Cows and Calves

Been busy the last few days moving cows and calves to pasture. It was so hot and windy yesterday....I was exhausted by the time we got in last night. We have had some sick calves so we have been treating them all with a shot and with 2 pills down their throat...makes for a lot of extra work but will hopefully be worth the effort.

School

Courtney has one more week of school and then will be out for the summer! Where did the time go?? It seems like just yesterday I was sending her off to Kindergarten and now in a few months I will be sending her off for her final year of high school.

It's been just crazy busy here on the frazzled farm! Chad has sprayed many of the acres that have been planted and is finishing up planting the corn as I type this. He has a few acres to plant for a neighbor but will hopefully get that planted tomorrow. I couldn't even tell you how many bags of corn I have lifted this year....usually Chad and I both do it but has had to have someone chase him around and fill the planter for him because of the shoulder. I am so happy that Jeremy is now here full-time to help out, he finished his his first year of college last week.

We are going to get started planting the soybeans today....hopefully the weather holds out. Not quite as many acres of soybeans to plant as corn acres but still plenty.

We haven't had time to get around the pastures yet and fix fences that need it but really need to find time to get that done....the cows really need to get moved to pasture. We are going through tons of hay right now.

I did make it to Courtney's track meet this week. She did very well at discus and her relays but is struggling in shot put, her usual strong event. Hopefully she can figure out what the problem is and do better at the next meet. As much as I hate to see her struggle at anything, I think it's a good life lesson.

Well, I can hear the pigs calling my name........

Hopefully I can find time to catch up with you all....sorry, I have been really bad at this blogging in the last few months.

Spring Work

We are busy with spring planting. In between rain showers, we have been workin' away at it. Chad is able to plant which makes him a happy man but he still needs help filling the planter, still can't lift much weight with the shoulder yet. We have over half of our corn acres planted...now if the weather would hold out so we could get the rest of the corn in and move on to the soybeans!

I still don't have my garden planted...hoping to get that done this week. I bought the plants this weekend and the seeds awhile ago but the garden is in a low spot so I need to get it dried out and tilled before I can plant.

This week I suppose we will have to get at fencing. All the pastures need to be gone around and any bad spots fixed so we can get the cows and calved moved to pasture. That's always a long and tiring job, pairing them all up and getting them hauled.

Courtney and Jeremy

Courtney had one track meet this week and did pretty well. She placed 2nd in shot put and one of her relays also placed. Tomorrow is the Dan Barker Relays in Madison and then the Conference meet next week.

She has less than 2 weeks of school left since she won't have to take semester tests....I can't believe how fast this school year went.

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My college boy just finished his first year of college...way to go Jeremy!

Now he is home for the summer to help on the farm...whew, some help....just what we need!

New life

Just a few pictures taken with my cell phone of some new babies here on the farm.One of my twins

A twin and the dog with Chad and me

One of the 4 new kittens that I just found

Critter

This little critter was in our window well the other night!

I am pretty sure it's a muskrat.

So my brave girls helped us take care of the ugly critter.

Courtney and her friends Tayler and Hannah.

And then they all wanted to take turns shooting the pistol.....
First Courtney.....

Then Tayler.....

And then Hannah!

It's never dull around here and you never know what you might find us doing!