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Posted in My Family My big brother Chad has one ambition--to run the Circle C ranch. He loves horses and is the best horseman in the entire Valley. He's a year younger than Justin, but he's the one who's definitely in charge of the ranch (Justin likes to do his lawyer stuff more than rope cattle). Chad was really upset when Father died, because he looked up to him. He wanted to have many more years working alongside him before having to shoulder all the responsibility. Luckily, our long-time foreman, Sid McCoy, helped Chad through the transition from a son to being in charge.

Chad has black hair and blue eyes, and he's pretty tall--about six feet. He thinks he knows everything, and tries to tell me what to do all the time. That makes him bossy, and I don't like it at all. He's got himself a temper, and I've been on the receiving end of it more than once. I sometimes feel that I can't do anything right. He's got no patience for work sloppily done or not done at all, and a cowhand caught mistreating a horse is sent packing, along with a few scorching words from the "boss."

But Chad has his secret, kind side. Behind his quick tongue, he really does have a tender heart. After all, he went out of his way to give me Taffy, and he was mighty patient when we were raising her. I've seen him carry a newborn calf just as tenderly as a mother would hold her baby. And he is funny, too. He knows how to make me laugh when I'm feeling down.

All in all, I wouldn't trade him for any other brother. I know it's partly my fault for getting him riled up on occasion. I guess we're too much alike. I think he yells at me sometimes because he's just downright worried about me getting into another fix. I love him a lot!

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Posted by Roxy girl

hey thanks, my sister will love reading this....lol ;)

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Posted by amysrecipes

How funny! When I read the books, I picture Chad to look almost just like that!

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Posted by booklover

Sorry, that was me. I'm doing templates things and forgot about being in the wrong acount...

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Posted by crochetcrazy

Well, the title says it all! Here's a direct link:

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CrochetCrazy/473079/

If you would like the template code, just ask!

~Renee
Romans 5:8

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Posted by sunflower8

I like this post and photo!

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Posted by bookworm12

Hi Andi um I don't know why but I can see my entries ? what did you mean. But any way yes I will put my email in there ok :)
Sarah

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Posted by Anonymous

Love getting the update. This site is awesome

Mariah B

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Posted by BookLover

My mom says that it is a cotton jacard. (we aren't sure how t spell it)
I voted on the pole as Family Secret.
As for my recipe blog, it used to have recipes on it but then it became a template blog because I wasn't getting enough comments...

Edited by BookLover on Feb. 4, 2008 at 10:27 AM

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Posted by Anonymous

How exciting to "meet Chad" through Andi's viewpoint and learn more about him. It is so neat to get some background on these characters. They are more and more starting to feel like relatives.

Keep up the good work, Andi! (Susan)

Colleen L. Reece, Author of 140 "Books You Can Trust"

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Posted by BookLover

Hi Andi,
I Awarded you. I guess you can already guess which award it is already... :-)

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Posted by Lyric

*coughs* Um... Do I look like the type of person who 'lifts' pictures for a story? Nah... I just finished photoshopping a picture of Aren, and I'll post the bio sometime. Right now I have German homework to finish before tomorrow's test. :-/

I sent my German class into hysterics with the vest I wore to school today. It has a piece of fabric pinned to the back saying: "____ Days until Mariners Spring Training" and I've got numbers to pin in the space. Tee-hee!

Also I made everyone laugh at church yesterday because Pastor was preaching from Timothy where Paul talks about how women aren't to 'braid their hair'. Guess who was the ONLY girl there with braided hair? Yep. :-P

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Posted by MargoMargolia1

when I read the books Chad seemed exactly as you
said he was only one thing, I thought he had Blonde hair or was that Mitch?

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