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Monday was a pretty normal day, we did not do a lot extra since we were all still tired from CBJLS. Toni had a lot of clients to call, court dates this week to prepare for, etc. Kaine and Jaxsen had football practice. Kade worked on calves, his big heifer. Ben caught Anna’s show heifers, McCall washed them after work. I worked on CBJLS pics after work and chores. Exhaustion played a big part in our bare minimum efforts.

Mom has really been on us to get a donkey into an area between stallion to eat weeds. Tuesday we moved Basil down to the weed patch were the faucet is at the corral. Toni was going to spray it all year but never had time. The weeds have gotten out of control. Toni walked out in the circle after chores to get some pics of the foals. Kade jumped on Joss and took a long ride out to the circle. He rides her out and about frequently and she is really a confident little horse. With the cooler temps the gnats are horrible.  We still have lots and lots of favorite foals, basically all of them. It is so interesting to see how they are growing and maturing. For instance, Bailey Bug looks like a mini version of her dam, Bayley. Sugar Cookie has shed out to be a really pretty brown roan out of the AI stud. Marlo washed the Evergreen steers on Tuesday. They were moved up on to the hill, so she had to call me to see where they were at.

Wednesday Nathan Jensen showed up first thing in the morning with our 2025 show steers. The kids are all super excited they showed up, and we were all happy to meeting Nathan finally. All of the steers are friendly little guys. We are really happy with them overall and thankful to have met Tyler, our buddy back East that raises such good quality calves. Then Toni had client meetings, and in between client meetings she ran a bull to Sagehill Vet to get semen tested and a couple fall heifers to get bangs vaccinated, so they could go to their new homes. And she took her cat to be neutered, no cat carrier, he just rode on her lap to the vet. Kade rode Joss out around the alfalfa field again. Toni got some more pics of the calves. Jaxsen had a football Wednesday, he played great, had a great game, and had a big cheering squad. Mom stayed with grandma on Wednesday, and dad and Skip picked her up and took mom into the game. Marlo and Diane also came to watch him play and Debbie showed up for a bit. All of his “extra special” people came to cheer him on.

Thursday morning, since the sale went into the wee hours of the night, we found out we got the last two steers we needed in CA. Nathan is headed to Wisconsin, so we need to find a different shipper from CA. Luckily we know some people…. The big boys went in to the volleyball game in Connell, not together, they both needed to drive.  Toni had a big hearing on Thursday that she has been pretty nervous about. Toni got some more pics of foals with her cell phone. I did not work on pictures Thursday night, I went to bed early. Toni went and stayed with grandma. At Grandma’s Toni and Leslie started looking at more show steers and heifer because we need more? Don’t worry, Toni is already asking if she can bid.

                Friday we worked on finding a shipper on the two steers. One guy we called says he is friends Ben’s cousin, I think because they are from the same area. I am asking Ben and his sisters and brothers, not because they are actually related. I think that is what happens in SE Idaho, you are related because you are from the same area. I will see if any of you actually read this. LOL. I had a Tri State meeting for work in Pasco, that was interesting. Kind of a cool deal, Miss Rodeo Washington was at the Othello rodeo and has challenged herself to ride 50 different horses. She rode ol Kevin at Othello! We got a really cute picture of her on Kevin. We also got a really nice fb message from Gayle who has a Sagebug Bayley filly that she bought from us. Gayle has had some health issues but was able to start her filly this year on her own! We also rewrapped Copper’s leg on Friday, which is healing. I stayed with grandma Friday night. Marlo went to dinner with Toni. Kicker and Kade rode horses Friday evening. Kicker decided he can ride Friday, and luckily Friday was ok with it.

On Saturday Toni and I were supposed to wean a bunch of stuff, but she had fallen ill, she volunteered to still come but I told her I preferred she stay home. Anna helped me move the rest of the round pen over. I got the Gunner pen in and Kaine helped me load Ro and Playin in the trailer. Then I weaned Playin, Rip, Bee Bug, Mirage, Woody and Shiney Guy. Kade came down and helped me get them all fed. The kids worked on their show animals, we have three Angus steers in the Evergreen Exclusive sale in Ellensburg on October 12th and then Ben, McCall, Anna, Kade and Lane are going to the Nile, Lane is helping the U of I Block and Bridle but they are leaving in the wee hrs of the morning, so he is thinking about going with our crew. McKenna is meeting them in Billings. Then Kade is headed to National FFA Convention to compete and lastly in November we have the Western Showcase show. So the kids are getting their steers and heifers ready to go. That night Kade, Anna, Ben, Dad, Diann and I went in and watch Kaine play football. We played Royal City, it was a great game. 

Sunday we went to great Uncle Doug’s funeral in Hermiston, Toni also did not make it to that because she was still ill. I told her none of us wanted to be contaminated. Ben, McCall, Anna, Kaine and Kade got circle 4 in and weaned the rest of the calves. Kaine left early to go to Kennewick and ask Kendra to Homecoming. His friend Cyson went with him, because Cyson was asking Kendra’s friend. Kendra is who Kaine took last year. Kicker and Kade put out big bales to the horses. With the nights being cooler they think they need more hay.  Kade started working on the 2 year old we bought back, Remi and she did great. He lunged her and saddled her. We try to take it slow with the 2 year olds so he just messed around with her. Kicker came down and did some maintenance for us on the water trough and the mainline leak. Toni took more pictures of the foals with her cell phone and messed around with them. She is also recommitted to keeping as many of them as she can. So if anyone wants to look at foals, please come do it before she really refuses to sell anything.