Friday, April 18th

Today, after visiting the farm again, we went to Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England during World War II, and one who was largely given credit for the Allied victory. Then back into London, and we had a very enjoyable stroll (cold and windy, the buds were blowing off the trees and we thought it was snow!) down The Mall to look at Buckingham palace, then back past Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. Friday evening we took in the musical Grease, a presentation of the school where Ainslie, Liam & Cameron attend.

Thursday, April 17th

Today we again took the tube to Charring Cross train station, and then caught a train to the town of Seven Oaks to visit the dairy farm of someone that Sarah had known in Cape Breton. Henden Manor, apparently the former home of Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry VIII's wives. An enjoyable train ride. We watched 250 cows being milked in a double 24 herringbone milk parlour, had dinner at the local pub, then spent the night in Anne's room.

Wednesday, April 16th

Today, Sarah headed out with a bus load of ladies, to Stoke on Trent, to go browsing in china shops. She had been looking forward to this for ages, which is more than we can say for the owners of the china shops! Luckily, the damage was minimal and Sarah had a great time.
Bruce & Carrie were in for a more cultural day, and they took various tube rides into London, first to the huge O-2 center, where they took in the Tutankhamun ( King Tut) exhibit. Very impressive, lots of gold to be seen there. Another tube ride took them back to downtown London, to the Lyceum theatre, and a very impressive Lion King performance. Carrie was awestruck with the whole performance. They grabbed a burger at "MacDonald's on Strand" before heading home.

Tuesday, April 15th

Today we traveled to the small village of Swavesey, to visit the very old Parish church of St Andrew. There is a bell in this church dedicated to the Mitham family, apparently there has been a Mitham involved in ringing the church bells for over 250 years, since at least 1747. There were a lot of Mitham gravestones around the church, we even found one for Sarah!

Monday, April 14th

Today we visited Hampton Court Palace, famous for being the home of King Henry VIII, and all his wives. We saw the splendor of the palace and gardens, learned some history, and Bruce & Carrie had a bit of fun in a maze in the garden.

Sarah Allison

I have been remiss in announcing the birth of Sarah Allison Harvey, born Monday, April 21st. A daughter for Tanya & T J, and a sister for Emma & Madilyn. I am sure I will be told if I didn't get that spelled right.

Sunday April 13th

On Sunday we took the tube to downtown London.

The London marathon happened to be on, there were 35,000 runners.

Saturday, April 12th

Today we visited Salisbury Cathedral, a very impressive church.
We were impressed with the size of the church,
the 2 huge pipe organs, and all the history in the church.

Then before we left the city of Salisbury,
Carrie & Sarah found the British equivalent of a dollar store!

Our next stop was Stonehenge! (Jesse said we saw some rocks)

Friday, April 11th

We are home now from England and have a few pics to post. Our first day was spent relaxing after our trip, and then on Friday we visited the oldest pub in England- the Royal standard of England, apparently 900 yrs. old. Here is a pic of Bruce & Sarah with our friends, Stuart & Ann Marie Moors, our very kind hosts while we were in England.

Jesse Screwing Up...

Here is a pic of Jesse doing what he does best...but we are happy with what we have got done on the chicken barn. Maybe 3 more sheets of plywood today, but oh well...

Off to England

Here is a pic of Bruce, Sarah, & Carrie after packing for their trip to England. They are going for 10 days. I wonder if there is a llama in England to post pictures for them there. Jesse is staying home to look after things..Yikes...He got his wish though, we had 3 calves today, so there should only be one cow calve while he is alone. Or maybe we have smart cows??

Kings Barn

We used to look out our kitchen window and see the neighbours barn across the road. I guess we won't do that anymore. I wonder what year that barn was built?

The Week ends with wine

This week we spent most of our time working on the chicken barn. We also did our regular chores which takes a bit of time. We are pleased with what we got done this week. Milk is up, so that's good too. Tonight Bruce & Sarah bottled a batch of wine, here is a pic of Sarah putting the shrink wrap on with a heat gun.

