Way behind

It's so easy to lose track. I dont know where to start. So I'll wait for a sleepless night to catch up.

Hope everyone is well.

Happy Fall Y'all!!!

FALLEN HEROES

In Honor of my Grandfather, Richard Norman Pray, April 26, 1905 - October 18, 1972
WW II Veteran.

I have to say watching Pete and the boys raise this flag 6:30 this morning was far more than just sentimental. I can not imagine the emotions my mother felt when they handed her this flag 37 years ago. I was only 4 years old when he passed away, so my memories are only those captured and stored within a tin box full of old polaroid photos.

I can proudly say, I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN and am overwhelmed by the sacrifices of the many men and women who have come before me.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Proud Moments

Pround moments.... dont we love them! Jared's 90 second debut was executed perfectly!

It's Spring

The pictures prove it, right?! The garden is sprouting it's first fruits already! We've got, peas, onions, broccoli, spinach, turnips, and carrots sprouting their tiny heads thru the dirt. It just amazes me every year, we wait and wait and wait for the grass to turn green for the leaves to bud, for the grass to grow for the birds to sing, and BAM we get up the next morning and it's all right there! The grass turning bright green is just a beautiful sight, until you realize at the same time it needs cutting :) I think this year although Jared is tall enough, we need to strap some ankle weights around his waist and make him heavy enough to operate my John Deere mower!

Always something to do.

It's not Spring yet, but life on the farm is busy, busy, busy. Our new herd is producing the first calfs from our bull, who remains unnamed at this time.

#12 aka Louise had "Crystal" (in honor of Frosty the Snowman's wife) on January 31; the kids input is very important in this naming process.

Red, because when we bot the herd her fur was definitely red, not so true now which is interesting, however she had "Frosty Valentino" on February 15; while we were in church. He's a BIG boy.

Then this past Wednesday, I discovered "Otis" outback, not exactly sure when he was born, we are guessing it was last weekend, Feb 22. It was cold and windy so we hadn't spent as much time outside so Pretty really surprised us, we knew she was expecting but we missed all the normal signs, mainly because she never appeared huge.

Now we have to wait for Ugly, I know the name seems cruel, however you'd agree :) besides the fact she tried very hard to hurt us last Spring when she had "Cookie" (who will be aka hamburger in the Fall) He's another whole story. So anyway, her name has stuck. And then #47, mother of Archie last August.

We also added two new heifers to the mix, so they should have calves in time for Christmas.

We are also awaiting the "peeps" to hatch down on the haystack, should be any day now.

Now we have the Maple Syrup business going on..... Last weekend Pete took a branch out of a maple tree and the sap started running; so Jared, our young engineer grabbed a hammer and a nail and started banging on the tree, with Mom's help we improved upon his creation and so far have gathered 3 quarts from that tap.

Now today, Pete and Jared started tapping the remaining Maple trees on the farm, now I know we're not in Vermont and the syrup may not be LLBean quality, but it's the experience that counts. So they made 5 more taps and we've got sap everywhere!

My Angels

This is proof, they can be angels! Still waiting for the "big one" to hit us, this year isn't looking very promising either. It's been 6 years since we've had a big snow. Sam was just a baby. The world stopped for at least two days. It was wonderful.

Farm Style Science Project

I dont know about you, but I've never seen a hard-boiled, double-yoker before. So I thought I'd try it. I don't know, I thought maybe during the boiling process the double yokes would explode and become one or something. Curiosity killed the cat, right?

So the kids were pretty amazed, even Pete was impressed and I'm happy.

Believe it or not! Now you've seen a hard-boiled, double-yoke egg. And yes it was from one of our chickens.