My favorite kind of night

Last night, we headed over by Lake Bronson to my pasture to check cows and get the paddocks ready to start rotating the cows.  It was so much fun...We've been thinking that it'd be hard to get us all out to do that because we don't have a trailer for the ranger.  However, we found out last night the ranger fits in our new trailer.  Yay!  More fun for all of us.

Clifford gets the most work done when he's got a sorting stick in his hand. 

 P.S. Don't touch it!

Matt's getting the waterers working; Adina's scouting for wild animals.

So cute!

The Fam on the ranger.

Hey, helpers!  Clarence had new insulators ready to hand to Matt if one was broken or missing; Adina just enjoyed the ride.

We found him a shorter stick.  He didn't let go of it once.  And he smiled like this the entire night.

Handsome husband!

The cows running towards us...they want new grass.

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Inspector Cliff checking/watching as they come closer.

Ready to go and move them.

Coming into a new paddock...ready for tasty new grass.

My favorite cowdog...Rhubarb America Przekwas. :)  (named by Matt, of course.)

She's tired...she had run all over the pasture by this time.

Matt getting another waterer going;  thirsty for some rusty water, anyone?

Clarence took our picture.  

Poor Adina was cold, so I gave her my sweatshirt; she fell asleep soon after.

And Clifford was ready for all the work in the world.  

Totally out.  Cliff put his head on her lap a couple times pretending to sleep with her.

He found an eartag (a new, clean one) that he chewed on and wouldn't let anyone touch.  Notice he's still holding tight to his sorting stick.

Poor Clarence was getting tired, too.  

He had no smiles for Mama.  He fell asleep on the way back to the pickup.

Clifford, on the other hand, was ready to keep doing farm work.

Such a pretty evening!

Well, that sums up our night.  We fixed fence, prepared all the water tanks, shut gates, and put all the cows into one paddock to start their summer rotation.  The kids were all such good and cheerful little helpers...I'm guessing the ranger ride had a lot to do with that. :)