Kaye has been a cattle rancher most of her life, but her true love lies with her horses. When Kaye was two, her parents moved to the ranch outside of Robertson that they would eventually purchase and that Kaye still owns. Shortly after moving there, her dad bought a stud and began raising colts. He would train the colts and his girls always rode horses to help on the ranch. When Kaye and her sister, Juanita, were in elementary school, they would spend their summer days riding their horses several miles from their home to watch over the calves and lambs to make sure the coyotes didn’t get them. Getting to school also included being horseback as the girls would ride a couple of miles every morning to the bus stop.
After Kaye got married and temporarily moved away from the ranch, she still made sure horses were a part of her life. She and her husband, Ike, participated in many rodeos in Wyoming and Utah with Ike calf roping and Kaye barrel racing. In addition to her barrel racing, she later added team roping to her resume participating in many “century ropings” heading for her dad. In 1974, Kaye and Ike moved their family back to the ranch in Robertson. Kaye worked with her dad everyday operating the family cattle ranch. Feeding was always done with a team and sled and Kaye was often the one driving the team. With the calving barn located several miles from the ranch houses, there were many cold mornings and afternoons when Kaye saddled up to check the cows. No matter what needed to be done, whether it was holding a bull out in the field to be doctored, roping calves in the branding corral or hauling sick calves across your saddle back to the house, Kaye had confidence in her horses to take care of the job.