Knolltop Farm Wife

Okay, now I'm convinced that I need to start a prayer blog...in all my spare time, that's what I'll do! All you prayer warriors out there must have prayed up a storm because I just got an update on the Kansas lady and apparently she's had a 100% turn around. This morning she is back to her old self, demanding as ever and she doesn't even remember yesterday. So thanks to your prayers, God's grace and modern medicine....this 90 something wonder woman is doing splendidly! Keep praying for the other lady with back trouble. She will see a doctor today to see what the next step is. In the mean time, I've been out with the kids working with the show string, I'm a complete mess and ready for a nap. We were up late last night going to a football game and then out for ice cream with some friends. WE have no business gallivanting around like until 11 pm! The real excitement began when we got home and Jake came running downstairs screaming about the bat flying...

Okay, while I realize this is a farm blog and I should start my own prayer blog.....you all are really good a praying....so I have a couple more requests that need your attention. One lady in Kansas in ICU with pnemonia complications needs prayer. She was doing fine, but then went downhill, she's quite elderly. And another lady in Michigan with back trouble who is going to see a doctor tomorrow about an on going condition. Please pray for these two ladies. And as I'm updated, I'll update YOU!

It was a beautiful evening for the opening football game last night. It's too bad the ending of the game wasn't as beautiful for our team as the weather. Luke's team lost 31-0. What's worse is his team is mainly made up of Freshmen who were undefeated as 8th graders last year. So these boys were a bit disillusioned when they walked off the field wondering to themselves, "What happened?" Luke played fullback and tight end and then the third quarter he was the quarterback. He said his ankle felt fine...of course under 18 layers of tape....it couldn't move! JW was the go to guy for me. Bobby left the barn early to work the chains for the game and JW stayed home and finished up chores so I could get to the game on time. It's so nice to have an extra hand so I don't have to miss out. The kids are out working with their heifers, Luke has gone to bale hay and JW went school shopping. Today is a writing day......that's why I'm not out help...

Good Morning from another cool Knolltop. It took me half way through the heifer chores to take off my sweatshirt...that's a cool morning! Yesterday I said we would travel down memory lane....so here we go. While JW was on a judging trip in Ohio, they stopped at Brookview Farms where Bobby used to be the herd manager. They walked in and Eric Havens greeted them and apparently took one look at JW and said, "You're Bobby's son!" They visited for a bit and then Eric disappeared and came back with several pictures of cows they had bred over the years and all of them had Bobby and the halter. He thought JW would enjoy bringing them home to Bobby and then listening to a story about each cow. And that's what happened. JW walked in the door and immediately took the pictures to his dad and they looked them all over. Here are a few of them. This is Brookview Brightstar Hattie. I don't remember her story...but look at how skinny Bobby is! And this is Brookview Kit ...

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers for Sara! She emailed me this morning and said things went so well yesterday with their situation it left people scratching their heads wondering how it all happened. Well those weren't her words, but that's what she described! So things have calmed down a bit, but she still needs prayer. God is so good to us! I have to comment about the wonderful breakfast I just had. After I cooked the bacon on the griddle, I poured some pecan pancakes on and they just fried up so crispy and nice. Oh my, pancakes cooked in bacon grease is so unhealthy, but oh.... sooooo goooood ! And wasn't I just saying yesterday how fat I was? I guess I'd better walk more! Okay, this is what I want to ask today. Where on this blog does it state or even slightly imply that we have an organic dairy? Do I sound like an organic producer? Do I look like an organic farmer? Do I act like one? No, I don't think I look, act, or sound like an ...

Hey everyone, Sara in Missouri needs some prayer today....actually lots of prayer. She is facing a very difficult situation and needs a miracle. I don't want to get into details, but I'll let you know how God answers when she let's me know. In the meantime, please pray for her! Thanks!!!

It's a clear cool, almost fallish day here on the Knolltop. The sun is shining and it's only about 60 out. I've finally got tomatoes! I picked a few yesterday and put some in our stir fry, along with the cauliflower I picked and some potatoes I dug. It's so much fun to eat a dinner made almost completely of things you grew in the garden. This morning we had a surprise in the pasture. A calf was born from a cow that wasn't due for a few more days. She didn't even look like she was close to calving, but she did and I don't even know what it is yet. I'll find out when we head out to wash and work with the show string. It's time to get back into the groove of working with the heifers again. And this year we are taking a couple of cows to the fair as well. Sarah's 4-H project will freshen in the beginning of September and she wants to take her in the worst way. So I said, if we take one cow we might as well take two! So we'll have right...