April brought us a wide variety of weather; warm and sunny to snow,
with a few rain showers threw in. Many folks have already started
irrigating here lately so the fields are starting to green up. The trees
have started to show some green. Rodney mowed the lawn about a week
ago. Our last 3 cows calved, all bulls. So with 14 calves this year, 11
were bulls and 3 of 'em were heifers. The last one just came on Tuesday
(28th) and was a bit of a bum. Spent the first couple days walking
around on his front ankles, but lately he's been up on his hooves. His
legs aren't completely normal, but he's getting there. Not sure what
happened to him.
Rodney had a trip to Phoenix for an Ag teacher conference the
middle of the month. He was going to fly out Tuesday (14th) evening, but
when we got to the airport, he heard that his flight was pushed back
because of high winds. Because of that, he wouldn't make his connection
so we came back home and he took off early the next morning. We got a
few inches of wet snow that Wednesday. He got home late Friday
night...or maybe I should say early Saturday morning. The next week, he
took a couple days off from school and did some more work on the
shed/garage project. As of now, the footings are poured for both sheds
and one of them is transferred to its new location. Hopefully that's
where we want it. If not, that's where it stays anyway. :) We also
poured a pad by the feed bunk. That usually gets really muddy feeding
calves there. Pig weigh-in for fair was last Saturday morning (25th) and
then Rodney and 4 FFA boys went to Columbus for a garden tractor pull.
Caleb won in the turf tire division.
The girls are liking the warmer, bare feet, mud pie making weather.
Actually, it doesn't need to be all that warm for them to want to play
in the dirt and water. Hannah's already asking for the sprinkler/pool.
It hasn't been that warm yet :) Nicole and Hannah have had a couple
swimming lessons this month that they've really enjoyed. Monday (13th)
was kindergarten roundup...kinda hard to believe she's that old already!
Sounds like it'll be a big class (around 20). She enjoyed getting the
tour (there's an art room!). Janell had her 9 month check up on Monday
(27th). She's 18 lb 12 oz and 28.5". Hasn't gained much since 6 months,
but she's an active little squirt. She's getting into the eating thing a
little more, especially if she can feed herself. Loves to climb the
stairs and clear the shelves in the playroom. Enjoys getting into
whatever the big girls are doing. :)
Enjoyed having Judy and Anna here for a few days a couple weeks
ago. They only have one more Gospel Meeting on Sunday and then it's off
to preps. A couple gems I've enjoyed: "Proper preparation prevents
panic" and sheep are vulnerable, they need a "deliverer", someone to
take care of them. They don't have what it takes to win against the
enemy. How wonderful it is to know Jesus as our deliverer.
'Til next time-
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