Fun days with friends

We brought Mike and Sue over for a picnic tonight. It is the only picnic George and I have been on this year. We got it done before the snow came!

Everything tastes better outdoors!

You can feel fall in the air!

The fellows providing meat for the table!

Richard and Mike. We will see them in Florida in a couple of months. 

Shipping day surprise Oct 11

Chris was down here way before daylight...5 am, half the crew was shipping at the Overland Lease, 8 Cowboys here. 

I had to lighten all the pictures. It was barely daylight. 

There was lots of wind, cold.  

The school called. Dusty fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm. Liz was answering Kate's house phone, Kate not available, so Chris tore off to town to the doctors office. They saw a bad break.  Then over the Snowy Range the ortho clinic couldn't do surgery there, sent them to Denver Children's hospital. By the time they got to Laramie, and then to Denver, they were not able to do surgery until Wednesday morning. Luckily, Kate had her part of the food prepared, and brought it down before leaving.  I had friends from NJ visiting, so they helped so much carrying food to the greenhouse for lunch for 20 plus men. It blew and rained during lunch, so was a good place to be. If it is nice weather, we set up picnic tables on the lawn. 

Hurry up, then wait, and wait!

Dusty waiting some more. 

Hazen made him a card. He had carried Dusty to the principal's office from the jungle gym. Dusty tries to be very tough, he didn't want to cry in front of anyone, but a broken arm really hurts a guy!!

3 pins put it back together. 

Mr Rangich, the elementary principal came out to the ranch to see Dusty. He brought him some treats. He had carried Dusty to the Drs office in Saratoga and saw the X-ray, and sat with him until Chris got there. So he was interested and involved in the incident. He's a pretty special guy. He was my boys 5th grade teacher. 

It was 15 degrees Oct 12 morning. Foggy. 

The cows had frosty ears and top knots. I just had the phone camera, so it's not too clear. 

Shipping Oct 4

Kate got this cute shot of Liz and a butterfly. 

It was so cold and windy this morning, we set the picnic tables up in the green house. It was very cosy. No one had to take off their dirty boots or coats. 

At least until the sun came out from under the cloud. Then it warmed up immediately!

September 23

Liz has been spending quite a bit of time at my house while mom is running. We had to help Grandpa George with his Cat  dozer at the Miller Ranch. 

She sat in the truck while I helped with the skid steer loader. 

I found some new Barbie toys that I had collected years ago. 

The peach tree at Jerm and Amy's produced lots of peaches this year. I think they had 3 last year. Jeremy is away for work. A storm is forecast, so Amy and the boys let the peaches ripen until the last minute. Then they worked like crazy to get them picked and in the house. Good work guys!

Colleen, Jenelle, Kate, and Kristy did the Monument Marathon in Scottsbluff Saturday September 24. 

Snow over at Elk Mtn this morning 9/24

Moose hunting at the Double 8

Someone bought a governors tag for moose. They stayed at the ranch and the guys there helped get the moose. 

Looks like Todd had a fun day. 

September

This guy was eating tomatoes in the greenhouse. He took bites and dropped some, and trampled the plants. Luckily, we caught him before he ruined too much. 

Then his friends came to call at 9:30 am. 

I didn't answer the door, so they headed for the trash barrels. A 4th one came out from under the deck. Wish I was more handy with a gun!

The flowers in the greenhouse are so lush this time of year. 

The tomatoes are going crazy. Cucumbers are done for the year. 

The greenhouse is starting to look like fall. 

We made aprons for Kate and Liz. 

On the way home

We stopped at Jeremy and Amys for the 2nd night of our trip home. Amy's parents were there too. 

A nice BBQ place in a nearby town finished off the evening.