A beautiful day in Kansas

A beautiful day in Kansas
The herd grazing on a sunny day.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Anything you can do, I can do better.

This week started us off with a busy Tuesday.  Addie had a track meet in Medicine Lodge, and Weston had a makeup soccer game in Pratt. Divide and conquer.  So I went to the track meet, and Luke to Weston to the soccer match.  My parents came down and watched a few of the races. 
This track meet is the only nonleague meet our school goes to.  So Addie enjoyed seeing some of her friends that she met at church camp.  They all go to Chapparel Middle school.  Her cousin from St. Marks was there also.  Last year they didn’t race each other.  This year they competed against each other in the half mile and the medley relay.  Addie had the easy 100 meter part, while Briley ran the last leg of 400 meters. 
Luke and the guys pulled a calf and unfortunately the calf did not make it.  That is part of the game, you can’t always win.  Last week they installed a forty foot water tank in the pasture and this week they got the run-off drain attached and working.
About a year ago we had a bunch of hay bales across from where we feed cattle.  So, Luke, had me take the hydrabed and just move them with the pickup to the other side of the road.  One day I managed to load four bales onto the bed instead of the usual three.  I didn’t know that I had started a competition because Luke snapped a picture of the pick up loaded with six bales.  He didn’t go anywhere with them but mainly was just having fun with a photo opportunity.