Frederick....or Tank?

Its been a bit since I’ve written…so sorry about that.  Life seems to happen sometimes and things get so busy.  But, I’m back on track now!

The weather last week was not good at all.  I stayed home Monday from work because of the roads, went home early Tuesday & Wednesday, and stayed home Thursday…all due to the weather!  We had snow all day every day, and the wind chill last Tuesday & Wednesday made it feel like it was -20 degrees outside!  YIKES!  Last Friday I was scheduled to be off because Wesley & I were going to a bull sale.  So, I had a nice long weekend at home.  Because of the weather I was able to do some much-wanted sewing!  I made some more sets of burp cloths, bibs, and matching pacifier holders.  And, I made some cute coasters as well.  Stay tuned – Wesley and I will have a BIG announcement about all the things I’m making…coming soon!!

This week Mandy’s boyfriend Matt is here helping Wesley get caught up on breaking & riding the colts of this season.  They have 12 horses to ride...quite a task!  Yesterday Wesley came home & told me they were able to get 4 of them to lay down for them.  HOLY COW!  That’s a big feat to accomplish when working with horses.  Once they laid them down they got on top of them & loved on them & rubbed their bellies.  It shows a sign of trust among horse & rider, and demonstrates control & respect.  Good job guys!  Y’all are doing great!!  I can’t wait to see how our horse Squirt turns out…Wesley said he’s “gonna be a bad dude!”

I mentioned a bull sale that Wesley & I attended this past weekend.  We purchased our first bull together this past weekend & couldn’t be more proud of him.  We went to a private treaty sale here in Miles City & snagged us a registered Polled Hereford Bull.  To most people this is not a big deal…but to us beef raisers, it’s a big deal!  I wanted to name him Tank, but Wesley said they already had a bull named Tank once & wants to name him Frederick.  Why Frederick?  I have no idea.  So, I think the debate continues on the bulls name.  He’s just a yearling now & has lots of growing to do, but we sure do like him!



Frederick or Tank the Bull!  He's our guy :)



This weekend Wesley & I are going on a date.  We are deciding what we are going to do tonight & then Saturday we are going to go out on a date together!  Then next weekend (for my birthday & Valentine’s day) we are going to spend the weekend in Billings.  We were going to go to Deadwood, but our favorite hotel was completely booked (and we refuse to stay anywhere else).  So, we decided a trip to Billings would definitely be do-able too!  Wesley and I have lots planned for our Billings trip so I’m anxious & excited for next weekend to get here already so we can get out of town & have some fun!

The weather here this week has been surprisingly pleasant.  We are having high’s in the upper 40’s and lows in the 20’s…not bad for February in Montana.  We hope the beautiful sunshine & nice weather continues.  We are currently calving a set of 20 heifers that David purchased & things started out a bit rough for us.  We normally don’t start calving until late March/early April so calving in January has been a trip, especially with the weather last week!  But, we only have 2 more heifers to go so that’s the plus side of it. 

We hope everyone has a great week & weekend!  It can’t get here soon enough for the Davenports!