I am Karissa Daws from Michigan, ND. I want to welcome everyone to my blog. I am married to a wonderful man, David Daws! He is my rock. We have 3 children, Graysen is 4 years old, Leightyn is 2 years old, and Tristyn is 1 year old. We own 100 head of Registered Red Angus mama cows as well as raise crops. The crops that we mostly raise is wheat, corn, canola, and soybeans. We also have alfalfa, corn silage, and sorghum/sedan grass for the cows. We raise red angus seedstock, we sell a selection of heifers and bulls every year!
I know I will be asked why I started a blog! I have several reasons that I wanted to start a blog. The biggest reason is for my kids. I want to be able to have their memories down in some way! I will share their stories, stories from my childhood as well as stories from my parent’s and grandparents. I also want this blog to be educational. I want everyone who reads my blog to know the blood, sweat, and tears that go into what we do. We have decisions that need to be made everyday and some of those decisions need to be made on the spot no matter how difficult it may be. I want to share our triumphs and challenges!
A little introduction to my kids, they all love the farm and cows. They love going out to the pastures to check on the babies(which aren’t really babies anymore). We just started our harvesting season last week with wheat and canola. The kids love riding in the combines, grain cart tractor, and trucks! We also love all kinds of bugs. We found Monarch caterpillars on milkweed the beginning of August and took care of them until they became a chrysalis and hatched into a beautiful butterfly. All of the kids really enjoyed watching the changes throughout that caterpillars life.
My husband and I feel very lucky to be able to raise our children on a farm/ranch. I grew up on dairy farm and have had cows my entire life and wouldn’t trade it for the world. My husband’s family had registered black angus cattle until about 1998 and then they sold out and focused on the farming! When Dave and I decided to get married, we also decided that we were going to get cows on the farm again and I really like Red Angus so that is the breed we went with. We do have a handful of Registered Black Angus cows as well. Stay tuned for more about what goes on with day to day activities, our kids, and a little history insight of our families!
I know everyone leads very busy lives so I am very humbled that you stopped in and read what I had say! Thank You!
North Dakota Ranchin' Mama 