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Hi Y'all! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I know, I know it's been months!

What can I say...

school started,

show season hit,

fall calving,

I opened a new Etsy shop,

and life all gets in the way of my blogging.

It doesn't mean I don't want to but other things take priority...

like my faith, family & the farm.

I thought I would take a few moments to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year...cause let's be honest...I probably won't blog again until 2017!

Enjoy these photos from the last couple of months!

Our oldest had a great show season and brought home Grand & Reserve at almost every show he went to!

Our middle is just enjoying life as a 3 year old on the farm.

At our local show both boys got a chance to show lambs & dairy cattle.

Our oldest in the championship drive at state fair with his Brown Swiss heifer, Reece. This heifer has since calved and had an adorable little heifer we have named Paige.

Farmboy2 isn't old enough to show just yet but he loves helping out in the wings. Here he is holding Catrina.

Our last show of the season is one of our favorites. These folks do a great job!

Then came Halloween with a lumberjack, Little Red Riding Hood & a hunter

That hunter got a new dog named Copper late in November.

Our oldest enjoys showing so much that he has already started breaking next years showstring calves.

Visiting Santa was an adventure this year...our sweet farmgirl hated the experience but the boys thought it was great LOL

For those of you interested in the Etsy shop you can find it here

Below are a few of the items I have made since opening...

obviously it's mostly girly items ;)

One of my favorite dresses to date!

This romper is so cute and a wonderful fall piece.

I am loving having my own personal model...she enjoys it too!

These 2 flannel & lace tunics are so soft and adorable!

Our Christmas outfit has me swooning!

Then a few accessories for moms. Yes they are dishcloths but let's be honest if we have to do dishes let's make sure it's cute.

Hope you enjoyed catching up with this farm family!

Until next time,

It's Spring Time in the South

It's spring and with that comes a new season on the farm.

We have been busy before silage season kicked off last week

building a new pack barn

with lots of help from these 2 farm boys.

practicing baseball,

running shavings from our new machine,

participating in the annual SAC #Run4Agriculture

welcoming new calves...

and kittens...

enjoying green grass...

fresh strawberries

and warm sunshine.

We have made a delivery of isolette covers to our NICU

spent countless hours at the baseball field

and been fishing...

I even got a bouquet of farm flowers from my 2 boys

What does spring look like where you are?

Water, Weddings & Funeral

It's been a rough week for us.

Not only has it been extremely busy with

work, school, a sick Farmboy, a cow show, cub scouts plus my Etsy shop orders

add in a wedding & a funeral and things just go crazy!

On Tuesday evening my Poppa (my dad's dad) passed away.

While not completely unexpected it's always and emotional roller coaster.

Farmboy & Poppa in 2009

The funeral is this morning at 11.

The farmkids and I left our house around 7,

picked up my best friend because the farmer has to milk,

and headed south...

a 2+ hr road trip.

Guess what...it's raining.

Not a little rain but hurricane rains.

We are forecasted to get between 7-14 inches.

3 farm kids, a best friend, a large family and a graveside service

in hurricane rains...

Once the funeral is over we will spend a little time with the family

before we hit the road again headed home.

The farmer is spending the day milking and ensuring everything at the farm is ready

just in case the winds/rain get really bad.

Once we are back in town,

I will change out of my dress clothes and help the farmer out.

Once we are done we will all get dressed back up again

for the wedding of a sweet young lady who we all love dearly.

Not sure we will make the ceremony but we will be at the reception...

come hell or high water (the latter is a real possibly).

You see she grew up a farm kid,

she understands not everyone can up and leave the farm for the ceremony

since it's slap in the middle of milking.

I tell you all this so you can learn...

farm work doesn't stop...

not for rains or hurricanes,

not for weddings or weeping.

On our farm the cows & calves still have to be milked, fed, and cared for

no matter what's on the schedule.

As a farm wife I've learned how to "keep on keeping on"

even in the hardest of times.

Honestly the routine of farm life is helpful...

you know that while many things change in life,

some things always stay the same.

The calves will always be happy to hear you coming,

the cows will file into the barn in nearly the same order each day,

and that when it rains it pours...

sometimes figuratively and literally.

While other wives may enjoy a Netflix Marathon or a good book in times like these,

this farm wife will pull on her mud boots and feed calves in the rain.

My farmer never promised everything would always be sunny,

but he did promise there would always be enough love and understanding to weather any storm.

Until we meet again...may God bless you real good

Caci

Hi Y'all! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

It's Spring Time in the South

Water, Weddings & Funeral

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