Another week gone by so quickly.

Monday was sunny, so Mastres got a little bit more of our hay baled. We worked on foals. Tulip got tied to the other 2, so know she has “pulled” all four of our foals for this week. These four are a pretty excellent group to start with. We could lead, to some extent, all four the first day. So hooking to Tulip is more just so they all four get worked on efficiently.  Kade had drivers Ed. Kaine and Jaxsen had football practice. Anna worked on her show animals and the min foals. Tulip is not happy about being back in the halter breaking pen. I went to Connell for a meeting with Columbia Basin Development League on the completion of the Columbia Basin Project. Toni had court.

Tuesday it rained in the morning, and then it was sunny, hopefully we can get some more hay up. Mike Chubb came and harvested a steer, we have a lot more if anyone needs meat. Jaxsen had a game in Royal on Tuesday, Marlo and Toni went, he was on fire. He had some good sacks and ran the ball 20 yards on a kick return. Anna did the horse chores because Kade had drivers ed, when Kaine and I got home we worked on the foals. I worked on Juju and Coffee and Kaine worked on Fooler and Super Puncher. It is really good for Kaine, or just anyone new, to get in the foal pen helping to get these foals exposed to new people. All four of these didn’t care about Kaine being new. They were fine. Ben and Anna also sorted the calves for Toni to haul to Moses Lake on Wednesday, and put them next to the chute and 811, 745 and 1 (a cow, bull and heifer), also next to the chute. Toni and Marlo brought Toni’s picked up and we hooked it up and discussed the plan for the next day.

On Wednesday Kaine had to go to school early to watch football film. Anna found the haul slips and filled them out and then Toni got here and Anna, Kade and Toni loaded the load.  I had already left for work, as well as the men had. I hear the cattle all loaded great and everything fit. We had to use the 3 compartment Wilson to get them all, but it was good.  It was a quick trip and then Toni was back at work. We worked on the foals that night, they are all doing great. Kaine helped, since he is home too late after football to help with the other chores.

On Thursday Mom and Toni went down to see grandma, they wore matching shirts and were twins. Grandma is at Kadlec right now so everyone is taking turns staying with her during the day there.  Kaine had a football against Toppenish. They played a great game, Kaine had some really good tackles and blocks. I worked on Juju before I left and turned on the circle. Toni worked on the rest of the foals. Kade did not have Drivers Ed on Thursday so he rode his horses. However, he did have to drive though, so did not get to ride as long as he would have liked.

On Friday I went to see grandma after work and have dinner with her. Marlo came and helped Toni worked on foals. Marlo really liked the 2 she worked on and they liked her in return. These four foals were already good enough on Friday to go out in the driveway. The kids did chores and then Kade went to rope, Anna went to work on her show animals, Kaine was sore from his football game and I do not know what Jaxsen did. The PVF sale was Friday starting at 6:30 pm central time so Toni stayed to watch the sale on CCI until Kade got home, then Kade watched. One of our top three heifers was the very last to sell so somehow Kade got her bought. We have wanted a PVF heifer for a long time.  Now we just need to ship her home from IL.

                On Saturday we loaded out the minis first thing. Two went via shipper to Montana, which we were really happy to meet the shippers, Cindy works at the Billings horse sale, so we now have a contact for shipping home if we get anything at Billings in the future. Wee Lass went with her owners, in the cab of the pickup. Next Juju left and then Coffee. Juju went up the ramp like a pro, I guess he was ready to hit the road. Coffee was not quite ready to leave and took a little longer to get him in. But he was not bad. We had a lunch break and then got the 4 heavy Hereford heifers in, so we have one heavy Angus heifer left (2 have already calved) and then the 4 Herefords. Ben and Kade tied his red half clubby steer to Basil, the donkey. Jaxsen washed his steer Guns. We did chores, worked on foals, etc. The sale at Moses Lake was still going when we got done so we checked it out. Our friends Joe and John had 2 lots in the sale. They didn’t sell great, but didn’t’ sell bad.

On Sunday morning two of the clubby heifers headed to Idaho with cousins. Kallie and Wyatt bought Baby Girl and the Fur Trader heifer to show. Then we went down to load Fooler.  The buyer was a little late, so we had time to start some other projects.  Toni started filing and I started making the 2024 mares page list, so we can started deciding who we are breeding who too. Fooler did pretty good loading when Tracy got there, slowly but surely. Then we took a lunch break and Toni did her billing and I got the horses in out of the desert that had escaped out there. McCall came and her and Anna washed and clipped and got ready for the Nile. We tied Kade’s red steer up to Rosie that afternoon and he worked on him, and then him and Anna switched the steer and heifer. Kaine fixed my Colorado tire and worked on his steer and heifer. After chores Toni and I got in the next three foals to halter break, Smokin, Saul and Runner. Two colts by Gunner and one out of a Gunner daughter and by King.  Smokin is a pet so it will be interesting to see how he does. Sometimes pets are the worst.

Another week gone by so quickly. Next week Anna has her three lots at the Evergreen Sale in Ellensburg, selling Oct 14. She has worked really hard on these three calves. If you know anyone looking for show calves for next year, she has 1 Angus heifer and 2 Angus steers that are show ready. She has been working on these calves for months, the heifer has already been to a show and handled by small children. These are really good calves. Please come show her your support if you have time. We are very proud of the hard work she has done to get ready for her FIRST, probably not last, auction.