40 Years

We celebrated Jim and Vicki's 40th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday with homemade ice cream, pudding cake, steaks, fishing, cold refreshments, family, and fun.  We are truly blessed to be part of a great family and always enjoy this group.

Summer Fly By!

It is the 18th of July and our summer is flying by!  Here is the run down...

 July 4-6 Ft Bloomfield Rodeo... weather was beautiful! Worked and camped.

 July 6th All-Stars won second place medals... only 2 teams in tournament.

 July 7th we celebrated Bri's 9th birthday with Canon, Grandma, and MacKenzie.  I bought an ice cream cake, slacker mom!

 

Enjoyed sparklers at birthday bash.

 

July 10th the girls decorated Tilly's stall in the Horse Barn.

 

July 11th Miss Brett and Tilly won Grand Champion Pony and Junior Showmanship...

Nice work ladies.

 

 

 July 11th Bri showed Bella in the Cattleman's Bottle Calf show. 

 She won a show stick because this was her 4th and final year.

And yes, girls rule! (shirt) Bri won her age group at the pedal tractor pull on July 14!

 

 

Overall, we have had a wonderful busy July so far!

When the snow flies, I will clean my house... I will... I will... I WILL!

But until then, I'm lovin' summer!

 

4th of July

Happy Independence Day!!

Beautiful job today ladies.

The Dells

We vacationed in the Wisconsin Dells last week.  We all enjoyed the short little get-a-way!  The weather was cold, it rained every day, and we did not use sunscreen at the indoor water parks!  We ate at a couple of fun restaurants. (thanks DT) 

Softball

The girls are playing softball this year, which means we head to the diamond three nights a week.  With ceramics class, teaching, mowing, gardening, and chores that leads absolutely no time for blogging, cleaning, or riding.  Last week, class ending, school is finally finished (for girls and me), and we have a couple nights off from ballgames... and yes, a little time to shovel out the house, blog, and catch up with life.  Here are some pictures of the Little Leaguers!

 

Brett is an Angel... he he, giggles! She is learning the game this first year, and knows catching is not her favorite position.  She has also "perfected" taking strikes and loves folding laundry.

 Bri is on the Crush team.  She loves catching and stealing bases.  Catching keeps her "in the game" and away from picking dandelions.  Her team might receive the chants and cheers award.

 With only a few games left, we hope to finish the seasons with a few more hits, and will continue to practice hitting off their superstar mom pitcher! (not, pitching is not my strength)

Wanted

Lough Ranch is in need of egg cartons.  The ladies are laying and we need cartons.  Right now the eggs are in an ice cream bucket in the fridge.  I will pick them up or let me know how to get them.  Thanks!

Hello Blog!

Hello Blog, I have missed you!  Over the last few weeks, we have been very busy.  Miss Brett turned 11 and we celebrated Hawkeye style with cousin Clara.  All enjoyed grilling at the cabin, cake and ice cream, new clothes, and I-Tunes cards.  Thanks to all!

We have also planted peas, potatoes, onions, radishes, and lettuce in the garden.  Can't wait until we get our first produce... it's so exciting!

We also made maple syrup from sap we collected from maple trees.  When I have too many snow days, I dream up new adventures, and this was an adventure alright!  We "tapped" the maple trees about a mouth ago.  After gathering sap, we stored the sap in the fridge.  We gathered 10 gallons of sap.  Then we boiled the sap because it is 90% water... boiled on an open fire...  boiled on the stove... and boiled for 3 days... and boiled until we reached 219.5 degrees, and finally we made syrup!  We ended up with about 2 quarts of maple syrup. What an adventure!