Spring Update

Here are a few spring updates:

Austin and I got our first covid vaccines. Canada has been sooooooo much slower than most of the world in getting vaccines. They finally became available for our age group, but only AstraZeneca. I actually prayed one night if I should get that vaccine or wait for another choice, and the next day my boss text me and said the Blackfeet Tribe was coming to the border to give vaccines to anyone who wants one. So we each went down there. It did take a couple hours to wait in line, cross the border, and get the vaccine and cross back into Canada, but we are so thankful to be able to get it. Everyone was friendly that was helping - even some of the border agents who have given us grief before. Austin did get AstraZenecca the next day here in Cardston. 

The Blackfoot Confederacy even came back the next month to give our second shot, even though in Canada they won't be giving second shots for several months until everyone has their first one. We thought the line to the border would be really long, so we each went early in the morning to be there in line. I got up at 3:50 am to get in line. I drove to the border and then I did sleep in my car for a couple hours. Lucy brought Grandma Nunn to the border to get in with me so she could get her second shot too. We were thankful to be fully vaccinated. I did spend the next day on the couch not feeling great as my body built up the immunity it needs to avoid getting the virus.

It was Drive your Tractor to School day. Only in Cardston. Lucy should have driven our mini tractor, Screwy, but she didn't. But at least she dressed up.

One night I was working late at my accounting office, and Austin said the vet was coming to pump our horse's stomachs because they had gotten into the bag of medicated calf grain and eaten most of it. The chemical in the grain can cause colic in horses if they eat too much, and we weren't sure which horses ate it and how much. So Dr. Todd Gunderson came out at 9 pm to pump mineral oil into each of our horses so it will clear their stomachs. It took him a couple hours to do all 5 horses, but we were grateful the vet could come.

Easter Sunday was General Conference Sunday. General Conference was so good. The Easter bunny came and hid the eggs outside. 

All of our goats had their babies on Easter weekend. We have 4 goats and Grandpa Buck takes care of them at his house - Thanks Grandpa. We had 8 babies that lived.

This string of pictures is while were talking to Hanna one p-day and Lucy and Austin told Hanna that Lena's tail had been chewed off by one of Grandpa's colt. (Lena's tail has been growing back for a couple years after one of our goats chewed it off). Hanna actually started crying, even while we were still laughing and laughing. Then when we told her it was a joke - she left the call. 

We bought new calves for us to rope this summer. We have bottle fed them everyday for 2 months. But they are just about ready to rope. Austin is just building a new breakaway box and roping chute.