Another Work Day

 It was snowing this morning and we were glad it wasn't the freezing rain that had been predicted.

Right after breakfast Mark wanted to get the front porch stacked with more wood as we used more than expected at that last cold spell. Below is the before we started picture. 

We have a good system, he fills the wheel barrow then brings it from the wood shed to the porch where I stack it.

Below is after we finished that job.

Mark also brings in dimension wood left overs from the barn. That is stacked near the splitting log. He splits that into kindling which helps start the fire quickly in the wood burners.

Ben arrived as we were stacking the wood. He drove to the barn to help Phil and Anna. Lee and Iris were the next to arrive. Iris was glad to help with the cooking. We found an onion that was sprouting.

She didn't like the smell of it but was fascinated when I told her we could cut the top off and plant it and more onions would grow.

Phil and Anna's girls were next to arrive. Right away Taegan and Iris started playing hide and seek.

They soon got the craft box out.

I love watching how they invent things to do together.

Taegan and I went out to the barn to let the workers know when lunch would be done. Ben was installing cable for the foaling cameras. 

Lee was holding the wood up while Anna used the nail gun to nail it in position.

Below Phil and Ben are discussing where to put the cameras and at what angle.

They all came in for lunch at 12:30 pm. After lunch they went back out to work while Mark and I went out to move hay.  We are expecting some pretty cold temps for the next 3 days. Sunday it is supposed to drop down to 8 degrees then Monday the high is predicted to be 13 with a low of 1. Tuesday should be the last cold day before the warm up. This has been a mild winter so far.  As the bad weather is moving in and we have a winter weather advisory starting tonight I wanted to move a new bale in for the weanlings. They were given grain first to keep them up at the fence while the net wrap was removed from the shelter from their last bale.

All 3 are now eating grain out of their own buckets. When Mark brought the bale they acted like they were scared, went running down to the other end of the paddock but then ran right back up to finish their grain.

The hay is beautiful, it is fine stemmed and still very green. 

The was very little waste from the last bale. When we came back in Mark cut up an orange and the girls were having fun pretending the sections were teeth. The same thing we used to do when young. Some things never change.

Then it was time for hairdos.

Kensley was busy putting chairs and stools around so she could go all the way from one side of the house to the other without touching the floor. 

After Phil and Anna left I ran over to the barn to see some of the progress.

Two roasts were taken out of the freezer this evening and put in the crock pot for tomorrow's meal. Supper was left overs and Mark has been busy putting the house back in order while I work on the blog.