The wedding was absolutely amazing… the only “bad” part was the shower/changing setting beforehand, but that’s an entire story by itself! The cakes turned out well, and all our fears about them sliding around and/or melting on the trip up through the mountain’s switchbacks were overblown. We had cans of mosquito fogger on hand, various…
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May I Present…
Sorry about last night… The cakes weren’t done until 1 am. <whew> Then I went to bed. I woke up at 4:15 am when Vernon woke up… and although I laid there another hour, sleep wouldn’t return and I decided to get an early start on this special day. Tonight it’s still early, but I…
Crunch Time
I have made two trips to Worland… yesterday and today… that’s enough for a while. Yesterday was a much needed trip for groceries and a trip to the vet for Victoria’s little Jazz. He’s been in pain, shaking his head, and as we had guessed, he had multiple cheat grass heads in his ears. Poor…
A Tiny Smile
They sat there. Each to themselves, but together. She couldn’t tell if her older brother was reflecting or questioning in his mind. There was no nervous movement. He had been here before. He glanced at their mother with concern in his eyes, but he was hard to read right now. It was disconcerting. He was…
This Is Getting Exciting!
In between the cowboying and the haying and the renovating/welding/perfataping/painting/lawnmowing visits to the Mills Place… We are working on a wedding. We have eight days. Eight. Yup. Crunch time has arrived. Today we returned to the St. Christopher’s Chapel in the Big Horns to lay out decorations, see how they look, and prepare them ahead…
Girl Day
You’ve all given me a laugh with your titles for yesterday’s photo… They were creative and fun! Wyoming Gate Inspector made me giggle… The “Overlook” quotation was creative and pertains to the old name of this blog which was, ta-da! Overlook! I have to say this was my favorite… “Wish somebody would invent a remote…
One Month Left
The wedding is one month away. Victoria and I went up the mountain to “St. Christopher’s in the Big Horns” where the wedding will take place. The soil was still soft and soggy… of course, there was a huge hail/rainstorm a few days before… and there’s still a snowdrift buried in the shadow of the pines….
Happiness Ensued
Victoria and I went to her bridal shower Wednesday night… wow! what a turnout! I remember mine, in fact the same lady hosted mine (~29 years ago) and Victoria’s!… I reviewed my wedding book, many people were there for me that attended Victoria’s. I remember not knowing a soul but one or two friends and…
The Same Shade of Red
For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter… or seen my Twitter updates by checking this blog obsessively… you haven’t heard this story. Yesterday, we finished weighing, giving shots, and sorting the heifers about 5:45 pm. Daniel, my newly college “gradje-ated” son, had a meeting at 6:30 to renew his Red Card. That…
Redneck Birthdays
Birthday parties on our ranch might be a tad different than some “town” ones… Let’s see… Here the cake is cooked from scratch… with special thanks to s-i-l for sending some cream cheese from Casper (250 miles away) with Daniel’s girlfriend. Otherwise, I’d have had to drive 90 miles round trip because I’m a space…
Two Down
I don’t understand exactly how we got from here… to here… in such a short time! Amazing. The graduation ceremony was interesting… For some reason, I thought the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UW would graduate a fairly large number of students. Compared to the other colleges… uh, nope… Not so much. Those…
Night Falls Softly
Although we did manage to accomplish a few different jobs today… we again decided to take a picnic supper out to enjoy the fairly nice evening. It’s been cloudy all day, but warm, and with Victoria and Matt here until tomorrow, it was time to enjoy a break. This time we went to the creek…