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Hello! I'm Allison, The Rancher's Wife! There's nothing I love more than being out on the ranch with my husband and kids. Join me for a look at what goes on here at the ranch and the life being a rancher's wife!

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Lifestyle blogger living the life as a rancher's wife on our ranch raising cattle and kids. Sharing my passion through my stories and photos. 🐂🐴🚜

No rain. It sucks. As ranchers we not only worry

No rain. It sucks.

As ranchers we not only worry if there is enough feed but if there is enough IN the feed to give our cattle what they need when there is no rain.

Fortunately this is no longer the generation of ranching that is forced to rely solely on what the range can provide when it comes to complete cattle nutrition.

Hallelujah for supplements!

These days we have better access to more nutritional supplements to grow the best possible beef. Three cheers to the scientists, nutritionists, salesmen and everyone in between to help us fill the gaps👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

#beefcattle #cattlenutrition #proteinsupplements #ranching #ranchlife #cattle #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

I’m going out on a limb to admit this out loud b

I’m going out on a limb to admit this out loud but as a ranch wife I love the end to daylight savings... I actually look forward to it! I know, probably an unpopular opinion. While the rest of the world is mourning the beginning of short days and long dark nights, I celebrate the season’s end to the nearly bottomless work days that seem to only stop when the sun has.

Tractor lights and heated shops will occasionally add a few long days here and there for the determined rancher types, but for the most part sundown will close out the work day. And for ranch wives that means the honey-do list, date night, and an early bedtime can finally have their place in the schedule.

Anyone with me?

#ranchlife #countrylife #countryliving #ranchwife #ranchwifelife #daylightsavingstimesucks #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

When You Give a Ranchkid a Pocket Knife… Nothin

When You Give a Ranchkid a Pocket Knife…

Nothing is safe at our house right now. We have three little boys, ok one is a teenager and not quite so little, that have begged to have their own pocket knives like dad. Between babysitting, Christmas and birthdays, somehow they all have their own shiny multi-tool and belt toting pouch to keep them in and I’m just not so sure how we got to this point....

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#ranchlife #ranching #raisingcapablekids #ranchkids #feedingcattle #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

The Idaho Rancher’s Wife 2024 Calendar is ready

We waited nearly an extra month for this sweet fil

We waited nearly an extra month for this sweet filly tin she her arrival. Her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother have all been a part of this ranch in one way or another. We are excited to see what will be in her future. Born on Cinco de Mayo to a momma dubbed Loca (because she used to be straight up crazy!), we are excited for Chica to join our little horse herd. #filly #foal #horse #ranchhorse #ranchlife #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

The branding season is starting to wind down and I

The calendar says it’s spring today but when I l

The calendar says it’s spring today but when I look outside and at the forecast, I just see snow and cold! 😝😂🤪😩
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But I’m gonna believe it anyway! Bring on the spring because I’m ready for a little warmth and sunshine.
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What is spring looking like in your part of the country? Tell me in the comments👇🏻
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#firstdayofspring #stillsnowing #ranchinglife #ranching #calvinginthesnow #outontherange #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

Paraphrasing one of my favorite quotes, “When li

Paraphrasing one of my favorite quotes, “When life gets hard you can either laugh or cry about it. Crying gives me a headache so I guess I’ll have to laugh!😂 “
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Not gonna lie, it’s been a pretty challenging week. Snow, wind, mud, puddles and a cow’s nature to dump her calf in the worst possible spot all add up to a lot of work but maybe not a lot of progress.
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So instead of crying at the end of those long hard days, I’ve gotta find something to smile at to keep going for the next day and the day after that.
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#ranchlife #outontherange #cattle #calvingseason #calving #feedingcows #cows #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

Here’s irony for ya- last year we had to feed ou

Here’s irony for ya- last year we had to feed our cattle we winter in Locomotive because there just wasn’t enough feed on the ground out there.
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This year we are feeding the cattle because there is so much snow out there, it’s too hard to get what grass is under there.
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We could be cussing but we are so thankful for the snow that aren’t doing that! We feel blessed to have the hay to do it, the space to do it and the hope for another blessed year to keep doing it.
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#cows #cattleranching #cattle #outontherange #ranchlife #ranching #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

