One Proud Mama

So last night I decided to go grab some bales with the truck but there was one problem. The truck had the wrong hitch on. The guy that bought our mobile home came by last night to pick up the skirting so Darren was busy dealing with him. I thought I would wait until he had a moment to help me with the truck but Reid INSISTED on doing it ourselves. He showed me what hitch we needed for our black trailer, so we put it on. Then I thought I would get Darren to hook up the trailer for us. Reid insisted again that we could do it. So we drove the truck over to the trailer, I backed it up to the general direction of the hitch. Reid got out and totally gave me directions while I backed up. This was my first time to ever to do this without Darren by the way. lol I watched him as he guided me with hand signals, pointing his finger this way or that way. Then he put his little hand up to say 'stop'. So I get out and go back there to take a look, expecting to be way off, but the ball was DIRECTLY under the hitch!! We were bang on!!! I couldn't believe what a good job he did and he's only five and a half! I was sure proud!! And impressed!! Why I didn't take a picture of that I don't know. So we hooked on and away we went to pick bales. My little boy is growing up way too fast!

 The weekend was good! Darren got our mailbox hung up!  We bought it two years ago I think and just never put it up. We had an early Thanksgiving dinner at Wendy and Dave's yesterday, which was delish!! I think we all ate too much! : )
All the combining is done. Baler broke down so he had to get a friend to finish up baling straw. Still have bales to move. Still have potatoes and the rest of the carrots to pull. I'm hoping to get some done today once it warms up a bit. Woke up this morning and it was -1! Getting chilly!

Busy, busy....

Well 8 months have come and gone. Lots to write about! So we bought the farm! So exciting! Started in March renovating the farm house, which was built in 1927. Took us two months, 14 cans of paint, and cost around $7,000. Totally redid Reid's walls, insulated, dry walled the walls and ceiling. Painted Erika and Annika's rooms. Painted master bedroom and ceiling, and put in new carpet. Painted living room and put in new carpet. Put down laminate flooring in dining room. Painted front entry. Painted office and put in new carpet. New linoleum in kitchen. Totally gutted the bathroom down to the dirt under the floor and re-did everything. Reid's room and the bathroom were the most work. We were so happy in May when we could finally move in! Still have a couple more painting jobs to do but I figure leave that for winter. Soon after that we put the mobile up for sale, took a couple months but it finally sold!

Reid passed playschool at the end of May, the girls passed grade 5 at the end of June!
Went on our vacation to Wood Lake again, took in some more wineries and actually found a winery, Volcanic Hills, with a kids corner with toys and stuff for them to do while I perused the wine selection. That was awesome. lol


The rest of the summer consisted of work around the farm. Because of the drought the barley didn't grow good so it all ended up as green feed for the cows. So Darren had a huge amount of baling to do. He had a lot of help though, friends came by with their own equipment and helped him bale which was hugely appreciated!


Kids started school beginning of September, the girls grade 6, Reid Kindergarten. So far they are all enjoying school! And they have already caught a case of the sniffles. Reid can't seem to shake his cold though.


Found out the sunroom has ants! Grrrr! So I have been battling them for about a month! From the looks of things, they have been living there for quite some time! I'm talking years! We have to tear into the sunroom floor and see what's going on under there. Hopefully find the nest.


We put in another pasture, just finished that last weekend. A water line was put in for another automatic waterer, so Darren got the cement pad poured for that on Saturday.

Our mobile home also moved out of here Saturday! Yay! It was bittersweet seeing our first home being taken away. But we are so happy it's gone, now we just need to figure out what to do with that empty space where the trailer was.


Chickens are doing good, the numbers are going down though. I'm finding it tough to go out there and deal with them, I'm not enjoying them like I used to. I'm hoping that changes. It really is nice to have fresh eggs!


So it's been pretty busy around here, the projects keep coming, still have to put up a long wind fence and build another shelter.


Soon we will bring the heifers home from down the road. I can't wait till they come home! I miss them! lol Darren tried to AI them in the spring but only a couple took. Had to do a second round of it, I'm hoping more took. A friend of ours had to put some heifers and his bull with ours, he had no pasture because of the drought where he is from. We are hoping his bull cleaned up the heifers that weren't pregnant. There's going to be some preg checking in the near future!


Still haven't got any combining done, everything is too tough. We've been getting rain every 3-4 days now, which we could have really used in the summer. It came too late. Still a ton of bales to move to the yard as well.


So there is a recap of what's been going on around here. Hopefully this winter will be more relaxing than the spring/summer we had! I'm also hoping for a tropical vacation this winter too! Gosh darn it, we deserve it!

Two Years Gone By!

Well here we are, two years later! Where does the time go?! I have really missed writing on this blog. This will probably sound like a lame excuse, but it seems I never have the time to do it anymore. So many distractions. I've really got to make more time for myself. Yes I am a stay at home mom, but that doesn't mean I get to sit on my butt all day! lol
So after my last post, we started into cows march 2013. Bought our first two. Not long after that bought 4 cow calf pairs, Herefords. We have been pretty happy with this breed! Soon after that bought a bull named Yahtzee! He's a very gentle beast! Everything with the calving last spring went swimmingly! After calving and buying more cows here and there, to this date, our herd is up to 20! Looking forward to this calving season coming up in a couple months! Hope it goes as good as last time. Chickens, we are up to 45! Got 3 coops set up now, one for Buff Orpingtons, one for Ameraucanas/olive eggers, and the other for Welsummers! Chickens are seriously ADDICTING! Lol There are so many more breeds I would love to have! So far this farm thing has been good to us. Can't wait until we actually buy the farm, which is our next step!
Farming aside, the kids have been growing so fast! The little man will be 5 soon. He started play school in the fall and loves it! He didn't really want to go at first. He said he doesn't want to go to school and he wants to be a farmer! So cute. I have no doubt he will be a farmer when he gets older! The girls will be 11 soon and they are in grade 5! They haven't been interested in anything extra curricular, but I'm sure they will come across something they like. They love to swim! They will start swimming lessons through the school real soon here. They also like baking, so I'm thinking I really need to do more with them soon here too.
Looking forward to summer holidays already. Found a place in B.C. two years ago, Wood Lake RV. This summer will be our third year in a row! Can't wait!
So there's a quick overview of what has been going on around here! Oh and Happy New Year! I have a few resolutions, to lose a little weight (I know that's like everyone's number one resolution), dress better (been wearing sweats and t shirts way too much lol), and blog more! Chow for now! : )