I needed this. All eight grandkids, my “kids”, two sweet daughters-in-law, and Vernon zipping around somewhere in the side by side. Gorgeous fall day. Horseback. Riding the mountain pasture to prepare to bring them off the top of the mountain tomorrow. “This God forsaken Land” by Juanita Leach has been rolling through my mind lately….
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Special Day
Daniel and Brandon searched and found three wayward heifers. Vernon doctored a couple of sick calves. Victoria and I did household chores, mainly dishes after feeding everyone homemade pizza last night! Then this… Jaxon’s first home football game. As a fifth grader, he looks tiny next to some eighth graders! He loves the game, though,…
Last Day of Freedom
School starts tomorrow and I’m back to the library from 8-5 twice a week. We took the kids to the creek to enjoy the last day of summer break. While we weren’t working… the guys were. Vernon crosses the creek with the tractor and baler while Brandon soon follows in a different tractor to haul…
Summertime Fun
It was time for some summertime fun with cousins… All eight together with plenty of squealing and moss fights and splashing and swimming and floating and kicking and laughing and short lectures and timeouts and back at it again… hopefully, a good summertime fun memory.
Cousin Crew Fun
This mighty Cousin Crew was at the Ten Sleep Youth Rodeo today, doing a few different things with their horses. You’re used to seeing them on the trail, moving cattle… or chattering away. And when I finish editing all my movies, I’ll share this day with you. It’s good experience making their horses do things…
Display Ideas?
Vernon’s sister and brother-in-law have been here sorting through Johnny’s house. It’s a big undertaking as many people know. Johnny had cleared out much of his house, but inevitably, after living in one place for 70 years, there was still more to go through. This is one of the “winners” in the “found” objects. A…
Braiding in the Rain
I had all five grandkids today while the crew finished up AI-ing the heifers. I did have some outdoor plans they were going to help with, but I woke to the wonderful sound of rain dripping off the roof. It continued to drizzle most of the day which kept us all inside except for a…
Field Trip
While I couldn’t go along for the full length, my boss let me zip out and join Jaxon’s historical field trip to the Spring Creek Raid site. The presenter, you will recognize, was Clay Gibbons, who just gave the talk on Banditti of the Plains at the library. The Spring Creek Raid was held on…
#TBT: Family Tree, v.2.0
This was first posted March 1, 2012. Not long ago, I shared the beginnings of an undertaking with you… in As Time Goes By. It is my version of the Pinterest project usually called “painted family tree” or some such title. Like I said earlier, this is an ongoing job, as our family grows… so will…
So Many Ways
I tend to leave my housework partially finished because I want to do more exciting things… like craft or build or go help the guys… I’ll never win awards for housekeeping and I do regret that lack of ambition… but I want to be outside and wandering out to see what Vernon is doing in…
End with Smiles
It seems hard to believe, but Lacee and Lorelei are old enough to be on a recreation district basketball team. They have both been excited, as they have watched their older brothers play and were anxious to give it a shot. So to speak. Lorelei has even been dreaming about basketball! Their first game was…
Little Bits
A very happy birthday to Tess! A big “I Miss You” to my mom… (Second from the left… wasn’t she a looker?) And a very cold morning… -32* here and Daniel had -44*… our walk in the sunshine was still only 3* by afternoon, but at least it was sunny. And I should have worn…