Minority wins

It isn't often that the minority wins, but in the case of guessing the sex of an unborn child, nobody really knows. However in the poll the minority of the people guessed that we would be having a baby girl, and on Tuesday when we went to the doctor they confirmed the minority to be correct. She apparently looks healthy and is on schedule so I guess we will wait for her debut at the end of September. By the way now that we know she is a she I don't think I can call her Cletus the fetus, so if anyone knows any girly names that rhyme with fetus let me know.

Helga, Lars, or Elvira?

This posting is a special little tidbit for all you in the blogger world. Think just because you look at this website your are in the know....About a month ago we told our families that Eden was pregnant and due September 23, at that time my three genius brothers decided to take it upon themselves to name the said child. Each of them was kind enough to choose one of the names mentioned in the title and enjoys referring to the child with the name they have chosen. My dad was also kind enough to think of some names but we won't mention them. Which of the three do you like? Until our child is born I think I will affectionately call it Cletus, why you may ask? Because it rhymes with fetus and that's what it is.

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4000 miles and a blown tire

So for those of you who want to know what a tire looks like after exploding I present exhibit A, or more commonly known as the picture to the right. My parents and I went on an excursion over spring break that took us through 7 states with our furthest east stop beinging in the quaint little villiage of Beaufort, Mo. were we picked up my calves. On this trip we also stopped and bought some sheep (what says family vacation like looking at sheep?) while also making a little time to back track and visit my brother Ryan and his wife, Rachel (aka Sis) who live in Coralville, Iowa.

On the way home while nearing the metropolis of Cheyenne I was driving my Dad's pickup while pulling our stock trailer. We were just getting up to freeway speed when BOOM, the back drivers side tire blew, luckily I was able to coast us to a stop and we didn't loose control, that could have been a touch messy with all the critters in the back. This little fiasco ended up being a three hour delay since we couldn't find anyone to get a new tire from, and since they thought they might have a problem just patching up the one we blew, but we made it home safe later Saturday night.

Cattle Barons

Here are some pictures of my latest project. Most people will have crafts or some other whimpy thing, but I buy cows (very manly). These little critters are Lowline Angus and are considered miniature cattle (okay, maybe not so manly). They will only grow to be about 40-42 inches tall and originate in Australia. My goal is to get a large herd of them to run with my sheep and then buy a large farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere to live out the rest of our lives far away from civilization (just don't tell Eden). Or raise them for show and to sale, I guess that would work too. I will go pick these calves up in Missouri over spring break and the others are in Idaho and will be born in the next few months, if you can't tell I am pretty excited about this.

Snowmobiling Yellowstone

While attending the Utah State Fair in September I won a snowmobile trip for one. It came with a two night stay at a crappy little hotel. Free food vouchers, at a restuarant that wans't even open yet, and a ticket to the worlds greatest little theatre ever. They had one screen and played one movie, with a running time of a week. Luckily while we were there the film of chioce was Beowulf- not recommended for anyone.

Okay, it really wasn't that bad. The resturant down the street accepted the vouchers. We also got a discount on Eden's trip so it was worth it.

We went the second day that the park was open and were the first group of snowmobilers in. It was pretty amazing to see all the snow that they already had. It was also neat to be able to see all the wildlife so close, it is different when the buffalo are walking down the road when you are on a snowmobile, as opposed to in a car.

While we were in West Yellowstone we also went to the Imax. We were expecting it to be a hit with all the people that attend in the summer, but we were the only ones in the theater when the movie started. Just imagine a six story movie screen all to yourselves. The only other highlight was going to the Wolf and Bear discover y center. The wolves were boring. They only wanted to sleep and lounge in the sun. The Grizzly Bears we another story. They are all big time posers. Whenever they saw the cameras come out they seemed to stop what they were doing and look at you with a big smile.

Graduation

In December, Adam graduated from Utah State University. Adam graduated with a BS degree in Animal Science. I am so proud of him. We have finally reached a milestone, a degree. It gets us closer to moving out of little Cache Valley.

Our family celebrated by attending both USU's Commencemnt activities and the College of Agriculture Celebration. I hosted lunch, a baked potato bar, at our house and had a wonderful time visiting and being with family.

Adam's next move is to continue with his schooling. He started working on his Master's Degree in his last semesters. Estimates Graduation will be in May 2009 in Animal Nutrition.