Kaine and Kade were back at wheat harvest on Monday morning. Kaine is driving one of the combines and Kade is driving the bank out wagon. Anna is hard at working halter breaking the calves she has for sale. She has a couple of show heifers and some steers in. Jaxsen goes down and works on his steers for part of the day. Him and I also do Kade’s part of the chores at night, while Toni does our chores and Anna does Kaine’s chores, Jaxsen is very excited around it. Especially on the 100 degree days. We had an outside mare come in to get bred to Tank. It is late in the season but that is better for some people, especially if they are from a bit colder area. The mare is really nice so we are excited about what she is going to have next year. The last Dude baby was also born out of Blueberry. A stunning buckskin colt. We knew we would have some regrets about selling her after we saw the foal. After Kade got off of work he rode the half halflinger around. She is really cute and sweet. We are hoping she will make a good mountain horse for SR.
On Tuesday mom went and stayed with grandma and Toni and Dad went to Spokane to get his saddle. Before they left, Toni and Dad put another outside mare in a pen to get picked up. Most of the outside mares are bred and going home at this point, except for the few we are just getting in. Toni and Dad also went to McBrides Quarter Horses in Medical Lake to look at Marcy’s foals. Marcy has a Leroy daughter and Leroy sister that both have stunning foals. Anna went and helped the neighbor work her few cows then went and got Jaxsen to work on his steers. Erina texted that Kat and Abby Martin were 1st place in Cowboy Dressage World. Super Exciting. Kade continued riding the halflinger.
Kaine and Kade were still at it harvesting. Dad joined the crew on Wednesday. Anna and Jaxsen continued working on steers and heifers. Devo was out Wednesday morning, Anna’s show heifer from 2024, so she got her in first thing and fixed the fence. Anna and Jaxsen also clipped the animals that were going to Sagebrush Classic on Saturday, or started clipping them. Toni took some pics of an outside mare being bred to Sagebug for her owner. Toni and I got some pics of Whiskey and Mighty for someone on Wednesday. Then we worked on Holly for a bit.
Thursday our mare from Texas arrived. Toni went down to Hermiston to meet the hauler and pick her up. This is a dream come true for me as I have wanted a Shiner Named Sioux daughter for years. We found one from a gal we have bought from before, priced right and bred for 2026. She is a nice big mare, bay, so she will fit in perfectly here. She had a long trip so she went to live at my house with Rosey the donkey for a bit. Lots of feed, easy access to water, and time to recuperate. Toni and I worked on Holly again on Thursday. It is really hot, we have not been super motivated. Anna and Jaxsen clipped cattle to go to Sagebrush and worked on packing the trailer. Anna said Jaxsen just clipped Bugs and didn’t help much packing.
On Friday we worked on Holly and Bellini. Dad and I went to Palouse to get pellets. Anna continued to clip and pack the trailer. The boys are still harvesting. It was hot hot hot again and made us have regrets about going to a show on Saturday. The horses were all fine and the cattle all look good, but hot weather really puts a damper on energy.
On Saturday we were up with the sun, or before the sun, and headed to Colfax to the Sagebrush Classic. We had a great time, saw all our show friends. Savannah was 3rd overall PeeWee. Anna was 5th overall senior. All the kids showed great. Kaine’s steer won his class, Hazel won her class. It was hot, but it has been hotter there. So it was all good. Kade took his Nile Merit heifer Carla. She did good. Toni and I stopped in Washtucna at Sonny’s tavern to get take out chicken and fries along with big lemonades for everyone at home. We had two trailer loads of cattle at the show, including Anna’s two cow/calf pairs. She was Grand and Reserve with them at the show. The Koller/Alexander team put on another great Sagebrush Classic show.
Sunday we got the cows in and doctored some bad eyes. We put big bales in with the yearling colts and Tank’s pen. Super hot super sweaty day. It is always interesting to set goals for yourself and see what excuses your body can come up with. Too tired, too hot, too cold, too windy, always an excuse to not do what you set out to get accomplished. On hot days, cold days, everyday- letting the excuses define you is not an option, get out and ride.
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