This was a long week for many reasons. Seth was able to start driving so he has been in Casper all week. He dropped me off in Lead last Sunday and then I was able to see him for a little over an hour on Saturday. This is the longest we have been apart in the past two years. It has also been long because I have been in Lead with my family. While I do enjoy their company, I am not used to so many people around all the time, especially four crazy boys!!
I am so excited this week as Shelby-Wayne and Heidi are getting married!!! It seems like this day was taking forever to get here but it will be here soon. I love weddings!! Especially when they involve my family. Seth will get to come home for the wedding and festivities so I am also excited about that!
Shelby-Wayne, Heidi, Bodi, and my mom will be here in an hour. I am so excited to see all of them! It has been since Christmas that we were able to see every one but my mom. It is always nice for them to be able to come home.
Seth is has been able to take his first ride to North Dakota yesterday. He is a little nervous about this new job but it will be worth it. I won't be able to go to Casper with him for a little bit but I am hoping that it won't be long before I can. Lou will have to stay home most of the time as the apartment we have doesn't allow dogs. That will be hard on all three of us. We will see how it works out!
Next week will be here fast!
Monday, May 26, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Graduations Galore!
Well, yesterday my baby sister graduated from high school. It is still weird and I can't understand how the time flew by! I have been out of high school for almost as long as I was in high school! My little Nashy-poo is all grown up!
I am here in Lead with my family. My mom leaves for Annapolis Wednesday to go to my older brother's graduation from the Naval Academy. Shelby-Wayne, his fiancé Heidi, and Bodi are flying back next Monday with my mom. Then the celebration begins. Heidi and Shelby-Wayne are getting married on the 31st of this month. I just can't believe it!
While I am here this week, Seth is starting to drive with the company. He hasn't been able to start driving yet because they have not had a load that needed to go to North Dakota since he was officially hired. One of these days we will get him going on the road. I am just glad that I am occupied with my family for the first time that we will be apart for two whole weeks. It will be interesting, that is for sure!
I recently had a near death experience that I would like to share with you. We have a cow and a bum calf that we are trying to pair up. The cow recently lost her calf and has been very stressed. This causes the cow to be very woofy and crazy. It takes a lot to get her in the head catch so that we can get the calf to suck off her. It takes two people to get her in because one person has to run the head catch (Seth) and one has to chase the cow down the alley (me). I can usually get the cow down close to the chute but she freaks out and tramples back through the alley. The other day I had her close to the chute but she wouldn't get her head all the way through. By this point, she was too far away for me to reach her to hit her with the hot shot so I was reaching over the wall. I had my body balanced so I could just reach her butt when I reached just a little too far and toppled, head first, into the chute with her. I was so scared that I had scared her and she would trample back on top of me. Seth couldn't move or make a noise or he would have scared her back. I have tried to jump out of that alley without using the gates and I have never been able to before. Somehow that day I grew muscles and was able to spiderman up and over the wall. Now I am bruised all over but it was definitely an experience! Seth called me today and the calf recently died. We have no idea why or how but all our time and effort into this pair just didn't work out. That is how ranching goes I guess!
Hopefully I won't have another experience to tell again. Maybe next week will be more exciting!
I am here in Lead with my family. My mom leaves for Annapolis Wednesday to go to my older brother's graduation from the Naval Academy. Shelby-Wayne, his fiancé Heidi, and Bodi are flying back next Monday with my mom. Then the celebration begins. Heidi and Shelby-Wayne are getting married on the 31st of this month. I just can't believe it!
While I am here this week, Seth is starting to drive with the company. He hasn't been able to start driving yet because they have not had a load that needed to go to North Dakota since he was officially hired. One of these days we will get him going on the road. I am just glad that I am occupied with my family for the first time that we will be apart for two whole weeks. It will be interesting, that is for sure!
