Workin' outside!

The sun was shining and the wind hand a tinge of warmth to it.  My dad, brothers and I spent most of the day outside while my mom kept things going in the house (baking bread and doing laundry----even hanging it out on the line!). 

 

The 4 of us spent at least an hour catching and tagging calves, as we'd gotten behind quite a bit in the blizzard and then being gone at the sale and the convention...  After having 9 new calves today (Yay!), we have a grand total of 40 live, healthy calves, sporting shiny new ear-tags. 

 Praise be to the Lord for all the new life on the farm!!! 

 

As promised last night, here is a picture of what my dad so thoughtfully gave me!  :)

 

It matches my "new" Bobcat so well!  :)

 

My dad showed me how to fuel this machine and where to check the oil, then gave me a job cleaning up the old corn-pile.   It was a good place to learn how to drive this, as there was plenty of room to move around...  :)

Here is a picture of 2 of my cows and their calves out in the big part of the pasture here at the farm.  The calf on the left was one that my dad and I pulled this afternoon---right there in the pasture.  :)

I hope and pray that you all are enjoying this taste of Spring-weather as much as we are!