A Sunny Saturday

Saturday was bright and sunny

and not horribly cold.

The frost was beautiful!

It was a great day to get a few catch-up projects done.

Like fixing and hanging the gate in the shed.

Christmas Pictures

Sunday was the day to celebrate Christmas 

with Mom and Dad and Renee's.

But first we had things to do,

like bake desserts

and make stop motion videos

and take pictures 

for Christmas cards.

The truth behind the picture of the boys!

Do you have any idea how hard it was 

to find a time when everyone was home 

during daylight hours!

Luke's New Wheels

Luke's old beater served him well

and he put lots of miles on it 

driving back and forth to Mankato 

for two years.

But Wednesday he replaced it!

Not bad!

New Calves

Ben brought 10 new calves home yesterday.

I'm not sure what the exact distribution is going to be,

but the six kids are going to split ownership some how.

There were 6 heifers unloaded first

and then the 4 steers.

Everyone is happily settled in.

Snow and Manure

Sunday morning was spent at home.
Elsie had the stomach flu
which meant the rest of us had been exposed.
It didn't seem wise to expose everyone at church to it!


So the boys moved snow


and manure.


The pens were all scraped


and cleaned out,
but the fields were too mushy to spread.


Today dawned bright and cold at 6*
so Ben got everything spread and fresh bedding everywhere.