It seems now with the sale over, life can get back to normal…whatever that is. The kids will now be put to work with a daily routine. They don’t know this yet….:) The boys have to go unload hay this morning for the neighbor and Jake and Sarah have to work with their show heifers. Then I’ve got to get the laundry done and some other things around the house. Housekeeping has been put on the back burner and it needs to come up to the front and put on high.
Holly hasn’t calved yet, but I bet by this morning she will have a new calf out there. Petunia delivered a new heifer this morning, well actually last night, they were out in the pasture this morning and the calf was dry and up, bouncing around. After Holly we’ll have one more cow to calve this month.
My coffee is getting stale, time to refill and get going.

It seems now with the sale over, life can get back to normal…whatever that is. The kids will now be put to work with a daily routine. They don’t know this yet….:) The boys have to go unload hay this morning for the neighbor and Jake and Sarah have to work with their show heifers. Then I’ve got to get the laundry done and some other things around the house. Housekeeping has been put on the back burner and it needs to come up to the front and put on high.
Holly hasn’t calved yet, but I bet by this morning she will have a new calf out there. Petunia delivered a new heifer this morning, well actually last night, they were out in the pasture this morning and the calf was dry and up, bouncing around. After Holly we’ll have one more cow to calve this month.
My coffee is getting stale, time to refill and get going.

To all the fathers out there, and especially mine, Happy Fathers Day! We’re having a relaxing morning here on the Knolltop. Why aren’t we in church you migh ask? There is this event called NASCAR and they are having a race today just a few miles northeast of here and because of the millions of people who love NASCAR the traffic on a Sunday makes in nearly impossible to go anywhere north of here. So two weekends during the summer, we stay close by.

In honor of Fathers Day, we are taking Big Daddy to the batting cages…upon his suggestion. He said that’s where he wanted to go. Then we’ll take him out to lunch and back home for a relaxing afternoon.

Holly is getting close to calving and we can’t wait! I’ll have a camera soon and I’ll take pictures, if she doesn’t calve before the camera is available!

To all the fathers out there, and especially mine, Happy Fathers Day! We’re having a relaxing morning here on the Knolltop. Why aren’t we in church you migh ask? There is this event called NASCAR and they are having a race today just a few miles northeast of here and because of the millions of people who love NASCAR the traffic on a Sunday makes in nearly impossible to go anywhere north of here. So two weekends during the summer, we stay close by.

In honor of Fathers Day, we are taking Big Daddy to the batting cages…upon his suggestion. He said that’s where he wanted to go. Then we’ll take him out to lunch and back home for a relaxing afternoon.

Holly is getting close to calving and we can’t wait! I’ll have a camera soon and I’ll take pictures, if she doesn’t calve before the camera is available!

Our District II Holstein sale was a great success. We averaged 2400 on 80 lots. Everyone was pleased with how the sale went except the buyers who thought they were going to pick up some cheap cattle. Our heifer sold well and I was pleased with who bought her. The Heislers from Springport bought her, I hope they show her.

Now, about this blog, yesterday I posted, but it didn’t show up on my computer, did it for anyone else?

Last night while JW, Jake and I were at the sale, Luke and Sarah had games, Luke’s team won and Sarah’s team lost. Sounds like Sarah would’ve been better off coming to the sale and enjoying rootbeer floats!

Better get mowing and hoeing!

Our District II Holstein sale was a great success. We averaged 2400 on 80 lots. Everyone was pleased with how the sale went except the buyers who thought they were going to pick up some cheap cattle. Our heifer sold well and I was pleased with who bought her. The Heislers from Springport bought her, I hope they show her.

Now, about this blog, yesterday I posted, but it didn’t show up on my computer, did it for anyone else?

Last night while JW, Jake and I were at the sale, Luke and Sarah had games, Luke’s team won and Sarah’s team lost. Sounds like Sarah would’ve been better off coming to the sale and enjoying rootbeer floats!

Better get mowing and hoeing!

