tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post1797206899247247861..comments2010-01-29T23:11:46.458-05:00Angie - The Arthur Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15014458014243300979noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-65564250204929441532010-01-29T23:11:46.458-05:002010-01-29T23:11:46.458-05:00I just had to comment because i cannot get over how GORGEOUS Weslea is. Seriously she is beautiful. <br /><br />Have a great weekend!the monkeys' mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109553147883049597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-84740915678671160722010-01-25T16:10:08.840-05:002010-01-25T16:10:08.840-05:00Weslea is so beautiful!!Pam O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05425364255710264714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-39779975322352780232010-01-25T00:29:47.591-05:002010-01-25T00:29:47.591-05:00This post was so wonderful to read! I can&#39;t ever comment on my phone, so please know that I do read regularly!<br /><br />I totally feel you about the smell of farms... EEEKS! I love that Weslea was so into the book. She looks completely enthralled. She is so beautiful! : ) I love seeing her face in the I Heart Faces banner each week! I know she was there before but now her picture is bigger : )Life with Kaishonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-22795342045235195442010-01-24T17:52:16.450-05:002010-01-24T17:52:16.450-05:00What a sweet post. Weslea looks so young and innocent in these photos. Don&#39;t you just want to tell her to QUIT growing up??Cindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05223695299377158162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-36296989297410355202010-01-24T11:59:49.678-05:002010-01-24T11:59:49.678-05:00Loved the pictures of Weslea and the cookbook! I used to do that when I was her age- I just devoured cookbooks!<br />Maybe she will be a great chef someday...?! And you can sit in her bistro and say, &quot; It all started when...&quot;heidianniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18286214389118848357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-90791464441814648452010-01-21T22:36:25.289-05:002010-01-21T22:36:25.289-05:00I love you Angie!<br /><br />Your kind words make me cry.<br /><br />Thank you for being my friend.Donna Boucherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699431983937413613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-84203890552529458252010-01-21T19:49:39.037-05:002010-01-21T19:49:39.037-05:00Awesome post and awesome images. Loved it all from start to finish!Norahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870183528738630852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-29615169973542566582010-01-20T22:13:51.553-05:002010-01-20T22:13:51.553-05:00This is absolutely hilarious - i love that she&#39;s so obsessed! :-) gorgeous pictures too (as always) . . . I hope Ree reads this!Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07877682982361449979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-43405059544234092642010-01-20T21:37:53.362-05:002010-01-20T21:37:53.362-05:00Oh...and one more thing....if she wants to learn about ranching, have her check out Just Another Day on the Prairie blog. Linda is an outstanding photographer and she has cool cool stuff to say about real ranching too!<br /><br />http://prairierunner.wordpress.com/Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685436243608973979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-14192361135941816212010-01-20T17:22:50.986-05:002010-01-20T17:22:50.986-05:00You are so sweet! Thank you for your words on my picture and picking it for the Logo contest. I love the time you took to explain your thoughts on it. :):):) I am honored. :)<br /><br />http://kristinrogersphotography.typepad.com/Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14156872044419661393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-20161259227961747822010-01-20T01:22:02.734-05:002010-01-20T01:22:02.734-05:00Those photos of your daughter are absolutely beautiful, she has the most gorgeous eyes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-9692854883923121552010-01-18T15:58:22.879-05:002010-01-18T15:58:22.879-05:00Loved your story! I KNOW I won&#39;t survive on a farm. I like sleeping in too much!Polhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185799202411005386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-39415438675123924042010-01-18T15:21:05.255-05:002010-01-18T15:21:05.255-05:00A fun read, Angie! And Weslea is getting more beautiful all of the time! I like her excitement over the book and ranch life! lolAspiemomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13720558783668971656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-28384802591058888282010-01-18T14:18:21.676-05:002010-01-18T14:18:21.676-05:00This was so fun to read! Reminds me I need to order a few more of her cookbooks for friends. They all hear me rave about this &quot;Pioneer Woman&quot; and her fantastic recipe book so they want one. <br />If Oklahoma is too far to travel you can always head up north and visit our funny farm!This DVM's Wife's Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07930015889151178654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-27382972439326773452010-01-18T13:38:45.448-05:002010-01-18T13:38:45.448-05:00Pig farms stink. Just no 2 ways about it. Hoofed stock produces a *lot* of manure and urine (and the urine breaks down to ammonia which helps the stink factor), so in a more confined area than a ranch the odor builds up far far more quickly than it would in a large open area. For