I have definately been neglecting blogging for several reasons, I guess. For a while I didn't have too much to say but with the beautiful summer it is time to blog again.
In spring, the outlook on grain farming was actually pretty good. Grain prices were going up, so many farmers were seeding all they could. That was the only good news. Yes, prices were up, but no elevators are buying any grain. We couldn't secure a grain contract anywhere. But then maybe that isn't all bad because in June and July we have maybe received 1 inch of rain in total. Our crops look absolutely horrible. Rain is now probably too late. I was reading last years blog about input costs. I figured they were about $55,000. This year with the high, high costs of fuel and fertilizer I figure they are close to $85,000 for the same amount of acres. What I could have done with that money!!
Thankfully, cattle prices are going up a bit.
But you know, life is still good. Family is all healthy. Ron and I have two awesome boys and have enjoyed spending some holiday time together. We are going into the next phase of our life as once again we become just a couple. An old married couple that is actually have fun together.

A Bad Episode of "Cops"

William could hear someone yelling, "Get down on the ground" but didn't quite put it together with the sounds of the roaring motor until it was too late. He ended up almost pinned between 2 cars at the Beaverlodge A & W. That is how the story ended but luckily there were no broken bones just some bad bruises.

Earlier yesterday morning a truck from a local business has been stolen in Grande Prairie. The employee had phoned back to Beaverlodge to ask for a ride back to our town because his truck had gone missing. The fellows from D. Ray Construction started for GP to get him and before they got very far the pick up met them just outside of town. They phoned back to the shop and got the dispatcher to phone the police. Spinning a u turn and hurry back toward Beaverlodge they followed. The dispatcher also headed toward the main highway just in time to see the truck turn into the Esso/A & W and toss a package to a waiting vehicle. Unknown to the drivers in the stolen truck, they were being persued by other employees. They needed some lunch, so they popped into the drive thru.

My mother-in-law was meeting a friend there to travel with her to GP. Parked side by side with her friend along the side of the drive thru my father-in-law, who was having a coffee there, was telling his lovely wife to put on a warmer coat. All of a sudden there was yelling and racing motor as the police had showed up with guns drawn and the thieves tried to go backward to get away, ramming the D. Ray employees behind them. Figuring they couldn't go backward, they tried to jump the curb, ramming the friends suburban smashing it into my mother-in-law's car and as a result hitting my father-in-law between the vehicle.

We feels so very fortunate that all is okay. Only bruises is such good news. The friends trapped in her suburban is just fine as well. The thieves aka drug runners have a future court date as well as warrants out of BC. I hope they get all they deserve but you know how our justice system works. I don't have much faith in it.