Scenes from the 4th

In reverse order!

We LOVED having my parents, my brother and his darling family here for the holiday weekend!!!

After the fireworks...

During the fireworks...

We had the best time irrigating together prior to the fireworks...





On the steps of our family's cabin...

Headed to irrigate on the 3rd...

Posing with Grandfather...

Hanging out at the cabin...



Off to tour with our favorite Colorado farmer...

Charlie, Bean & Non

Here's my husband (center) with two of his cousins. These two are Hunts. The Hunts are a unique gang of people. Every time one of them shows up, the fun begins. They are all hysterically funny and they are all TALL!

Bales on our pivot...

They are now stacked by our hay barn (you can see it toward the back of this picture) and patiently waiting for us to stack them inside. The only thing left to decide is...will Son #5 ride with me in the tractor or in the other tractor with Daddy?

Saturday Evening on the Farm

Today has been the best day! I was soaking up some actual quiet time when my handsome hubby called to tell me that his irrigating crew had expanded to include some of the boys' cute cousins...I knew it was a Kodak Moment not to be missed! So I donned my rubber boots, grabbed my camera and here's what awaited me...

Summer Reading Program

Son #5 'reading' his book while Son #4 reads his own...

SO thankful that Sons #3 & #4 are bookworms! Such a wonderful example for Son #5!

windrows on our pivot...

Front to back: our irrigated wheat, alfalfa windrows on our pivot and then the Blue Mountains...life is BEAUTIFUL!

Comparing brands...

Which do you prefer...quilted, bovine accessory or iron?

Quilted by me (THANK YOU Merlene for the MANY lessons)...

Bovine accessory...

OR...the branding iron being heated here in most redneck fashion (with the cutting torch) by my handsome husband...