It was a busy day for us! Chores went smooth this morning with Chelsey and Kayla both here to help.

We headed to Starmont School after chores to serve frozen yogurt. Today’s flavors were Strawberry and Chocolate Mint. I loved the Chocolate Mint but many of the students went for the Strawberry.

We had a great group of volunteers show up to help and enjoyed lunch with them afterwards. We got to hear about our friends trip to Alaska, which was entertaining. Some day we hope to go there with our family.

We got home and got the big ice cream machine all cleaned up and headed right out for chores.

Our friend stopped by to help get our baler set up for next year. The timing got messed up on it when we were replacing a part last fall and luckily we were done with it for the year.

Brrrrr! That wind sure was a killer tonight! Dan didn’t put on his coveralls before he ground 2 loads of feed and boy was he cold in that wind!

When we got back we scraped, hauled manure and bedded the freestalls so the cows are nice and comfy tonight. Hopefully the wind dies down by morning!

Reed’s Valentine Party is tomorrow at Preschool. It’s our turn to take treats so tonight after we got in from chores Reed and I whipped up some homemade Brownie cupcakes.

He could hardly wait for his “Taster’s Bite” of the brownie batter, ha ha. We got all the ones needed for school in the oven before he dipped his teaspoon in for a try.

Mmmmmm, he said, with big eyes!

While they were in the oven, Dan and I went to work tracing and cutting out Reed’s little hand for his Valentine Cards for his classmates.

And Reed worked on signing his name to them all.

He will give each friend a valentine with a string cheese treat that we picked up at our creamery today.

Did you know that our creamery, AMPI, has a retail store where anyone can shop for cheese, butter and milk?

This is where our milk is taken when it leaves our farm. Stop in if you are in the area.

It’s just down the road from Starmont School and not far from the newly famous home of the Bachelor, Arlington, IA. 🙂