I wish this was our bottom ground

Here's a picture of the lower half of our hayfield across from Susie Everharts' farm. This is not our bottom, our bottom is totally covered in water at the moment. Our neighbors to the east, the Schmidts are 'home bound' Spoke with Matt their oldest (our adopted 5th child) and he said their driveway was waist deep when they quit walking, probably deeper he wasn't sure just how deep. Their lake is considerably larger too........ lots of water in SW Monroe County. We have a levee along part of our bottom that protects on field and DAvid estimated that the water was two feet higher than the levee, so those beans are probably not going to 'happen' this year. I know that its practically impossible for us to go north right now, we would have to go all the way out to Sunnydale and back up Hwy 151 or maybe over to Hwy 15, but we thought that we heard it was even under water. I guess I am glad we can get out to the south.
From Tulip~
KH

Rain Rain GO AWAY!!!

Here's what Longbranch Creek looked like about 8:30 this evening. This is the view from south of the bridge. I wish my picture was more clear and really wish I had thought of taking the picture this afternoon. I think it has receded some. (looked like about 10 or 15 feet of road had been covered with water, comparing from this afternoon) You still can't pull into the driveway into our 'bottom' hay field/pasture. This afternoon when David and I drove down to look, we could see the water that is on the north side of the bridge, which makes me estimate it was around 1/2 mile wide on the north side and probably close to that on the south side/ our side. David dumped the rain gauge yesterday afternoon about 2pm with 2.17 inches in it and this morning with 6.65inches in it. (Yes Tony we are keeping our little rain log! :) I guess we should be thankful not to have gotten what our friends up in the Kirksville area received. But we have certainly gotten made up from last years' drought by now, haven't we?
From Tulip~
KH

Cody can work the stick too

Here's Cody with Bubba in the HEAVY WEIGHT class, of course. Bubba is generally pretty content to stand there and have his tummy scratched and that's what they did, until the judge placed them. These two were also in the middle of their class. We had a pretty good night. Now we have almost three weeks off till they show at State Fair, the Market Steer show there is Aug 12th. Our vacation, if you can call it that. For anyone else who will be attending, we will get there sometime Saturday, the 9th and be there through the 13th, look for us in the cattle barns. (if we're napping don't wake us up! LOL!!!)

Sam and Buddy at Monroe County fair

Sam is working hard, setting Buddy's feet up and doing a great job we thought. The judge seemed to like him as well, they ended up in about the middle of his class. Glad to see that this judge handled the animals some and wasn't influenced so much by the hair and 'fancy fitting' Buddy weighed 1270 tonight.

And if you wondered what Sam does

Sam is the 'stick man' no not the drummer, but he works the show sticks scratching lightly on the steers stomachs which they like, and it keeps them happy and content while David and Cody fit/groom/primp them. You know I mentioned in another post alot of cattle show pictures are pictures of 'butts' well here's three for you! I think the 'Wrangler' butt in the middle is the cutest!!

Bubba gets all 'beautified' also

Here's another shot of Cody primping Bubba this time before he went into the show ring, BTW, he weighed 1490 today and the 'squeeze chute' scale, didn't have much squeezing to do, it was Bubba who had to squeeze to get in!

Paris Cattle Show

I love to watch my guys get the cattle ready. The 'perfectionist' side comes out in everyone, so behind the camera is about the safest place for me. I think this is 'Buddy' getting his back leg 'primped'.

Seth at the Fair, part three

Sometimes, a guy just needs a power nap to help get them through the day. We went from the other picture of waiting for Sam to go into the ring, to going around and watching the Angus portion on the breeding show, to him falling asleep sitting beside me before the three or so classes of Angus heifers got done. So I carried him around to one of our chairs. There was more breeze there and he slept for probably an hour or more. The calves would walk right by him and he never had a clue. I guess this shot 'showcases' the shorts and boots look better. :)

Seth at the fair, part two

I totally love this picture. It's my favorite picture of the day. Does absolutely nothing to tell the story of what we doing, where we were at. And it was one of those, oh just for the heck of it shots, I love those, especially when they turn out this cool!!! We were waiting for Sam to go into the show ring, and instead of Seth darting around in amongst the catlle, he and I were standing up by the barn, and he always likes his picture taken, so then he can see it on the screen. I think it may be one of those ones, I blow up as a big one to hang on the wall. You'll notice the clothing change, he was glad to get out of the hot mesh polo shirt, and switched to shorts, but left the boots on. Not everyone can pull off that look like he can.

Seth at the Fair, part one

no good picture of Seth showing, although he showed, till the judge talked to him and then it was a good thing big brother also had ahold of Barbie, because he retreated to safety of behind Mom's leg. But he still got a little trophy. Here he sits on the show box, with both his and Jenna's trophies from the small animal show.