Pops Concert

Last week Courtney participated in the 90's Pops Concert at school. Every year the choir and band pick a decade and put on this concert Last year it was 80's and this year was 90's. Anyway, Courtney sang her first solo...."Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams, and she did a great job! She usually has a part in the song where she sings a solo....usually just a line or 2 but this year she did an actual solo....the whole song! I was in tears it.....it was sooooo good!

Prom is this coming Friday. Chad and I are chaperoning the dance from 9pm to 1am and then the post-prom party from 1am to 6am. We passed on the trip to Minneapolis directly following the post-prom party. I think we will both be exhausted come Saturday (well, more exhausted then we normally are anyway)!

Back to Work

Back to work again today full force! We had 4 more calves today (I now have over 50 calves-about 1/3 of the way done now) and we sent out 4 loads of butcher hogs too. I had our friend Frank come and help...thank God for him!

Easter

We had a great Easter!

The 4 of us got to take part of the day off to go to church and then have dinner with Chad's Aunt Betty, Aunt Linda, cousin Nancy and his mom and dad. We then visited my Grandma for a little bit. It was a great day and nice to get some "down time".

Bad Day?

You know it has been a bad day when you file a claim on your cell phone that is not working right and pay $50 to get a new phone...... and then your new phone goes through the washing machine that same night.
UGH!

Mud!

This is what I have been dealing with the last few days.

MUD! Here I have the 4-wheeler and calf trailer stuck in the mud.

The calf that I was hauling with the 4-wheeler.

I guess it is better than snow but I am really getting tired of mud.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Sorry, I have been really bad about checking in with you all....we have been just crazy busy around here since our return from Vegas!

We are in the process of taking butcher hogs out and getting the barns ready for a new batch of feeder pigs. We are also busy taking care of cows and calves (they are dropping calves like crazy), helping my father-in-law haul some beans to town and we are trying to get things ready for spring planting.

Some days are pretty overwhelming for me but I am taking it one day at a time and trying to get through it all. Chad is starting to help some but is still limited in what he can do. He had a check-up yesterday and is starting to get his range of motion back and is now starting on some strengthening exercises. They tell him 4-6 more weeks before he can do much lifting.

I am really thankful that I have Jeremy to help on the weekends and Courtney to help keep the house livable and make meals. I am also thankful for Chad's dad who is just a phone call away if I need help and for the good friends we have who have offered their help if we need. I may just have to call them and take them up on their offers!

Suzie

Our old dog "Suzie" died while we were in Vegas.Here she is (left) pictured with our new dog Madyson.

We put them in the garage every evening and let them out first thing in the morning. Poor Courtney was the one to find her dead and called me....she was hysterical...poor girl (we got Suzie when Courtney was about 3 or so). We called Chad's dad and he took care of Suzie for us so Courtney didn't have to deal with it.

We knew her days were numbered, she was very arthritic and getting pretty slow. She has been a great dog for us and we will really miss her.