Beef to Chickens

Bruce and Jesse have been working away since the first of March, tearing out one half of the beef barn to have a place to keep chickens. We were fortunate to get layer quota for 1000 hens, and this is where we will put the cage system.

Bedding up the cows

Here are two pics of Jesse spreading sawdust into the freestalls with our new sawdust thrower that we got with the new skidsteer at Christmas.

Goodbye Gus

Yesterday we buried Gus, our old horse. He died in his sleep this week, we think he was around 32 years old. Here is a pic taken of him last year, with Carrie.

Tanya's Family

Here is a pic of Tanya's family...her husband TJ, Tanya, Emma, and Madilyn...and soon one more.
She was supposed to send me a picture after she was here on March break, but Bruce , Sarah, and Carrie had to drive up and take it themselves at her home in Glassville. But they got to enjoy a marvelous Easter dinner with them and TJ's father, brother and sister.

Bradford, Stacy, & Nanny

The Future

Here is a pic of Jesse, just out of a phone booth but minus the cape...hmmmm...

Manicures

Thursday we had our foot trimmer in and clipped the toes of 15 cows. We send them in a chute, flip 'em on their side, and it makes it so easy.

Milk & Beef

Here is a pic of the milk truck taking a load of milk this morning.
We also sold a bunch(23) of beef calves to a feed lot today. Here are a couple of pictures of them waiting for the trailer to arrive.

#2011's new calf

Just to show this is actually a farm, I had Carrie take a pic of a new calf we had on Saturday. A nice big bull calf. We like heifers, and have had lots so far this year, but we are now raising all our bull calves for 3 months or so for veal, so this big calf will do well for us.

Gibson

We have some catching up to do, so I'm going to post a pic of the newest family member now. He is Bradford Hyde Matheson, born February 15th (notice the r in February, Stacy?) . Proud sister is Kara, and her Mom and Dad, Gilbert & Stacy. Bradford is named after his paternal grandfather, and the Hyde is his great, great grand mothers maiden name.( and a good excuse when there is too much work to do..)

Willard's First Blog

Hi all. I thought this was going to be easy, but I guess things don't come to a llama as fast.
I thought a few pictures of our March break high lights would be nice. Carrie was off to Quebec for 5 days with her cadet group. The Simmonds Air Cadets. Here is a pic of Carrie getting ready to go. We also had a visit from her big sister Tanya, her daughters Emma & Madilyn, and later in the week they were all back with some guy called TJ. He said something to me out in the barn that wasn't very nice. I'm going to get Tanya to send me a pic to post.

Welcome Back!

After a 1.5 year break this blog is under new management. We will try and update it a little more regularly. This is Willard, our most recent addition, and he is responsible for the blog from this day forward.

It gets so hard to get time to write my blog. Well we had the crew together for the baptismal was a amazimg minor fights but all went well. I also got to visit with my friend Anne fun.Bruce has been busy spreading manure of and on. The weather has been amazing there is days it feels like late summer 19 degrees. The grandkids were all herelast nite Grandma to, I forget how loud it can get with young kids. We now are feeding 13 babies all beef 2 I figure looks alot like a highlander cute woolly

Time is a flying we have been busy .We had a sad time Bruces father passed away at the end of August very sudden it has been very hard to adjust to. He was a very kind and dear soul a great father also a great grandfather. We have gotten all our corn in Tanya travelled down to help her dad it took them 3 days and the fourth day started feeding out of the silo. In the middle of Sept. we had Bayard Goodday family reunion there was relatives fr Vancouver Halifax Montreal Ontario Kentville Glassville Truro Hampton and Midland We all had a blast we did tours of family histroy and we had good food and we ended the evening with music bonfire and carrie gave gator rides It was a special weekend and I hope we do not leave time go to long before we do it again.Well its that time of year we are moving animals home from pasture and low and behold it is going slick. Sold 27 beefers this week it went good again. Amazing Well so long

