JW’s team had another win tonight and JW’s name was in the local sports page for his win over the weekend. That’s pretty big stuff considering I didn’t even write the piece. In the past, I’ve been the sports writer for the local school. I send in scores after games and give a little commentary of the game. I’m not doing that this spring, so it’s pretty exciting to actually have someone else write about you….and they aren’t even related!

We’re having another fine day here in southern Michigan….and it’s about time. Snow in April is just not allowed in my book! While visiting with a lady in church yesterday, I became quite concerned about the lack of good, sound information on the nutritional value of milk. This gal I was speaking to has something to so with kids and nutrition, exactly what I couldn’t figure out in the short time we had together. But what concerned me is that she doesn’t recommend milk to the kids she’s in charge of feeding. She says it’s processed too much and they add chalk to it therefore she drinks soy milk. I’m sure she could see the dismay on my face, but I didn’t have time to give my point of view except to say that milk is very valuable in everyone’s diet and she ought to be drinking it! That was real bright wasn’t it? I guess I need a different line of defense if I’m going to stand up for my product. More on this later, right now I’ve got to get to the barn for more chores!

We’re having another fine day here in southern Michigan….and it’s about time. Snow in April is just not allowed in my book! While visiting with a lady in church yesterday, I became quite concerned about the lack of good, sound information on the nutritional value of milk. This gal I was speaking to has something to so with kids and nutrition, exactly what I couldn’t figure out in the short time we had together. But what concerned me is that she doesn’t recommend milk to the kids she’s in charge of feeding. She says it’s processed too much and they add chalk to it therefore she drinks soy milk. I’m sure she could see the dismay on my face, but I didn’t have time to give my point of view except to say that milk is very valuable in everyone’s diet and she ought to be drinking it! That was real bright wasn’t it? I guess I need a different line of defense if I’m going to stand up for my product. More on this later, right now I’ve got to get to the barn for more chores!

It’s another beautiful morning here on the Knolltop. Milking is done and I’m in to get breakfast and another cup of coffee and then it’s back out to finish up. We’ll drive seperate to church this morning, JW and I have a Junior Holstein meeting in Lansing so we’ll just take off right after church. I’m looking forward to a captive teenager in my van so we can just talk about life without interruptions. Usually we get into some theological talk and I don’t have the answers so then we just turn to farming.

It’s another beautiful morning here on the Knolltop. Milking is done and I’m in to get breakfast and another cup of coffee and then it’s back out to finish up. We’ll drive seperate to church this morning, JW and I have a Junior Holstein meeting in Lansing so we’ll just take off right after church. I’m looking forward to a captive teenager in my van so we can just talk about life without interruptions. Usually we get into some theological talk and I don’t have the answers so then we just turn to farming.

JW had his first win of the season yesterday! He got to pitch in the second game and they won, so he got the win, he was pretty excited and so was his daddy!
After sitting out in a beautiful day we all acquired our first sunburn of the year and boy does it burn this morning. When we came home we ate dinner, yes we eat at a strange time at 3:30 in the afternoon, but that’s because I don’t want to cook after chores in the evening and it’s healthier for us. JW went to work for the neighbor and Luke went to a friends house. The two younger kids had a friend over and I just worked on laundry and clean up. After chores, the we dehorned some calves, that’s a job I hate, but am so glad when it’s done.
All during chore time Sarah kept begging me to come jumprope with her so after I visited with the neighbors and the work was all done, Sarah, Jake and I jumped rope. Jake is awful at it, while Sarah knows all the rhymes that go with jumping.
Of course Jake demanded equal time, so we had to play baseball after that. With JW’s antics and Sarah’s frustration with her brother who wouldn’t take the game seriously, I quit after the second inning. I still had laundry to do and it was time to get showers and retire for the evening.

JW had his first win of the season yesterday! He got to pitch in the second game and they won, so he got the win, he was pretty excited and so was his daddy!
After sitting out in a beautiful day we all acquired our first sunburn of the year and boy does it burn this morning. When we came home we ate dinner, yes we eat at a strange time at 3:30 in the afternoon, but that’s because I don’t want to cook after chores in the evening and it’s healthier for us. JW went to work for the neighbor and Luke went to a friends house. The two younger kids had a friend over and I just worked on laundry and clean up. After chores, the we dehorned some calves, that’s a job I hate, but am so glad when it’s done.
All during chore time Sarah kept begging me to come jumprope with her so after I visited with the neighbors and the work was all done, Sarah, Jake and I jumped rope. Jake is awful at it, while Sarah knows all the rhymes that go with jumping.
Of course Jake demanded equal time, so we had to play baseball after that. With JW’s antics and Sarah’s frustration with her brother who wouldn’t take the game seriously, I quit after the second inning. I still had laundry to do and it was time to get showers and retire for the evening.

On this beautiful sunny morning on the Knolltop, we are getting ready for yet another baseball game. It’s a double header ladies and gentlemen so there won’t be any fence building, calf pen cleaning or lawn mowing done today. We will spend the majority of our time between milkings at the ball field. I can’t think of anything else I love more than watching my kids, so I’m glad to put down the barbed wire, pliers and fence stretcher for the afternoon. By the way, they won yesterday, actually they mercied them!

On this beautiful sunny morning on the Knolltop, we are getting ready for yet another baseball game. It’s a double header ladies and gentlemen so there won’t be any fence building, calf pen cleaning or lawn mowing done today. We will spend the majority of our time between milkings at the ball field. I can’t think of anything else I love more than watching my kids, so I’m glad to put down the barbed wire, pliers and fence stretcher for the afternoon. By the way, they won yesterday, actually they mercied them!

That seems to be the two things we focus on in the spring, making sure the cows give milk so we can afford to drive to baseball games. The bull rider, JW is playing baseball this spring so that makes for a tricky schedule at Knolltop. Since Big Daddy has a passion for baseball and watching every single pitch of every single game that all his kids play in, he is the one who gets to go to the games while I stay home and tend to the farm. So today when they travel west I will be down in the barn, taking care of business with the radio cranked up as loud as I need it without having to listen to anyone complain about it!