Gosh it's been a while since I blogged! Sorry folks, living in the middle of nowhere can kind of make one a facebook junkie! Where to start? So many new recipes tried, so many battles with the kids, so much new cow stuff!
I guess the best place to start is at the begining so here goes! We finally got our half of beef for the next six months and I'm (kind of) proud to say i'm just about halfway through it! I've made everything from homemade sloppy joes on homemade hamburger buns, to stuffed hamburgers (yummy!) to pot roast, and all sorts of nummy beef recipes! I have to admit though, I'm definately craving some white meat! My mother was nice enough to purchase me a copy of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French cooking so i'll be cooking up some yummy french cooking in the middle of a cattle ranch in Montana. Is that an oxymoron? :)
Children.... Oh my children. We started potty training. Enough said. I love my little girl to death but I can only clean the carpets so many times in the month! The highlight of her life, however, has been the beginning of riding lessons! Our old gelding is serving as Sarah's pony this summer so (with Mommy in close attendance) we have started her adventures in horses! Our youngest started crawling a few weeks ago. Isn't it amazing that after a mere two years you totally forget how to baby proof the house. The DVDs, the stove, the entertainment center, and we won't even start on the kitchen! Swiffer is my new best friend! She is unique in the fact that she HATES with a passion basically any form of baby food. Makes life a little harder for me, but I feel that i'm up to the challenge.... I hope.
Oh the moo-cow-cows... off to greener pastures! With calving coming on in full force, the only group close is the first calf heifers that he takes care of while calving. Total, there about 2,000 cows on the ranch before calving, a little over 3,000 afterwards. Besides not seeing my husband for 4 months out of the year, I have to say summer is the funnest season on the ranch. It's fun to watch them grow all winter, but there's something about they itty bitty calves running and playing with their very concerned Mamas running after them hollering! Then there are the gatherings and brandings (always a ton of fun!) as well as working the cows and calves in the corrals behind our house. the girls and I are frequent attendees!
Hubby got the weekend off so I'm off to finish cleaning up dinner so we can make the 60+ mile trek to town tomorrow! Adios!
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