Learning Patience

This little cowboy likes to do everything himself. If I’m peeling blanched tomatoes for salsa, then he wants his own knife and tomatoes to peel. It’s often a bit messier than I’d like. It’s not just me he likes to help. If his Dad is digging,...

3 Seats, 7 People

Imagine seven people sitting in the cab of this truck. One of them in an infant carseat. Then add two tupperware containers of cookies, two 9×13 pans of BBQ turkey, two sets of tongs, and a diaper bag. That was my Sunday a couple of weeks ago. It started out...

The Best Children. Ever.

Our littlest one has arrived! I just wanted to post a note about the fantastic support these children and husband have been to me for the past nine months. This pregnancy was as close to bed rest as I ever want to get. By eight months in I could only stand for two...

Tractor!

Remember the many dog conversations in the movie UP! interrupted with, “Squirrel!” ? I laughed so hard because we have dogs and a plethora of squirrels here on the farm. Just the other day our dog jumped out of the back of a moving truck as my husband...

Another Rainy Cattle Drive

GASP! Just coming up for air. Yes, I am here. It’s been insanely busy this summer. I’ve been taking pictures so I’ll try to get y’all caught up on summer life on the Ranch. The cows were out of feed so it was time to move them to a fresh...