You never know what life will throw you!  Yesterday and old friend from my rodeo world tried to stop and see us.  He got stuck on the mountain (wish I would have had my camera), we tried to pull him out, it got worse, ended up 4 hours later with a tow truck to get him out, What a wreck.  He stayed at the bunkhouse last night and we got to catch up which was wonderful.  He was on his way home from a job where he has been stationed in Texas and trying to get back to Wall, SD but he had to fly to Billings, MT because that is where his home base is.  Check out this great song that some gentleman did in the Dallas airport where they were stuck because of flight delays!  Gotta love a capella music!

Expect the unexpected in every situation and in everyday!  And make the best of it, like the gentleman on the video said….when life gives you lemons….SING!  Well I’m no singer but you get the idea!  We are so thankful that our friend wasn’t hurt while his car was doing a 360 on the mountain where either side would have been a terrible situation if he would have went off!   We all made the best of the nasty situation (of which, it is STILL SNOWING on the mountain, its truly beautiful).

This morning my daughter pointed out to me this:

Got Ice?  We do!  This icicle is perfect and is over 4 foot long!  You have to walk around it.  We should probably take it down for safety factors!

Share with us your favorite Christmas song!  

Hello!  Let’s start with introductions, Here we are, Justine (me, the Mountain Mom – probably not what you might expect with that title!), William (The Rancher), Nora (Princess) and Cody (Wildman).  We are a ranch family from the plains of South Dakota who are in the midst of moving West to the Peaks of Montana!

From the Plains to the Peaks 

Join us in our Adventure – Click the follow button at the bottom right of this page and come along for some fun!

It has been a long year of successes and challenges to make this dream come true.  We are diversifying our current ranch operation into both South Dakota and Montana.  Check out the pictures from both places, it is like yin and yang.  Completely opposite but working together to make the big picture.

The South Dakota Ranch – Fall 2013      The Wolf Mountain Ranch in Montana 2013

                                                             Quite the contrast isn’t it?!

This website is a story, the tales from what is like to move your family away from your support system and the home that you have known.  The Rancher (my husband) is the third generation on the family ranch, and here we are stretching our boundaries into a completely different state!  So many feelings, excited, scary, happy.  Asking ourselves questions like: Are we nuts?  Who does this? Where will our little children go to school in a couple years? How will we meet people? How do I go from working full time to working from home all day, every day!  What a risk we are taking, but if we didn’t take it we would always ask the question what if….

We are actually three weeks into the move so the next few posts will be catch everyone up to date, as my dream of having this page up and running before the move and during did not take place due to lack of internet connection during that time!

So here we go!  Do you want to come with us? Check out the pictures and give it a chance, we did!  Follow this page and the tales will tell it all, nothing to hide, the comical, the good, the bad, the ugly….The Truth about Ranching, Moving, Children, Parenting, Working from home, Working side by side as a family, not to mention tips and tricks to everything, learning new things, and just day to day living.

Some more pictures for your enjoyment!

The view out our front window.  We are so happy to be living in this amazing area! 

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