This didn't turn out right I know but Lane was out this weekend and he and I decided to build a crane to rival the ones being used at the wind farm. We thought it turned out pretty well so decided to share with you all. We had fun -he helped me get through gates scraping pens and he thought it was great to be able to herd cattle by himself. He and Grandma Ann filled the cookie jar (yeah) and I finally convinced him he needed to ask his sister to feed his chickens. He really asked her nicely and she had already taken care of it. Chickens in town-he's convinced the sheriff is going to knock on his door! We had about 4" of snow Thursday (light and no accumulation, of course) by Friday afternoon it was mostly gone and Sat and Sunday have been great.

We got a load of cattle from far south Louisana from a customer Tuesday. The truck broke down in Texas and it was 5 hours before another truck got there. They were on a truck for at least 36 hours when they got here. They walked like drunken sailors but filled up and look decent now. The next 3 weeks will tell the tale.

Our church addition is pretty much enclosed-lacking the tie in to the existing roof and the plan this week is to start pulling wires and putting insulation in the walls. The fast part has been done and now it will seem to take forever.

We're looking forward to Christmas in Hutch and are praying for good weather and safe travel.

See a lot of you there-Merry Christmas Bob