America's Farm Families....video

 97% of our Farms & Ranches are family owned & operated.  These farmers are feeding their own families: children & grandchildren along with the rest of the world!  Watch this video and then tell them ThAnKs!!!!  Write a Thank You Note to America's Farmers & Ranchers today for what they provide and the quality of life they have given us!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vmB4Fsfr64

"Ramblings of a Conservative Cow Doctor"...Free Market look at Welfare for Ranchers

My friend from Sidney, MT keeps telling me about the weekly posts from a "conservative cow doctor" roaming around MT! :) I thought I would post one of Kreyton Kerns (MT State Rep HD 8, veternarian) posts from a few weeks back.  "A Free-Market Look at Welfare for Ranchers"

"Grazing cattle on federal lands is nothing more than welfare for ranchers,” Al said hoping to raise my hackles. I smiled and said nothing as I knew there would be a better time to respond. One month later there was.

It was the second year of Double Rafter Cattle Drives and Al’s group of Moen sales-reps, plumbers and builders joined our fledgling operation. It was the third day out, and after 12 miles climbing the rocky Little Horn Canyon, our leads crossed the river and were making the final, steep, climb into the grassy meadows of the lower parks. I was with Al and several others in the drags, leading the last string of pack mules.

This quarter-mile climb out of Robinson Crossing can be intimidating and the 100 yard stretch at the top is nicknamed the “beaver slide”. I can’t recall ever seeing any sliding beavers; it is far too steep for such wildlife recreational activities, but regardless, we trail cattle up it."   See the rest HERE!

Check out the rest of his posts, very good weekly read.  This week's post is titled, "The Mayflower and the Liberty: Two of America's Greatest Ships"

Code of Honor YPC Cattle Call Blog

Check out the NCBA Young Producers Council Blog, Cattle Call.  'Code of Honor' article was featured and great exposure for WA state and the Pacfic Northwest! 


http://ypcblog.beefusa.org/post/2009/11/10/Code-of-Honor.aspx

Thankfulness

A very good friend of mine that I've always known was hand picked to be a part of my life by the Lord told me yesterday about being thankful.  A few hours after that a radio program came on about making thankfulness a part of your family's life through your own actions. 

Natural inherant thankfulness has to be worked at.  Every single one of us will be brought down by the negative and that will swarm our minds and heart until we don't remember how to be thankful.  She suggested I do a list each day if I need to of at least 5 things I was thankful for.  Most people still consider me a overall positive focused person.  Making this list was more of a way for me to build my wall of God's love back up when the world around me is tearing it down.  Currently many things in my life are coming at my heart and God's work to try and sneak in an attack at every angle.  I am still so thankful for so many things in my life, but making this list for me isn't to remind me of what I know I have.  This thankful list is an instant fix when I feel down on unkind society, or shady ethics, or anything else that is heavy on my heart that day!  I am going to add this as a part of my blog as often as I can! 

**Picture of Northern lights sent in an email.  Even though I haven't witnessed this beauty in person, I am reminded how awe inspiring the lord is in every aspect of life!