A Few Days Spent Branding our Calves
Branding season is one of my favorite times of year. I love getting together with friends and family and spending the day catching up! My job every year is to make the food and this year I was worried I would not be able to find all the things I needed. Although it was a challenge as I wasn't thrilled about traveling out of town for groceries I managed to get the things I needed. Thanks to one of our localish(is that a word!) stores I was able to get enough chicken legs to cook for our usual crowd! And brandings would not be the same without a good cheesecake! It was a great three days visiting and of course watching everyone work! Why do you think I have six kids?! And seeing all of them in one place is always a day to treasure! Another year of calves ready to send off to summer pasture with their moms where hopefully they have plenty of green grass. Thankfully we had no major crashes this year as we have in the past. I have been known to have to haul my hu