Copper

Jack finally got his brothers to help build his quarter pipe.

It's not 100% done but Jack gave it a workout today.

I warned him that any broken body parts would have to be fixed here at home.

That didn't bother him at all.

Today was a gorgeous day for Copper to be born.

He's an active little guy.

And our only completely red calf.

Lutsen

Lutsen was born Friday evening.

It was a bit of an eventful birth

and first feeding.

Katie Elder was not in favor of having a calf.

She sat down in the chute while Ben was trying to pull the calf.

It was a challenge to get her up and out of there.

Once Lutsen was born

Katie Elder took good care of him.

But she didn't let him drink.

So back in the chute she went.

And she got herself stuck.

Really stuck.

As in we were trying to figure out how to take the chute apart

or cinch her ribs in to get her unstuck.

We eventually got her out.

And finally got Lutsen on for his first meal.

He's a big, big boy

and both are doing great now!

Cookies and Bread

Hannah and Molly spent the day baking yesterday.

They made peanut butter chocolate chip 

and monster cookies.

301 cookies!

That should get us through the weekend!

Today Hannah gave homemade bread a try!

Delicious!

Brighton and Spirit

Paul spotted a calf on the camera right away this morning!

Cleo had had Brighton.

Shortly thereafter, Lola had Spirit.

The boot biting, knee nibblers greeted us warmly.

We've never had a group of such overly friendly calves like this.

Spirit was up and running around like a crazy man in no time.

Brighton was a little slower.

 Paul and Molly milked Cleo

and fed Brighton a bottle.

After hauling a heifer to A & M

we came in to watch church and relax for the rest of the day.

Ok, so it's only 12:30...

We are hoping to relax for the rest of the day.

3 More

Yesterday was busy!

Ellie Mae, Navarra, and Ash all had their calves.

Bridger was the first of the day.

She was born out in the mud.

Welch was next.

And Kato finished off the evening.

For some reason many of the calves love to chew on muckin' boots this year.

They are starting to get real playful and fun.

Zermatt is a curious, friendly little guy.

His mom, however, does not like him to go exploring.

Ash and Kato needed a little help figuring things out.

No, I am not sure why he went in there.

Yes, he did end up falling.

Two More

Monday brought us two more calves.

Winona had Breckenridge first thing in the morning.

MaryAnn pretty much decided she just didn't want to have her calf.

So Ben pulled the calf at 8:00.

Fear not,

it was nothing to get too excited about!

Elsie and Molly milked MaryAnn

because she had no interest in her calf.

Elsie fed Snowbird.

She was a hungry little girl!

Ssshhh...sleeping calves!

Sunday Stuff

Another early morning of manure spreading.

This was the last of the cold mornings for quite awhile

so Paul, Ben, and I took advantage of it.

It's far from a clear picture,

but there were several robins watching us!

Church has been cancelled for the next who knows how long.

Pastor Jon is taping his sermons Thursday night

and putting them on YouTube.

We all sat downstairs to watch and learn from him.

The rest of the day was amazingly lazy.

Really lazy.

We needed that.