It’s finally here…District II sale day! I dropped the boys off this morning at the fairgrounds, they should be well into washing the cows by now. What a job that will be! Luke is bummed though, he has a game he has to go to tonight instead of the sale, so he will miss out on leading the cattle through. Sarah has a game too, but I don’t think she’s bothered by missing the sale. I have to head down to Camden and pick up some business cards and newspapers for a seminar that I’m doing next week and get the ice cream for our rootbeer floats for the presale party.
It’s a beautiful day again, but it’s going to be hot. I just love summer!

It’s finally here…District II sale day! I dropped the boys off this morning at the fairgrounds, they should be well into washing the cows by now. What a job that will be! Luke is bummed though, he has a game he has to go to tonight instead of the sale, so he will miss out on leading the cattle through. Sarah has a game too, but I don’t think she’s bothered by missing the sale. I have to head down to Camden and pick up some business cards and newspapers for a seminar that I’m doing next week and get the ice cream for our rootbeer floats for the presale party.
It’s a beautiful day again, but it’s going to be hot. I just love summer!

It’s another sunny morning here on the Knolltop. It promises to be a very hot day. I’ve got my cup of coffee and I’m heading into a full day of getting ready for the District II sale tomorrow. JW is already out to the fairgrounds and Luke has gone to help the neighbor move some hay. Then Luke and the neighbor are going to replace one of the batteries in the tractor. After that, Luke and I will load up Fantasia and take her to the fairgrounds for the sale. I’m going to miss her, she is one of our show heifers and she’s been very easy to break and is a dream to show. I hope whoever buys her will take her on the tanbark trail this summer.

It’s said that Luke played the best game of his life last night. He pitched the first game and had a double and a triple. In the second game he played first base. I can’t remember ever seeing him play first base, it was kind of boring though, so I left and went to watch Jake’s game in Pittsford. Although I was planning on going to Jake’s game all along, I should’ve stayed at Luke’s game. That boring game transformed into a drama filled game. They ended up going into extra innings and one of the opposing team’s coaches got thrown out and we won! Luke caught a line drive to the arm and it swelled right up, so this morning he’s “enjoying” his injury.

Down at Pittsford, Jake caught the whole game and I really can’t tell you how he batted. But I do know this; he was trying to catch a ball and tag a guy out and got plowed over, knocked the wind out of him and now he has a great story to tell. He loves to tell the stories, over and over and over again. They ended up losing the game.

Well, better get on my strawberries and I’ve got to write this morning too. All of a sudden I’m feeling a little crunched for time!

It’s another sunny morning here on the Knolltop. It promises to be a very hot day. I’ve got my cup of coffee and I’m heading into a full day of getting ready for the District II sale tomorrow. JW is already out to the fairgrounds and Luke has gone to help the neighbor move some hay. Then Luke and the neighbor are going to replace one of the batteries in the tractor. After that, Luke and I will load up Fantasia and take her to the fairgrounds for the sale. I’m going to miss her, she is one of our show heifers and she’s been very easy to break and is a dream to show. I hope whoever buys her will take her on the tanbark trail this summer.

It’s said that Luke played the best game of his life last night. He pitched the first game and had a double and a triple. In the second game he played first base. I can’t remember ever seeing him play first base, it was kind of boring though, so I left and went to watch Jake’s game in Pittsford. Although I was planning on going to Jake’s game all along, I should’ve stayed at Luke’s game. That boring game transformed into a drama filled game. They ended up going into extra innings and one of the opposing team’s coaches got thrown out and we won! Luke caught a line drive to the arm and it swelled right up, so this morning he’s “enjoying” his injury.

Down at Pittsford, Jake caught the whole game and I really can’t tell you how he batted. But I do know this; he was trying to catch a ball and tag a guy out and got plowed over, knocked the wind out of him and now he has a great story to tell. He loves to tell the stories, over and over and over again. They ended up losing the game.

Well, better get on my strawberries and I’ve got to write this morning too. All of a sudden I’m feeling a little crunched for time!

Okay, by now you’re probably wondering why I had three posts talking about my Nashville trip. It’s because I have dementia….I wish I could blame it on that, but really when I posted this morning, it wasn’t coming up on my blog, so I thought I lost it and then I posted again and lost it..or so I thought so then I tried one more time and all three posts showed up. I’m sorry about that….I need to go to bed!

