Snow!

OK, so routine blogging has not yet become a habit! Perhaps when the barn is done...the children hear that a lot around here.

It has been a busy time of barn building, canning, caring for animals, etc., but we did take advantage of Mom and Dad being here to to watch the farm and took a short weekend vacation with the camper. Mom and Dad have since departed for warmer climes. We sure do miss them around here!

Below are some pics of things we've been busy with.


How's that for 'maters? No, they're not from our garden, they're from the Hughes garden. They sure are good!

Sheryll canned around 40 quarts...it's a lot of work.

Here she is using the tomatoes to make some awesome salsa.

We went camping up to Lake Metigoshe, which is right up on the Canadian border. We had a great couple of days having fun as a family.

Callie would rather be in the paddle boat?

Sheryll and Trev catching some rays...

Music around the campfire...

It was a beautiful place!

Our friends, Tim and Jessica Seavey (through the smoke of the campfire). We sort of crashed their party, but they were very gracious and we had good fun and fellowship.

Tyler came down and helped sheet the roof. The sheets were about 30 feet long, so it was no small task getting them in place. But the roof is all on now!

Dad making sure the sheet stays in place.

Mom and Courtney supervising...

And this is how it looks today. Still need to do all the trim and hang the sliding doors, but we're getting there. Good thing, too, since winter weather showed up this week. We had a low of 21 and our first snow. No significant accumulation, but it was fun watching it come down. Not so fun was finding all the frozen waterers each morning, and discovering that the freeze-proof well hydrants are in need of repair. They say we're likely to have an "Indian summer" yet, so we'll see.

Next week the pig and beef cow go to the butcher. Should be an adventure figuring out how to get them in the stock trailer.

Until next time, so long from the Paulsons!