It is about time

Hello every one It has been a rough 2 or 3 months My father inlaw god love him passed away the end of august pretty rough we really miss him . It hard to get use to .
Now our victoria has head of to university and she also had a rough patch but she is in the groove and doing ok {right vic] Then we had the Bayard Goodday reunion Bruces relatives fr Halifax Kentville BC Hampton St John and St Stephen were all here oh yes Ontario and Montreal too We visited histroy spots we had great meals and we ended at nite with a terrific bonfire It was a great family get together. well I try and get in the groove and keep in touch. Did I tell you we are done corn and now feeding it. Also sold 27 feedercalves I know carrie halfpint to. se ya

Quess We are done haying about time

yesterday we got done haying the last field and it did not get rained on imagine . So normally we would head camping to late to fallish , So we set up camper for carrie behind the hedge so she can think she is campin g I slept out one nite Bruce has slept out a couple . It is not ideal but it works. Now Vicky and Carla has gone to Vancouver to spend aweek sight seeing and visiting Bruces brother Peter and his wife Mai. Now we are pulling for a little freetime here what shall we do. Had a cow calve today in the pen imagine that and she had a heifer All doing well. Our oldest turned 24 yesterday they all are growing up not our little tan Tan any more.

Saint John Idol

Our Vicky did us proud tonight, she performed in the wildcard round of Saint John Idol. She sang a song that wasnt her style but did ok. Our Vicky is more country, wait until next time saint john lol. Next up is the A&E...here are some pictures of vicky singing. Bruce started second cutt today. We had to stop doing hay for a while because we are making a mess of the feilds because they are so wet. The tractor got stuck in a field we just planted so we decided to take a breather from all of that stress..

Another slow day hopefully tomorrow we will hay. Today we had Peter the foottrimmer in and a dozen cows were done and only one real bad one. Bruce went to see his Dad who is back in the hospital maybe they will figure out whats wrong. It has been a rough summer for him getting sick every 30 days or so. Carrie came home from camp today good to have her home there was kids from vancouver and the states and you name it. Also her hamster fot sick today and passed away I wonder who felt the worst Bruce or her . Angel the hamster was to be 2 in august old for a hamster,

Here the group that did the ms bike tour donot look to bad for half way mark

well it has been 10 days since I wrote some text and yes lots has gone on. We had a heifer who calved out in the freestall and yes of course it was a heifer and we do not like them to come in contact with any manure matter, well it's face was covered with manure and the heifer is a b t h and boys she hard to get in the parlour and she won't let you put the milker on her ahh it will come.next we had a good day we got the gravel knoll done up in hay and the little swamp by the lower barn done it was not bad hay also we did the meadow up in silage it was good stuff ran into a problem when the wheel bolts came of and the wheel fell of and wagon is now full sunk into the ground and of course this leaves Bruce with a project for Friday .Well our front end loader cannot lift it so he has to get excavator down, took hub of that wagon got hub of another wagon and we are back in business and can get wagon of the field and the neighbours can relax. Next day is Bruce,Tan Tan ,jesse, and Bruces sister Shelia big ms bike tour 122 kms in 2 days. Can you imagine how soar they will be and it is amazing 134 riders all ages raising money for a cure They were fanastic and I am so proud of them Now all those riders raised 695000 dollars. Wait till next year we will be bigger and better maybe we will practice. You think. Now our grand finale was a bq at Shelias and grandma and grandpa came and so did stacy gilbert and kara . It was great Shelias and Arts boys were there to.

It is that time of year we work very hard to get haying done. Well it is a fight it is foggy and muggy and we are fighting all sorts of conditions to get any sort of haying done. Today it rained and rained hope that it would relieve the air wrong . Tan Tan and her 2 munchins came down for a visit it has been great Emma has lived in the pool and she even wear a life jacket. Bruce and tan Tan have been practicing fot there ms bike tour i am so impress at there determination I wish I had as much . Well tomorrow is a new day and it is to be 30 degrees its of to the fields and lets hope we get more done.

