On display

Last night we tried out a new BBQ restaurant in our area, Seamus T-Bones. We wanted to check out the food, but the main reason we went there was to see some of my photos that are on display. Here are the three that they picked of mine to put up on the wall...

Today's funny...

I borrowed this funny from my friend Shelley's blog....

This is funny to me today... probably not such a good thing!

On the way home

The past couple of weeks have been very busy on the ranch... probably our busiest time of the year. It's when we wean the calves from the cows, ship the calves to one of the ranches closer to town, and pregnancy-check the cows. I made four trips out to the hill ranches over the past two weeks. Some days I just had to deliver lunch to the crew, but a couple of days I had to help. My big job is recording which cows are pregnant and how far along they are (according to the vet).

I took a couple pictures on my way home on Wednesday so I thought I would share...

And Molly got to ride home with me....

It is such a relief to have that done! And things went really well too! Thanks to our parents for helping out with the kids while we did this. We couldn't have done it without you!

Visiting baby

On Tuesday, we went to visit a long-time family friend, Donna and her family, that were in town visiting. Donna and Tim just had a little baby girl, Morgan, and also have 2 year old Carter. Abigail was pretty excited to hold baby Morgan. She said she wants a baby sister. I guess she'll have to settle for a baby cousin next month!

Awesome photo!

Don't you think this photo is awesome? My friend Shelley from Arkansas took it and is a finalist in an online contest.

Can you do me a favor and go to this site to vote for her photo? Hers is #10. Just scroll down till you see the place to vote. Thanks so much!!

Snail Rock

When I was growing up, I would sometimes spend the day with my Dad out at Bear River (this is where the ranches are that he ran, and we now run, our cattle). There is this object that you can see from the road out there that we call "Snail Rock." We aren't sure if it's a rock, a bush, or a combination of the two. We talked about it almost everytime we drove by it.

We would talk about taking a walk out from the road to see what it really was... but we never did. I think part of it was that we didn't want to ruin the mystery of what it really was made of.

Many times driving by, I wanted to stop and take a picture. Yesterday I was out there, and I asked Andy to stop and I finally took a picture of it!

I know it's hard to see much from this picture. This was as far as my big zoom lens would reach. I actually like the fact that I STILL can't really tell what it is from the picture. The mystery continues...

Baby shower

I haven't posted lately but it's been a crazy couple of weeks. This past weekend my mom and I went down to Walnut Creek and San Francisco to see my very pregnant sister and attend a baby shower. It was a wonderful event and Mary got more than she will ever need for the baby! Here's a few pictures....

One of my mom's gifts to Mary was her own baby blanket...

These little cookies were at our places on the table. Aren't they adorable?


It was a fun weekend. We ate way too much, shopped a little, and had a little girl time!

Do you think...

that Andy has been working some long days????

This is, by far, the busiest time of the year for him on the ranch. Can you tell? PS. he will not be happy about this picture being on here... :)

Today

Today I went over to the ranch in Ferndale to help Andy feed the newly weaned calves. He didn't really *need* my help, but he thought we could hang out.... Here's a few pictures that I took.



The calves were pretty interested....

Hilarious

Okay this may be one of the the most hilarious blogs that I have ever read. BUT it's only funny if you have given birth! Well it might be funny if you haven't given birth but are a labor & delivery nurse. Anyway, check it out. Just don't tell my sister, Mary, about it because she's due in about 6 weeks. We don't want to freak her out completely...