There's a Bright Golden Haze on the Meadow

This past Monday was Memorial Day (not to be confused with Veterans Day which celebrates the service of all those who served in the military while Memorial Day commemorates only those who have died in service.  I know you were all wondering.  I was), and that meant a long weekend.  Those are few and far between here at BYU-Idaho, so we *cherish them. 

*cherishing usually consists of pledging to catch up on all those things you just can't quite fit into the rest of your normal week - cleaning your room, writing that extra essay, sleeping, blogging - and then proceeding to not do them.

But this weekend was a little extra special.  My roommate from last semester, Alex, invited her current and some former roommates, myself included, to her parents' ranch in Wyoming for the holiday.  It was so much darned fun to be with all of those girls and just spend a few days being outside.

On the way to Wyoming - I haven't sat in the front middle seat
since we got red of the big orange suburban!

Back from a very wet and hail-filled quad ride

It was too wet all weekend to build a bonfire, but Charlotte and
I made s'mores in the oven

We herded cows on Monday.  This two-day-old calf was
following behind the rest a little slowly, so we took it with us

 We also watched/helped with the branding and castration of cows, but I'll spare you the pictures of that.
Actually, I'm not that considerate.  The only reason they're not posted is because I forgot to get any.