A Wonderful Day

we had a wonderful Fathers day. in the morning after church Brandon got baptised!



and then we spent a wonderful afternoon at the park!!! enjoy the picts!!!


this army tank was a memorial for those who have fought to keep us free!


my dad and all my brothers!


mother and I!!


my littlest brother grew! he extended his body length by about 4 feet!!!
lol jk its a trick picture! cool ey??


Nebraska's most wonderful water tower!!!
WAHOO NE!!!!!

!Big Froggy!

thought yall might be interested in seeing a big frog we found the other day! he was out in our pasture when my brother found him so we had a bit of fun with him before we but him back into the open. i didnt get a pict with his legs extended but his legs were a good 8-10 inches long! would a made good eatin ey?? (not for me at least lol)

horse show

yep today was our first real horse show!!! (under saddle) it was quite interesting! we got at the show grounds around 8:30, checked in, did all that. i saddled Sapphire up and warmed her up a bit. while i was in the warm up arena they had started the first class (english pleasure) well the first class, not 5 minutes into it, a gal got bucked off. right in front of my mom! my mom was standing right on the edge of the fence and the gal fell practically at her feet. she got hurt pretty bad. they had to call the ambulience, my mom think she busted her femer. anyway the gals horse went buckin around the arena and another gal got bucked off! (all the horses started buckin, crow hoping, and stuff while this horse was tearing around the arena. ) thankfully that got over with and the show moved on. i didnt hear any thing more on the gal that got hurt, but hopefully shes ok.

well to spoil such a beuitiful morning it started raining on us. i was completly soaked. while i was showing we had just a real steady rain. as soon as i got done and took sapphires tack off. it started down pouring. yeiks. oh well!

Sapphire did very well considering her age and that she wont pick up a left lead. she did perfect on her transitions between gaits, of course when she picked up the right lead instead of the left that kept us in the reds. but it was fun, i think Sapphire learned some stuff and i sure did! heres a few pictures! (in some of the pictures you can see the rain)

Strawberry Pickin

Today we picked a BUNCH of Strawberries. 13 gallon Buckets of them. about 50lbs! (51 1/2 to be exact!) it was tons of fun and now we have loads yummy berries! heres a few picts!

So Far This Year

i will update you on a few things that have happened and bring you up to where i am now.

January-Feburary
we had a very cold bitter winter here in Nebraska. lots of snow, and i am very thankful were into summer now

March-April
Spring was a little late in coming. but its here now. all of our Nannie Goats have had their kids. i think we have a total of about 20 kids + all the nannies = around 30 goats. we almost tripled our heard in just a few weeks!!!

we are done with our homeschool Debate/speech season. :'( its kind of a relief but im very excited for next year

we are starting to get our garden ready for planting. lots of work outside :)

May-June
we have been harvesting tons of radishes, & lettus already. weve got patatoes, peppers, onions, tamatoes, and lots of other things well on their way. Herbs and Flowers are planted for the year.





iv been very busy milking working on our farm, helping my dad with the up coming haying season and getting my horse ready for her first year of show!















we bought 4 calvs from my grandparents feed lot to raise for meet. they are all so cute!





This is my calfy. Caption. hes been kinda sick lately but we've been trying to get him better





















this is Brandons Calf i believe his name is Major














im not quite sure what this fellers name is.
but this is Skylars calf














and this dark one standing up is Tanners
but i dont think he has a name yet. ____________

So now were kinda sorta caught up and i will keep you posted!!!!!