Watch 'em Grow...

I find summer as an interesting season. There are so many "things" you can sit back and watch grow throughout the warm summer days!

Watch 'em grow....
baby goats that were born in the spring,
nicely built colts,
speckled longhorn calves,
fluffy chicks growing their feathers,
curious kittens playing friskly,
smart, playful puppies,
and, of course, inocent children enjoying their freedom and the warm sunshine.

Here kitty, kitty, kitty...

Here are two of our three cats that you might see prowling around our place.  We value our cats for their great "mousing" ability. 

                                 ...and MamaKitty just had three babies! Doesn't she look worn out?

His name is Smokey.   We have another one that looks identical, except the female came with a bob-tail. These two are very playful.  We joke that they don't really think of themselves as felines at all....because they trot right along with our dogs to meet our pick-up when we pull down the driveway.  It's pretty funny!

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I believe I have one whirlwind week ahead of me. I just received a phone call from my daddy. My grandmother hasn't been doing well
and she just passed away this morning.

I have a million thoughts, memories, prayers, pains, etc running through my head. Please tell your loved ones how much they mean to you!!!

Have a good week...

Here I am again....a long breather since my last update.  Our life has been a bit hectic around here...to say the least!  But I haven't forgotten about my site, so let's get busy...

For Easter this year, my husband and I decided to give the kiddos home-made "gift certificates: good for one fruit tree of their choice"...beats a basket full of candy, right?  Anyway, that's what we did this year and a few weeks ago we took the kids to a nursery for them to choose their very own fruit tree.  We came home with a bing cherry tree, a plum tree, and two pear trees.  We proudly dug our holes and planted these little guys with great hope to harvest some fruit, if not this year, then next year for sure! 

Then several weeks later came Mother's Day...and my family brought me my very own fruit tree!...a peach tree!  It is so cute! So perfect! And already has fruit on it!  I can't wait to taste a fresh peach off my own fruit tree!  Here's a great little pic of it...

And here is a close-up of my first peach...isn't he cute???  Still has some growing to do!!!  But has potential!



what happened to that week?

Wow!  Can't believe it has been almost a week since my last blog addition!  I had planned on posting at least a few times within this past week! Where does the time go????

I have been trying to get our house (and routine) back in order since our trip.  Last Monday and Tuesday I spent unpacking and cleaning...and, of course, laundry!  Also made a trip to the feed co-op for our critters and to the groccery store for our two legged critters...aka: cowpokes!  Then we tried to visit with our extended family some. 

News Update #1: Just yesterday, we attended a Ranch Rodeo.  Some of our family members are now thinking about entering the next one.  I think they have a good chance at placing, or at least having fun out there!  I will let you know what happens with that!

News Update #2:  My son has been battling asthma for years now, and we have found a few things that he's allergic to.  One of the things on the list is, of all things...horses!  So for the past two years he hasn't been doing much riding unless one of his siblings bathes and saddles a horse for him to ride for about an hour, then he had to come straight inside and shower himself!  What an ordeal!  We thought there must be a better way out there...  So we have done some research and found that there is a breed of horses called Curly horses that are hypoallergenic.  (Some of you may know this breed) Sounded too good to be true!  Luckily, we have a friend that ran across a gelding, and is letting us borrow him to see if it works it's magic on my son....so far, so good!!!  It's amazing!  Actually, it's amazing watching my son get reaquainted with riding!  He has had so much fun in the past two weeks with that horse, and his rope!!!  My husband and I are so happy that he's "back in the saddle"!!! 

News Update #3: The kids have new twin baby goats!  They are the cutest little things!  One doe is red with tiny dark spots and the other doe is a mocha color with a white belt around her middle.  I need to take photos of them!  (Check back for pics of the goats!)

I suppose I should finish up supper.  I expect to hear the door any minute...and then pitter-patter of small cowboy boots across the wood floor...and the door again....and then my hubby's spurs rattling...and then the dredded question: "Mmo-o-o-ommmm, where are you??? What are we having for supper, Mo-o-o-o-o-mmmm???"....anyone familiar with that???

What a Trip!

We have returned from a ten day trip!

-We drove 9 1/2  hours, one way
-With four rowdy kids
-Pulling a loaded stock trailer
-Through the heat
-Plus two dogs in the truck cab
-And my husband doesn't believe in stopping for ANYTHING...except fuel!
....Do you now, have an idea of our travels?

Seriously, we had a great time! 
I plan to get back to blogging this week...

One dirty RANGER

This is our "RIDE" around the ranch!  It's a well-used Ranger, don'tcha think?  Seriously, I don't know what we did without this "tool"!  We use this Ranger daily...either feeding cattle or hauling water or just picking up around the yard!  It's a great lil' machine to have on a ranch...no doubt about that!

...I'm heading outside right'directly to make it a happy lil' machine!  It's getting power-washed today!