Category: Kirk Kids
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Bringing People Together, Sharing a Meal, & Benefitting Ranchers Affected by Storm Atlas
A Senior Project Success: When our son Myles said he was thinking about putting on a steak feed to benefit the Rancher Relief Fund for his Senior Project (a fairly new requirement for South Dakota high school graduates), I was very proud that he came up with that particular idea all on his…
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Haying Lessons
At the start of haying our son left on an international trip with a group of other teens and it was the ideal opportunity to teach our daughter how to run the windrower and rake hay. The Ford tractor has proven to be a good fit for her to use with the rake (but not…
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Calving Season Birthdays
It’s been hard to stay on top of blogging since calving season has started for us so I apologize for the delay. Both my husband and son have birthdays about a week apart at the beginning of our calving season. One of the traditions we’ve carried on from my husband’s youth that’s always made having a…
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Family Reading
Reading to my kids is something that I still haven’t outgrown, even though they have. As my kids got older and started school, I couldn’t give up the reading time I shared with them. When they were small, I read a lot of illustrated children’s books to them. Once they learned to read and began…
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Sixteen Short Years Have Already Gone By
Sixteen years ago today life as my husband and I knew it was forever changed when we became initiated into parenthood with our firstborn; a son. We had no idea what we were getting into but we’ve been fortunate enough to figure it out fairly unscathed. Throughout my first pregnancy, the big joke with…
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What I Made My Kids For Christmas: T-Shirt Quilts
The one gift I was most excited about giving my kids this year were the t-shirt quilts I made for them. I could hardly wait until Christmas for them to open these gifts. I had wanted to make one for a long time and I’m not sure why I was hesitant. They went together very…
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Our Would-Be Millennium Baby
The due date of our second child was January 1, 2000 and by the second trimester I got really tired of hearing Oh! Maybe you’ll have a millennium baby! I was supposed to have a Millennium Baby but she arrived three weeks early instead. Naturally, I wanted the same doctor who delivered our first…
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The Longest Short Stretch of Highway For A Mom
I really have no reason to show you this stretch of highway other than to say that this is where a little Love and Logic took place with my kids once years ago. Before I share my Love and Logic moment, let me back up. If you’re not familiar with Love and Logic, it’s a…
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Pledging Character Building
In honor of National 4-H week I thought this column was appropriate for the occasion. The words of the 4-H Member’s Pledge are important for all youth in today’s society. Raising good and caring citizens while still protecting kids from an era of new dangers has become increasingly challenging for parents. I believe in 4-H…