Bitty Baby Cow

Went to check on the cows and the new bull yesterday afternoon - the new "pecking order" seemed to have been established and all was well in the pasture.

Sugar Plum Princess still wasn't keen on bringing her calf up, but I did get a quick glimpse and photo using my zoom:



And another shot of our new bull, who seemed happy to pose yesterday:



This weekend starts our fall beef deliveries - so it will be busy!

Recent Arrivals

We've had several new arrivals on our ranch in the past few weeks - thought it was time to finally get the photos uploaded and share them!

Here's a heifer calf born 02 Aug 2009 - here the calf is 3 months old. It belongs to our friend Mr. Thomas, who keeps one of his cows on our pasture:

Here's one of our bull calves born 14 October 2009 to Lollipop (mom is protectively watching him - she's a 1st calf heifer and we were there when the calf was only 3 days old):

Here's a heifer calf born 16 October 2009 to Lana:

Here's our new herd bull that arrived on Sunday afternoon, 01 Nov 2009 - he's 18 months old, about 1200 pound Angus. Temporarily called Little B by breeder, although the girls all think he needs a name that sounds a little stronger. I'd agree.

We have a calf that was born on 31 Oct 2009, but the mama (Sugar Plum Princess) had it hidden yesterday and I didn't want to disturb them, so I'll have photos of that new calf later this week.

Our Fall Home

Scenes of fall around our home this week:

HAPPY FALL!

Birthday Photos

Here are a few of the photo's from our birthday celebration this week - my youngest daughter turned 4!

Here's the birthday table - I made her cake and decorated it from scratch - she wanted a "chocolate cake with white icing and lots of little pink flowers on top".



She seemed pleased.



Ready to make a wish and eat cake:



She wanted a ballerina outfit:



Close-up of the birthday girl (and no, the wall in that room is not pink - it's cream - not sure what's up with that!)



It was a great birthday party!

Another Celebration

Hard to believe that my "baby" is turning 4 years old tomorrow! We had a celebration at the first of the month before hubby left with the Reserves so he'd get a chance to celebrate with her. We also took her to her favorite Mexican restaurant where they sang her a birthday song in Spanish and she got a delicious free dessert!

Tomorrow we'll celebrate with Meme and Papa - having lunch and presents and cake and time of fellowship with a little one that is another year older! Stay tuned for pictures!