Valentine's

Valentine's Day isn't a big deal in our house. But the boys had a wonderful time exchanging Valentine's with their classmates and at their parties at school. Ben and I took heart shaped brownies to Noah's classroom in the morning for his birthday treats. Note to self: never try cutting brownies into heart shapes again. 

 Ben and I did get a little time together on Valentine's morning. A trip to Kropf Lumber in Hesston to work out some window details for the house and then coffee at Lincoln Perk - pretty romantic, right?
Speaking of the house - it was a snowy mess on Friday afternoon.

 Friday was a warm day with a cold wind. Levi and I went along to chore the steer over at my uncle's place. I'm in love with their red barn. It's not perfect, but it's held onto so much of it's original beauty and detail over all these years.

 Lamar the steer, was living in the red barn. He had a bum leg and the other steers were picking on him so he got some privacy to get his strength back. Unfortunately, just when he seemed to be on the mend his leg suddenly got worse and he was taken away today to get more TLC. Hopefully, our friend Lamar will make a full recovery.

 Levi was drawn down to the creek, as usual. He had ice fishing in mind, but the melty ice was making me much too nervous.

 Meanwhile, Ben was busy pushing up feed for the steers.

 Levi is very brave with animals when there's a metal fence in separating them from him. He worked hard to get them to eat some snow (which they didn't), but he was successful with some hay.

 Hello Mr. Steer.

 Our poor chickens...because of the coyotes and Harold they've been kept inside the barn nearly all winter long.

 It's amazing how dusty their little world is.

Regardless of their indoor life this winter, they've continued to produce eggs even through the coldest weather. We have 18 chickens left and we usually gather at least twelve eggs a day. Go ladies, go!
Oh, and then on Valentine's night Ben worked a couple basketball games and I took the boys to the Goessel game. A great day with a little bit of a lot of good things.