with our sweet new logo we have decided to take the steer by the horns (literally) and put on a summer roping series. We have commissioned 25 steers and a few fields of hay and will be producing ropings from May thru September for headers and heelers that are 2 1/2's an under. We are currently in negotiations with ACTRA to have our arena recognized as an affiliate - which will take care of insurance costs - and we've gotten two confirmed sponsors and are trying to work out a deal with a third. Amazing!!! People are giving us money to do what we love!

Needless to say, it's been busy. Ryker will be flying to California on the 20th to be a redneck for a weekend with my mom at the NASCAR race in Fontana. They've got really cool tickets that allow them to have breakfast and lunch with the drivers and then they get special seating in the grandstands. They will be with Kevin Harvik, Jeff Burton and the rest of the Childress racing team. Should be a good time and my mom will get some, not so free, electrical work done around the house. Then he and the kids will be off to Ogden on the 6th for Riley's wedding the next day. Hopefully they will make it back in time on Sunday to take me to the airport so I can be off to Denver. Then within three weeks will be off on vacation to Utah. Then it's back to work both in the office and at home to get ready for summer and lots and lots of roping fun. When you put it in that kind of perspective, summer will be here before we know it. Also when you put it in that perspective, it kind of sounds like we're SCREWED!!! But then again, in Spring time, when aren't we. Much love to all and I will be more diligent in the future with the blog.

P.S. I'm going to be building a website for the roping club and team roping series. I'll let you know when it's up and running and give you the URL - visit it often so it looks like we have lots of fans!!!