As some of you already know, from May 2015 to May 2016 Spencer and I were living in two separate states. Two separate lives really. Besides a few weekends and summer break, it was like dating all over again. He was offered an opportunity to follow his dreams and run a 1200 cow-calf operation. […]
A famous quote often said by my Buckaroo husband right before he heads off to rope a cow……. Whether it be doctoring a sick one as it jumps down a creek ditch, or laying after one as it runs across the west side mountains, or even as he has one roped and it jumps down […]
This year I was honored to speak at our high school graduation. To be chosen by the students is quite humbling. This was the last set of my students who were founding members of the school’s FFA chapter. They had done it all the past four years. Speaking contests, field days, meetings, conferences, even state […]
Branding Time Ladies- Correct if I’m wrong, but there is a season in the year known as “branding time”. Or so our better halves like to refer to it as that. Compared to any other “cow” season, like shipping, calving, or the remainder of the year, it elicits a certain air. It’s accompanied by the […]
I am the wife of a cattle ranch manager and certified farrier. I love my job- I teach high school ag and am an FFA advisor. We live on a small ranch, with WAY too many cow dogs and my chiweiner- Dolce and newest addition, Loretta, the Borgi. I run a successful equine marketing and […]
This morning I was awakened by the sound of my husband’s alarm at 4:00 am. And thought to my self what is going on…… I soon remembered we had cows and calves to gather, sort, ship, process, and brand! As I groggily drug myself out of bed, I threw on a pair of jeans, button […]