2 months from today will mark our 1 year anniversary! Where has the time gone? I have to say that I am one blessed girl...I think Cade would say the same about himself.. minus the girl part :) We have had some of the best times in the past year just being together.
--Some highlights of our first year as a married couple---
-getting married, of course.
-going on our honeymoon and really being able to say that no matter what situation we get ourselves into we can always have a great time TOGETHER
-going skiing in Red River...learning that all those stress snack foods before the wedding can really make a person out of shape
-witnessing many weddings of our friends and family .. doing this together once married makes all the difference. I have a date for life :) But really, it makes me fall in love all over again with my husband and makes me so thankful for the love that we share.
-attending many stockshows and going to sheep sales for my father-in-law. Let me elaborate on this. I am a cow girl.. Not a sheep girl.
Although, I am learning! My husband seems to get a kick out of me trying to set a sheep up at times...Honestly I think I do pretty good. Maybe. So to break a sheep sale down for those who have never been because up until this past year I was one of those people. Most people who have smaller operations like Cade's dad, Mike, take around 5-10 sheep to a sale. The days leading up to a sale go as follows- we (meaning mostly Cade) wash the sheep really good. I mean really good. I don't succeed at this as well as Cade does and he seems to get a little miffed at me. I have no reason why :).
You put the sheep upon a stand and their head rests in a slot in which a strap goes around its head to hold it in. Then we wet the sheep down.. mind you they are pretty wooly at this time so you have to soak the sheep. This is where I kind of stink because I am a "lets do this and get to the fun part" kind of girl! Next we shear the sheep. This part I like. Don't ask me why but I do.
My husband does a really good job on the shearing part.. wait what am I saying.. he does a great job doing everything in this process.
Anyways, once the shearing part is over the sheep is returned to it's pen until sale day. When sale day does arrive we load the sheep in a trailer along with the headstalls (these hold the sheep in place so people can walk by and inspect the little babes).
Once we get to the sale we wash the sheep again. Then we dry them off with towels and put them in a holding pen until the buyers start walking around. We don't want the sheep to get too tired or as my husband says "fall apart" before the sale so we give them a break from headstall time. Once in the headstalls they are placed in the order that they will be sold in. Buyers walk around before the sale to get an idea of what they want and write down the numbers of the sheep they like. Oh, speaking that, after they are dried off we do spray paint numbers on their backs that we are assigned to. We have big metal numbers that we spray and then stamp on their backs.
Next, the sheep are taken on a platform by my husband (not me.. I have not reached this level of expertise with these lambies...I do better setting one up now than I did before.. just ask my hubby about the first time..it was a train wreck.) and "set up". He is such a pro at this. I will include a picture below. Then of course the buyers bid and hopefully we don't take any sheep home. Last, we go eat Mexican food. Honestly I have no idea how my intro to my blog ended up as a description of a sheep sale.. Goodness, I am turning into a sheep girl??... Nah!
Although, I am learning! My husband seems to get a kick out of me trying to set a sheep up at times...Honestly I think I do pretty good. Maybe. So to break a sheep sale down for those who have never been because up until this past year I was one of those people. Most people who have smaller operations like Cade's dad, Mike, take around 5-10 sheep to a sale. The days leading up to a sale go as follows- we (meaning mostly Cade) wash the sheep really good. I mean really good. I don't succeed at this as well as Cade does and he seems to get a little miffed at me. I have no reason why :).
You put the sheep upon a stand and their head rests in a slot in which a strap goes around its head to hold it in. Then we wet the sheep down.. mind you they are pretty wooly at this time so you have to soak the sheep. This is where I kind of stink because I am a "lets do this and get to the fun part" kind of girl! Next we shear the sheep. This part I like. Don't ask me why but I do.
My husband does a really good job on the shearing part.. wait what am I saying.. he does a great job doing everything in this process.
Anyways, once the shearing part is over the sheep is returned to it's pen until sale day. When sale day does arrive we load the sheep in a trailer along with the headstalls (these hold the sheep in place so people can walk by and inspect the little babes).
Once we get to the sale we wash the sheep again. Then we dry them off with towels and put them in a holding pen until the buyers start walking around. We don't want the sheep to get too tired or as my husband says "fall apart" before the sale so we give them a break from headstall time. Once in the headstalls they are placed in the order that they will be sold in. Buyers walk around before the sale to get an idea of what they want and write down the numbers of the sheep they like. Oh, speaking that, after they are dried off we do spray paint numbers on their backs that we are assigned to. We have big metal numbers that we spray and then stamp on their backs.
Next, the sheep are taken on a platform by my husband (not me.. I have not reached this level of expertise with these lambies...I do better setting one up now than I did before.. just ask my hubby about the first time..it was a train wreck.) and "set up". He is such a pro at this. I will include a picture below. Then of course the buyers bid and hopefully we don't take any sheep home. Last, we go eat Mexican food. Honestly I have no idea how my intro to my blog ended up as a description of a sheep sale.. Goodness, I am turning into a sheep girl??... Nah!
-also..... I got into RN school!
-Gilly, our baby girl (dog) turned 1! She loved riding on the combine.
Enough for now, I will get back to some highlights of our first year together on a following post. I have to say being married to Cade has been the best thing that has ever happened to me.. Hears to many more years to come honey!
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