June Bugs

I was sitting in my hot tub late last night and noticed that the June bugs are out. I got to thinking about these neat little beetles and have a few unanswered questions about them. Why do they call them June bugs when we always see them mid to late May? Where do they come from? Why are they only here for just a short amount of time? Where do they disappear to? Inquiring minds want to know!

My Glamorous Life

In the last 2 days, I have checked cows several times, only to find a mere 2 new babies...have loaded about 1200 pigs onto semis (and end up head to toe crap),...squeegeed 100's of pounds of pig poop...unbolted and taken out feeders...have been putting together new pig feeders (may sound trivial to all of you but I am really excited to be getting new feeders)...and have had 4 showers. I am finally getting dinner today (it is now 3:00 and for those of you that know me well, you know how much I like my food) and I have to head back out to put more feeders together when I finish eating. Isn't my life just soooo GLAMOROUS!

Rejoice!

Yesterday was a great day! Courtney received the sacrament of Confirmation.

Courtney taking time to pose with me before Mass

Jeremy, Me, Courtney and Chad after Mass

Me, Courtney and Chad after Mass

Courtney being Confirmed. Her aunt Rochelle, who is her sponsor, standing behind Courtney.






WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY, LET US REJOICE IN THE LORD!

RAH! RAH!

Courtney had cheerleading tryouts yesterday. She is once again a varsity football cheerleader. This year was her first year cheering and she absolutely loved it! It works out great for us because Jeremy is on the team so we get to watch both of them at the same time.

It's raining....again!

Ok, so I am not going to complain because last year it rained and rained in the spring and then did not rain again until late in the growing season and the crops suffered. So, I am going to look on the bright side....we did get half of our corn acres planted and sprayed (and it needs rain to activate the spray)...we got some grass planted around the house (which also needs rain)... we can finally get caught up on tagging calves...we can get caught up on some much needed sleep...and we can get caught up on some odds and ends that get neglected around the farm during this busy season. Oh yeah, and I love the refreshing smell of spring rains.

Signs of Spring

You know it is spring when you have to mow your lawn for the first time. I just hate having to clean up the yard in the spring. Branches and sticks all over from the hard winter, junk that has blown in the yard from all the wind and rocks from where Chad pushed the snow in piles. I am lucky, Courtney is our "official mower". She took the job over from Jeremy several years ago. It takes her about 3 hours here at the farm and another 2-3 at the hog site. She doesn't usually complain too much about the job, anything to be out in the sun, soaking up the rays for a nice tan!

Hooray!

Jeremy

Courtney

Courtney placed in Shot Put for the first time in a high school track meet. She has placed in many relays before but never in an individual event. She got 5th place yesterday. She has worked very hard at shot put and really enjoys it. Now, her discus throwing is not so great but she doesn't like that as well either. I think that makes a huge difference. Jeremy is doing well also but has yet to place. There is really stiff competition in the boys shot put and discus. He keeps improving every track meet, beating his personal best every time so that's quite good too. The most important thing is that they are both having a lot of fun!