It's nice when one's work is acknowlegdged, isn't it?

[Colleen]

This has been a rewarding couple of months as Organic Valley member-owners. The cover of this year's O.V. calendar has a photo of our land, and my third son's photo is inside. Just now our farm story is on both the regional (Northwest Pastures) milk carton and the O.V. site http://www.organicvalley.coop/our-story/meet-the-farmers/northwest/meet-the-wolfisbergs/. Kinda fun and I wanted to share.:)

ETA: It's not nice when we can't edit our subject line and correct our misspellings therein. LOL

[WTMindy]

and wonderful pictures!!!! I loved seeing your place.

[Kate CA]

This has been a rewarding couple of months as Organic Valley member-owners. The cover of this year's O.V. calendar has a photo of our land, and my third son's photo is inside. Just now our farm story is on both the regional (Northwest Pastures) milk carton and the O.V. site http://www.organicvalley.coop/our-story/meet-the-farmers/northwest/meet-the-wolfisbergs/. Kinda fun and I wanted to share.:)

ETA: It's not nice when we can't edit our subject line and correct our misspellings therein. LOL

That is really wonderful, Colleen. Good work! Thanks for sharing! :)
Kate

[Robin in Tx]

Good article and great pictures, Colleen! Congratulations!!

Robin

[Unicorn]

Colleen your place is beautiful! You need to get a BIG stick though. You're gonna need it in a few years to chase off all the girls who come looking for those handsome boys!

[*anj*]

Colleen,
That is so cool. I loved the pictures. I want to visit you. I want my kids to get that close to cows.
Just gor-gee-usss!!! :D

[yvonne]

Wow, Colleen! What a wonderful lifestyle! Your boys are so fortunate to be growing up in your world. You're living my dream life!

[JennifersLost]

a beautiful story and the pictures are great. I had to laugh, though - neither of you look anything like I pictured you. Probably partly because my fil is also named Hans I pictured your husband as this old bearded gruff guy who wanders through the house once in awhile and grunts hello. Not like the nice, cheerful, wholesome looking young man I see in the picture. And you!!!!! You are soooo young, too!

I swear you all could be poster children for the healthy farm life. Someone we know just offered to sell us a farm today. Maybe we should have said yes....

[Miss Peregrine]

Cool! That is exciting :D

[gardenschooler]

It is nice, isn't it?

Good for you, Colleen. You've worked hard for that.

It looks so idyllic there on your farm, with your boys playing soccer in huge fields, and casually hanging out with the cows. So much open space and blue skies.

And yes, carry a big stick. Five of 'em!

[nancypants]

Very cool Colleen! What a great article. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/posiepie/thumbsup.gif

[Tammy in Germany]

Awesome article and beautiful family! :D

[Ria]

Wonderful! Great pictures, too! Thanks for sharing, Colleen. You must be thrilled and proud. Good for you!

Ria

[lynn]

Love the photos. Thanks for sharing.

[Quiver0f10]

Loved the pictures. Thaks for sharing the article.

[Marie in Oh]

I had just checked the site not too long ago to see if your profile had made it and it wasn't there so I am glad that you shared. :D

[Brigitte]

What a great story and beautiful family!

[Anne/Ankara]

Very nice article! Beautiful pictures, too! Wonderful!

[Verena]

You have a beautiful place to call home, Colleen- loved the pics of your family!
Thanks for posting.

[Karen sn]

WOW! Colleen - you look soooooo young. So does Hans.
I saw a picture of you years ago - link to newspaper pic when you were fighting the casinos I think - I think you look younger NOW!
Beautiful farm and family.

[Scarlett]

Beautiful family. You and your dh look so young. He looks like he is about 20 in this photo! And looking at you almost makes me want to get up off my behind and take up running. :D

[Elm in NJ]

Your family is so good-looking. I loved the article.

Elmeryl:)

[Jackie in AR]

Great article and wonderful pictures, Colleen!

You should be very proud. :)

[JudoMom]

:D

[Kelli in TN]

What a wonderful life you have there!

[Denise in IN]

Thanks for sharing this - I really enjoyed reading the article. Beautiful pictures!

[Donna in OH]

I enjoyed reading the article - thanks for sharing it, and congratulations!
Donna

[sleepy]

Thanks for sharing, Colleen. I enjoyed the pictures of your gorgeous family. :)

[Tracy in Ky]

How neat! Thanks for sharing!

[Doran]

Lemme guess. It had that way of flattering the female figure, as do most t-shirts, much like recycled feed bag! Well, your green...well call it asparagus or no...how about celedon...spring fern? ;) Your green is lovely!

I'm so glad you shared this, Colleen. I know it doesn't come close to depicting how hard it is to do what you do - how endless the work, and often how thankless. So, thank you, Colleen and Hans, and those beautiful children, for doing what you're doing to provide folks like me with clean milk as well as to preserve a little chunk of paradise out there in Washington.



Peace,
Doran

[ELaurie]

Very nice article - you have a beautiful family!

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Beautiful pictures! And a really nice article! Thanks for sharing with us.

[Colleen]

You can't see it in the picture, but there's an O.V. logo on the upper left-hand corner ~ less conspicuous (and yes, a more pleasant color!) than the t-shirts the guys were wearing. My issue about that shirt, during the photo shoot, is that it came down just to the top of my jeans. And while my overall shape is good, my abdominal skin is...not pretty. At all. Actually, it's downright freakish. Recall, I am the woman who carried her children in such a way that a total stranger once asked to document my shape on camera.:eek: That, accompanied by my c-sections and hernia repair, lend certainty to the fact that I will never, ever, not for a gazillion dollars, wear clothes that provide even a glimpse of The Skin. So the whole five hours during the photo shoot, I maintained this sort of hunched posture, making a Very Conscious Effort not to allow the shirt to edge up.:rolleyes:

[Colleen]

What a treat to see all these nice replies. Thank you so much! That really made my day.:)

[sdWTMer]

Cool! I buy a lot of Organic Valley products and it's nice to know that one of them is a fellow homeschooler. Your land is beautiful! :)

[ballzy]

I hope that one day, I'll be able to visit you in person. I worked on a dairy farm in Ontario the summer I just finished high school, and it was a lot of work.

Congratulations!!

Colleen

[Pster]

Very nice article to read on your farm.....!
Nice to "cyber" meet you! lol