The Adventures of Mommy and Cache (and Dad)

Hello. This has been quite a week of adventures for the Crandall Clan. One day, while Wes was at work, he found a dead cow in the field. This is the 5th dead cow in 10 days, so Wes and his dad needed to take it to the lab to see what the problem was. So Wes came in and asked me if I wanted to go on a little ride. I'd been in the house all day, so I said YES!! Little did I know he was recruiting me for corpse duty...

So we pack Cache into the truck and we start down the road. Then Wes starts explaining that he will get in the tractor and I'll follow in the truck and he'll just load the cow up and we'll be on our way. Ok...I thought we were just getting out of the house--but this is the way most of our adventures start.

Well, we finally get to the field where the cow is. Cache has been snoozing peacefully. Wes hooks these enormous chains to the dead cow's legs. Now mind you, this cow is bloated!!! He heaves the beast into the air and proceeds toward the truck that Cache and I are in. This huge, dead, dangling cow is bobbling towards us and I just kept thinking, Please let this fit in the back of the truck. Wes lifts the cow up and tries to get it into the bed. Her limp, dead head keeps whacking the tailgate and I am dying. I just know she won't fit and her head is going to get stuck somewhere on the top of the truck.

Finally, Wes succeeds in getting the cow into the bed of the truck. Let me remind you--she is bloated and all of her legs are poking out in different directions from the bed. So here is a mother and her child barreling down the road, with four giant legs and hoofs wobbling at passerby's. People are gaping as we drive past. This is just the beginning my friends... Now, the stench is quite remarkable. So much so, that Cache starts screaming his head off and I am gagging. Now I am trying to balance a tippsy bloated cow that is rocking back in forth like a turtle stuck on her back, and shush the baby. I can't wait to get out of the truck. So much for "getting out of the house." Now do you see how tough we are? We are cowboys and we start our kids off early. :)





Then....we went to Wyoming for the first time with Cache out of the belly. He did really well for a long car ride. He slept the 3 hours (with a brief pause for nourishment), and then just chilled up in the beauty of the ranch. It was a good week. Cache has started doing this hilarious face as he looks around and tries to figure out the world. In this picture, he looks like mini-me doing his little face. :) We love this little guy!