Branding Claves

The week of April 18th Blake and the kids came to Malad so we decided to brand calves while he was here. The weather was OK, but we all worked really hard to get done what we did in really two days. We branded calves two different times while Blake was here, we love that he comes and helps. The boys love to joke around and talk his ear off, and the rest of us just like that he does a lot of hard work that we would have to do if he wasn't here. The two kids were a lot of fun to have around and I think that they had a lot of fun. Blake is a very patient man, he had to work with the boys running crazy with the calves, while he was trying to do his job. Thanks Blake! Here are some pictures of branding over at the Harrison place.

Holdan loved, loved being there. He would run each calf out of the chute to the end of the pin and run the calf out the gate. Sometimes he just narrowly missed getting kicked. I have video of this I might post later.

Nyah was quite the trooper, she wanted to be crazy and get the calves but she sat there and told Ruxton what one she wanted in next. She was so excited to actually poke one or two. She stayed right there just about the entire time. The boys love when she comes.

They all had to see the baby chicks.

The branding gang without Treyson.

This is Treyson's contribution to branding. He had a busy day. He started out early with Ruxton and all our little new pets, then he went and feed with his Dad and Austin, lots of hard play and 45 min of branding and he feel asleep while I was holding him. He had fun as long as he could keep his eyes open. He was tired just think how nosie it is when you brand calves!