I recently had a near death experience that I would like to share with you. We have a cow and a bum calf that we are trying to pair up. The cow recently lost her calf and has been very stressed. This causes the cow to be very woofy and crazy. It takes a lot to get her in the head catch so that we can get the calf to suck off her. It takes two people to get her in because one person has to run the head catch (Seth) and one has to chase the cow down the alley (me). I can usually get the cow down close to the chute but she freaks out and tramples back through the alley. The other day I had her close to the chute but she wouldn't get her head all the way through. By this point, she was too far away for me to reach her to hit her with the hot shot so I was reaching over the wall. I had my body balanced so I could just reach her butt when I reached just a little too far and toppled, head first, into the chute with her. I was so scared that I had scared her and she would trample back on top of me. Seth couldn't move or make a noise or he would have scared her back. I have tried to jump out of that alley without using the gates and I have never been able to before. Somehow that day I grew muscles and was able to spiderman up and over the wall. Now I am bruised all over but it was definitely an experience! Seth called me today and the calf recently died. We have no idea why or how but all our time and effort into this pair just didn't work out. That is how ranching goes I guess!
Hopefully I won't have another experience to tell again. Maybe next week will be more exciting!
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Busy Busy
Well, it is going to be a super busy summer and we can already feel it coming on!
Seth and I have been running all over the place trying to get things done for the ranch since we finally have some warm weather to work outside. We have all our seeds for our garden but we are going to wait until the ground is a little warmer before we plant anything. We have cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, peas, peppers, radishes, carrots, watermelon, and a hanging strawberry plant! I am so excited for that one. There will be lots of pictures when we start getting it really going.
We are moving our cows to our summer pasture in the hills in a few weeks. It is a two hour drive from where we keep the cows now so it is always a fun trip getting everything moved around and situated. It usually takes about a week to do. We have been busy trying to get everything ready for that as well as get Seth driving for this new company in Casper. He is down there today doing the final paperwork so maybe he will be able to start driving this week!
I am sure you will hear more about it but the next few weeks will be so hectic for the Williams family, my parents and siblings, as well! My sister is graduating from high school, my older brother is graduating from the naval academy in Annapolis and then is getting married in Custer a week later. Cope will be getting baptized this summer and Brigham is getting ordained to a Teacher. It is also my parent's 25th wedding anniversary this year!! It is definitely a milestone year for the family. I will be staying in Lead with my family all next week between Nash's graduation and my mom leaving for Annapolis. I am going to babysit the little boys she watches and make sure the kids are where they need to be. It will be fun to be back with them for a week.
Seth and I were also able to talk to his sister, Sister Raimee Stewart, over Skype on Sunday! It was so great to be able to see her face and hear her voice. She has been on a mission for our church in Forteleza Brazil. She left last July so it has been quite a while since we have seen her in person. We aren't sure on details yet, but we might be going down to get her after she is finished in December. We are so excited but she said that Brazil gets very dangerous around Christmas because everyone is inside so it is more likely that we will get attacked or mugged. That makes me a little nervous. We will just have to see what happens!
Like I said, things will be crazy so I hope I won't miss any weekly blogs. I kinda enjoy doing this! If so, catch ya on the flip side and I will fill you all in as soon as I get back.
Seth and I have been running all over the place trying to get things done for the ranch since we finally have some warm weather to work outside. We have all our seeds for our garden but we are going to wait until the ground is a little warmer before we plant anything. We have cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, peas, peppers, radishes, carrots, watermelon, and a hanging strawberry plant! I am so excited for that one. There will be lots of pictures when we start getting it really going.
We are moving our cows to our summer pasture in the hills in a few weeks. It is a two hour drive from where we keep the cows now so it is always a fun trip getting everything moved around and situated. It usually takes about a week to do. We have been busy trying to get everything ready for that as well as get Seth driving for this new company in Casper. He is down there today doing the final paperwork so maybe he will be able to start driving this week!
I am sure you will hear more about it but the next few weeks will be so hectic for the Williams family, my parents and siblings, as well! My sister is graduating from high school, my older brother is graduating from the naval academy in Annapolis and then is getting married in Custer a week later. Cope will be getting baptized this summer and Brigham is getting ordained to a Teacher. It is also my parent's 25th wedding anniversary this year!! It is definitely a milestone year for the family. I will be staying in Lead with my family all next week between Nash's graduation and my mom leaving for Annapolis. I am going to babysit the little boys she watches and make sure the kids are where they need to be. It will be fun to be back with them for a week.
Seth and I were also able to talk to his sister, Sister Raimee Stewart, over Skype on Sunday! It was so great to be able to see her face and hear her voice. She has been on a mission for our church in Forteleza Brazil. She left last July so it has been quite a while since we have seen her in person. We aren't sure on details yet, but we might be going down to get her after she is finished in December. We are so excited but she said that Brazil gets very dangerous around Christmas because everyone is inside so it is more likely that we will get attacked or mugged. That makes me a little nervous. We will just have to see what happens!
