Thistle Hill Ranch in April

Spring is a beautiful time of year here at Thistle Hill Ranch!

A year has almost come and gone for us at Thistle Hill Ranch, and I am struggling to find a favorite time of year.

There are times I feel overwhelmed with ALL the ranch chores, but then one of our darling animals reminds me life is too short to sweat the small stuff?

Thank you Daisy, (the donkey), for keeping me laughing!

Ranch Happenings

A lot of exciting things are happening here. We just joined 4H in our area and can't wait to jump in with both feet. Everyone was so nice and so welcoming. Thanks to our leader Katy Smith, we are ready for all the fun 4H has to offer. We can't wait to see where it takes us in our studies and socially. It's about time the boys get out with more kids. It has taken some time, but we finally feel settled. We love our community and all the wonderful people who have helped us call Texoma home.

We took our Spring Break and Easter Break back to back, so we didn't miss any school.Our homeschool week consists of Friday-Tuesday & Wednesday/Thursday is our weekend. We have been getting up earlier to get school done early in the day, to not overwhelm ourselves with the rest of the ranch duties. It doesn't always go as planned...and for a Type-A personality like me, sometimes it drives me nuts!

The last two weeks, has consisted of preparing our heifers for rebreeding, breeding & checking our mares for pregnancy, and rebreeding, one of them again.

This last week and this week, has consisted of all of the above, and all the regular chores. Keeping up has been difficult at times.

We had the boys friends up this last week too, and they had a blast! Always nice to have friends that are willing to travel the hour+ drive, to hang out for the day. And the Biggs girls, that now live in beautiful Tennessee, stopped in too. What a treat that day was. It was good for me to take a break, & hang out with my friends too :-)

The ducks and the geese finally moved into the "Duck Mahal" 3 nights ago.

{I guess instead of "Duck Mahal", I should name it "Fowl Mahal", we do have geese in there too after all.}

We still have a few things to finish up, so pictures will come soon. But, here's a sneak peek!

Yesterday, I met with our vet in the morning to check Classy for rebreeding, went to Home Depot to score the $3 Knock Out Rose bushes, and splurged a bit on the yellow rose topiaries for the front of "Fowl Mahal", then on the way home picked up groceries for dinner. I managed to plant the rose bushes around the "Fowl Mahal", with the boys before the torrential downpour. Then, a quick shower, and finished 9 loads of laundry. It was sheets day, and add that it's been raining and it's muddy...this equals more laundry. We finished our lessons right before 6pm ,and I managed to still put dinner in the oven.

Then, I poured myself some wine!

 

Back to the Fun Stuff!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our new daybed swing! Thanks to my awesome husband Glen, for helping me in all my "What if we did..." list!

I can't wait to have more time to read and rest on it!

 

 

Hopefully the weather cooperates, and we will get "Fowl Mahal" completely finished and get pictures up of the whole pond area. It really is looking neat.

Summer here we come!

Always a lot happening here. Thanks for stopping by Thistle Hill Ranch...

Have A Great Weekend!

 

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