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Since Aunt Bon did a blog on Mom’s birthday party, I thought I would tell you a little bit about that afternoon. After a much-needed nap, Aunt Heather arranged for Rhett and Matt to come up and play in the …

On Friday, Mom, Lindsay, and I went up to Grampy and Grammy’s and had a sleepover. Since it was Mom’s birthday Saturday, Grampy and Grammy took all the family that could go out to eat to celebrate. Rhett had a …

We all met at Mom and Dad’s over the weekend to celebrate Beck’s birthday. It’s always fun (and noisy) when we get together. And no Werner birthday can be complete unless you get your nose buttered. Why, you ask? I …

Matt and Joe headed to Creston on Wednesday to record some radio ads about our bulls for sale. This was Matt’s first time of doing such a thing, and from what I hear, he did a nice job. I think …

We got several more inches of snow the night before last. And wind. This was on top of the snow and wind we’d gotten just a few days before that. So the guys spent most of the morning clearing the …

Mom and I worked a bunch of bulls at the feed efficiency center yesterday. And while Mom and I have worked thousands of head of cattle together, I can’t remember if we’ve ever worked cattle exclusively by ourselves. But that’s …

We weighed 50 head of our yearling bulls off their feed-test last week.  And as I’ve mentioned before, it’s almost like Christmas for me when we get the results.  We’ve been testing our bulls and heifers for feed intake for …

I love this picture. It is one of my all-time favorites of my sweet family. Hard to believe it was taken four and a half years ago. Time flies when you’re having fun!

On our way home from the hoop shoot on Saturday, we noticed the spring heifers headed in a westerly direction. Then we noticed the reason for their migration. Joe was out there with the cake feeder. Then we noticed the …