The Rabb's Farm Life Adventures

Life on the farm can bring many emotions.  Sometimes it can be sad, and almost depressing.  But other times there is joy. My parents cows have been busy this year.  We have had a massive amount of calves born recently.  I would venture to say around 30 have been born in the last 4 months.  I have yet to actually watch the birth process of a calf, but this week I have stumbled upon a calf that was born within the last hour or so.  John stumbled upon a cow in labor and got to watch the entire birth process.  Apparently, they use gravity to help the baby out.  I am glad human babies don't have to fall on their heads at the moment of birth.  New baby John got to watch be born, still covered by part of the sack. Sunday, after church, we drove onto our road and noticed some buzzards surrounding a cow, so we drove quickly over to see what was going on.  As you probably know, buzzards usually mean something is dead.  The calf was alive and the cow was cleaning up, (eating

I did it!  I still can't believe I managed to complete a half marathon.  So you might be asking yourself, why did you run a half marathon?  That is a really good question.  Here is the back story. While living in Texas in the early 90's I met, Kevin and Kristen.  We became friends during the year our girls were born.  We have stayed in touch and our friendship is still strong after all these years.  They are terrific friends and we have a blast when we are together.  We have always shared our love of all things Disney!  Kevin and John are runners, the fact that they are both retired from the military probably has something to do with that.  They are an inspiration to me since they both run with pain.  Kristen and I have a little bit of a different perspective on running than our husbands although Kristen has developed her running skills over the past several years and she is definitely a fierce runner.  Two summers ago we were discussing the Disney Marathon Weeken