Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Branding

Every spring one of the big events in the Stephenson family is branding the calves. Jim's dad has 150 every year. The kids love to ride out and see the new calves in January and Febuary. The end of March is branding time. Jim is the official shot giver in the process. The kids love to poke them to get them threw the shoot. Mary even got to use the "hot shot" ( it gives them a little shock) to help move them. We have a picnic and fly kites. It is a lot of fun!







For some reason James, Megan, and Morgan thought they should get them when they got out of the shoot. Lucky for the cows they are not good with a whip!