Ugh! It's only noon and I'm exhausted! The weekend is finally catching up to me.
We had such a great weekend! Every May long weekend we pack up and head north to Grandma's house. JJ's Uncle has a ranch up in Lac La Biche and the sons, daughters, and cousins go up to help him brand the new babies. We were really humming and haaing about going this year - the weather forcast was brutal! Rain, Snow, Cold ~ BRRRRRRRR! But, we were packed so we went up and it turned out to be BEAUTIFUL!
We usually sort the herd and deworm the momma's Saturday morning and then brand the babies in the afternoon, but we work up to pouring rain and sleet so Uncle Dale postponed everything by a day. The rain didn't stop my kids tho'! We were out ALL day playing with horses, dogs, and cruising around on the quad. I had to carry them inside screaming 3 times during the day so I could throw their clothes in the dryer!
Sunday we woke up to birdies chirping and sunny, cloudless skies and it was business as usual a the ranch! We finished everything by 730pm (started at 10am so it was a long day) and enjoyed an amazing supper put on by Uncle Dale and Kenda. Our kids were the biggest troopers! We were lighter on help this year compared to past years so Grandma and everyone who could help was helping ~ no babysitters! The kids help sort the cows, then kept themselves occupied ALL DAY while we worked. JJ told them they each got $10 to spend at Walmart because they didn't complain once! Needless to say, JJ was at Walmart Monday night at 630pm so they could buy their treat! :)
Monday...same thing....clear skies! We planted Grandma's garden, loaded up firewood for our backyard fire place and took some final quad rides before we had to pack up and head home. :(
Today is laundry day! Everything has cowpoop, horsepoop, dogpoop and mud all squished in! :) Good times!
Hugs,
Jaime
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