Update

Well hello again to everybody! It's been a bit exciting around our place for the past little while. Our first cow calved on Monday. She had a little heifer calf, which Martha named Casey. Ellie's surgery was yesterday. It went well and she's now home recuperating. They found a torn ligament, which they repaired, and they also repaired the place where it's been coming out a lot. She has to wear the sling for 4 weeks, with a bit of physiol therapy. Then she goes for a checkup.    

Our neighbor's mare foaled. The filly is adorable.

Casey!

I love her markings!

Sara and Casey.

Ellie 

                                                                      I like this picture! Martha got the name off of Ice Princess.

Some Pictures

Well here's some pictures from Sara's birthday. We all had a good time and lots of fun! 

Zeke made Sara a fiddle. She was delighted! 

Naomi sent a very cute outfit for Sara, an I guess Dad felt left out...

Sara looks better in it. :-)

She is too cute! LOL! 

It's warming up!!!

Hello from the sunny North! It’s been lovely here! I think the lowest it got this week was around -15 *C, and that was with wind chill. Other than that it’s been around minus 5*C. The kids have really enjoyed the weather and have been spending a lot of time outside. I took Coyote and Bucky out for a ride almost to the end of our road. They both did pretty good. Bucky was totally excited to be out exploring and Coyote was in a hurry to get it over with so he was speed walking the whole time. Therefore we did quite a bit of work on slowing down and giving his head to my hands. I did eventually get off and walk the last mile home. Bucky was grateful. His legs are a lot shorter than Coyote’s, so he either has to drag the whole way or jog every couple of steps to catch up. Being a fat pony, he prefers to drag. LOL! My sister’s horse, Muckers, has the same problem, but she prefers to jog every couple of steps.  She’s a higher strung QH mare.

The same day I took my horses for a ride I took Sara out to visit the horses. She wanted to ride every one of them. But I only let her ride Coyote, Kid, and Red. She was excited to go and see the calves, chickens, and the turkeys. I got a couple pictures of Sara riding Coyote, he was the only one of the horses that I trusted to not move off when I stepped back to take a picture. 

 Today we have a ‘Ladies Time Out’ work day at the church then tonight we have youth. It should prove to be a full day. Ladies Time Out is the ladies get together that our church puts on every spring. This year it’s April 1^st, the theme is Paris and lots of fancy stuff. It should be lots of fun. J

Last night Martha, Ellie, and I made around 3 dozen elk sandwiches for youth. Last time we brought them they were a big hit. J

            Well I’ll sign out for now. Enjoy the sunny weather! ~Lydia~  

Muckers

Sara having fun!

Looking at the calves

Dudley and Sara

Cilla and Sara with Pippin

One of the turkeys

Pictures

Sara is growing up! She says some of the cutest things ever! :-)

This family picture hurt! LOL! 

Thank you to Jesse T. (Noami's boyfriend) for taking this picture.

Spring is here!

Nothing much new going on here. We did have a new heifer on the 18th. Her name is Strawberry. She is really pretty. :-) Sara turned a year old on the 18th as well. On Saturday we went down to Melville and visited our friends, the Nasbys, there. Lots of music, food, and fellowship. :-) That night when we got home I checked the list of music players for church and found out that we were supposed to be doing the offertory! Yikes! Ellie and I practiced for about half an hour Sunday morning and ended up playing As The Deer, with the mandolin and guitar. It turned out alright I guess. :-)

Today we're in Swan River. Hannah and Naomi are getting/got braces, Mum and Zeke have dental work, and I got a checkup. :-) Lots of fun! Maybe....

BTW, the picture is of us kids and one of the Nasby boys (Aaron) last fall. He was reading 'lift the flap' books to us. ????? LOL! We do tend to get a bit crazy around them. :-) Just don't get the middle of a 'have you ever' game! You will be flat when it's over. Ouch!