Afternoon siesta

Hope is having no problem settling in to her new home. 300 acres of land and her favorite spot is in the kitchen on the cool tile. We are all trying to adjust to the heat. Where is the coastal breeze??

What a find!

I found this old wood cook stove at one of the first auctions I attended in Kansas! I was so excited when I bid on it and got it for a great deal. My mother and father were out this last weekend and worked very hard helping us clean it up. It now sits in our kitchen as a great decorative piece. I also store things inside the stove, but we did not set it up to be functional as a working cook stove. Joel and I would starve if I had to heat the stove with wood every time we wanted a warm meal.

Moving bales

We have our first crop baled, now we are in the process of moving all the bales off the field. The next step is to sell the bales!!

What comes natural

Max doing what he loves. A small rabbit hid from him in this log. The rabbit got away, luckily Max was just a little too big for that log.

First cutting

Our first cutting is under way! Joel is cutting it himself and he is very excited to be officially farming. We hope to be in the house soon (it has been slightly delayed due to the need to cut our crop).

Growing up!

Tommy is growing everyday! I have definitely become his surrogate mother. He loves any attention he can get. Dixie has a more independent streak in her but she is a sweatheart. Tommy is still bottle feeding. He is about a week shy of two months old. Hopefully in about a month he will be eating on his own! Dixie would just like to move in to the house with us. She hasn't fully embraced her duty as Tommy's "buddy" but she is trying her best.

Stormy sky!

A storm hit just north of us that evening. We barely even got rain but a few towns got some tornados. That is our place in the background (in case anyone wondered) The sky was beautiful that evening! I am still not comfortable with the thought of tornados being so close. I told Joel a concrete house sure sounds nice around here.