Class of 2013

Yesterday, our nephew Corey graduated from High School. We are so proud of him! He is an amazing young man, our family is so blessed to call him nephew and cousin. We are so excited to see what God has for your life!

After the ceremony my brother and sister-in-law threw an awesome party! Lorene did such a great job at everything from the decor (which looked like something off of a Pinterest page) to the food so yummy.

 My little family with the high school graduate! My children LOVE Corey he is always so awesome with them.

 The proud parents,

 and Grandparents.

 It was a great party! I loved the banner Lorene made, I liked what it said, "Today we learn tomorrow we lead." We can't wait to see where Corey will be lead. Congrats Corey we love you so much and so excited to watch you head out into the future.

Crop Dusting

The wind the last couple of days has been perfect for the crop dusters to do their jobs. You could hear them all around the farm. Two of them were fairly close to our farm and Ky and I had to go out to watch. It is crazy how low they get to the ground. I don't know anything about flying but I will say it has to takes some serious skills! So impressive!

 Have a great weekend! I hope you enjoy whatever you are doing! See you back here on Monday!

Sealing it up

One of the bigger jobs we have on the farm is to tarp the feed. After the feed is cut in the field they pile and pack it as compact as possible and then we all work together to seal it up with a huge tarp. This way the feed is preserved longer and our cows are able to eat healthy all year around.  The tarp comes in a big super heavy roll (I know I went and picked it up, oh my goodness!) 

                        Then the crew grabs on one end and pulls it up and over the top as it unrolls

                                   Then everyone stands on a piece of it so it doesn't blow off

                                                  Here is what it looks like when it is covered.

                               The milkman gets the tractor bucket full of dirt and seals off the edges.

                                      In the picture below is a smaller pile that was done the day before. When the milkman is ready to use the feed, he just uncovers one end of the pile and cuts the tarp and scoops out the feed for what he needs that day. This is a great system because it keeps the feed as fresh as possible for our cows. And as we all know fresh feed makes for yummy fresh milk!

                                                   It is so important to pull the trap as tight as possible when the milkman is putting the dirt around it to seal it. It keeps out the air so that the feed stays fresher longer, kind of like a vacuum seal.

Ky thought this was her new slide, we try to find some fun while working! Thanks everyone for working so hard to get the feed tarpped. It is not a fun job because the dust and dirt can get in your eyes, but now it is done and we have not only a happy milkman but also some really happy cows :)

6th Grade Promotion/Party

She did it! Tiana is officially a 7th grader OH MY!!! We are so proud of her. She has to work so hard for her grades because of her dyslexia and she stays so positive. Good Job!

                                        We hosted a kick off to summer party at our house.

                                22 kiddos……..22 hyper, so excited, loud but so much fun kiddos!

 There was 4 of us moms to keep everyone in line and organized. Alot, easier said then done!!

 The milkman was in the field planting so I became the grill master. I will have to say I think he does a better job than I do that is for sure!

 After lunch we played some games. This one below was my favorite, it is a relay race. We divided the kids into teams and put a bowl of skittles in front of each team, gave each kid a straw and then taking turns they have to suck in and hold the skittle as they walk across the floor to drop it into a bucket. Then they run back and tagged the next person. The first team to put 1 skittle per person into the bucket wins! It was SO much fun!!

                      This is a great group of kids! I'm so thankful Tiana has such amazing friends!

                                       We had filled 200 water balloons to play a outside game

 For this game you take milk jugs (luckily we have a few :) ) cut the bottoms off, and use them upside down to catch the water balloons. Then divide the kids again into teams and each team has to toss and catch a balloon without breaking it. If you do break it, you have to get another balloon and after successfully catching it hand off to the next person behind you. The first team to get through wins.

 Since, we had so many balloons left over we decided to let them have a free for all!! I think that was the best game of all. It was a great day and an awesome way to kick off summer!