Dairy Farm

Today we drove down to Elberta to visit my husband's uncle and aunt and to listen to a cousin give a farewell talk in their ward. He is going to serve in the same mission that my husband went to, the Spain Malaga mission. We had a really nice time visiting with my husband's uncle and aunt and several of his cousins and their kids. The uncle works for the church's dairy farm and so he offered to take our family on a tour of their facilities. We saw how the whole milking process works and then he took us out to where the baby cows are kept and we were allowed to pet the calves and let them lick our hands. The calves were pretty cute and the kids really enjoyed themselves - even Baby K was reaching her hand out to touch them. There was one calf that basically sucked your whole hand into its mouth - luckily it doesn't hurt at all... The calves that we were petting were only three weeks old. It's a pretty amazing system that they have going on there and there is a lot of research and computer technology that is used to make the whole process smoother and more efficient.

Unfortunately I forgot my camera at home so we don't have any pictures of the day... :( I'll have to remember it for next time!