Busy!

Between getting ready for our new batch of these......

and attending all of Courtney's these.....

We haven't had much time to do anything else.

More Baskeball

I FINALLY remembered to take my camera along to another basketball game.

Thought I would share a few pictures with you.

Courtney takes time out during a free throw to make some faces at me.

Trying to block a shot.

Taking a shot.

Another Blizzard

We got hit by another blizzard last week!

School was let out early on Wednesday and called off Thursday and Friday. Part of the reasoning behind school getting called off was the bitter cold temperatures and the wind.

We "got" to send our remaining hogs (1600) to market on Friday....one of the coldest days (if not the coldest) of the season so far. One good thing was that since school was called off, we had some help. Courtney was just thrilled that she didn't have school but got to load hogs..lol! She called two of her friends, Tayler and Hannah, and they came out and helped us. Thank God for her friends!

It was one LONG day, we started loading about noon (well the kids did, I had to waitress until 1:00) and got done about 11:00 Friday evening. The drift beside one of the hog barns.

I was the lucky one that got to go to the barns early that morning to shovel out the load out areas! Here is what I looked like after I got done shoveling.

I can't believe I still had a smile on my face after shoveling!
Notice the frost on my hair!
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I am so thankful for my kids and their friends for their help....I don't think I tell my kids often enough how much I appreciate them and the hard work that they do for us!

2010

Ok, so far I am not liking 2010 any more than I liked 2009!

2009 was a very trying and stressful year for us here on the farm. The weather determines alot of how our year goes and so far 2010 isn't giving us much to look forward to yet! I am already tired of snow and cold. I sure hope this isn't an indication of how the rest of the year is going to be!!!!!!!!

BRRRRR!

It looks like we are going to get some more frigid temperatures this week. They are forecasting 35 below zero on Thursday, brrr! Also, looks like we have some more winter storms on the way and are expecting several more inches of snow yet this week too...ugh! I am ready for winter to be over with and it just basically started!

Basketball

Courtney's basketball season began about a month ago.

I have only brought my camera to one game so far but I did get a few decent pictures.

The varsity team.

Guarding Madison's "big" girl.

Getting the ball in the middle.

Their record so far is 4-3.

I'm Back.....I think!

Whew....what an ending to a year! A stressful year at that!

Got the crops all harvested. Could have been better crops but we will take what we got and be thankful! It's always a gamble in this line of work. Got the crops in just a few days before major snow storms. We are still working on getting dug out from the storm. Lots of snow to move to get at the livestock.

We had a good Christmas...strange but good. Lots of plans had to be rearranged because of the storms but my mom, step-dad and brother made it from the other side of the state and were able to spend some time with us for which we are thankful too.

I hope you all had a good year and I wish you the best in the upcoming year!