The first step

After all the calves are separated from their mothers, they need to be separated again. All the steers are singled out and put into a separate corral. The mothers literally stand all along the fence and bellow for their babies....not the kind of weaning I am used to and it was sad to see all those moms calling out for their little ones. I asked Farmer Scott how long they did that for and he said it can go on for about 3-4 days!

Lots of time at the ranch

There was a lot to do at the ranch and each day the kids would ask how much longer we could stay, as though every moment was an exciting one. Farmer Scott and our Scott had brought all the cattle down into the corral to separate out the calves from this year. We keep the heifers and sell the steers. It was quite a show to watch!!

A frosty and icy morning

We went to the shelter to rescue three cats and have them come out to the shop and be "shop-cats". Across the street, the farmer was watering the field despite the weather. Quite beautiful.

And Ben sleeps on...

Traveling out

If there is an opportunity to head to Utah, we will take it!! So, when it was going to work out to go with Scott this October - we were all in, even though I had to travel out with all three kids alone. Hunter and I played a lot of tic-tac-toe, Katie did a lot of knitting and Ben took a great nap!