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But any way you roll it or stuff it, first you have to know my basic yeast bread recipe. And for the first time ever, I am ready to share it with you, right here on Ranch Raised!

The 4-H pledge is burned into my soul. It embodies so much of how I choose to live my life and what I want my children to grow into.

4-H is under recognized as the incredible community service organization that it is.  Community service projects are my favorite thing to watch my girls be involved in.

No matter how fierce the competitor is in all of us, we need to remember that being a humble winner, a gracious loser, and a fair competitor IS the most important part.

“I pledge my head to clearer thinking.” 4-H sharpens a child’s critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills, some of the greatest skills I carried forward, even today. 

4-H engages, enables and empowers more than 6 million young people every day, and this year’s annual 4-H Week reminds us that every child has valuable strengths and real influence to improve the world around us.  

How can we all turn the tide and bring attention back to the center of home? Eating and making more meals at home as a family. Turning off all of the distractions around us. Creating a work-life balance that promotes health and harmony in the home.  

The American culture has become ripe with infatuation of not what they can produce in their home but instead what they can buy.

I think these are all powerful reminders that as parents, we have a heavy responsibility to be the leaders of our family ship and decide how the hours of the day are spent by everyone in our home.