It appears there is a national day for everything, even farmers. So today we celebrate National Farmer’s Day. Yesterday as I walked through the grocery store I was honestly in awe of the fact that all that selection is made possible by a farmer somewhere. It really blows my mind when I realize that we […]
Breaking Ground
After months of final planning and weeks of waiting on the weather, we were able to start breaking ground today!! It’s so exciting to see an actual start to the last two years worth of planning! Looking like the weather will hold for the next week as we have a lot of dirt to move. […]
Thank You 2015
A Good Day
Sometimes, every once in a blue moon a perfectly ordinary day, is a good day. Nothing spectacular happened, nothing that was earth shattering good news, it just was. And in that just being, there was total peace and happiness for me. Add in a gorgeous sunset to end a beautiful Fall day in Oregon and […]
First Birthday Pirate Party
My second baby is fast approaching his first birthday, and with the holidays in between (I started this post before Thanksgiving!) I figured I had better get with it on getting some planning done! While I got started on that I realized I never did share all the details on my oldest boys first birthday. […]
Transformation Tuesday
Remember two years ago I shared a sweet story about a very special new baby calf? Well Marna is in with the cows and expecting her first calf at the end of month and my Little Farmer is very excited! I just love watching these girls grow up and develop, they are the future of […]
Capturing our Family in Photos
We just finished another amazing shoot tonight with the talented Heidi Helser Photograghy. I am so happy and excited to have found her and to have her capturing our family. When our first little farmer was born we captured pictures of him every 3 months. I loved having those pictures and seeing the changes as […]
Baby Moving
After newborn babies are walking and eating well they are moved from the box stalls into the nursery. Twin Heifers in the box stalls. They get a ride in our nifty calf cart, that makes moving them a breeze. This is a funny looking calf! Little Farmer helps with the Vaccinations They also get their […]
Classification – Jan 2014
Well I don’t think we could have asked for a better classification day! The sun came out for the first time in weeks and the scores were exciting. No better way for my Dad, Alan to spend his birthday! We added two new Excellents: Abiqua Acres Aaron Marcena and Abiqua Acres Aaron Mardi 6 more […]
A Two and a Half Year Old!
I know, I know I was promising some awesome farmie posts, but pregnancy hormones have been demanding nesting and reflection. I think every Mom has a little spell when they are getting ready for their second child that they really take a look at their first born. I will be honest that I am having […]