Gardening and a Mothers Day SURPRISE!!!!!

Howdy everyone!!!!! We had such a wonderful week! First of all on Tuesday we were able to finally able to plant in out garden!!!! Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!!! Peas, Potatoes, Green Beans and sweet corn are in!!! We are so blessed to be able to garden! Fresh vegetables are a HUGE money savor! It is also a wonderful way to teach our daughter to appreciate the land the Lord has so graciously given us! 

Here are a few photos from of our fabulous evening in the garden! 

What a joy to see her father teach her such treasured skills!

Peas!

She is her father's daughter!!!!!!!!! I compared this photo with one of his when he was little... Lets just say she is a spittin' image!

Uh Huh!  You should have see her bath water that night! Photo credit to my sister in law Anita! While I was cutting potatoes, she grabbed the camera and started snapping!

My wonderful mothers day surprise!!!!!!

I had preg checked Ruby when she was about 7 months. Not realizing that some vets can't even feel a calf that age because the calf drops low in the mothers belly. I figured since I didn't feel a calf that she was not pregnant. 

Ruby's udder started to form and we thought well... maybe she is pregnant! We watched and waited... thinking if shes going to have a calf it would be closer to the end of the month. I was working at the chicken house trying to create a pen so the chickens could enjoy some sunlight, when I heard a low pitched moo... Not sure what was going on, I glanced down towards the pasture and thought "Thats weird... Why is Ruby protecting a patch of grass..." As I got a little closer I noticed the "cleanings" (afterbirth), grabbed Rhya and RAN towards the pasture. I had to run because we have a steer and heifer that were trying to see what all the fuss was about. There was a chance they would step on the calf during all the excitement and I wanted to make sure that didn't happen!

 I ran with an extra 25lbs as fast as I could, yelling for Alan the whole way (I've been told I looked like a crazy woman running through the field with a toddler over my shoulder! I am sure it was quite the sight!!!)

 I was so relieved to see this little bundle of joy I almost cried! We are so excited to welcome this little guy to our Red Angus herd!