One of my very favorite things about living where I live is the community that is built up around my kids. It's the same community that...

Sometimes your biggest critics, the people who support you the least, the ones who tear you down to others, come from within your inner...

Be a good human. I mean a truly good human. Live with integrity. Treat others with respect: not just the "cool kids", but everyone,...

Sometimes ranching IS romantic. Tall green grass. Sunshine. Blue skies. Cattle grazing. Sweet smells of the prairie. To me, it is THEE...

MDH and I may have bitten off more than we can chew this year, but we are going to give it our best attempt. We are changing up our...

She decided today to take full responsibility for her life. She stopped blaming others for her problems. She stopped feeling sorry for...

Sometimes the hardest part of ranching is working with family. Nearly every ranching family I visit with has some sort of resentment...

MDH got sprayed by a skunk yesterday. I wish I was kidding. He set a live trap to try to catch it overnight, and was successful. But then...

Do you have a mission and vision statement for your ranch operation? I have found that this is key. I will share ours, so you have an...

One of the downsides of growing up in a small town is the magnifying glass that kids are under. I acknowledge that this is both a...

When MDH and I were first dating, he came home with me one weekend. We were putting bulls out. He got in one pickup and backed his...

On these cold mornings, I remind myself that there are no snakes or grasshoppers out and about. I hold on to that thought, embracing my...

Here’s to the Mom’s out there trying to balance ranching, raising kids, and trying to be entrepreneurs on the side. I had someone tell me...

There is a lot that can be learned from older generations. Sometimes I think the younger generation creates a bit of a barrier between...

What do you do on your ranch to support the youth of the team? Sometimes, it’s harder to do the job when kids are involved. This makes it...

I hope that throughout my life, especially since becoming a mother, I have nourished the type of friendships in which my girls will know...

It feels a bit like a heat wave today at -6 degrees and very little wind! Ty even got some sledding time in. This cold is for the birds....

I want to take a second to talk about Christmas after you’ve lost a loved one. There is an empty chair. Does someone sit in it? Do you...

The weatherman could be off by 50 degrees this week, and it is still VERY VERY cold out there. Yikes. Wind chills as low as -55 degrees....

I was sorting, tossing, and organizing a shelf in my office the other day when I ran across the calf books from the past five years. I...