It took a few weeks, but I finally made it through my first audiobook, “The Anxious Generation.” And let me tell you it was fascinating and terrifying!

Make sure that no matter how the busy-ness of the season is trying to weigh you down, look around and find all that there is to be thankful for.

Tis the season! 

We gather our herd from all of their summer stay vacations 

And point them for the home place as their fall destination.

But if we have control over anything, it is what happens around our own dinner tables. All we need is to look at the people whom we share our table with to realize we can get through whatever life is challenging us with.

But any way you roll it or stuff it, first you have to know my basic yeast bread recipe. And for the first time ever, I am ready to share it with you, right here on Ranch Raised!

But any way you roll it or stuff it, first you have to know my basic yeast bread recipe. And for the first time ever, I am ready to share it with you, right here on Ranch Raised!

The 4-H pledge is burned into my soul. It embodies so much of how I choose to live my life and what I want my children to grow into.

4-H is under recognized as the incredible community service organization that it is.  Community service projects are my favorite thing to watch my girls be involved in.

No matter how fierce the competitor is in all of us, we need to remember that being a humble winner, a gracious loser, and a fair competitor IS the most important part.

“I pledge my head to clearer thinking.” 4-H sharpens a child's critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills, some of the greatest skills I carried forward, even today.