Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
Thanks for starting your week with me right here on Ranch Raised!
The holiday shopping days are ticking down and I am really not that worried about it. I have always been a Christmas gift minimalist. And showering my kids especially with tons of stuff they don’t need just for the sake of a holiday has never been my style. Now, I’m not totally mama Grinch! I do love just taking time to enjoy the season and the true reason for it!
These gems of quality time are all around us if you just take a look around. Your community library might be the last place you would look for family events. But, I tell you what, even these small-town libraries are doing a wonderful job finding ways to bring families in their doors.
Just last week, my girls and I went into our local library to enjoy an evening of ceramic painting. There wasn’t an open seat in the place! I absolutely loved seeing multiple generations of families taking part, both men and women, boys & girls. As paint brushes were dipping and swirling, conversations at tables were flowing. And I couldn’t help but think what could I really buy my kids that could replace this experience? I mean we did all create a little something to remember this by. And I hope that every time my girls hang the ornament that they painted on the tree, for decades to come, they remember this night of memory making!
So check out your local library’s schedule. You might be surprised at the fun things they have planned that are just waiting to invite your family in!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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