Tag: family life
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Getting Cows Out to Summer Range
 {Silly me, I took my good camera but forgot to put a memory card in it so all I had for a camera was my phone.} A few weeks ago the family moved cows to summer range. It’s been over 15 years since we moved cows to summer range from the Reed Place pasture…
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The Supper Table: Nourishing a Family Tradition
The one thing I have fought hard to keep as a tradition in my household is having meals together as a family; most especially supper. In today’s busy world, I am shocked that sitting down together as a family is not a priority with a lot of families. Many allow busy schedules to infringe on…
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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 of cereal…
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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….
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Cowboy Logic Camping
My husband told our kids once, “A campground is about as close to living in a city as you can get,†when they mentioned how much they liked staying at a campground. Considering the way we choose to live and the idea behind camping, I had to agree with him. Experiencing the outdoors and connecting…
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Our Summer Tradition
For most of the summer, my kids have slept outside. It’s become a tradition my son started a loooong time ago. Once the nighttime temperatures in the Black Hills hovers around 50Ëš or higher—that’d generally be around the end of June—I join my kids. Luckily, the mosquitoes haven’t been a major problem this year considering…