6 more weeks of winter?!

i'm not even sure if punxsutawney phil's predictions work in the mountain time zone, but he certainly made that prediction accurately. we have an inch of snow on the ground this morning! while i've enjoyed the 50 degree weather we've had here this week, i am looking forward to some frozen ground. the pastures have started to turn into muddy messes, and we've had to drive in 4 wheel drive just to get through the mud ruts the feed truck has created!

this week we moved mares around, so we have the mares due in march closer to the barn. while we were sorting mares, we went ahead and gave vaccines to all of the mares and dewormed the ones that needed it. i must say i am glad that it was warm the day we did that!

our yearlings returned to the pasture with their dear friends, and they were SO glad to leave that tiny little pen. poor bambi went head over heels over an irrigation ditch as they were all galloping as fast as they could to get back to their buddies! 

it's cold today, so i'm betting rita finds a bunch of stuff for us to do inside. we've also started halter breaking the baby babies. little waylon is catching on quickly, but merle and dolly are a little less interested in doing such a silly thing as walk with a two-legger.