Checking Cows

These pictures are from last week, but oh well...

The kids and I went with to move cows and treat some calves....here are some pictures from that evening.  It was beautiful!

The evening sunset...it was so beautiful!  We're in the field here checking gopher traps on the way to move cows.

Matt and his right-hand helper...Clarence loves life on the farm: checking traps, riding in the tractor, feeding cows, moving cows...

One of our bunches of cows.

The cow with the white face smiling at the camera is my 4-H cow, Ethel.  I brought her to the fair when I was out of 9th grade...and now she's happy having babies on our farm!  I love 4-H cows!

A mom/baby pair. 

Matt treated this calf for hoof rot.  Here he's checking the foot.  (The calf is laying so still because we tranquilized it.....it puts the calf in a sleepy state so Matt can run up and give it a shot quickly.)

He's cute. 

So is she.  Clarence got to get out and run around while we treated calves; she was confined to her carseat so she didn't get too dirty.

One more picture of the cows...it was so fun to do it all together.

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Yesterday, I went to my mom's house to make more salsa and some tomato soup. Adina came with and helped me while Clarence went with Matt...they baled straw, checked cows, and hauled hay. 

The salsa and soup turned out wonderful, and it has made it into my house safely. :)

Today, Matt took Clarence for the morning; or rather, Clarence decided he was going with Matt for the morning.  Adina stayed home to help me clean;  and then I decided to rip out the last little bit of carpet remaining on my main floor;  Adina was a huge help. :) 

My plan for the rest of the afternoon is to pick all the rest of my tomatoes and peppers, finish vacuuming downstairs, maybe upstairs, and make ham and scalloped potatoes for supper. 

Matt is going to work on my suburban; we're going to Bigiron in Fargo tomorrow, and my vehicle desperately needs new brakes and a bunch of other stuff done (although I'm not car-literate, so I couldn't really tell you what else).  He's  going to put it back into tip-top shape.

Have a wonderful day!