Stratoshphere

The Stratosphere was one of the first places that we went when we arrived in Vegas. It was so gorgeous way up there. I was not brave enough to do any of the rides but Laurie and her daughter Crystal and son-in-law Jim went on one....one word for them-CRAZY! Crystal and Jim live in Arizona and they drove the several hours and joined us on vacation. They were lots of fun, I am so glad they were able to come. Wayne, Laurie, Me and Chad on top of the Stratosphere.
Chad and Me
The view from the Stratosphere at sunset.

I'm Back

I'm back from vacation and one tired person!!!!! I did nap some today and am feeling much better. Haven't had time to download any pictures yet but I will post some soon. We had a GREAT time. I would go back to Vegas in a heartbeat! It was a wonderful town to vacation in.

The plane ride and how I did on it........................I handled it GREAT! I was a little nervous at first, thought I would feel really trapped and claustrophobic but it was not near as bad as I thought. I would fly again in a heartbeat too!

More on the trip to come later........................

ALLELUIA!

JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN TODAY.....ALLELUIA!

I hope you all have a Wonderful Easter!

More Snow

We got more snow last night but it could have been WAY worse.....we just got a dusting but not too far north of us they ended up with 12 inches of snow......YIKES!

We are getting things caught up around here (as much as possible....I don't think we are EVER totally caught up). We head out to Vegas on Sunday.

The flooding is still going on south of us so we are not getting the last of our pigs until next Wednesday evening. I really feel bad for those people down there with all the water and flooding! We fly back in on Wednesday afternoon so it will be a rush job and crunch time once again as soon as we step foot back in SD.

We are trying to get the inside of the barn ready for calves in case the kids have trouble while we are gone....remember this summer we tore off the south side of the barn and replaced it.....the inside is still not totally finished. We are not supposed to start calving for a few weeks but eveyone's cows around here have been starting 1-2 weeks early. I am hoping ours decide to wait until we get back to start calving.

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter.....pray for me, I will be heading to Sin City on Easter Sunday!

UPDATE: We had one calf born already this morning.....could be an interesting few days for the kids while we are gone!

Fun with Pigs

Loading pigs with Frank and Laurie at Laurie's site was actually alot of fun. It makes the time go by more quickly when having fun while doing the work! We laughed at each other alot.....and had a blast. Frank got taken out by a pig and landed on the um...."messy" floor and we got a really good laugh out of that one. He is new to the pig loading and everyone ends up on the floor sooner or later....his just happened to be sooner than later. Wayne (Laurie's husband) was at a meeting and did show up to help us load the last load and a half. We just "rocked" yesterday, even tho we had to put up with one very crabby truck driver.....at least the other 4 were very good.

All the snow we had yesterday is already melted.....YEAH! We were supposed to get our last 1000 pigs in today but has been postponed because they are coming out of Iowa and they are flooding down there...the trucks couldn't even get through to get to the pigs.

Grrrrrr!

Yes, we did get the snow but not as much as we could have, only about 3 inches here. It is still snowing but I am hoping it doesn't amount to much and that it quits pretty soon. The lovely weather man says we have another chance for some more snow on Thursday too...grrrrrrrr! One good thing about this snow is that there is a lot of moisture in it....something we really need for this upcoming growing season (but I would prefer rain).



I am heading off this morning to load pigs at Wayne and Laurie's hog site. It should be really interesting, it is just Laurie and me and our friend Frank who has only loaded hogs a few times. Oh well, Laurie and I always seem to have fun no matter what we are doing so it should be a real um......experience!!

Storm

A winter storm is heading this way and we could get anywhere from 2-8 inches of snow. I am hoping that we are either on the very edge of it or the weatherman is totally wrong!