Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Category: Kirk Kids

  • One of My Favorite Stories: Cowboy Country

    Some of my favorite moments spent with my kids are the times I read to them before naptime and bedtime when they were little. They had their favorite books and I had mine and this is one of mine: Cowboy Country, by Ann Herbert Scott. I like this author and I have another book by…

  • Eat Like An Animal

    There are days when I would rather feed our heifer calves than my family. For me, cooking is oftentimes more trying than parenting or ranching. I strive to have supper ready at a time when we can all sit down together and I try to make wholesome, home-cooked meals that nourish and satisfy, but I…

  • Focus on The Family: Sometimes It’s Tough

    There are times when my role in our family life needs recharged. When it’s been noted that Mom’s gone off the grid lately, I try to rein myself back in. I have always been a Dr. James Dobson fan and have read some of his books on parenting for guidance as a mother wanting to…

  • Cheat Nights

    At our house, when the cook that’d be me gets a night off, we call it cheat night. I’m not entirely sure how the nickname stuck but I think it had something to do with me commenting once that I was going to cheat on cooking supper and everyone was going to have a bowl…

  • Raising Country Kids

    Kids raised in the city get street smart. Kids raised in the country get to work. One of the first things my husband and I did to raise our kids in the country was train them for the outside world. Potty training for the outdoors was necessary since a lot of our kids’ time would…

  • Everyday is Take-Your-Kids-to-Work Day for Ranch Kids

    (Technically this should be posted on Thursday, since April 28th is “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” but since Tuesday is the day I post about all things family, I decided to stick with my schedule.) One of the things that my husband and I love about our two kids is their help….

  • Raising A Couple of Characters

    Even though I call my kids little heathens (I use the term in the sense that they act uncivilized around here half the time), I do try to build character in them and teach them how to be good christians and citizens. One difference I like about 4-H from the days when I was a…

  • Why Cowboys Sleep with Their Boots On

    One of the books I used to read to my kids when they were tots was Why Cowboys Sleep with Their Boots On, about a cowpuncher named Slim Jim Watkins; written by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton and illustrated by James Rice. I liked this story because I could relate to Slim Jim Watkins and I liked…

  • One Story Book I Never Got Tired of Reading

    Even though Someday Rider by Anne Herbert Scott is a children’s book, it was one book I never got tired of reading to my kids when they were little.  I read it to them a lot, and it was also the book I picked to read to my kids’ class as part of our school’s participation…

  • My Little Heathens’ Cow Herd

    Our kids’ cow herd got started with this cow:  She’s our only Hereford cow in the herd. I’ve blogged about Annabelle before and wrote a column about her too. She was a twin and was our kids’ first bottle calf way back in 2003. When the kids started bottle feeding her, they named Annabelle, after…