Ray Sandoval:  

I guess it all starts before any of us even had gotten the thrill of wearing a cap and gown. I met this girl when I was a senior , and she was a junior. We did what young people at that age do..... and we did it so much that next thing I knew I was a dad, and she was a mom. Sheri was her name and She loved animals and they loved her. She could pet a pissed off rattlesnake if she wanted. All she really wanted though was to be able to ride horses and barrel race them. Trouble was, she had never ridden a horse. She kept asking me when she could go out and take some lessons. I told her that after the baby was born and she was done with maternity leave she could go out and try whatever she wanted. All she did when she was pregnant was read horse books, and magazines. She gave birth March 20th 1980 to my oldest boy (Ray). Somewhere between Ray and the end of her maternity leave... She became pregnant again. She was on the pill too, but the doc said that we were just a good match and after that we didn't even dare wash our underwear in the same machine for fear of another toddler terrorizing our slumber. Well march 11th 1982, Jerad was born. She swore that she wouldn't let me anywhere near her furry love cup till she had gone out and rode a horse, but Im nothing if not a little bit charming, and before you know it I came home from work and found her crying on the back porch. I told her that those 9 months would fly by, and before she knew it she would be in the saddle. I guess it was too much fo...Expand for more