They Made It!

We heard from Kasey and Jeremy this morning via e-mail. They made it safely to Norway. Kasey says it is beautiful. Jeremy didn't have a whole lot to say yet...he is a man of few words. I am hoping to hear from him by phone some time in the next few days.

Courtney is gone to a volleyball team camp today and tomorrow. So.....I had the house to myself today. I got a few odds and ends done around the house and finally got my words that I bought from an uppercase living party hung up on the wall (with some help from Laurie.....thanks Laurie). If you have never been to an uppercase living party, I would strongly suggest going to one...they have awesome things.

Norway

Jeremy is on his way to Norway. I drove him to the airport today and he is on his way right now. He should arrive in Norway sometime tomorrow morning. He will be gone until July 31.

Chad and I bought Jeremy a ticket to Norway for his graduation gift. He and his cousin Kasey are taking the trip together and will be staying with Karianne, a foreign exchange student that went to school here 2 years ago. Jeremy and Kasey were very good friends of hers while she was here in the States and Jeremy even took her to prom.

This is going to be such an exciting adventure for them and is a trip that I am sure they will treasure forever (I am sure hoping so anyway)! Please pray for Jeremy and Kasey while they are there and for a safe journey there and home.

Party!

Chad threw a surprise birthday party for me on Friday night. It was so much fun! There were lots of my family members here (including my mom from Rapid City....a 5.5 hour drive) and many of my good friends too. It was a good night. Thanks to all of my friends and family for helping Chad with this and for making it a memorable 40th birthday!!!

Chad also surprised me with a new digital camera! It's a Canon Rebel XT and it is awesome! I have been wanting one for some time now. So, it may be awhile before you have any more pictures from me, I have to figure the thing out and download all the software for it yet. I also got some other very nice gifts and some um....interesting gifts too!

Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes! It was a great day!

This and That

Courtney got her wisdom teeth out on Tuesday. Not a lot of pain and no swelling or bruising. She is doing really good. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. She has to take it easy until at least Saturday and she is taking advantage of that!!

Got the second barn of pigs in on Monday night. They are a little sick too so we are treating them through the water. The first barn we got in is doing better and we did not have to treat them so we will still be able to sell them as antibiotic free hogs.

We hauled out the last barn of butcher pigs on Tuesday and Jeremy and Kasey have that barn washed already. We just need to get it put back together and disinfected for the next pigs to arrive. We get them in on Monday.

It is my 40th birthday today. I asked the kids if I looked 40......what a dumb question, what does 40 look like anyway??!! Do I feel 40? What is 40 suppose to feel like??!! All I know is my body definitely doesn't feel (or look) like it did when I was in my 20's!

Behind Again!

We took the 4th of July off and didn't do much on Saturday or Sunday so we are really behind in things again.

Got the second barn of pigs in tonight. These and last weeks pigs that we got have sick ones amongst them so they require a little more attention...less time to blog.

The last barn of pigs go out tomorrow starting at 5am so it's time to get that barn washed and ready for new pigs.

We are working on cutting the road ditches and putting them up. I love it when the ditches get cut, can see better so there is less chance of hitting a deer.

Courtney gets her wisdom teeth out tomorrow so I will have to leave a little early from loading pigs and get her to town. She is being sedated....good choice for her.

I promise I will try to get around to "visiting" all of you as soon as I can.....I miss hearing what you have all been up to!

Catch up!

It's been one busy week again. Chad got the spraying caught up (well, as caught up as you can be this time of the year). He got a little behind since we were gone most of last week so it's nice to be caught up.

We got the hay put up before we left but it's time to cut the road ditches and put those up so that's next on the agenda.

We emptied one barn of pigs 2 weeks ago and we got the new babies in that barn on Monday night. The kids got the barn washed out before we left last week but we still had to disinfect that barn and put it together when we got back from Nebraska.

We emptied out another barn yesterday so Jeremy and Kasey (a cousin but more like a sister to both of the kids) are washing that barn right now. Kasey is such a hard worker and a really great kid (if you can call her a kid-she's almost 20)!

Got all 8 bulls turned out to pasture. Chad is bringing salt and mineral to all the cows and bulls right now...that's why I had time to finally catch up here. He took our nephew Booker with him. Booker is 6 years old and quite a funny kid so I imagine they are having a good ol' time right now.

I have tons of housework and laundry to get caught up on too....hopefully I can manage some of that today. I hope you all have a great 4th of July and a wonderful weekend!

No Bull!

It's that time of year again - time to turn the bulls out. Jeremy and I hauled 4 out to pasture to join the cows today, the other 3 will go out tomorrow after they get tested. So....there are a few "lucky" bulls at the frazzled farm today and a few not so lucky cows...ha ha!