Hello WAG Readers and welcome to the Kleenex Chronicles! As you can see, I have done a terrible job at keeping up with things since the birth of our fourth child…and third, and maybe even second. I spend way too much time changing diapers, de-escalating arguments and doing my best to keep our house somewhat…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that Favorite Farmer and I, and our other three bambinos, welcomed our newest bundle of joy on October 11. Cora Jane weighed in at 7 pounds 8 ounces and stole all of our hearts within a matter of seconds. It’s already hard to remember what…
With calving in full-swing, things are anything but boring around here. Between kids’ activities, town errands and chores, the kids and I haven’t had much downtime. But today was the first morning I’ve been able to spend at home in at least a week and it was glorious! Before having children, I never thought I…
We officially got our first three calves last night and I have to say, we’re pretty excited! To say this calving season has been depressing thus far, is a huge understatement. The number of calves we lose each year fluctuates a little bit, but usually our death loss stays REALLY low. This year, however, has…
Welcome back to the Kleenex Chronicles! I am thrilled to get this blog up and running again and to show you all more of our day-to-day life in the middle of nowhere, Montana. Some days, life out here is as exciting as an Old West shootout and sometimes it’s as boring as watching the snow…
We haven’t been seeing much of Lyle these days (by much, I mean we see the whites of his eyes approximately two hours a day, not counting when we just see eyelids) which is a good thing and a bad thing. It’s a good thing because that means calves are dropping left and right and…
It’s that time of year again—when getting little ones to eat, dealing with over-protective moms, sleep deprivation and wading in poop up to our knees is all we know. No, we haven’t added another addition to the family…it’s calving time! That’s right, the time of year we look forward to and dread because it will…
After letting everything possible get in the way of having a productive blog, I’m back. I feel like every time I get on here, I’m apologizing for not keeping up with it so I’m just going to say this: I will try my darndest to keep The Kleenex Chronicles up to date and consistent but as is my history,…
As of last night, our calf count was at about 182 (I think that’s what Lyle said, sometimes I don’t pay REAL close attention when he comes in at 6am) so needless to say, things are going hot and heavy around here! Not the hot and heavy like high school but you know what I…
Calving season has officially started! The first calf of 2012 was born yesterday morning which is pretty exciting! Everyone (Lyle and Alan) has been on pins and needles waiting for this year’s calving season to begin because due to a heavy rain storm last spring, the bulls were put in a little later than normal.…
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