Living and Loving with Lacey

Last weekend the Big Love and I had the opportunity to work cattle with my in-laws. When I say "work cattle" I mean that we had to vaccinate, brand, and castrate the calves along with tag them with their ear tags. The brother in-law had originally planned to work calves the weekend before, while we were in Reno for one of the littles livestock show. However, after I gave him a stern talking to regarding communication, it was changed to this past weekend. They said to be at "camp" aka the location where the pens are that are used for extra observation or cattle needing extra attention/help are at. It is also where my in-laws camp out at when they are out there. We (I) made breakfast consisting of dutch oven eggs/potatoes/bacon wrapped in a yummy tortilla! There is something magical about using the dutch oven outside isn't there? Maybe I'm just crazy but I think it makes the food taste better! Anyway, we were to camp about 5:00 am ready to go. The big love and...

"Friendships change, but the good ones get stronger because of it."- Ralph Breaks the Internet. The past five and a half years I have been a 4-H agent in Northeast Clark County. If you don't know what 4-H is, let me catch you up on all things kelly green. 4-H is a positive youth development program. Plain and simple. Most folks associate the organization with cows, plows, and sows but there is so much more than that! Although in my area of the county that houses Las Vegas is primarily livestock related, we have grown so much these past five years. 4-H is delivered by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension which is housed at the University of Nevada, Reno which is THE land-grant university of Nevada. 4-H provides experiences where young people learn by doing. I am a hands-on learner so it has been so fun for not only the youth involved but definitely myself. I think I will do a post about some of the fun stuff we've done, maybe it'll convince you to becom...

Hello there! Welcome to the Living and Loving with Lacey blog. My name is Lacey and I am a wife. A mom to three beautiful kids. A farm-her of cows, goats, and chickens. A keeper of the chaos, I am a recent stay-at-home mom and student. I'm a lover of coffee and Disney movies. I love spending time outdoors with my family. Grab some coffee and enjoy your stay while you read through our crazy loving life!