It's A Boy!

It is the day I have been waiting for since I got my heifer in November and put a pink ear tag on her! The day that she would have her calf!  Well that day came this morning as I was sitting on the couch and Logan came out and asked if I had checked the cameras.  He said that there is a surprise on the cameras!  So I looked, and sure enough, #1 was calving.

I watched her very closely to make sure that nothing would go wrong! 

After watching for about 10 minutes...we had a NEW BABY!

Here they are! He is a red baldie bull calf! I am in LOVE!

Farm Girl Tip #125: When you get a cow of your own, the day they have their calf is the best day ever! Especially if it is a baldie! :)

Game Night = Date Night

If you read the title, you got it! Logan and I had our date night for our first month of marriage tonight!! Game night was underway at the Clemensen household by playing Farkle!

Logan won one game and I won one game, so tomorrow night....the tie breaker!! 

Check back to see who wins tomorrow night to take the crown of FARKLE! 

Farm Girl Tip #124: Husband vs. Wife on game night.  Who will be crowned champion? (I, of course am going to be biased, and say myself!)

1 Month of Marriage

As a wedding present, my parents...Ok, maybe more my mom... decided to give us a "Date for a year" gift.  There was a laundry basket filled with 12 presents, one for each month.  Each month, on the 3rd day, Logan and I are to open the bag, see what is inside, and complete the "date" by the next month.

**Each month, I will post what our new date is!**

Beings that today is February 3rd, Logan and I have been married for 1 month! So we get to open a present! :)

Here is our date for the month...

GAME NIGHT!

Logan and I will play board games, card games, or dice games at some point this month.  When we do this, a picture will be taken so everyone knows we completed the date! Check back to make sure we actually participated in our date! :)

Farm Girl Tip #123: Married date night #1 = Game night! ...This could be good or bad for our marriage...depends on how well one of us does with losing... ;)  

Haulin' Calves

Yesterday was the big day.  The day the calves get shipped to the sale barn to be sold.  Logan and the guys hauled the calves to the barn on Sunday, and they were sold on Monday.  I, of course, had to go along for one ride!  Here's a few pictures of the day.

Farm Girl Tip #122: It is always sad to see the calves go, but we are now in the process of having new calves around the farm! The cycle never ends!

In Style for Calving

Some of you may know this story, but the night before our wedding day at the rehearsal dinner, Logan's dad, Roger, got up to give little speech.  In his speech, he noted how happy they were to be gaining a girl like me in their family.  The key points of his speech, however, revolved around cattle!  Ever since I started dating Logan, I have always found an interest in the cattle side of the farm.  Roger picked up on this, and on the night of rehearsal dinner, he asked me what my job is when calving comes around.  The answer: Holding the tail!!  Since this is my job, and everyone knows that my favorite color is pink, Roger got me a pair of PINK gloves for holding the tail!!

Well these gloves sure came in handy a few days ago when we got dairy calf to take the place of a calf that had died.  I went out to give the cute baby a bottle, and of course wore my tail holding gloves! Before we gave the calf a bottle, we tried to get it to suck from the mom.  Guess what job I got during this process?!! 

If you guessed holding the tail, you were right!! This post/picture is for you Roger!

Farm Girl Tip #121: If you marry a cattle man, make sure you get tail holding gloves! You will need them during calving!

1.3.15 The Day I Married A Farmer

1.3.15

The day I married a farmer and became a farmer's wife!

As I write this, I can't help to think back to when I first became a farm girl and started the city to farm girl blog! So many farm girl memories have been made, and I look forward to making more memories being a farmers wife! 

Our wedding day was absolutely perfect! We thank everyone who helped us in any way, and for everyone who helped us celebrate our very special day! 

A few pictures were captured on our wedding day, thanks to Mama Sue! You will have to wait to see more when I get them back from our photographer!  

Farm Girl Tip #120: You are now looking at the Farmer and the Farmer's wife! :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Ok... I will admit, this post is a little late! But better now than never, right?! :)

Logan and I hope you and yours had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  We spent Christmas and New Years with family, taking everything in before our wedding!  We hope your 2014 was everything you had hoped for!  

Here's to 2015!

Farm Girl Tip #119: Here's to our 2015...Married Life! 

Graduation Day

December 13th was a day I have been working very hard for for the past 4 ½ years.  Graduation Day! 3 schools, 2 major changes, finding the one who made me a farm girl, and meeting so many wonderful people along the way are memories I will remember from this chapter in my life. The support from everyone has been greatly appreciated, and I look forward to see where my Elementary/Special Education degree will take me!!

Farm Girl Tip #118: When you put your mind to something, you can do it! College is filled with its fair shares of ups and downs, but in the end, the outcome is very rewarding! 

New Ride!

This farm girl has got a new set of wheels! Beings that I am a farm girl now, I needed something that was a little higher off the ground and would do a little bit better in the winter time.  Here is the new farm girl vehicle...

Farm Girl Tip # 117: If you are a farm girl, you need a vehicle like this! :)

The Joys of Having Cattle

Because we have cattle on the farm, there is a risk we take every single day that some cows might be out.  Well this risk happened every day for 2 days straight, and I happened to be home for one of those days.

Logan went out to go do chores in the morning and after feeding, let all of the new cattle he had bought a few days earlier,  out on cornstalks.  Within about 20 minutes, all of these new cattle had broken through the hotwire and were scattered all over the farm.  Logan calls me and says to get some warm clothes on, come outside, and hop on a four wheeler to help him.

I do as I am told and help him get the cattle back in.  Logan fixes the fence, comes inside and tells me that we need to go to Aberdeen.  He tells me that he is nervous to leave because he is afraid the cattle will get out again. Well we go to Aberdeen to get gates and what not.  Logan gets a text from his hired man saying that all of the cattle are out again.  We hurry home, get the cattle back in, fix the fence and wait.  10 minutes later, they are out again.  This happens over and over and over until Logan feeds them, they get full, and lay down.  

This happened for 2 days, but each time one would break the hotwire and get out, it would get moved back into the lots.  This seemed to solve the problem, and there are no longer any cattle getting out!   THANK GOODNESS!!

Here I am freezing my toosh off and being a farm girl!

Farm Girl Tip #116: If you are home and you have cattle, be prepared to bundle up and put the cattle back in because they will probably all get out!