Our daughter and son-in-law, Meghan and Travis brought out their cattle horses to help with the round up. My sister Colleen and her husband Del came over from our "sister property" DVR. Johnny and Keith (better know as the cowboys) were the ringleaders and my cousin Lester did the neutering deed as well as wrestling the tails on the heifers. Keith's grandson, Zach held the branding iron between the cows. Our good friend Terry along with Travis helped the cows decide to go where we wanted them to go. Marvin and Greg did several different jobs - wherever they were needed. I kept track of which eartag numbers were put on each cow as we replaced their existing tags with our new style and color. Various family and friends hung out and visited and played. The weather was absolutely perfect and the day was clear and warm.
We were done at about 2:30, just in time for the weather to take a sharp about-face and turn really cold and windy. By this time, we were back at the house and BBQing pork ribs and tritip and sausage. After salad and potatoes and brownies, everyone slowly left and we fell into bed at 8:00 - exhausted but very happy. It was a perfect country day and all animals were healthy and happy.
Keith's other grandson, Ian along with Zach, helped me round up a wayward goat. Those little guys have way more energy than I do. I was tired just watching them run after the little nanny.
What a wonderful place we live where family and friends can get together for a day of work and play and just enjoying the great outdoors.
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