Finally Friday!

Does anyone else feel like everything always lands on the same weekend?

This weekend our family is headed in every direction possible. Toni, Anna, and Kade are down in Filer competing at the Angus and Simmental Regional Shows. We’re looking forward to seeing how everything goes and cheering them on from afar.

Yesterday was Jaxsen’s last day of football camp, which means I finally have a little chore help again! I’ve been flying solo on horse chores lately while Ben and Kicker have been holding down the fort on cattle chores, with Ben also keeping the circles running. It’s amazing how much work there is when everyone is scattered across states.

Meanwhile, Kaine has spent the week in Yakima with his good friend Max preparing for the East vs. West Football Game on Saturday. It’s been fun watching these boys enjoy one more opportunity to play the game they love together. We couldn’t be more proud of both of them. It will be fun watching them play in one last game. They have a big cheering squad. Besides Max family, the Hammers, mom, dad, Ben, Jaxsen, JC and I are all going.

And just to prove that everything always happens at once, we’re also missing the Desert Classic Cattle Show in Hermiston because it falls on the very same weekend. Sometimes there simply aren’t enough family members, trucks, trailers, or hours in the day to be everywhere we’d like to be. We hate missing it, but that’s just how ranch and family life goes sometimes.

Around here, the horses still need fed, the cattle still need checked, the circles still need attention, and somehow the ranch keeps moving right along no matter where everyone is headed.

Here’s hoping for safe travels, successful shows, a great football game, and maybe a little sleep somewhere in between.

Happy Friday, everyone!

You can do anything, but you can’t do everything. Some weekends are a good reminder of that.