Our Family

Family portrait on a farm with two children and a toddler sitting on hay bales, surrounded by black cows in a picturesque autumn setting. The background features colorful fall foliage, creating a warm and inviting rural atmosphere.

God has truly blessed our Family

God has truly blessed our family with His riches of grace and mercy. We all get along wonderfully (most of the time). We have three children: Keely, Ella, and Lucas.

Kathy and I met on a blind date in August of 1998. After nine months of courtship and enduring some rough times in our personal lives (Kathy’s father went to Heaven in October ’98 and my dad went to Heaven in April ’99), we realized we could not and did not want to live life apart. So we married on June 19th, 1999!

Three years later Keely was born! One and half years later Ella was born! We waited six more years before trying for number three and God has trusted us with Lucas. Children are a blessing from God, but this blessing brings the greater challenge. Teaching children to follow Christ, while caring for His creation - is an awesome challenge!  We farm together.  Keely cares for the goats and chickens. Ella raises the pork.  Lucas helps daddy with the cattle.  Mommy keeps us together and is in charge of product testing (cooking family meals)!

Three young children, two girls and a boy, pose together outdoors. The girls wear white dresses, while the boy is in a white polo shirt and beige shorts. They are smiling and holding onto each other, with a grassy field and hay bales in the background under a cloudy sky.
Three children smiling in a field of tall green grass, with a wire fence in the background. The two girls are wearing white dresses, while the boy in the center is dressed in a white shirt and beige shorts. The scene captures a joyful family moment outdoors.
Three children sitting on a grassy area, smiling and playing outdoors. The scene features two girls, one wearing a pink shirt with a bow in her hair and the other in a brown top, along with a boy in a striped shirt. The background includes trees and a cow in a field, capturing a playful, rural atmosphere.
Two children interacting with cows on a farm, with one child kneeling beside a brown calf and the other holding a baby in a colorful outfit. The scene captures a rural setting with green grass and trees in the background, showcasing a connection to agriculture and farm life.