As bummed as I am that my last post was my calenda

As bummed as I am that my last post was my calendar from last year, I am so excited to share The Idaho Rancher’s Wife 2023 Cowboy Calendar. It features so of my favorite shots from this last year. To pre-order yours today, go to the link in my bio. #2023calendar
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#westerncalendar #ranchlife #horsesofinstagram #cattleranching #cattlerancher #cowsofinstagram #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

The 2022 Cowboy Calendar is posted and ready for y

Oh, heavens, friends… isn’t life grand?! Isn’t it amazingly overwhelming and gratifying and terrifying all at once? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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One moment you’re ready to take on more and then you start second guessing yourself only to find yourself frustrated at still standing in the same place. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In all the different seasons and phases in life, all of the changing circumstances, new opportunities and moments of uncertainty we will feel over whelmed. We will have days that we don’t think we can measure up. But those days are there to help us see how strong we are when raise ourselves back up. And. Keep. Going. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Hands down, he’s my favorite and I’m so glad h

Hands down, he’s my favorite and I’m so glad he is dad to my kids. He always takes time to play and laugh. When there’s an owie he is always there to rub it better. He is always game to have a work buddy or two or three or four. Everyone agrees he’s the best breakfast cooker around. Happy Father’s Day to the best dad to our little posse! #fathersday #ranchdad #dad #therancher #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

Branding has come and gone faster than I could hav

Branding has come and gone faster than I could have believed!

We just moved from one branding day to the next and then the next and suddenly it was over!

It wasn’t all fresh peaches and unicorn farts (both magical but at least peaches make their appearance a little moser often) but we loved it all-the work, the people, the laughs, the food.

I’d say let’s do it all again except I’m too tired right now 😝. Soon enough (but not really...).

#brandingcattle #outontherange #TheRancher #draggingcalves #ropingandriding #ranchlife #ranching #cowboyliving #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

Sometimes I worry that society is turning its back

Sometimes I worry that society is turning its back on our heritage. We are being told constantly that “meat” or “beef” or “agriculture” is the problem with, well, everything.
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They focus on what they THINK we are taking away from people- clean air or health...
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But they never stop to think what we are giving, what we have been giving for hundreds of years.
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#agriculture #cattle #cattleranching #ranchlife #horses #wildandfree #cowboyheritage #supportranchers #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher

What does that voice in your head tell you? ⠀⠀

What does that voice in your head tell you? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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No I’m not saying you’re crazy it that you are hearing voices. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I’m talking about that voice sets your expectations, that creates the unsaid rules you lives by, that pushes you to be better. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Let me be that voice today. You can do this! You are enough! You are going to make mistakes and things might be messy, but you are going to be better for it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Adulting is hard. Like, really hard 😝. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And sometimes it can be so hard that you forget to be fun, spontaneous, to dream and look for adventure! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But living a life driven by bills, and responsibilities, and have-tos really isn’t much of a life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I have to remind myself, that in the midst of that 👆🏻, I have to find something that will bring excitement to my life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So I’m reminding YOU, go take a risk, try something new, do something you love! You won’t regret it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Isn’t it funny how much a girl has to say until

Isn’t it funny how much a girl has to say until it’s time to put it into a post? Seriously I have all of these ideas I’d love to share and my husband will attest that I love a good chat but when the pressure’s on, I draw a blank. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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That’s ok. Sometimes soaking up what’s in front of us is better to do with less distractions. Next time I’ll have something more to share, I’m sure. 😜 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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International Women’s Day. A day set aside to ce

International Women’s Day. A day set aside to celebrate women all around the world. How we are the same and how we are different. How we are strong. How we are unique. How we, together in all of our differences, create a greater world every day.

Hats off to all of the women in my life that have shaped me into the woman I am. I am thankful for their examples, their teaching, mentoring, loving and excepting me.

One last thought. I don’t think anyone will ever say, “she was too kind or too supportive or too good to me.” So let’s all be women that continue raise the bar of what a great woman is.

“Because that’s how we’ve always done it.”

“Because that’s how we’ve always done it.”
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That’s the worst reply a person can ever give. It’s a cop out. It’s avoiding the hard and maybe painful evaluation we need to see if we are doing things because it’s what works or it’s just what’s always been done.
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Change is always hard. It takes time and effort. But letting go of something comfortable for something better will always be worth it.
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This all coming from the girl that likes comfortable. But I want to like new and improved more than comfortable.
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#horses #horsesofinstagram #ranching #ranchlife #onetherange #lifeonacattleranch #marriedtoarancher
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