Life on the ranch

Every year it's a challenge to make sure you have enough hay to meet the needs of your animals.  Once you finally get your hay "in" you breath a sigh of relief and feel comfortable knowing you have it.   But, now that you have it, are you doing your best to make sure that precious hay isnt wasted?  Here are the top 3 ways to waste your hay. 1.  Your hay is not stored properly…

It's the middle of February and we have no snow!  It has been warm and spring-like this week.  We love our spring and summers here but we still need our snow in the winter.  Here's to hoping that we aren't heading into spring quite yet and that this beautiful ranch of ours will once again be blanketed in white fluffy snow!    

Every parent wants their kid to be successful in life.  You want them to learn how to set goals and keep them.  You want them to learn responsibility for themself.  You want them to learn how to be accountable for their own actions.  You want them to learn time management so they can reach those goals.   You want them to learn about hard work. You want them to see that even when life knocks them around a bit, they still need…

We love our snowy winters in McCall.  We love the skiing, the snow, and fresh powder days.  We also love the amazing summers here-  riding and training horses, welcoming amazing horse trainers, seeing everyone improve their horsemanship, and continually building this ranch into a wonderful horse destination.  It's definately time to mesh the two- our love of training horses and our amazing winters in McCall.  I think bliss would be taking a few fresh powdery turns on the slopes on a…

When there is no school, there's nothing better than moving cattle. It makes for a great Saturday!