First Day of School

Tess started school Monday. She really didn't have time to fuss around with her mother wanting to take photos. We walk down to our mail box and she gets on the bus at 7. Goes all day everyday to Kindergarten. So far she seems to be enjoying everything except the getting up and going to bed early part.

One of my favorite going to school songs...

3 shovels, a skidsteer and a telephone pole....

make for a fun Saturday afternoon working on the corrals. I will not go into details about WHY this pole needs to be replaced other than it involves a stormy night, a big mud puddle in the center of the gate and me thinking it would be a good idea to ride the gate over the puddle...

I will mention, however, that I spent a substantial amount of time on the tractor bringing in sand to fill the mud hole so not only is there a new pole, there will no longer be a mud hole to tempt me into destructive gate swinging.

Besides...doesn't planting this pole look like fun!

And there is plenty of time left for playing in the dirt looking for dinosaur bones!

Portraits

Unplanned portraits of my crew on a Saturday afternoon