Them are some real cowboys!

We recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary of the opening of our Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store! We opened our doors on May 16th, 2008. We're still hanging in there and business is beginning to pick up.

Taylor thought the best way to celebrate the year was to cook out some steaks at the farm. We all thought that would also be a good opportunity for all the girls (including me) to see what life on the farm is really like. It was really muddy that day, but we got the job done.

You start out by getting the big cows in the chute. Then you can doctor them with stuff like Katie and Cyrus are doing.














Then you get the branding iron ready - thanks, Jen!














Katie operated the side of the table to squeeze the calves in when you get them in the table. Taylor did the branding (see the smoke!).














Jen held the nose pinchers while Taylor tagged the ear.














And then...the poor little calf is too small for the table. So you have to do it the old fashioned way....which is... put a rope around its neck, let the calf out of the table, and Taylor and Cyrus run after it and get it on the ground and tie it up!!














More branding. Awesome cowboy shot!














Taylor's favorite baby, Bandit. Isn't he cute?














Here are the chocolatiers / cowboys - Cyrus, Taylor, Katie, and Jen. I'm taking the picture, and Erin is also missing (somebody had to run the store that day!).