We Are The Champions

Well the Stanley Cup Finals have come and gone with a new winner. The finals came down to the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins. I was really hoping for a Boston win as I really do hate the Canucks!

It came down to the full 7 games but with a dominating win tonight Boston hoisted the Stanley Cup as the 2010-2011 Champions.

Congrats to Boston, their captain Zdano Chara and the MVP of the playoffs Tim Thomas. I am thrilled to say that you won, and stopped Vancouver from winning their first ever Stanly Cup. Guess you will just have to wait another year boys!

Pinterest

About a month ago Crystal told me about this website called Pinterest. It was a place where you could great idea boards of things you liked, wanted, ideas, etc. I took a few looks at it, but decided I didn't need to join.

Then when she got engaged I decided it was time to join. I have been a member of the site for about 2 weeks now and love it. I am able to have virtual boards of clothing I like, event ideas, my dream home and so much more.

Here are a few of my favorite items from my event board that I have found. You can view all of my boards here.

Stay tuned or join for more of my favorite ideas.

I feel like I have been neglecting the red cows at our place this summer. With most the cows that got to stay at the main farm being black, the red ones just have not gotten as many pictures taken of them.

This year we have some really cool red bull calves as we finally got some bulls out of our Sr. herdsire Revolution. There is a heifer calf at home that is pretty special, and 2 red bull calves that are standouts as well.

Simply Irresistible- mother of my favorite red bull calf

The red cows are something that we are really proud of. We have some pretty great black donors, but our red cows have never really had a stand out. They are a very consistent set of cows, that we have been able to use our herd sires on and get some great calves.

2yr old Talladega female with Revolution bull calf

I am excited to watch the calves grown over the next few months. They really are changing everyday, and getting better all the time.

The New Boy In Town

Over the last few days word has slowly started to spread that yes there is a new boy in my life. I try to keep my personal life pretty quiet, so for the past 4 months no one has really known except those that I see on a daily basis.

The story broke this past weekend when my parents were visiting Crystal and Jon in Iowa. They were spending the evening at Jon's parents house when Crystal asked who was at the farm with me over the weekend. My family not knowing any better responded, "umm no one that we know of". That is when Crystal showed them this picture that I had posted onto Twitter.

Crystal's response was, "well why is there 2 pairs of feet in this picture then?" Over the last few days a few details have been released, but I am keeping a pretty tight lid on this for now. I am also taking a page out of Crystal's books and will wait some time to reveal a name and face. It seemed to turn out alright for her in the end, so its work a try for me.

So to all those that I have lied to or avoided your questions over the last few months about whether I was still single or not, I am sorry. In time hopefully you will all get to meet the new boy. Until then "The Eng" and I will see where this takes us, and hopefully will have a few stories to share along the way!

Summer Flowers

Hope you are all having a great week. The weather here has been kinda cold and rainy for a few days. I thought I would attempt to brighten your day with some beautiful summer flowers from our backyard!

Hope the rest of your week goes great! I have a bunch of exciting news to share, including an upcoming trip that I am really looking forward too!

Farming 2011- Part 2

Although we have not planted our swath grazing yet, most farmers in our area have finished seeding or are just about done for the 2011 year. Soon the sprayers will be out, but until then it is fun to see the crops really start to grow.

This is what most fields look like after being seeded. They have been worked up from the year before, smoothed out with harrows, seeded and fertilized, and then packed down some to help keep the seeds in the ground to germinate.

Because of the mix of rain and warm weather we have been getting near Edmonton, the crops have had a great start this year. The fields are all turning green as the crops grow and start to get tall. In my area there is a lot of canola, wheat, barley, and oats planted.

I am going to try to follow the progress of some fields just outside the city and see how they change over the summer and fall.

Down on The Farm

This weekend I got to get back to the farm for the weekend. The parents were down visiting Crystal, so I decided to head out and work on the cattle we are going to show net weekend.

Although things are pretty muddy out there right now, and was pretty cold we still got some work done. Thought I would share a couple of pictures that I snapped this weekend. I have more to come later this week.

Dream Date and her heifer calf

Southern Elle