Neighbors and roses...

 

The morning was spent on animal checking and care.  Dad and Andrew were gone grain-cleaning most of the day.

 

At 2:00, I went over to babysit the neighbor children for 4 hours.  :)  I hadn't seen them in a long time, so it was fun to spend time together again. 

 

The twins, James and Michael...  I remember babysitting them when they were babies!

 Now they're old enough to ride bikes without training wheels!

 I brought them over to our farm for a while, as they love seeing the animals and playing on the swings...

...and the trampoline.  (Thanks, Jacob, for getting this picture of the 4 of us!) 

 They enjoyed checking for eggs and playing with Sally's calf...

 I took them back to their house when their dad was expected to arrive home from work.  Amelia snapped this picture of Michael and I...

 After supper, I went out to check cows on the 4-wheeler. 

This cow of mine had a beautiful red baby today!  :)

 This calf of Andrew's was born early this morning and I had to tube-feed him some colostrum as he wasn't getting up.  Tonight, he drank from the bottle.  We may have to get him in a pen with his mother after he's up and about, as she doesn't seem to be too attentive to him.  Thankfully, he can stand now finally.

I received a beautiful surprise in the mail this morning!!!!   A friend sent me a dozen roses---just because.  :)  They smell so wonderful! 

Now I need to go help get a cow in and pull the calf, as the guys think it's backwards......... 

God be with you-----and all of us!