Well, we made it. Steve and I survived a week (and 2 days) at home with the kids; and the kids survived a week (and 2 days) at home with mom and dad. I think everyone will be happy to go to school and work tomorrow morning. The weather was wonderful and we were able to get a lot done outside. The kids even managed to get a little sun kissed. In preparation for the return to school and work - the weather changed today. We had about a 40 degree difference between Sunday (83) and Monday (43)... gotta love Colorado.
Here are some pictures of what we did...
We played on the farm for our vacation. We worked and worked at trying to break the cows. Papa says that in 3 days they can be broke. Well, it took us longer than that. Daisy (the calf) was probably the easiest, then Copper (the oldest), followed by Moon (the pain in the butt). We could probably put a string around Diesel and lead him. He's by far the gentlest bull I've ever seen. Kyler was crawling and running all over the fences, gates, logs in his pen and he just ignores him. We bought him that way - Diesel, not Kyler. He's an awesome bull. The cows are doing better, we just have to keep working with them. It's going to take us awhile to get them to the way diesel is - but that is our goal.
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| Daisy |
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| Jake combing Diesel |
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| MaKenna feeding Copper |
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| MaKenna walking Daisy |
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| Moon |
The kids really wanted a road trip - but instead settled for staying on the Farm. They were really good and understood that we just had to get some things done. Steve decided to get them Zip Line to keep them occupied while we worked around the property and with the cows. They had a great time.
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| Zip Line |
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| Pure Trouble |
We had gotten some individual pizza pans, so we figured with it being Spring Break and the weather being so nice that we would start Spring off with a Pizza Party. These are a couple pictures of the pizza the kids made. We have gotten this pizza making and baking down to perfection. The key to the fire is to start the fire the night before and then just let it go - without adding wood for about 6 hours before we cook. The key to great pizza (easy to get out of the pan) is Olive Oil and Cornmeal. The key to baking it rotating often (every 5 min for a large pizza and every 2 min for a small).
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| Pizza Party |
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| Pizza Party |
Steve loves to be outside and takes any opportunity he can to play on some kind of big boy toy. He got the dozer out of the garage and hooked it up to the manure spreader. (I guess the "ya never know" day really came.) He heard we were in for some snow/rain Monday (Today) so he made sure he got the property seeded. He spent all day Friday and Saturday driving back and forth... I'm sure he wishes he had a bigger drill seed, but we'll make do with what we have. We also wish daddy was out here to help and tell us what we're doing wrong.
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| Steve spreading seed (borrowed the tractor) |
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| Dozer pulling the manure spreader |
1 comment:
Papa and Nana both wish we were there too. Looks like a great and productive week.
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