calving time

our friends have a ranch just down the road from us,

on the outskirts of boulder.

i get to drive by the ranch about a hundred times a day - i love it!

and right now, it is calving time.

the first calves born this year were twins!

i always worry that the calves will be born in the freezing, snowy, cold fields, 

(if it is very cold, the ranchers put little down vests on the calves - 

what an adorable sight to see them running around all bundled up)

but with temps. up to 69 degrees, it is a perfect time to be born....

*the cow in the upper left hand corner is in labor.

and valentines day just keeps coming........

i received a set of lovely valentines in the mail from nicole.

she hand-printed these gorgeous, crimson poppy greeting cards for me.

i wish i could send you each one but i could never even think of sending them away.

thank you, my gifted girl

today is my mom's 

birthday!!

happy birthday mom

i love you.

i hope you had a lovely lunch with your sister.

paul loves our bright red amaryllis flowers and 

took a series of photos of them.....

let's catch up with margo at byu...

i am sure it tastes as good as it looks!

yum, margo.

margo sent me this photo from her phone - it is the fruit tart she made for dinner at grandma's house.

where is ben off to?

it is a three day weekend - monday is president's day!  hurrah!

so, ben is off to indianapolis, indiana for the weekend to visit his girlfriend, kendall.  

she is at butler university!

he was invited by her family to join them to visit kendall and check out the campus.

have fun, sweetie!!