Sunshine and Bucks

We had a cold start to our day with below freezing temperatures in the 20s but the sun came out and those cold temps started rising all the way into the 40s. Evan needed a new bale and there wasn't anyone around to help so he was taken into the round pen where he exploded into big bucks.

He must have bucked 10 times in a row while galloping around.  He was just so glad to get out of the mud. Mark arrived just as I was taking the bale over to his paddock. I was glad for his help in getting the new bale in. As soon as that was done Mark took the tractor over Joan's to finish splitting the logs Bill had started on Thursday.  Bill has been such a blessing for Joan and her family.  He and Bethany came for the Meister Christmas and brought Joan her Christmas gift. A brand new chain saw and a whole load of split wood for her downstairs wood burner. 

Anni came over for a short visit today. She brought Chewy, her dog and Zero David Jacob's dog with her. That sent Studly and Emma barking. We were glad she stopped in. 

Everyone at Gulf Shores had a wonderful time today in the warm sunshine. Rachel posted the picture below of her laying by the pool.

No one else posted any pictures but we know they were all relaxing in the sun. Ruth sent this update on Fedi: So people have asked for updates. It’s going ok now. There have been some ups and downs for Fedi. The worst was when his pain meds ran out and it took the pharmacy a long time to get the new ones delivered. That happened twice. The nurses though have all been great, responsive, nice, professional. He ran a fever yesterday evening which scared me but seems to be fine this morning. But he’s hungry. This is day 5 with no food. They will hopefully take out his stomach tube this morning and then he can eat. Speaking of that, it leaked out all over the floor this morning. Big mess. He also had to have it pushed back in twice after it slipped out some. 

He’s doing a lot of walking with his IV pole and 4 different tubes hanging from him. Yesterday I told him I have to tie my shoe but to go on and I will catch up to him. So he started to shuffle away as fast as he could. Cracked me up. His machines are always beeping with some error message to read. He went down to tell the nurse. She asked what it said and Fedi replied, beep, beep, beep.
Anyway, thank you for prayers. I think we’ll be able to go home Tues or Weds.

We are thankful he has kept his sense of humor.  Rhonda and Spark had their family Christmas and posted a couple pictures.

Tara is due the end of this month with she and Jay's 7th child and they won't know the sex until the baby is born. Kari and Brett are expecting their 3rd son in April. Big sister Noel is going to have her hands full with 3 little brothers. 

Mark worked on the living room ceiling this evening. Right now he is cleaning up the mess it makes. He is almost ready for drywall.