4-H Bucket Calves

We have recently added some new animals to our family...two bucket calves, Rusty and Shadow have added some extra work and excitement to our lives! They calves weren't quite as excited as we were to get them. As you can see it has taken a lot of time and work to get them to eat from a bottle and get them use to being around us. Shadow has been the most challenging but she is finally drinking from a pail, Kyle, Dad, Kris, Mom, and Beccy all had rounds with her, they all made off with just a few bruises and only one bitten finger!

Kaleb and Matigan are 4-H Cloverbuds (not old enough for 4-H yet) but they can choose one project for the fair. Elliott is in 4-H and has shown so much responsibility in taking care of the calves. He does everything without complaining (except when he gets cow poop on his school shoes) HA!


Thanks to our dad's help, the kids are learning all about how to take care of calves. It is great to see how proud he is and how much he enjoys teaching the kids about his past time. He is still just an old farm boy. I appreciate living so close to my parents so that we can have these experiences. We love you so much dad!