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.

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!