Is is Spring Yet?

"Spring" in Robertson has a totally different meaning that "spring" in other parts of the world lol!! It is an exciting yet dreadful time of year. Calving season has started and I really love to go and see all of the new little babies. However, it is really busy too. Shane has to go up in the field several times during the day and at night to check on them and make sure that everything is going ok for both the moms and babies. He has had to bring a few babies down to warm them up inside by the fire and give them a bottle to fill their little tummies before returning them to their mothers. We have had a few die already and two sets of twins with all four calves living, which is VERY rare!! It is fun and stressful all at the same time. Here are a couple pictures of Kolby and Karter all bundled up ready to go check cows.
Our snow is trying to melt and our driveway is a total disaster. My muddy driveway is what I hate most about spring. We can't get up our driveway without 4wheel drive, and even then it is tricky sometimes! We have had sooooo much snow this winter and I am nervous about how long it is going to take it all to melt. We noticed that the carpet in our bedroom was getting wet and Shane discovered that the melting snow was getting behind our siding and seeping through where the wall meets the floor totally soaking the floor under our window. Ugh!! So I snapped a couple pictures of him attempting to shovel the snow off of our roof. As you can tell from the pictures, the snow is above his knee with a nice thick layer of ice at the very bottom! Shoveling the snow was the only solution that we could think of for a quick fix until this summer when we can really brainstorm and get the problem fixed permanently.
p.s. He tired out before getting very far and gave up, it did seem to help a bit though;)