Awesome

What a day we had a terrific herdhealth we got 4 new heifer preg and a whole bunch more, makes up for the lousy weather. It might be xmas before we get to do haying I am not looking forward to go camping in the snow lol (we go camping right after haying) Then off to St John idol Vicky was trying out she made the first cut 133 preormed first off only 80 made that cut tonite first 20 of 80 preformed and only 3 made it and we did not make it but by golly to get up and preform in front of all St john some proud of her takes after her grandma the singer of the family . Did I tell you that Bruce Tan Tan Jesse ans Shelia are doing the MS bike tour 120 kms some proud of them . Oh yes Bruce cut a little hay today maybe a sign of gooddays ahead. You think

Happy July first we arrived back fr Halifax intending for the crew of us to go to hampton to see fireworks and low and behold a truck pulls in the yard its the farmer next to our dry cows they are all out we all headed down and 24areout considering thatsll thereis lol so we work as a team and put them in then we leave late for fireworks and quess what they arelate starting good and they were great Emma loved them. Next day is Sunday and it is raining you know we need it.lol Bruce and Tanya go do a 30 kms bike ride I stayed home and planned a meal They came back said there tired but they are fine today. We moved the cow 631 out of pen into the horse pasture and she made it and is walking great and this morning i let her go with the cows real brave of me . Today the fields were wet so we did not mow but we will tomorrow, Bruce is getting ready to hang up two shed doors that he rebuilt him and vicky got one done we will finish it tomorrow.

We did a load and a half of hay today I quess that means we started haying it looks like its going to be a hell of a crop it is about time. Weather is still iffy so not much haying mowing etc has been done yet. We have got a lot of bits and bites done. Like we fenced out front of the house so you can seat on the deck and watch your cows neat.Vicky has had a friend down fr Quebec for the last 2 weeks it has been fun for them both. It has been so muggy here it is gross.We are taking the weekend and heading to Halifax hope to see some friends and have some fun plan to head home for Sat. to go to fireworks all our grandkids will be here.

It has been a h ll of a week.Vicky was in the miss of graduation and we did silage all done over filled the silo had to shove out a half wagon load ( bruce did) and save the unloader and let settle and then reload in to the silo next day . Next Bruce got that silo ready to feed and the we shout down the other 2, sealed and started to raised greased and all ready to go.Now we are going to start to hay we will do a little to make sure all is going to work. Did I tell you that one of reasons we are done silage is that Bruces forage harvestor broke . WE are going to Halifax for the weekend and Tanya is coming to mind the fort cannot wait.

oh boys it has been a while and man we have been busy. We have had lots of grad stuff going on like grad banquet and grad church service and grad barbeque yes we are all grad out lucky for us it has been raining so this does not cut into our work just kidding it has been a blast and lets us join forces with all the parents. Well its been raining raining and more raining so Bruce went to visit Jesse on his farm and did some farm visits they visited Bruces old boss when he was Jesses age. When he was gone a pipe broke in the lower barn oh there was water every where cleaned it up took us girls awhile then compacitors on the silo conveyor went called Bruce on his cell and asked what do we do well he said take motor in and get them to fix and they did only a hr and I was feeding siage ,so then the foot trimmer arrived we trimmed 15 head then we took a break for supper and Bruce arrived home . Did the evening chores and I go to put a cow (631) in maternity pen due to calve in the next day or two and she is down with milk fever grr Bruce gives her a bottle in the vein (calcium) and the witch still would not move never got up till around 2 today still not terrific but she is up. Bruce fenced all day him and sam they enlarged the dry cows pasture and we got 8 beefers ready and loaded and him and the girls delivered them.Tonite we got the corn planter ready for storage till next year, Now we will have all our equipment ready for cropping and it will rain till Thanksgiving.

