Well Seth has taken off on a jet plane for the country of Canada, specifically Manitoba, Canada at midnight last night. He’ll be staying with his aunt (Russell’s sister) and her husband for 6 weeks doing construction and also commercial fishing which starts in June. We’ll miss you, Seth!

Justus is celebrating his 7th birthday today.  Happy Birthday, buddy. For my own benefit, since my blog helps my memory, 🙂 I am going to write out some of the things he’s doing at this stage and a little bit about his personality.  It may not interest anybody else in the world but I think it will be a great place to record it. Justus was born 7 years ago today.  He had 3 brothers and 1 sister waiting on him when he arrived. Justus can be shy.  He is also my most sensitive child – not that his feelings get hurt easily but that he feels sad when he hears an unhappy story.…

Snow, rain and cold have marked the last few days.  EXPO 2010 was not one of the better years for weather. 🙁  Here’s what we had 2 days ago. Fortunately, our club was able to stay a little more warm and dry because every year we bring our wall tent and set it up for meals.  Inside is filled with tables and chairs and breakfast, lunch and supper are served there by different families in our club. We have a lot of great kids in our club this year.  Isn’t this 1st year 4-H’er adorable?  His dad manages a cattle ranch but they’ve never had pigs until this year.  They had…

For the next few days, I’ll be surrounded by all the sounds that make up a farm.  No, I have not moved out to our barn but I am camped out at the 4-H, 2010 EXPO where the kids show and sale their animals that they have been raising for the last several months. The last few days have been hectic as the children sheared their animals, got poster boards ready and packed to come to EXPO.   It’s amazing how much wool a lamb carries around.  It’s at least 2″ thick. There’s all kinds of interesting ways to do a job, right?  🙂 Wesley’s pig, Bacon. Justus – looking forward to the day when he…