Every spring, a rancher has to brand his new calves. Since I know a rancher (my dad), we usually volunteer for the spring ritual. I used to get to help with the actual branding work but since having kids, I have now been moved to the chuck wagon crew. However, my brothers and Cam usually jump in for the branding festivities.
Here is a picture of Cam (orange hat), my older bro Bryce (blue hat) and my little bro Blake (green sweatshirt), and another cowboy helping with branding.
Here is a pic of the kids watching the branding. (please note the extreme windy conditions--branding always causes the weather to turn either cold or windy, usually both.)
From L-R: Calvin, Austin, Garrett, Caden, (then somewhat hidden are Josie and Kaitlyn) My mom is at the fence getting blown away.
This pic just shows how many people are there helping. (this doesn't include 4 ropers on the horses). It's a lot of work but if you have good help, it usually goes pretty fast (they usually can do 130-150 in a Saturday, and we usually do 2 Saturdays)
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