all that PW says she has to clean cow poo off her porch (unless it&#39;s a bottle calf) I really doubt it. My guess would be that the cow/calf herds are kept a good distance away from her home. So, it would not have the odor factor you worry about. Besides, I am sure you and the family would be bunked up in that gorgeous guest house she remodeled last year and *I* want to go there for a week. <br /><br />However, seeing how Weslea felt about Willow, it could be hazardous to your budget to allow her to go riding.....Ohio is one of the most horse dense states in the east and there are more horse events, at more levels of participation in Ohio than in most of the states that surround it. I can see it now, you go for the social aspects and Weslea has such a grand time she now decides that she wants riding lessons&gt;which leads to friends who show&gt;which leads to friends who show&gt;which leads to showing and all the stuff that goes with that and then finally THAT&gt;leads to buying a horse which all leads to an endless drain on your budget. <br /><br />Don&#39;t go. Just take my word for it(we are now up to 3 equine members to our family)......it&#39;s not the stink factor you have to worry about, it&#39;s the potential disaster to your finances!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685436243608973979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-35482370165823041432010-01-18T13:34:51.243-05:002010-01-18T13:34:51.243-05:00and court said to tell wes Hi!!!Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854202291144039718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-65535820037980528222010-01-18T13:33:39.263-05:002010-01-18T13:33:39.263-05:00My bestie got me that book for Christmas too! love love love it! I literally sat done and read it cover to cover that very night. I made the cinnamon rolls and they were a HUGE and I do mean HUGE hit. 7 pans of rolls gone lightning quick. and the only thing my mother wants for her birthday is for me to stock her freezer with more of them. :-)Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854202291144039718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-50569561372236000652010-01-18T13:23:08.946-05:002010-01-18T13:23:08.946-05:00I love this post and it&#39;s nice knowing that I&#39;m not the only lady who doesn&#39;t exactly swoon in the kitchen. ; )Beth@Pages of Our Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09775616455734715418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-14333880565154608812010-01-18T13:07:32.016-05:002010-01-18T13:07:32.016-05:00What a sweet post. I love when my kids get interested in any kind of reading. It is exciting to find out more about their interests and how their little brains operate. Weslea is simply beautiful. Your friend is very kind, too.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903799624948233519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-21900856689431493772010-01-18T12:58:03.445-05:002010-01-18T12:58:03.445-05:00That is such a fun cookbook to look at!!!<br /><br />sandy toeShell in your Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942896369222883929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-43761498323246630832010-01-18T12:50:57.174-05:002010-01-18T12:50:57.174-05:00I was in that line in Dallas! These are great pictures! So pretty, and you captured such wonderful expressions. And while I admire Ree a great deal, and am totally fascinated by her life, I am with you...never, never, never could I deal with the poop. I can&#39;t stand thinking about my kids stepping in dog doo in our yard (and we don&#39;t have dogs!). :)Christinahttp://fivewalkers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-6575819192787749132010-01-18T11:39:47.375-05:002010-01-18T11:39:47.375-05:00Angie-<br />I *heart* this post on so many levels. I love a girl getting caught up in a great book (and make no mistake, PW&#39;s cookbook is also a great book!!). I love a post that tells a story from a snippet in time. And I love yours and Amy&#39;s friendship. :-)<br /><br />And, of course, I empathize with so much of you. I love reading about ranch life, but have NO desire to live it. I detest lines, but *might* show up for awhile if I thought I could meet some fun-loving IHF-ers.SKELLERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021374799688814697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-3226367280097698412010-01-18T11:37:46.102-05:002010-01-18T11:37:46.102-05:00You guys should seriously come to Pawhuska with me sometime!! Ha! It would be a blast. You would be glad you don&#39;t live near cows after that trip:-)<br /><br />So glad you liked your gift! I stood there long enough to get it for ya:-) Oh... I got the LAST 2 books. Whew.Amy @ Living Locurtohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14209143254779915809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-66101747615584435452010-01-18T11:32:22.371-05:002010-01-18T11:32:22.371-05:00Beautiful beautiful pictures!<br /><br />And yes Ree&#39;s blog is amazing.Emmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675419215475635276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24661533.post-11984887765502861102010-01-18T11:28:21.914-05:002010-01-18T11:28:21.914-05:00Maybe it&#39;s dairy farms then Jenni...you pass a dairy farm in Ohio and you literally wish your nose would fall off your face. And pig farms too. UGH!<br /><br />Okay - so maybe a ranch isn&#39;t as stinky or smelly as I thought it&#39;d be. Tell Ree to invite me so that I can find out firsthand, okay? ;)Angie - The Arthur Clanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15014458014243300979noreply@blogger.com