Sunday Snaps: March 4, 2018

Sunday, we meet again. As I sit here watching Fixer Upper, drinking my coffee, and scrolling through photos, I can't ignore the fact that there are muddy paw prints on my kitchen floor, dirty dishes in the sink, and laundry chilling on the couch just waiting to be folded. I have a pretty hefty to-do…

Letters From Our Adopted Classroom

Every year, Illinois Farm Bureau pairs farmers with Chicago classrooms through their Adopt A Classroom program. The farmers and teachers work together to share letters, pictures, videos, and classroom visits to help give urban students a better understanding of agriculture and rural life. Last fall I signed up for the program and was paired with…

Flat Aggie Came to Visit!

We have had a very special visitor on the farm for the last two weeks! Flat Aggie, Flat Stanley's cousin, travels all over the United States visiting farms and ranches to learn about agriculture. We had the pleasure of hosting Aggie for a few weeks during farrowing season, so he learned all about the pigs…

4 Misconceptions About FB Act

I haven't shared a whole lot about Farm Bureau on my blog yet, but if you follow me on Facebook you may have noticed I'm a bit of a Farm Bureau nerd! I was a county intern in college, spent two years as an Ag in the Classroom Coordinator, have participated in ALOT, Action Teams,…

Sunday Snaps: February 26, 2017

What a gorgeous week we just had! It ended a little colder than it started, but it's hard to complain about a string of 70-80° days in February. Plus, we leave for Texas on Tuesday, so I get to continue enjoying some nice weather for at least another week! Woo hoo! While not a whole…

Sunday Snaps: January 29, 2017

Since I started this blog series to get more use out of my camera, it makes perfect Gracey sense that the second post would only feature photos from my phone. Oh well! Busy weeks like this mean I'm not always carrying my heavy camera around. Sometimes it's not about taking a million pictures. It's about being…