Fifty years ago today, my parents Richard and Virginia Peckens were married! It really doesn’t seem like they are old enough to be married that long…I don’t think they think they’re old enough either. We will have a celebratioin for them this weekend. My sister and her husband and five boys are all coming from Montana, well the oldest boy is flying in from California, but the rest are on their way home to celebrate with all the rest of us. It should be a good time, since we haven’t all been together since my brother was married and back then four of the grandchildren weren’t even born yet. So I guess you could say that we’ve never all been together!

A week ago, my sister and her husband celebrated their anniversary and if I were one to remember I’d know what year it was…let me take a stab at it…I think it is number 23 for them. And next Friday, my brother and his wife will celebrate 11 years of wedded bliss together. I’m the odd one out, my anniversary was in February.

Fifty years ago today, my parents Richard and Virginia Peckens were married! It really doesn’t seem like they are old enough to be married that long…I don’t think they think they’re old enough either. We will have a celebratioin for them this weekend. My sister and her husband and five boys are all coming from Montana, well the oldest boy is flying in from California, but the rest are on their way home to celebrate with all the rest of us. It should be a good time, since we haven’t all been together since my brother was married and back then four of the grandchildren weren’t even born yet. So I guess you could say that we’ve never all been together!

A week ago, my sister and her husband celebrated their anniversary and if I were one to remember I’d know what year it was…let me take a stab at it…I think it is number 23 for them. And next Friday, my brother and his wife will celebrate 11 years of wedded bliss together. I’m the odd one out, my anniversary was in February.

It was a tough night for baseball last evening as both Jake and Luke’s teams lost. Jake’s team went into extra innings and lost and Luke’s team lost both of their games to Hudson. Jake once again caught the whole game and Luke pitched their first inning and then played shortstop in the second game.

The night before last, Sarah’s team came away with a win. They were down 10-1 in the fourth inning and rallied to come back and tie the game. In extra innings the girls pulled it off with help from a homerun by Kaylie. They were very excited to say the least.

Tonight I get to go speak at a career fair about agricultural careers and that will be fun. I went down to the Farmers Advance and got some of my articles laminated and some papers to hand out. I get to travel to Bloomfield Hills, it’s been a while since I’ve been to Detroit!

Coffee’s gettin’ cold, better get!

It was a tough night for baseball last evening as both Jake and Luke’s teams lost. Jake’s team went into extra innings and lost and Luke’s team lost both of their games to Hudson. Jake once again caught the whole game and Luke pitched their first inning and then played shortstop in the second game.

The night before last, Sarah’s team came away with a win. They were down 10-1 in the fourth inning and rallied to come back and tie the game. In extra innings the girls pulled it off with help from a homerun by Kaylie. They were very excited to say the least.

Tonight I get to go speak at a career fair about agricultural careers and that will be fun. I went down to the Farmers Advance and got some of my articles laminated and some papers to hand out. I get to travel to Bloomfield Hills, it’s been a while since I’ve been to Detroit!

Coffee’s gettin’ cold, better get!

It was Kidsfest today at our fairgrounds and the local Michigan Milk Producers and Hillsdale County Farm Bureau set up a petting zoo and gave out free milk to all the kids. We supplied the calves for the zoo and handed out the milk. Sarah and Jake came out and were a huge help. One of the calves that we took was Jake’s 4-H calf and the other was a newborn…Penny. Penny got a lot of petting time, the kids were drawn to her and she lapped up all the attention she could.
We ran out of milk just 2 hours into the day…I guess it was a little more popular than we thought, but free milk is hard to resist. One of the funniest things about the day was when the kids were given the option of white or chocolate milk, most said chocolate. But when the occasional kid came along and wanted white, the mom always looked down at her child and said, “Are you sure, don’t you want chocolate?” I think us moms like chocolate a little more than most kids!
It was a great day of trying to teach the town folk where their food comes from. You can see some of the pictures below.
Tonight, Luke plays in Hudson and Jake has a home game. JW, Sarah and I will handle chores. It was a beautiful day here on the Knolltop..I just wasn’t here to enjoy it.