Okay, by now you’re probably wondering why I had three posts talking about my Nashville trip. It’s because I have dementia….I wish I could blame it on that, but really when I posted this morning, it wasn’t coming up on my blog, so I thought I lost it and then I posted again and lost it..or so I thought so then I tried one more time and all three posts showed up. I’m sorry about that….I need to go to bed!

Yesterday, Sarah, Jake and I took a roadtrip to Nashville….Michigan. We were at the Dairy Fund Day sponsored by the Michigan Junior Holstein Association at Mooville Creamery owned and operated by the Westendorp Family.

It was very successful, about 90 kids showed up to learn more about the dairy industry and we had a great time. I will be sharing pictures soon. When we got home Sarah had a game, Luke was at the fairgrounds working on the sale crew for our Michigan Holstein District II Sale to take place on Friday, JW had to help me milk and then go to basketball practice and Bobby had to go get some hay for us and for the sale cattle. It was a wild night of running and making sure everyone got to their destination on time. We were able to get the cows milk, get JW to practice, get Sarah to her game, pick up Luke, watch some of Sarah’s game and then be home visiting about the day by 10:30 pm.

Tonight Jake and Luke have games and JW is out at the fairgrounds working on the sale cattle. So that leaves Sarah and I home to do the chores and then hit a couple of ballgames. I’m not sure when we’ll see the whites of JW’s eyes tonight.

Well, if I don’t get to the barn right now, I won’t make any games! By the way, I wrote an update this morning, but it didn’t post, so I’m having to do it all over again! AND …Pami had a heifer calf and her name is Pontoon…the guys named her…don’t ask, I have no idea!

Yesterday, Sarah, Jake and I took a roadtrip to Nashville….Michigan. We were at the Dairy Fund Day sponsored by the Michigan Junior Holstein Association at Mooville Creamery owned and operated by the Westendorp Family.

It was very successful, about 90 kids showed up to learn more about the dairy industry and we had a great time. I will be sharing pictures soon. When we got home Sarah had a game, Luke was at the fairgrounds working on the sale crew for our Michigan Holstein District II Sale to take place on Friday, JW had to help me milk and then go to basketball practice and Bobby had to go get some hay for us and for the sale cattle. It was a wild night of running and making sure everyone got to their destination on time. We were able to get the cows milk, get JW to practice, get Sarah to her game, pick up Luke, watch some of Sarah’s game and then be home visiting about the day by 10:30 pm.

Tonight Jake and Luke have games and JW is out at the fairgrounds working on the sale cattle. So that leaves Sarah and I home to do the chores and then hit a couple of ballgames. I’m not sure when we’ll see the whites of JW’s eyes tonight.

Well, if I don’t get to the barn right now, I won’t make any games! By the way, I wrote an update this morning, but it didn’t post, so I’m having to do it all over again! AND …Pami had a heifer calf and her name is Pontoon…the guys named her…don’t ask, I have no idea!

Yesterday was our road trip to Nashville….Michigan…. Yes, we went to Mooville Creamery for Dairy Fun Day sponsored by the Michigan Junior Holstein Association. It was a great day but the real fun began when I got home when all of a sudden JW needed new basketball shoes, Bobby needed to go get hay, Sarah needed to go to her ballgame, Luke needed to be at the fairgrounds to milk a bunch of sale cattle from Nebraska that are going to sell in our District II sale, JW had basketball practice and yes….the cows needed to be milked. It all happened and at 10:30 pm last night we were sitting in the livingroom discussing the days events. But that doesn’t even compare to the day before when Jake’s birthday turned out to be a day when I needed a revolving door!

By they way…Pami had a heifer calf yesterday and they guys named it Pontoon…..don’t ask.

Yesterday was our road trip to Nashville….Michigan…. Yes, we went to Mooville Creamery for Dairy Fun Day sponsored by the Michigan Junior Holstein Association. It was a great day but the real fun began when I got home when all of a sudden JW needed new basketball shoes, Bobby needed to go get hay, Sarah needed to go to her ballgame, Luke needed to be at the fairgrounds to milk a bunch of sale cattle from Nebraska that are going to sell in our District II sale, JW had basketball practice and yes….the cows needed to be milked. It all happened and at 10:30 pm last night we were sitting in the livingroom discussing the days events. But that doesn’t even compare to the day before when Jake’s birthday turned out to be a day when I needed a revolving door!

By they way…Pami had a heifer calf yesterday and they guys named it Pontoon…..don’t ask.