HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKE!

September is proving to be a very busy month. The kids are enjoying school, making friends and enjoying the ranch. Mike celebrated his birthday this year by tractor shopping.

Opening birthday cards.

The new zero-turn mower fit for a ranch!

Mike and Chandler spent the birthday evening mowing the paddocks near the barn.

Chandler enjoyed lunch with Papa and Gran for Grandparents Lunch at school.

It is still hard for me to get used to sitting at my kitchen table and seeing a bull outside my window.

Mike mowed a trail along the parameter of the acreage. Today Cyd and I went hiking along the trail. We saw the creek for the first time today.

Martina couldn't resist a little swim.

The upper part of the creek.

View from the back of the back pasture. It is a really beautiful place to walk.

A New School Year

A new school year has begun and the kids are enjoying their new schools. Chandler is in the 3rd grade and started at an Intermediate school with 3-5 graders. Cydney is attending a preschool at a church in town 3 days a week.

All of the kids in Chandler's school start the day in the gym then they go their classrooms.

Chandler saying goodbye to Martina before heading to the first day of school.

We are always admiring the views of the ranch. This one is from our porch looking toward the driveway.

Cydney outside her new school.

Walking into Mrs. Angela's class. I am dressed for a much needed run now that the kids are in school!