Chisum–18 months

Since our move, time has really flown. Our little boy is 18 months old today!

He is so much fun, ornery, rambunctious, loving and playful.  

He is saying all kinds of animal sounds // moo, huh-huh (pig), ruh-ruh (dog), wheee-ee-ee-ee (horse), ow (cat), duck-duck-duck (duck), rraaahhhrrr in a whisper (applies to lions, tigers & bears….oh my!), hand in the air (elephant – he only does the noise when he wants), sssssss (snake), turkey (turkey – we have one name down!), ah-ah (monkey) and working on more.

He loves to say, “Amen” (sounds a little more like “a-nen”with a southern drawl) but it’s pretty adorable. Of course mama, dada, nana, & papa are said a bunch and we are working on grandma and grandpa. His biggest word he likes to say (because he likes to eat them) is “blueberry” and it comes out very understandable! The word “ouch” makes him giggle beyond belief. That giggle is truly the best sound ever.

A big snow storm came and we got over a foot of snow. It was really cold for about two weeks, but the snow stayed around long enough for us to get lots of sledding and snowman-building in.

 


I got a great video of Chisum and his excitement for sledding: WATCH.

Right during the storm, the first calf was born. Chisum loved talking to her.
 
And waving!

It’s so awesome for us to see him experience these things with life on the ranch. We love you, sweet boy!

December via InstaFriday

Most of my Instagram photos I’ve shared in recent posts, but here is the month December via Instagram. Merry Christmas!

Doggy playdate in the snow with neighbor, Avery.

Grandma Bailey’s Sausage Soup, perfect for a cold day. Recipe here.

Cookie weekend with friends.

Our brand.

Gotta love Baxter Black!

We met Rudolph at the Red Nose Run in Seward.

Sporting purple in the NE Corn office for K-State game day!

Hank loves is doggy vest!

Merry Christmas!

bulls and blessings.

This Monday was our first bull sale. It’s been a project we’ve been working on for a couple of years and it was awesome to see our hard work rewarded with some high quality Red Angus bulls….and WOW. Were we totally blessed by the support of our customers.

We sold 15 bulls in the sale in which we consigned with Cross Diamond Cattle. You can read about the sale here. The Ford’s and all families involved with this sale are incredible. They are great people who were willing to show us the ropes and get us started in our first sale as Solid Rock Red Angus.

We are excited for this new adventure in our cattle business, although it was kind of hard to see the bulls go. Made me feel better that none of them were going alone – they were going with a “friend” to their new homes.

Mostly, we give thanks to God for this opportunity and adventure. On CHRIST the SOLID ROCK I stand!

Reno & Red Angus

Ronny and I attended our first National Red Angus Association Convention together (I went to one as a Jr. member several years ago) in Reno this past week. We met up with my parents there and several others in the industry that we knew. We also made a lot of new friends and contacts.

We stayed at the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino…

…and I wanted to come home with this chair.

One of the best sessions during the convention was RAAA President Joe Mushrush’s address – can you tell why we liked it! :)

Downtown Reno was really beautiful as well with their River Walk.

Dad even found gold to pan for!

We did a little gamblin’, eating good steak, and made some new friends – even from Canada!

Up next, the trip to Lake Tahoe…