Category Archives: Wyoming

Our life and time in the great state of Wyoming Fall 2013 to present

Five Fancy Nancy

We had a great time celebrating Clara’s fifth birthday! It was a “fancy” affair. All guests dressed in their fancy duds. Fancy “posh” hot dogs were served (that means hot dogs in a bun and toppings). The kids played through … Continue reading

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Happy Easter 2018

Doesn’t everyone go to their local pub/restaurant and decorate eggs? The owners were super nice to provide different egg decorating stations. The girls loved decorating the eggs. The eggs were later used for the egg hunt.  Ruby found a prize … Continue reading

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Yard Turkeys

The turkeys are still around. I call them our “yard turkeys”. They are still wild, but they do get used to us. These turkeys grow feathers up over their head for the winter months and negative temperatures that we have. … Continue reading

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Winter Pastures

In December most of the cows are walked out 18 miles to 11,000 acres for their winter pastures. From the 11,000 acres they are then pushed to corn and barley stalks. This year 300 of the herd was kept nearer … Continue reading

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Go Kart Update

Ruby recently got a new to her go kart. We’ve done a lot of riding on the ranch. We’ve also made it down the lane, on the black top and over to a neighbor’s house. They’ve had great fun going … Continue reading

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Ice Ice…Skating

The state park near us installed a small ice skating rink for the winter. The park applied for a special winter sport/visitor grant. They beat out all the other state parks in the state and were rewarded with money to … Continue reading

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Ranch Irrigation

Since we are in the “slow” season, I’ve been reflecting back on the irrigation season here in Wyoming. As of the time of this post publishing, we’ve only had about 23-25 inches of snow down low. This time last year, … Continue reading

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Seven

This kid.   She didn’t have an official name for three days.   She cried almost continually at the hospital from the moment she was born.   She isn’t a big risk taker.   She and her Papa are best … Continue reading

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Christmas 2017

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We started the season off by going up the mountain to get our Christmas tree on December 3rd. There was hardly any snow going up. We really didn’t encounter any snow until the forest … Continue reading

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Late Summer and Fall

 

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