Round up time!

Well, Tim and I decided to sell our steers that we had down in Vulcan. But we had to round up some our friendly steers who were visiting the cattle across the road. We were missing 4 out of our pasture and figured they would all be in the piece across the road. WRONG!!

We only had 3 in there and they would not cooperate. We ran them all over the pasture trying to get them out. Finally they were too tired to try so we got them out. Once they were in our pasture and we got them in the pens to load; one spooked and went over the panels. In the process Greg almost got trampled by 14 other critters. We loaded all that were still in the pen and went to get the loner.

2 years ago he was an orphan and we bottle fed him for the spring. You thing he would be a quiet docile steer. WRONG!!! Tim`s patience paid off and we finally got him in the pen. But he started to go crazy, running at the panels again trying to jump them. We let out my favorite steer "wooly" (Tim doesn`t like naming his critters, but I always nickname my favorite) and he calmed the other down enough to load him. We sent 15 to market and hope the other one is somebody else's pasture and hopefully we`ll get him when they bring their cattle in for the winter.

There never seems to be a dull moment in our lives!

whirlwind weekend

I know it is almost the weekend again, but I have been a bit busy to post so here it is from last weekend. Ruth had her birthday last Wednesday. Since Greg and Laura came up we had a wiener roast in the dirt for her birthday supper. Tim has been wanting a wiener roast at our place for months and he had to miss it cuz 1 guy had to run the combine. It was lots fun, but you sure can tell that it is fall out; as soon as the sun goes down it is freezing. Damon and Jesse are enjoying their chocolate cake!!



Lane and Jesse have been experts this summer at performing on their bikes. They have had several shows in the shop that were available if you had a homemade ticket. They got up early Saturday morning so they could put a show on for Greg and Laura.


They have a course all set up and the viewing area even blocked off. It is quiet entertaining. Granny almost had a heart attack every time they took their bikes over the jump!!

I forgot to take a picture of our accomplishment; but after the L & J show Laura and I participated in an applesauce marathon. She took lots of jars home and I am still drying mine into fruit leather. It was a lot of fun to spend the afternoon with her.

Sunday morning I participated in the Terry Fox Run. It was out in Water Valley and we had 76 participants come out and our small community raised about $8500. I was the only runner that I saw, most families came out and walked together. While I was running I was watching my watch to keep track of my time.... but I was kinda upset cuz my time was really slow. The organizer caught up with me after and said I had made good time, but I told her I was a little disappointed. She said that it was actually over 10 km because of the turn around spots for kids on their bikes. So she went and checked her truck odometer (cuz she just got back from setting markers up) and she said it was actually 13 km. My time was really good when I ran 13 km!!!

After church a bunch of us decided to head out west to enjoy one of the last summer days. We ended up on the Red Deer River. The guys all decided to cool off by jumping into the river. Tim was really funny... he jumped in and came up waited a little and then yelp that is was freezing!

There were a bunch of river kayaks that came through. This drop here is actually the most dangerous to raft through in Alberta during high water. I always thought river kayaking would be fun. But after watching them I am not so sure. It looked fun enough but when all of a sudden they flip over.... I don`t know.

That`s the gang.

The white stuff!!

We visited the Elbow Falls area (just outside of Bragg Creek) on Sunday. We climbed to 6500+ ft and encountered the white stuff. It was odd; the further south we got the more snow there was on the mountains. I would have thought the mountains at home would be whiter, but they weren`t.
You gotta love self timers. We even have a mini tripod for our camera but we still got some grass in the picture.

This was the view when we got to the top. One of the reasons we pick this hike was that you were suppose to be able to see where the foothills meet the rocky`s. It was beautiful.

Owen`s Baptism

This past Sunday my little nephew was baptized. My mom made him the cutest outfit. Owen did really good; when they poured the water on him he didn`t even cry. Bryant's brother Travis and myself are the god parents. Pam and Bryant got married in this church and Travis and I were witnesses of the marriage and 3 years later we are the god parents of their first child. It was a really special day.

The great outdoors!

Last week my sister and I decided to spend the day in the great outdoors. This is the only picture my computer let me download before a virus hit. We went out in the Kananaskis area and hiked to memorial lakes. Or should I say lake. There are three lakes on the hike and we got to the first one and almost to the second one. We started up to the second lake but it turned into loose rock and Pam didn`t feel comfortable going up it with Owen in front of her. Owen loves being outdoors, he did great!