Surprise

Zeak had a surprise party brewing in his head.   Unbeknown to be he had already talked to Mitch and had most of the party planned.   I was left to prepare the food and the rest Zeak and Mitch would provide.   They had the cattle arranged for, got the bbq grill, they had invited the Winn's Shepherd, Neilson's, and Carters.  They were all coming before Dan got there and the plan was for the boys to run the shoots and the adults to rope.   We were going to have hamburgers and hotdogs.   Zeak wanted all of the horses saddled and ready so Dan could step on and go to roping.   Mitch and Zeak had come up with a wild story on how Tuff was hurt and they had hauled him to Nephi and Dan needed to meet them at the arena.  I'm not sure if he bought their story but he was surprised when he pulled in and saw all the horses, steers, and friends, and family.   His next surprise came when they roped him and gave him birthday spanken's right off the bat!   Zeak was elated when a guy from Arizona was looking at buying some horses and agreed to open shoots so the kids could rope with their dads.   It was a fun night they ate and roped until dark.  It got serious when the rally caps came out and the flag!   I know Dan enjoyed his night and hopes he knows how much we all love him especially Zeak!