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We had three contestants in the Muttin’ Bustin’ at the rodeo last night.  This one was just a little unsure about the whole thing when it came right down to it.  But she did great!  I don’t know whose expression …

We moved a bunch of cows the other day.  And when we were taking them out of the pasture, I kept hearing the cows talk about this lovely infinity scarf that one of them had seen through the barbed-wire window.  …

We worked the Larson calves last week.  It’s been very hot, so we worked the cattle early in the morning when it was still cool. The first day, it was Matt… Abby… And Will to gather the cows.  (Plus me, …

I love to garden.  It’s so enjoyable and relaxing for me.  I used to tell the kids, “I’m going out to work in my garden,” but the day I usually have time to work in my garden is Sunday and …

We weighed our fall bulls on test last week. Grampy was gone delivering bulls, so we had to recruit the younger generation.  They’re always fun to work with. As soon as I got to the beef center, my sweet nephews …

We celebrated Aunt Carolyn’s birthday this week. (I went ahead and edited out the candles, but rest assured they said “29”:) We love it when Aunt Carolyn comes. She likes to spend several weeks with us during the summer so …

We had a full week of chopping around the ranch last week. It’s a fun time of year, though very busy. It takes a large crew and we are very blessed to have such great help. We like to have …

Where has the time gone?! We’re in the third week of June and I feel like school just got out. We’ve had a great summer so far. We’ve been busy with cattle, hay, and ball. But today I’ll tell you …

The first week of summer vacation was great!  We got tons of work done…which is good because we have lots of work to do. It seems like we spent most of the week moving cows, working cows, putting up hay, …

Today is the last day of school!!!  Hallelujah!  (Although Mount Ayr students, a.k.a Rhett and Ashtyn, actually have to go till Wednesday.) The kids are very excited to be done.  And so are the adults as the list of things …