Engagement Photos

All around the farm! And we had a great time! (I mean, all we had to do was stand there and obey commands to kiss!! ;) )

Our favorite series - out by the turning wheat :)

And sunset in the cornfield :)

New Beginnings

Wow....it has been a crazy 10 months since I was on here....

The last day of January, my boyfriend proposed in a snowstorm in the middle of a cornfield :)

And then the whirlwind of wedding planning began. 

but at the same time, work was still going on full blast....

The first calf Callie held!!

yay calving season! so adorable!!

Fats in the overflow at the feedlot

Aaron came out and rode Callie while I rode Vegas

Helping Aaron move equipment around

At his bro's graduation ceremony

 Stuffing, Stamping, and Addressing Invitations!

Next time....

come for engagement photos!!!

Snowy Days

Hey Peoples!!!
It's been a snowy winter wonderland out here for the last month or so...
And its been colder than normal...it looks pretty but that wears off quickly when the windchill is -50 :)

But here are some photos that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your heated homes. (hopefully...my heater kicked out twice during this cold spell...but that's another story!!! )

 The first day...it was snowing like crazy!!

With the wind it drifted like crazy...look at all the beautiful lines in the drifts!

365 degrees on the farmground...

I could see the mountains near Estes Park on Christmas Eve...that's close to 150 miles away!!

 Some of our purchased heifer calves up on the farmground

 

Snowy roads and fields

Moving some longhorns out of a pasture back onto the farmground

Riding Callie out to go pull the open cows out of this pasture.

I hope you enjoyed this look at my country! It started melting today!!! 

Oregon Trip

My Grandpa and I drove out to Oregon to see family in October...(and yes, I realize that it is almost Christmas...) :)
Here are a few photos of our travels and things we saw.

A beautiful sunrise in western Wyoming

We stopped at Twin Falls Idaho for lunch...the gorge is beautiful. The locals said that there wasn't enough water for the falls to be going so we didn't go up there.

We stopped to stretch our legs in eastern Oregon. It was way hillier than I thought it would be!

We stopped at the stunning Sahalie Falls along the Mckenzie River

My Aunt is an artist, so we got to visit her studio and see some of her art. It really was fascinating to hear about the process behind the creation of the pieces.

You can check out more of her work at almeidiastudio.com

I spent a day up at the Evergreen Air Museum seeing Howard Hugh's Spruce Goose and several of my favorite WWII airplanes 

We went and visited this 100 year old covered bridge across the Mckenzie River

We spent the weekend on the Oregon Coast. We waded in the Pacific (it wasn't much colder than water from the garden hose in the middle of summer...) and ate some of the best seafood of my life!! 

We went to an Oregon Ducks Woman's volleyball game. They had a petting zoo "for the kids" but I'm pretty sure there were as many adults there as kids! I got to hold a ring-tailed lemur!

And the Ducks won their game pretty easily so it was a good night!

Soon thereafter we headed for home.

One more beautiful view in Wyoming :)

Harvest Moon

It's going to be bright out tonight! The last couple nights it's been bright enough to see the outlines of the trees and horizon.