Nebraska {day 4}

Tuesday was our work day. Jason was branding his 900 calves the next day and out in Nebraska they ranch like they did in the old days. All of the neighbors, friends, co-workers all come and help and get the job done in a hurry. It was really nice, Ryan was amazed, it takes us ALL-DAY-LONG to brand 80 calves and Jason can do his hundreds in a couple of hours. Also like the old days all of the cowboys come back to your house for a fancy lunch with all the fancy viddles. [isn't that what they call it on 7 brides for 7 brothers??] Kiley gets to do all of the cooking, which she is so organized and had a lot of it already done and in the freezer, but there was still a days worth of salads to put together, and all the rest of the food that couldn't be pre-made. Plus we tried to keep up with the kids, and all of the other regular house work. It was a long day, we were tired, the kids had a ball. There were lots of puddles to make mud pie soup and float sticks, besides calves to feed, trees to climb, critters to catch, and endless sand to dig in. It was so fun! I loved the pace of life, we shut off Ryans cell phone for the first time since he bought it, I didnt need my purse, computer, cell phone, no where to be, even if I wanted to, it takes two+ hours just to get to the nearest Walmart! It was really quite lovely! I LOVED it! I have a new goal {and I hope} to simplify our lives here, more staying home and letting kids be kids, running and playing, and less of me running here and there, Home is where it is at!