Branding Season

it is branding season and My children are thrilled! Gwen recently got to brand her first calf, which she was ecstatic about. She is such a cowgirl, so much more than her mother. I thought I was a cowgirl until I moved out here and figured out what a real "cowgirl" is and that is defiantly not me. I am not nearly as tough as I should be. Any who, Gwen now lives for the branding. Every Branding we go to she jumps right in the corral ready to get to work, from branding the calves to helping me keep tally ("that one is a boy mom, and that one is a dirl"), to helping others mark after vaccinaction. Gwen is such a go getter and I am so proud of her. She even rides the calves as they get up! Earl is much more soft hearted than his sister. He is not quite ready to work with the animals. He prefers to simply chase the calves around.

Gwen is 4!

Gwen turned four yesterday. She was so excited to finally get to open her gifts and have her beauty and the beast cake. She loved picking out her cake and eating the frosting. Thanks Granny for the gifts! oh and the dress was my flower girl dress from a wedding I was in when i was Gwen's age.

FRANK IS SEVEN MONTHS OLD TODAY!

the creek flooding

here are the pictures I said I would post of the creek flooding. What you see is supposed to be a hay field, but it is submergded under running water. We even had some geese and ducks land in the water. I told Earl it sounded like MN at night around here because you could hear the ducks, geese, and frogs all chit chatting at night.

Mudding

After our lovely snow storms we had in April and May, not only was the creek flooding like crazy but there was an abundance of mud as well. Of course, My children could not resist and these pictures show the results of me not paying attention while working in my gardens.

Tuesday's Treat

ok So I really like Melissa's idea of wordless Wednesday, but I don't want to be a complete copy-cat, so I am establishing "Tuesday's Treat". I am going to do my best to post a new picture of the little rugrats every Tuesday. Hope you all enjoy!

Spring in the mountains

Soooo....last week we got dumped on again! This will be our third blizzard in one month. The first one we got 2 and a half feet (beginning of April) second one 8 inches while I was in MN visiting family, and the third (hopefully FINAL)one we got three feet the day after I got back from MN. I have never seen so much snow in my life! this is craziness. Now I know why Earl always makes me stock up on all the essentials. I always thought he was joking when he told me there is always a chance we could be stuck out on the ranch for a week at a time. This time he was right. During the three day storm we lost power I believe three times. Gwen told me "well mom since the lights don't work I think I will just go watch a movie" (silly little girl). Thank goodness for the wood stove and the propane cook stove. But now the snow is melting and the creek bottom field behind the house is flooded. I would not be surprised if a flock of geese landed back there mistaken it for a lake! hahaha I will post more pictures of the flood later.