Well, just when everything dried up and the grass was starting to sprout up....it snowed. About 2 feet and really high drifts. I hope we have enough hay to get through this. Mom and most of the kids went down to the MN Horse Expo yesterday so I'm here holding down the fort doing chores and such. Dad is on his way home from the City's so I hope he ( Read more... )

Last night dad and I took the tractor into town because the liquid in one wheel was leaking really bad. This afternoon dad got off of work early to go pick up the tractor because it was done. I drove into town and then we loaded up the tractor and head back home. The weather was really bad and it had been snowing all day and the roads in town were ( Read more... )

This afternoon I took Rio out for a short 30 min. ride in the woods. The sun was out when we started out but then it clouded over and got really windy. I rode bareback: It's so much warmer!

~Jess

It's snowing right now and has been all day so far. It's really windy and the snow is really blowing. I just finished reading The Cherokee Trail by Louis L'Amour. I love the way he write :) He makes you feel like you are right there during it all :) Truly a great  author ( Read more... )

This morning I when I looked at the temperature it was 10 below!!! We hadn't even had a chance to get used to the cold weather here! I did chicken chores and then drove into town with mom to the feed elivator for grain for the horses and layer feed for the chickens and guineas. This will be my first time of driving in winter weather and this ( Read more... )

For the past few days it's been really nice weather :) But this morning I woke up to snow on the ground! I don't really like winter that much because it makes everything harder to do. (Especially chores!)

Yesterday we went on a field trip with some of the REACH homeschoolers to a Water Treatment Plant. It was really amazing to see how everything ( Read more... )

Mom and Dad got the hospital with Grandma and Papa at 5:00 in the morning for a hour of prep work. The pre-surgery started at 8:00. The main procedure lasted from 9:00 am. until about 10:00 pm.

Grandma's heart surgery went very well. The doctor said she didn't come up against anything unexpected. Grandma now has one new Mitral valve and a repaired ( Read more... )

Today it's been drizzling all day. It's also cloudy and darkish out ( Read more... )

It got below freezing tonight! Brrrrrr... I'm not really looking forward to winter. I don't really like cold weather ( Read more... )

This morning was misty and cloudy so I was hoping the weather would clear up before soccer practice. It cleared up in the afternoon so when we left for soccer it was sunny and cloudless ( Read more... )