Rain

An evening ride on the 4-wheeler

Rockets!

Last night we did rockets with Daddy, Mommy and Grandpa.  Thank you Grandpa Pat for buying them! It was fun - video to come.

Off to church this morning:

Praying a rosary??

In the tomato garden with Grandma

The boys pulling out the starter from the pickup.  We need to have it running in tip top shape for the 4th of July, as fireworks cause fires.  That water tank on the back will be very important.

Ahh...the 4-wheeler.  I think Isaac would live on this if he could.

Ben super dirty and ranchy...

Isaac taking a bath in the sink after helping with dishes:

Our evening expedition:

Isaac found some bones!

A very good day :)

Dry, Dry, Dry

So this is a "dry year" in Rapid.  There is very little alfalfa to cut, and many of the fields will just just be used for grazing land. We have done one cutting that yielded far fewer bales than previous years - last year was very wet with three cuttings!  Below are some shots of a stock dam bed on the property:

As you can see, it is very dry.  

This morning we fed the cats with Grandpa Bob.  Every morning the barn cats (of which I would estimate there are around 30) circle the house in anticipation of Bob and his bucket.

Some more photos:

Eli with the fly swatter

Isaac watering Grandma's flowers

Isaac's truck garden

Making friends at the park

Isaac quickly learned the new phrase "my turn!"

Summer 2016

Hi folks,

Christine here.  I'm going to do my best to keep a log of our activities on the ranch this summer.

Today is our first day on the ranch.  We got in last night around 5pm Mountain Time, and right away Isaac got a tractor ride with Grandpa.  Today it's supposed to get up to 100 degrees, so we're trying to stay cool.  It's amazing weather - really dry.  Peggy refers to it like a desert, with temps dipping down sometimes in to the 40's at night.

We ran some errands in town today and then had time for some play:

Riding on the bobcat:

video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BygfHS0EwYd-bVE2TVBHY1Q3ZFk/view?usp=sharing

In the barn:

Looking for cats in the old shop:

that's the morning so far!