Dalan to the Rescue

Today Dalan rescued a turtle from underneath the cattle guard (or auto gate as they call them in Nebraska).



He is a Painted Turtle and was very grateful I am sure.






Then Dalan let him go wild and free.



And he was off to find a new home and we were back to work.

Denver.

Tuesday afternoon my neighbors Sara and Ruby came and picked me up and we drove off to Denver. Five hours later we saw many many people and lots and lots of cars.



The whole reason for the trip was to go to the Denver Temple.
It was beautiful. Beautiful temple. Beautiful day. Beautiful spring flowers and smells. It felt so good to go and so good to get back home to hugs and kisses from my husband :)

Workin' Hard

I realized I haven't shared any pictures of Dalan in a while. So here are some good ones of him on the job :)

Here is Dalan and Pepper moving the Heifers.

Dalan giving a newborn some Colostrum.

And tagging another calf.

All of the calves are on the ground now, so lately he has been moving them from pasture to pasture. Things are going well!

Our Vacation to Carhenge

This is Stonehenge. The one said to be built loooong loooong ago.
Not to be confused with Carhenge.




And . . . Welcome to Carhenge! An interesting model of Stonehenge and only 3 miles out of Alliance. Also our destination on a Sunday drive not to long ago.





Here we are. Happy to be going to church and getting a break from the Heifers Wives. Just enjoying Carhenge. Which, by the way, if you think it seems weird in the pictures, being there in person is worse. We just stood there silently for a moment and then laughed. It is exactly what it says and what it looks like. Nothing else.

My Little Babies

Sorry it has been so long in between blogging, our internet has not allowed it and neither have the busy Heifers. Since the last time I have blogged I have acquired some babies. This is Gus and Lori, inspired by our evening routine lately of watching Lonesome Dove. They are just the cutest. Lori now has a Heifer mom, who has been truly fooled into thinking she is her own. And I have accepted the fact that she needs a mama who moos and eats grass :)

Loving the smell of Freshly Cut Grass

It took less than 13 minutes for Dalan to mow our lawn. We are getting spoiled with such a big rig lawn mower.

How is Pepper You Might Ask.

She seems to be loving it here. She rides in all sorts of trucks with us, runs with me. Only sometimes has to be left behind and watch Dalan work from the side walk, but she gets to attempt to catch frogs and basks in the sun where she dug herself a nice little hole. She's livin' the dream! ha ha apologies for the last picture, it's taken from inside the house.

Prom Days

This is Amanda, her and her family are awesome! She asked me to do her hair for prom and thought I would share the results. I thought it turned out so pretty, almost a Pride and Prejudice feel to it. I loved working with her curly hair, it was so much fun. Thanks Amanda for letting me spray you with hairspray and cover you with bobby pins. It was a blast!

I'm going to the Mailbox . . . I'll be back in half an hour

Yes. It really does take that long to get to our mailbox. It still makes me laugh. It makes for a good date night or a good drive :)