It’s finally here…District II sale day! I dropped the boys off this morning at the fairgrounds, they should be well into washing the cows by now. What a job that will be! Luke is bummed though, he has a game he has to go to tonight instead of the sale, so he will miss out on leading the cattle through. Sarah has a game too, but I don’t think she’s bothered by missing the sale. I have to head down to Camden and pick up some business cards and newspapers for a seminar that I’m doing next week and get the ice cream for our rootbeer floats for the presale party.
It’s a beautiful day again, but it’s going to be hot. I just love summer!

It’s finally here…District II sale day! I dropped the boys off this morning at the fairgrounds, they should be well into washing the cows by now. What a job that will be! Luke is bummed though, he has a game he has to go to tonight instead of the sale, so he will miss out on leading the cattle through. Sarah has a game too, but I don’t think she’s bothered by missing the sale. I have to head down to Camden and pick up some business cards and newspapers for a seminar that I’m doing next week and get the ice cream for our rootbeer floats for the presale party.
It’s a beautiful day again, but it’s going to be hot. I just love summer!

It’s another sunny morning here on the Knolltop. It promises to be a very hot day. I’ve got my cup of coffee and I’m heading into a full day of getting ready for the District II sale tomorrow. JW is already out to the fairgrounds and Luke has gone to help the neighbor move some hay. Then Luke and the neighbor are going to replace one of the batteries in the tractor. After that, Luke and I will load up Fantasia and take her to the fairgrounds for the sale. I’m going to miss her, she is one of our show heifers and she’s been very easy to break and is a dream to show. I hope whoever buys her will take her on the tanbark trail this summer.

It’s said that Luke played the best game of his life last night. He pitched the first game and had a double and a triple. In the second game he played first base. I can’t remember ever seeing him play first base, it was kind of boring though, so I left and went to watch Jake’s game in Pittsford. Although I was planning on going to Jake’s game all along, I should’ve stayed at Luke’s game. That boring game transformed into a drama filled game. They ended up going into extra innings and one of the opposing team’s coaches got thrown out and we won! Luke caught a line drive to the arm and it swelled right up, so this morning he’s “enjoying” his injury.

Down at Pittsford, Jake caught the whole game and I really can’t tell you how he batted. But I do know this; he was trying to catch a ball and tag a guy out and got plowed over, knocked the wind out of him and now he has a great story to tell. He loves to tell the stories, over and over and over again. They ended up losing the game.

Well, better get on my strawberries and I’ve got to write this morning too. All of a sudden I’m feeling a little crunched for time!

It’s another sunny morning here on the Knolltop. It promises to be a very hot day. I’ve got my cup of coffee and I’m heading into a full day of getting ready for the District II sale tomorrow. JW is already out to the fairgrounds and Luke has gone to help the neighbor move some hay. Then Luke and the neighbor are going to replace one of the batteries in the tractor. After that, Luke and I will load up Fantasia and take her to the fairgrounds for the sale. I’m going to miss her, she is one of our show heifers and she’s been very easy to break and is a dream to show. I hope whoever buys her will take her on the tanbark trail this summer.

It’s said that Luke played the best game of his life last night. He pitched the first game and had a double and a triple. In the second game he played first base. I can’t remember ever seeing him play first base, it was kind of boring though, so I left and went to watch Jake’s game in Pittsford. Although I was planning on going to Jake’s game all along, I should’ve stayed at Luke’s game. That boring game transformed into a drama filled game. They ended up going into extra innings and one of the opposing team’s coaches got thrown out and we won! Luke caught a line drive to the arm and it swelled right up, so this morning he’s “enjoying” his injury.

Down at Pittsford, Jake caught the whole game and I really can’t tell you how he batted. But I do know this; he was trying to catch a ball and tag a guy out and got plowed over, knocked the wind out of him and now he has a great story to tell. He loves to tell the stories, over and over and over again. They ended up losing the game.

Well, better get on my strawberries and I’ve got to write this morning too. All of a sudden I’m feeling a little crunched for time!