Our Aweful Beautiful Life

A while back, Jason and Seth embarked on a business together raising cattle. They bought 4, and kept them up on Margie's pasture. I didn't feel "close" to them, as Jason often did the chores and I didn't honestly interact with them much on a daily basis. They bred them, and when they were closer to calving, we moved them out to our pasture.  Once on our pasture, they became a part of our family. We learned their tag numbers, and watched as each one came nearer and nearer to becoming a first time momma cow! A nd then, Jason planned a vacation. He left me home alone, with all three kids for 2 nights, and 3 days. His final words as he left for that fun fishing weekend with the guys...."hey, you know, I highly doubt it'll happen, they aren't due for a few more weeks, but just keep your eye out if any of those heifers go off by themselves....it might mean they are going to calve."  I didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't offer more ...

So April's fun, because it's my birthday month, and we see the end of the school year coming, and baseball is kicking off, and it's finally warming up........and then MAY hits. And honestly, by the time I even really realize it's actually May..........it's June. 11th. I'm not even kidding when I say May stinks, and I have absolutely zero memories from the month. Okay, I do, but only thanks to cameras and photos. Don't get me wrong, we had a LOT of fun in May, but it came and it went and now it's June, and I'm already dreading that summer will fly by as fast as May did. So let's recap May. Shall we? The first week alone had 2 field trips & a Mom's day at school. I was blessed to take the time off work to enjoy each of the field trips with the kiddos.  First up was Emmalyn and her preschool class to the Columbian Park Zoo. Highlights? Mom getting peed on by the tree-frog in the classroom animal meet & greet, but the "educato...