Like I said, things will be crazy so I hope I won't miss any weekly blogs. I kinda enjoy doing this! If so, catch ya on the flip side and I will fill you all in as soon as I get back.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Our Summer Jobs
Well, I did my interview for the courthouse job and I didn't get it. That is ok with me though because now I can be with Seth all the time. I am going to go back to school full time and throughout the summer so that hopefully I will be getting my first degree by the end of next year. I guess we will have to see what happens until then.
For now, Seth and I have been staying at the ranch a lot lately. It has been hectic trying to get all our summer chores done and start the projects we have had laying around all winter. This was a cold winter so we didn't get the things done that we probably should have. I just got a new horse, Dolly. I have been working with her a lot lately. For those of you who know me, I have not been around horses my whole life so this part of the lifestyle, along with many others, are often intimidating and stressful. I always wanted a horse, especially a black one. Growing up, this was a completely unrealistic dream but now I have accomplished it! She was already broke but she wasn't trained well enough or worked with enough so I have to go through the whole process again with her to build up that trust between us. She has become a good friend and I tell her everything! Little by little we are working together so that hopefully I can get on her by the end of the month. We need her so we can get our cows moved up to the hills at the beginning of June. She has her good days and her awful days, not really anything in between. She has an attitude but I guess so do I. I am a naturally shy quite person and she is naturally dominate and aggressive so working with her is really building my character and skills as a horseman and rider. We are building a bond I have never had with another animal and it is amazing.
Seth recently built himself a drag. He welded a cutting edge and other metal together to smooth out our roads at the ranch. He has taught me how to weld before and he let me try on this project as well. I am not very good at welding but I kind of enjoy it. I think it is fun and I hope I will get to keep doing it. We got the drag all done and we hook it up to our side by side. There were a few flaws the first go around but we can get those figured out easy. It worked really well actually and hopefully we will be driving in comfort!
We are starting our garden again this year. Seth dug it up again and we have our tomatoes and peas growing inside already. We are going to get more beans, corn, lettuce, watermelon, peppers, and cucumbers. Last year, we got a lot of a few things. We had so many pumpkins and cucumbers we didn't know what to do with them. We have so many different kinds of canned pickles, its ridiculous! We had too many pumpkins as well and we didn't do anything with any of ours so we aren't going to plant any of those this year. We will keep you updated with how our garden grows this year.
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
For now, Seth and I have been staying at the ranch a lot lately. It has been hectic trying to get all our summer chores done and start the projects we have had laying around all winter. This was a cold winter so we didn't get the things done that we probably should have. I just got a new horse, Dolly. I have been working with her a lot lately. For those of you who know me, I have not been around horses my whole life so this part of the lifestyle, along with many others, are often intimidating and stressful. I always wanted a horse, especially a black one. Growing up, this was a completely unrealistic dream but now I have accomplished it! She was already broke but she wasn't trained well enough or worked with enough so I have to go through the whole process again with her to build up that trust between us. She has become a good friend and I tell her everything! Little by little we are working together so that hopefully I can get on her by the end of the month. We need her so we can get our cows moved up to the hills at the beginning of June. She has her good days and her awful days, not really anything in between. She has an attitude but I guess so do I. I am a naturally shy quite person and she is naturally dominate and aggressive so working with her is really building my character and skills as a horseman and rider. We are building a bond I have never had with another animal and it is amazing.
Seth recently built himself a drag. He welded a cutting edge and other metal together to smooth out our roads at the ranch. He has taught me how to weld before and he let me try on this project as well. I am not very good at welding but I kind of enjoy it. I think it is fun and I hope I will get to keep doing it. We got the drag all done and we hook it up to our side by side. There were a few flaws the first go around but we can get those figured out easy. It worked really well actually and hopefully we will be driving in comfort!
We are starting our garden again this year. Seth dug it up again and we have our tomatoes and peas growing inside already. We are going to get more beans, corn, lettuce, watermelon, peppers, and cucumbers. Last year, we got a lot of a few things. We had so many pumpkins and cucumbers we didn't know what to do with them. We have so many different kinds of canned pickles, its ridiculous! We had too many pumpkins as well and we didn't do anything with any of ours so we aren't going to plant any of those this year. We will keep you updated with how our garden grows this year.
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
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