significance

I am thrilled to tell you that we are about three weeks into milking our first dairy cow. She has the routine down, and it’s going well (though it would have been easier had we heeded your wisdom and not gotten a first-time Mama for our first cow. Nonetheless, we are more stubborn than she).

As you said, though our 1 gallon of milk from the store used to expire before we used it, we cannot have enough of this fresh, real milk. The kids drink it all day long; they love the yogurt I make, and today, we are trying Labneh.

What an absolute joy it is to have this cow, her half angus calf (who will be meat someday), and the best milk we have ever tasted.

I have you to thank. Had I not been convinced of the benefits and gotten and “You can do this” education, I don’t know that we would have made this leap.

Much love (and see you in Idaho), Carlee