Ecclesiastes 3 says there is an appointed time for everything, so I suppose that includes an attempt at blogging. If this is successful, it will be a way to communicate with our friends about our lives on the ranch.
The short story is that we moved into the ranch house, Beth's mom's place in Lorena, TX, the second week in August and have been hustling ever since. Taylor and Travis are in school at Texas Christian Academy in Waco, playing football for the first time in their lives, and extremely busy. Jordan is at Baylor and we have seen him most weekends.
Here are a couple of pictures of Mrs. Taylor's, and now, our house. It was built in 1910 and sits on a working cattle ranch. All the real ranch work is done by real cowboys and none of them are named Musgrave. The real rancher is Judge Campbell, a retired Texas Supreme Court Justice. You can pray for his wife who is very ill.
Also featured on today's maiden voyage are Taylor and Travis in their football uniforms. In last week's JV game, Travis had an interception on the first play from scrimmage and Taylor later ran for a 75 yard touchdown. The varsity also won on Friday.
And, many of you will enjoy the picture of Beth on the tractor. It was the first and last time she has been on the tractor. I knew she would get on it while it was still clean. So much for my day labor training efforts.
We love and miss our Memphis friends and look forward to getting to know the new people the Lord will put in our lives at this new place. Just as He as used so many to enrich our lives in every place we have lived, we trust he will do the same again.
Did I mention the cows? Two weeks ago the cowboys began bringing the cows to the ranch. Right now there are about 500 head not including the calves. This has been a tremendous help in the shredding/grass-weed management exercise I have been undertaking on weekends. The cows stay on the ranch for a few months, get moved to other ranches, return, and so on. The downside is that the half mile driveway becomes a bit of a mine- field when all the cows are here. Four wheelers should try to lead, follow at a great distance, or wear full face protection when the cows have been around, but that could be a whole new thread, as us bloggers say..
More later, its late!
The short story is that we moved into the ranch house, Beth's mom's place in Lorena, TX, the second week in August and have been hustling ever since. Taylor and Travis are in school at Texas Christian Academy in Waco, playing football for the first time in their lives, and extremely busy. Jordan is at Baylor and we have seen him most weekends.
Here are a couple of pictures of Mrs. Taylor's, and now, our house. It was built in 1910 and sits on a working cattle ranch. All the real ranch work is done by real cowboys and none of them are named Musgrave. The real rancher is Judge Campbell, a retired Texas Supreme Court Justice. You can pray for his wife who is very ill.
Also featured on today's maiden voyage are Taylor and Travis in their football uniforms. In last week's JV game, Travis had an interception on the first play from scrimmage and Taylor later ran for a 75 yard touchdown. The varsity also won on Friday.
And, many of you will enjoy the picture of Beth on the tractor. It was the first and last time she has been on the tractor. I knew she would get on it while it was still clean. So much for my day labor training efforts.
We love and miss our Memphis friends and look forward to getting to know the new people the Lord will put in our lives at this new place. Just as He as used so many to enrich our lives in every place we have lived, we trust he will do the same again.
Did I mention the cows? Two weeks ago the cowboys began bringing the cows to the ranch. Right now there are about 500 head not including the calves. This has been a tremendous help in the shredding/grass-weed management exercise I have been undertaking on weekends. The cows stay on the ranch for a few months, get moved to other ranches, return, and so on. The downside is that the half mile driveway becomes a bit of a mine- field when all the cows are here. Four wheelers should try to lead, follow at a great distance, or wear full face protection when the cows have been around, but that could be a whole new thread, as us bloggers say..
More later, its late!
1 comment:
Hey Pat!
So happy to see you blogging to your friends left here in Memphis!
The cow stories cracked me up....
Love the pretty tractor too.
I am expecting a picture of you in your farmers uniform next?
Keep the news coming!!
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