Gosh it is along time since I wrote a newsreport. We are getting a pile of rain here and cold well makes you wonder where did that nice weather go.Wednesday we had the dinner for grads and there parents thats us and oh ya our vicster. nice time and we got to see them get emotional of growing ang leaving there buds.Thursaday was the day we sold a beef cut and wrapped to a 3 people it looked relly good I love beef. Calves are doing reall good and cows are milking awesome. bruce has building a deck it is looking great it adds on to the back deck that is there. Tan Tan is coming for the weekend she has a friend who needs her

It has been a few days since I have posted much has gone on. We got silo 2 ready for silage we greased oiled it raised it you know stuff we are usually doing day we are going to put in silage, to be a head of the game awesome. we also got 3 drycows and 4 heifers down to the drycow pasture a major accomplishment a day when Bruce was to take Peter to the airport and I going over to watch the girls finally game of rugby,which they won 24 to 0 a game I hate , Carrie went to her middle school social and in all this after doing evening chores we went out and picked rocks of the long piece and then arrived home to get to bed and find a dead cow grr no reason not sick or anything who can explain it. Then to bed we all go and Carrie comes in and says some one downstairs of we go and Jesse and Amanda came home for a visit what a nice surprise. Now we are starting to get a little rain like buckets and buckets there will be no field work for a few days . Oh yes Jesse brought home a birthday gift for his dad a goat ,Billy is his name and he is a great addition to our animal kingdom at rothiemay. Well Stacy and Kara are still in hospital but keep your fingers crossed could be going home tomorrow if all goes aok. Well Carrie is of to camp for 3 days and Bruce has to drive there luggage imagine they will have fun for 3 days and NO ENGLISH ALLOWED those kids will be tired because having to think before they speak well talk again.

Well it has been a week of different stuff. We planted our triple stuff ( peas barley and timoity ) WE planted 40 acres of corn for Sharps and we had a pretty good herd health. There was a cow that been fresh a very long time and shes in calf . Our little jersey calf is so tiny and is doing awesome. Ran in to some problems with Stacy's baby it keeps quitting breathing so doing some tests and going fr there. Still rocks to pick grr,

Hello all quess what Stacy and Gilbert had a baby girl yesterday it was 6 lbs 1 and a quarter ozs it is to be called kara bliss very cute looks like stacy lets pray for red hair. No new baby calves but abby had 5 puppies oh boys and it is a constant can we keep one ya right. Grandpa is in the hospital and quess what he is on the same floor as Stacy pretty neat . Bruce planted Mac Donalds corn today only Sharpws corn left 80 acres. he is right now harrowing a field he wants to plant tomorrrow , he is goimg to plant peas timoity and barley this makes a terrific feed you cut it in the milk stage around 45 days the cows milk awesome on it Well gotta go have a good one .

It seems I owe some one an apology for saying I was going to be a nannie well WRONG I am a nannie very much so right Emma Well today we had a very different day we did adlic ( sampling of milk for smc ) Also we had a beef animal that was cut and wrapped and solded to all the way to St Stephen alot of meat The kids picked rocks carrie went to the play,Bruce harrowed and Meliza and I did the barn chores. Tan Tan and crew are coming for the weekend so will have all here Sat, nite. Tomorrow will try and get the field finished . Go girls Hey Sam girls rule

Hello it has been a lonfg 2 days we have accomplished some small stuff. First of we got the guys out to the knoll pasture that took us the afternoon to fence no flies awesome was not to hot another bonus. Then we moved a little guy out of my calf barn down to Bruces barn. Then Sam had to clean up that pen to move up our overstock thats in the horse pens just1 ,3 to go. Then today we moved 6 out of Bruces lower barn to out back beef barn. Trying to make our barn chores alittle easier. Then today we tried to pack corn and it was to wet so of to another project more fencing going to move beefer farther away from the barn. Then tonite of we go to Carries play of the little mermaid not bad Kids worked real hard and it showed it was terrific. Oh yeah NEWSFLASH I am going to be a nannie any day if she does not go in the week they are going to make it happen poor Stace all this waiting . Tan Tan and the kids are coming to visit this weekend to see Peter awesome. Better go to bed got to do adlic in the morning explain it all tomorrow nite.

