Prom 2009

Here are some of Casey's Prom pictures.

Cattle Pictures

As you can see this heifer got herself in a bit of trouble. The bale feeder is missing half of it's lower rung, therefore it is quite low on one side. She did manage to get out by herself. I have also had bulls do the same thing with good bale feeders. The feeder is too tall for them to jump out so I have to lift it up to let them out.






I don't remember why I had the camera, probably taking pictures of raging water, but when I came to this cow it looked like she was posing for a picture.

Casey got his Tux!

Yesterday Duane and Casey and I went to Bismarck to pick up Casey's tux for Prom. After we got home they did some welding on the bale feeders, did chores, went and got the drill fill out of the back of the pole barn and brought it up onto the yard. They also pulled the pressure tank and pump out of the old well pit.

While they were doing that I set up my program for printing labels. It had been so long since I used it it took me a little while to figure it all out, but is well worth it not to have to write them all out, and looks so much nicer.

After supper Casey and I worked on address labels for Graduation invitations. I had to rebuild my address database since we cleared the computer out. However having the computer cleared out and starting over sped it up so much, plus the program that I use for this was no longer working because of my computer problems. Anyway we got the database built and only have to add a few that I didn't have address for. Hopefully I will get them all mailed tomorrow. I also found my lists from Alex's Graduation so I have a good idea how much food I need to get and how many cakes to make. Now I just need to work on his school photo album and get that finished. Now is really a good time to be a stay at home mom, gives me so much time to enjoy and prepare for the events in Casey's last few months of High School.

Weekend Project

The guys put in a long weekend. Friday night after chores Casey and Duane went out and started tearing stuff apart, and Brandon came out right after he got off work. They worked late into the night and were back out there again the next morning, after a quick parts run to Linton. Grandpa offered to go to Bismarck and pick up the shocks (we had to special order them) so they were able to keep working. They didn't come in for dinner until about 3:00 then ate and went right back out. When they were finished and we ate supper (really late) Brandon helped me redo my computer and then headed for home. What a long weekend for him. Although he loves to work on cars, this had to be a tiring weekend. Casey really appreciated it, and learned alot about cars while doing this. Thanks Brandon ! Thanks also for helping me with the computer, I never could have figured it out by myself.



They are going to put on an Edelbrock aluminum intake and Carter 4 barrel thermoquad carb. We bought both the intake and the carb from Alex. They came off his Dart.

He recently bought a 1973 Dodge Dart. We weren't there when Alex and Brandon worked on it, so I only have a few pictures that he sent me via email, but I will post those later. For all you Mopar fans.

We also put Big Wheels (purchased from Brandon) and tires on for him.

Finished Project

This is the finished project. Well almost finished. The shackles come today, and they want to redo the exhaust yet.

Ryan's Graduation and Alex's Birthday Celabration

These pictures were taken at our Easter get together, where we also celebrated Ryan's Graduation. He recently obtained his GED.

We are so Proud of him for going back and accomplishing this!







These pictures were taken on Easter Weekend. All the kids were home, and we celebrated Alex's 21st Birthday.

Awesome beard Alex!

Challenger

This is a music video featuring a special free-flying Bald Eagle named 'Challenger' (in honor of the lost space shuttle crew) cared for by the non-profit American Eagle Foundation (AEF).

He's a 'human-socialized' bird raised by the people who rescued him - after being blown from a wild Louisiana nest in a storm as a baby in the late 1980s. Declared 'non-releasable' by federal and state wildlife authorities, he was trained by the AEF to perform educational free-flight demonstrations at high profile public events.

He's the first Bald Eagle in U.S. History that learned to free-fly into stadiums, arenas and ballrooms during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. The celebrity eagle has appeared at numerous major sporting events like the World Series, Pro-Bowl, All-Star game, BCS National Championship, Fiesta Bowl, Men's Final Four, etc.

Challenger has also flown before 4 U.S. Presidents! His life story is told in a children's storybook titled 'Challenger, America 's Favorite Eagle.'

Challenger - Amazing Free-Flying Bald Eagle

Ice Chunk

I thought this was pretty cool. An ice chunk floated down the creek (pronounced crick) that runs through the farm. It was left high and dry when the flow of the crick slowed down. This ice chunk didn't look like this yesterday. No icicles. It's amazing how much power the sun has this time of year.

More Pics

This is standing on the main road looking north toward the lake.



This one was taken standing in the stubble field on the north side of the road facing south. The culverts aren't big enough to take all the water. These are the outlets of the culverts.



Here I'm standing on the main road again facing south toward the grove of trees on the farm.



This is Casey standing where the water was running over the road. This is east of the farm near the section line.



This pic should be up with the first three. This is the whirlpool created because the culverts couldn't take the water fast enough.



This is the small lake created where Casey was standing in the earlier picture.





I took this at sunrise. You can see the sun just starting to light up the background in the picture with the moon up above.

It's been awhile

Last week was a busy week. On Monday we went to Bismarck and helped Alex and Nicole move. Brandon, Casey, Ryan, Duane and I, Nicole's mom, and of course Alex and Nicole were there to help, so we got everything moved and even a few things unpacked in the kitchen.

Alex and Nicole ordered pizza for dinner, and we went to Brandon's house to eat it.
I have a few of the pictures of their house here, of course this was taken in the process of moving so there are boxes all over, but you can see the layout of their house at least.









On Wednesday we all made a trip to Bismarck again. Nicole had arranged for us all to meet at Steak and Buffet for supper. Alex never knew anything about it because it was a surprise for his Birthday. When we got there we called and asked Alex if they would want to meet us for supper, which wasn't that much of a surprise because we do that sometimes if we are in town and the kids aren't working. Anyway we met there and then Nicole gave him tickets to the Shinedown concert, that was quite a surprise for him. He looked at the tickets and said cool, then he realized it was that night, and we told him we were all going. Brandon already had other plans for supper so he couldn't make it, but we did see him at the concert. Duane and Casey and I all had seats and Ryan, Sarah, Alex, Nicole and Brandon and his friends all had floor passes (Julie was working in the concessions). I don't know how Brandon saw us from the floor, but we were hardly seated when he waved and hollared up to us. It was a really good concert and we enjoyed it.

On Friday we again headed for Bismarck. Casey won the Amvets essay contest so we went up for supper and the program. He won second place in the Seniors division and got a nice sized check. Of course since he won money we had to stop at Walmart on our way out.

On Saturday we again headed for Bismarck fairly early in the morning. Alex's entryway was leaking so we went up to help him fix it. While we were on our way up there he tore the whole roof off and got most of the stuff we needed. When we got there Nicole was out getting breakfast for all of us. We ate, Duane and Alex started, while Nicole and I went shopping for a few other things they needed for the house. We were all done by 2:30, and they actually would have been done sooner but they were waiting on us to get back with the roof sealer. We really hurried but we kept getting these calls that would send us running back to the other end of the store for something else (just little things like caulking gun etc).

We got home on Saturday afternoon and before evening we had 4 calves. Milo had checked them at noon and there weren't any. That was just a spurt I guess maybe because of the weather? We have had 5 since then.

We have a bunch more pictures we will post later.









Casey left for his Senoir trip this morning at 6:00 AM. They are going on a skiing trip. They rented a big lodge at Terry Peak that sleeps 20 people. He was really excited to learn how to ski.

Well I guess I'd better get going I need to get some applications in and pick up a few things in Linton.

Take care,
Betty and Duane