Spring Work Day #2

Well, I have had a BUG, GERM, NASTY, in my computer, and so I had to get it fixed. Now I can finish this post :)

Of course, we did lots of work, and had lots of fun. You can see Matt and Mayme hard at work on Uncle Aaron's new 4-wheeler with the harrow on behind. He would pull up beside Sara and I, we would lift the thing off of the brush he had accumulated, and then we would burn it while he went around the pasture and accumulated some more. On one go round he accidentally hooked a corner of the burn pile with the harrow. I looked up and saw Matt making like a pyromaniac with the whole field behind him on fire. He was rather startled also, but we decided it worked out well. Sara and I quit managing the burn pile and headed over to protect the trees--we made like firemen, with rakes instead of polaskis.

We started out early with the burning, then went to the pruning...When Jesse showed up, he helped with the pruning.

Matt and I were trained by my Menonite friend to walk around the tree, carefully looking and deciding what should come off, then we lop a little and do it all over again. Along comes Jesse, climbs the tree, lopping as he goes, takes off 3 big main branches, aske if we want any more... Our jaws are hanging. Nope, we say. That looks just perfect--and it was!!

One of the days tragedies was when I discovered I was missing my cell phone. I started looking everywhere I had been--in despair because the harrow had also been there...Matt also started looking on the other end of the field. Asking as he went, "How many cell phones is that for this year, Mom?" (The answer would be three--and these are blackberries, not cheopos....and provided by my place of employment...) Sara called on her cell phone--and Matt yelled that he could hear it. Sara got there first and he told her it was in the fire, he could hear it--she's doing a little oooohing and scrambling. I'm thinking, "If my phone were in the fire and ringing, Matt would be getting it out, not standing there." So I get closer and say you can hear it--yes, where is it? In the fire...Hmmmmmmmmm, I walk over and say I don't think so....and he picks up his foot and there it is. RELIEF!!!

We headed over to see Lacey Jean, 8 months pregnant, packing a cute 2 yr old Tucker around, with Clay close by--they were branding (other family and neighbors) while Lace watched the kids.

Then the Halibut Feed at North Powder, and then Darren showed up and we played games.

On Sun am we went to the 9 am Church, and then headed to Hermiston to see Jesse and his new home and ranch he is managing. He built this fence post pounder for Matt. I call it Mad Molly (actually, it should take a lot of the Mad out of Matt--) it's a heavy honker. He was pleased and we had a great day. Now I need to paint the house, who wants to come and help????? :)