Hi everyone I am a idiot I just wrote a whole blog and deleted it. grr Well here I go again Today was a slow day rain does that to you. We had a painter here for the day painted the rec room and the kitchen. looks great. Bruce picked up his brother at the airport who is home for a visit from vancouver. The kids had a slack day tired went to triple bill at the drivein they rolled in about 4. Tired puppies.The cows are still milking up a storm Calves are looking a bit better. hate this weather makes us and the animals in a bad mood.

Another day fixed water tub out back again it should be ok now . gosh those beefers can reck stuff. We are amazed at how things are moving along. The cows are awesome
they have really pulled there weight this year milking like crazy never letting us down. The foot trimmer was in on Wednesday did 25 cows put wraps on 6or so not bad it is amazing how one minute they are limping so bad and Peter trims them up and in a day or two they walk like a trooper. Got a new bull I think he is Limo he seems to be some quiet. 2 calves were under the weather today but they are feeling better already. With a 11 calves to feed how can you expect 1 or 2 get sick. Stacy stilll is waiting to have baby every time she calls I say is it now. Gotta Go see ya

Getting spring field work done, today we worked on the lawn tractor an gator getting them all up to date. Yesterday dad harrowed an seeded some. The cows are out an loving the fields. Vicky has been mowing the lawn. Cant do to much today because everything is so wet from the rain.We needed the rain but its still dry.Stacy still hasnt had the baby. Things are hectic around here.. Until next time.. Oh an by the way Tanyas pregrant with Triplets TJ.. Just kidding. Dad is working very hard this time of season is very stressful.Cant wait for it to be over. haha... Anyways good bye till anothe beautiful day.

Good day we finally got some rain,it put a slow down to our field work, the kids had to stop their rock picking and Bruce stopped his planting . As far as the planting goes we are ahead of the game awesome. My cow is back on track as of yesterday she would not eat the vet said to give her ketmalt {teases them to want to eat} now today she has eaten 7 kgs and milked 30 lbs , looks good I like when a plan works. A day to catch up on stuff it never ends. We are taking a year of school farm tours , we will miss it the young kids are so precious and they make our job sound so important. Well gotta go Take care

Happy mothers day to all you mothers. What a beautiful day . Grandma and Grandpa came over for lunch, we had dinner then they played a game of zimm zamm with Carrie . A blast. Bruce spread a little fertilzer tonite,loves to do it since he got his gps tracking device. It cuts down on the amount of over lapping of sprays fertilzers etc. Also measures out the size of fields many uses to this program. Talked to all kids today they are doing fine Next year Stacy will be a new Mom.

quess what we got some fertilizer out today. We are trucking right along with spring work this is terrific. The kids picked rocks this evening a sign that summer is coming. We also got the moon lights out, Had to have Dr. Hicks down to see 403 her temp was not getting any better and very low in spirits and dropped in milk, he gave her some different drugs, pumped her stomach, all that good stuff and quess what she is looking better, awesome. The kids think it is summer too, the drive in is open and kids think they should go gosh it is cold out wear your snowsuit kids. well got to close of I love days like this and kids are not going to the drive in I need sleep

Well today we finally got some rain gosh goodness it was needed. The fields are still dry. They picked rocks today and harrowed the field (make the rocks produce) Also who lands in with 5 baby beef calves but dusty cute but grr grr now I have 7 on the bottle.Bruce finished emptying the shit pit today got down to 3 inches amazing we will spread of and on till December. Got a sick cow today 105.3 temp she is looking better tonight .pnemonia I think Well gotta go see ya all

