Heading Out!

I leave today for the Black Hills of South Dakota to watch Courtney at the State Track Meet!

Unfortunately, Chad and Jeremy will not be going along....just too much to do here on the farm this time of the year. I will have some company on my long drive though, I am taking Courtney's best friend Tayler and also her cousin Jarrett along. They were both on the track team and want to go cheer their teammates on that made it to the State Meet.

Dentist

I took Jeremy and Courtney to the dentist yesterday. Neither one of them has ever had a cavity.....until yesterday. Courtney has a small one that needs to be filled....bummer! She goes back in on June 1 and is a little nervous about having it filled but I told her she would breeze right through it.....hopefully I am right!

Spring Work

Whew....the heart of spring work, the planting....is complete! We still have a few spots that were wet when they planted but are now dry and they are filling those in but the majority of the crops are planted...YEAH! The garden is planted (not looking so good but it is planted), and we just got done re-planting the grass around the yard....Chad accidentally killed most of the lawn last year spraying what he thought was a chemical for lawns but must have had something else in it. The lawn that did survive, finally got it's first mowing. Most of the cows are moved to pasture, just have a few loads left but are waiting probably a week or so to haul them. Spraying is caught up for now....will have more the end of the week to do. So....now we can hopefully get caught up around here on the things that have been neglected the last several weeks (and months).

Track

The region track meet was held today and Courtney qualified for the State Meet in shot put....YEAH! So....I will be making a trip to Rapid City next weekend for the State Meet to watch her throw. Yeah again...a mini vacation.This is what we call her chipmunk look....she does it every time she throws the shot put. Hey, if it works....go with it!

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.