The Branding Day 5

The day had arrived! Ryan and Jason were gone by 5 AM, Kiley was up preparing already. We had to have everything in the oven and the snack out to the cowboys, we left the house at 8:30. The kids got to wrestle a calf, well we forced them to wrestle a calf, and then spent some time playing. It is quite a fun site to see all of those cowboys and cowgirls going to work like they do. We counted and re-counted 56 in all. We had to get home to put more potatoes in, we only planned on 50, which was fine, we had plenty in the end. The cowboys get to a good stopping point and then take a break to have a snack and a drink, most of these guys have to drive hours to get to the branding by 6, so a lot of them are up at 4:00, 4:30 {yes am} and the cold cereal runs out fast when you are working hard! Kiley took out glazed donuts, they were a hit. We then drove the half hour back home to get lunch on. It all turned out great, we had a spoonful of baked beans left, but the rest of the food we still had plenty of. Cowboys don't care much for fluffy jello salad, they go for the beef and the beans! It started to poor rain right at the end and so everyone went home quickly after, which was kinda nice too. It was definitely a success, Kiley and Jason are old pros now at this stuff!