Wednesday, June 10, 2009

8th Grade Graduation

Cassidy receiving his promotion to the 9th grade.

8th Grade Class

Now one off to college, one into highschool and one off to preschool in the fall. *Sigh*


Branding

Getting started, the cows and calves are all in and the cows have been sorted off the calves.


Where is my baby????










Alan and Andrew wrestling the calf and Paul branding.



Hannah and John




The Circle Twenty-Two Brand. This brand was Doug's Granpa's.





Some serious talk going on here.




Hannah petting a calf.





Tucker waiting for the irons to get hot.



The finished product.



Saturday, June 6, 2009

High School Graduation

Grace graduated from High School May 17th.
She was valedictorian of her class.
Here we are boohooing.

Top six in her class.






Receiving her diploma.





He was just a little boy,
On a week's first day.
Wandering home from Bible school,
And dawdling on the way.

He scuffed his shoes into the grass;
He even found a catapillar.
He found a fluffly milkweed pod,
And blew out all the 'filler.'

A bird's nest in a tree overhead,
So wisely placed up so high.
Was just another wonder,
That caught his eager eye.

A neighbor watched his zig zag course,
And hailed him from the lawn;
Asked him where he'd been that day
And what was going on.

'I've been to Bible School,'
He said and turned a piece of sod.
He picked up a wiggly worm replying,
'I've learned a lot about God.'

'M'm very fine way,' the neighbor said,
'for a boy to spend his time.'
'If you'll tell me where God is,
I'll give give a brand new dime.'

Quick as a flash the answer came!
Nor were his accents faint.
'I'll give you a dollar, Mister,
If you can tell me where God ain't.'