well today is the day after Willie Nelson concert it was a awesome show. Of course there was ever one over 40 there we laughed when the senior citzen bus pulled ages us, But the place was solded out he is not bad for 73. Today I went with Stacy to her Drs. appt. it is getting handy we will be soon up one grandchild. Makes me think how different each of our kids are tan tan who is smart a real worker well thats not fair all our kids are. She worked and looked after Emma and still got eduacated. Stacy my real softy loves kids kids love her works the books real good , she is married and now helping hubby run a chicken farm going to school going to have a baby any day hectic life style but doing a heck of a job. Next is my boy Jesse he is also a heck of a worker and he is working on a farm in truro and taking courses on line, next year he goes back to college a year left then he will see what he will do. Next is my almost the baby,she was the baby for 6 years and then along comes carrie. Vic is in her grade 12 yr she plans to go to UNB next year taking arts. She works part time at the chicken barn plus at home. I would be lost with out her she is my right arm helping me with whatever. Now our baby carrie she is grade 6 and she is learning to be a help. I quess it is a learned behavior and it all takes time. Well I must close of enough about my kids and yes there is times when I do not say enough good about them , they are the best and I would not change any thing about them they are their own individuals and they are all keepers see ya

It has been a long time since I wrote a short note. We have been very busy . Planting is going great we did put in 18 acres of barley and we rolled it yesterday. It is amazing how dry it is out we could be in trouble if we do not get rain. Yesterday Stacy's inlaws had a baby shower for her. it was fun. It was up on top of a mountain the drive up was scary but the drive down was worse. Beautiful view & great place for kids, no road to go to. lol Stacy is getting close another couple of weeks and then watch out. Tan Tan and her girls arrived last night for the shower and brought 6 kittens I am sure Bruce and Carrie have them all named. It is fun having them home (grandkids) Carrie and Emma went fishing in our brook they had a blast. Wet Wet Wet! Talked to Jesse today and he is going to walk in the MS walk today for the church group. Good lad, also going to bike in the ms tour with his dad and sister tan tan and their aunt Shelia It is wierd how this disease has affected our whole family. Life goes on.

not much went on today just work. Spring work is getting done.The kids are all playing rugby. Before long pool will be opened up. Today was a hot day 20 degrees. The new heat feels good. Can not wait to getcows out. Noticed Everett got his heifers out. The kids do not want to study do chores or anything.. The day has been good but quiet. Hey Jesse nice haircut Tan tan did you get a treadmil I will beat you around the track. THe goat Emma mowing your lawn still. My little Tan Tan is coming to visit and taking in new kitten blood we are getting out of milking cows and are going tobecome a kitten mill 6new kitties. The year I am taking off from school tours and I would of have alot of kittens and kids loves kittens and parents usually take 1or 2 home darn

Today was a sad day, when we bought this farm it consisted of all Guernseys and we had fun we showed the cattle and they did us well then about 8 or so years we picked up some health issues with the cows it almost wiped out the whole herd well over time it did so no more unmaid, ultra shona and I could go on. Now we milk 55 head of holsteins and they are numbered. On our farm we have 3 remaining guersney 2 being culled and 1 we were going to breed back guernsey well she got injured and we had to put her down so Rothiemay Guernsey Farm no more ,this all happened today. Talked to Tan Tan last nite and her big news was her and the kids and emma the goat went for a walk ,told you it was better then a dog. Bruce and I are going to Willie Nelson that should be a blast.

Today was a sad day, when we bought this farm it consisted of all Guernseys and we had fun we showed the cattle and they did us well then about 8 or so years we picked up some health issues with the cows it almost wiped out the whole herd well over time it did so no more unmaid, ultra shona and I could go on. Now we milk 55 head of holsteins and they are numbered. On our farm we have 3 remaining guersney 2 being culled and 1 we were going to breed back guernsey well she got injured and we had to put her down so Rothiemay Guernsey Farm no more ,this all happened today. Talked to Tan Tan last nite and her big news was her and the kids and emma the goat went for a walk ,told you it was better then a dog. Bruce and I are going to Willie Nelson that should be a blast.