It was Kidsfest today at our fairgrounds and the local Michigan Milk Producers and Hillsdale County Farm Bureau set up a petting zoo and gave out free milk to all the kids. We supplied the calves for the zoo and handed out the milk. Sarah and Jake came out and were a huge help. One of the calves that we took was Jake’s 4-H calf and the other was a newborn…Penny. Penny got a lot of petting time, the kids were drawn to her and she lapped up all the attention she could.
We ran out of milk just 2 hours into the day…I guess it was a little more popular than we thought, but free milk is hard to resist. One of the funniest things about the day was when the kids were given the option of white or chocolate milk, most said chocolate. But when the occasional kid came along and wanted white, the mom always looked down at her child and said, “Are you sure, don’t you want chocolate?” I think us moms like chocolate a little more than most kids!
It was a great day of trying to teach the town folk where their food comes from. You can see some of the pictures below.
Tonight, Luke plays in Hudson and Jake has a home game. JW, Sarah and I will handle chores. It was a beautiful day here on the Knolltop..I just wasn’t here to enjoy it.

Yesterday Holly gave us a heifer–Honey! We are so excited about Holly calving and giving us a heifer.
I’m having trouble posting on the blog because my teenage boys are acting like toddlers! They are walking around with book covers on their heads and now Luke has taken a bandana and cut a mask out of it and they are bent over with laughter! So I guess that’s all for now, since I’m being interrupted.

Yesterday Holly gave us a heifer–Honey! We are so excited about Holly calving and giving us a heifer.
I’m having trouble posting on the blog because my teenage boys are acting like toddlers! They are walking around with book covers on their heads and now Luke has taken a bandana and cut a mask out of it and they are bent over with laughter! So I guess that’s all for now, since I’m being interrupted.

Honey has arrived! Yesterday afternoon, Bobby and Luke helped Holly deliver her heifer calf and they named her Honey. I just can’t believe she gave us another heifer! This is very exciting, especially for Luke as he gets to show Holly’s offspring. Now we just need to get the swelling out of Holly’s udder and she needs to get ready for the show in a few weeks.

Penny was the other heifer born yesterday from Petunia. She’s cute too, but her mother is now a show cow. But you never know how she might turn out. We won’t be able to show these calves until next spring, they are too young for this show season.

Jake won his game last night against Waldron. He caught the whole game. It was a nice evening, breezy and warm. I really don’t know why I bothered to shower before the game, all the dirt from the infield blew on us…every step a kid took stirred up a dust storm for us.

Bobby is on his way to a Holstein meeting in Lansing and this afternoon, the kids and I have to go get 12 cases of milk from McDonalds to give away at Kidsfest tomorrow at the fairgrounds. We also have to take a couple of calves out for the petting zoo.

Honey has arrived! Yesterday afternoon, Bobby and Luke helped Holly deliver her heifer calf and they named her Honey. I just can’t believe she gave us another heifer! This is very exciting, especially for Luke as he gets to show Holly’s offspring. Now we just need to get the swelling out of Holly’s udder and she needs to get ready for the show in a few weeks.

Penny was the other heifer born yesterday from Petunia. She’s cute too, but her mother is now a show cow. But you never know how she might turn out. We won’t be able to show these calves until next spring, they are too young for this show season.

Jake won his game last night against Waldron. He caught the whole game. It was a nice evening, breezy and warm. I really don’t know why I bothered to shower before the game, all the dirt from the infield blew on us…every step a kid took stirred up a dust storm for us.

Bobby is on his way to a Holstein meeting in Lansing and this afternoon, the kids and I have to go get 12 cases of milk from McDonalds to give away at Kidsfest tomorrow at the fairgrounds. We also have to take a couple of calves out for the petting zoo.