FFA is this girl’s bag. Boy is she passionate. Today she headed off to present her Crop SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience.) Her project is on acres planted in corn here at our farm. She manages the acres from what is planted, when and keeps the books involved with inputs and profits. Her love for agriculture …
The Illinois Beef Expo is held in Springfield, Il each year. We don’t have beef cattle, but so many of our friends do, that we decided this year to make a weekend out of it and joined friends at a Springfield hotel for a weekend of cattle, swimming and hanging out. What’s a trip …
Our family farm has social media accounts, and I am largely responsible for updating them . I uploaded this photo last night to our farm’s Facebook account. It’s gorgeous, just look at that sunset! My hubby snapped this one for me after multiple requests for a photo of his rig for the day. Social …
Babies of the family have miss out on alot of stuff! The first two kids in our family were in soccer, piano, ninjutsu and dance by the time they were four or five. This boy here…only summer t-ball. That is it. He is old enough for 4H and Cub Scouts and could probably start in …
Daddy may be a dirty looking farmer wearing his bibs and digging in the dirt installing tile along side his crew, but don’t let that fool you, he is a pretty smart guy. He is passionate about plant health and soil. It is becoming more and more obvious that his baby girl is following suit. …
The boy was 5, but though his body be little….his head is always a step ahead. Little man syndrome maybe? Baby of the family who hangs with teenagers more than other littles? Whatever it is, he wanted to work, so we made him a log in for the time clock. We made it 66, since …
My girl knows what she wants. Just like her mama. Wait, no, not like me at all. I guess she must get that trait from her incredible daddy. When she was in third grade and eligible to show livestock in 4H, her dad and I asked her what animal she would like to show. I …
A trip to Oklahoma with four generations in tow to reunite friends from 45 years ago. Great Grandma requested we visit. Great Grandma really wanted us to visit. Of course when sweet Great Grandma who is 90 years young asks that we travel to Oklahoma to visit a dear family that she and late Great …
The year was 2014. Remember it honey? We picked up and flew to The City of Lights. I despise gambling (boring and a painful to lose money.) It is FREEZING in those casinos. Nutso, nobody sleeps!! (Remember we met those people we know and they hadn’t been to bed yet and it was 10 …
All year these kiddos have been working for something. Looking forward to it. Talking about it. Planning for it. Snapping about it. Anticipating it…..The Illinois State Fair 2016. It’s our little tradition to pack our trailers and trucks and campers and hotel rooms full of food and stuff, moms and dads and lots of kids. …
