New Look

We had the family room drywalled and textured before we painted. What a difference!

Family Room Project

The ugly dark panneling has finally been removed from the family room. Dan took it all down.

Toy

Say "Hi" to Dan. He plans to use the bobcat to move snow and dirt at 856 Dilley Ranch Road. He has spent many hours cleaning this machine. The previous owner used it in his construction business before selling it to Dan.

New Toy

Great News

Written on a pink card and a blue card: "It's a Girl, or a Boy." These cards were attached to a bottle of champagne. This was Jeremy and Stephanie's surprise for us. Wonderful News! Grandma and Grandpa will have to wait until October to welcome the new Heismann with lots of love.

Hiking

While hiking on part of the 35 acres of our property north of Canyon City, we found these beautiful red rock formations.

President's Day Weekend

Two men from Colorado Engineering & Geotechnical Group, Inc. drilled several holes where the barn and house will be built and in the septic system area. They took samples of the dirt and poured water in 4 of the holes for the "perc" test.

December 14, 2007

After 5 years of looking and making offers on two other lots, we finally found the one for us. 856 Dilley Ranch Road already has a well on it (with good tasting water). Our bid on this land was accepted and we closed on 12/14/07.

856 Dilley Ranch Road

This picture, taken in November, 2007, is a south southwest view on 856 Dilley Ranch Road, located in the Colorado "Banana Belt," 10 miles north of Canyon City. It is gorgeous!

Tagged

Last night, while attending a Christmas party, the Rav was tagged. Fortunately, we found a product that removed the red and black spray paint.

Watching the Cattle

Wally used to worked in the Livestock Yard for eight years. He took us up on the cat walk to see the cowboys sorting the cattle.

Cattle Sorting

The cowboys were busy sorting the cattle.

Auction

Listening to the auctioneer, seeing the cattle enter and exit and watching the cowboys in the audience bid at the auction was facinating. Here is the youngest cowboy in the room.

Livestock Yard

The Livestock Yard in Billings was our outing for the day.

Rehearsal

Mary is warming up on her oboe at the Alberta Bair Theatre where the Billings Symphony plays once a month.

Happy Friends

Pam, Joan, Mary and I had a yummy lunch and then went on a beautiful walk in the Pheasants Forever area. Joan and Pam are some of Mary's special friends.

Pheasants Forever Walk

In some areas on the trail, the grass was over 5 feet tall. We didn't see any pheasants.

Bud

Bud is Wally's dog. He is 15 months old and is part Border Collie and Australian Shepherd. Mary and Bud are enjoying each other.

Turkeys

The turkeys are plentiful north of Billings, where Mary and Wally live. At dusk they can be seen flying into a pine tree and sitting on the upper most branches.

Sharing the Road

This Montana Cowgirl was moving the cattle to a different pasture.