The Cows Say Thank You | Homestead Vlog | January 20, 2025
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- Today we are boxing in the shelter for the cows and horses, something we’ve been planning to do for the last 10 years! We are also loading up some firewood for a customer and Meagan is making beef tacos and red velvet cake for supper tonight!
Cream cheese icing
1 block softened cream cheese
12 tbsp softened butter
1-2 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
5ish cups of powdered sugar
Combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add vanilla and salt, combine. Add powdered sugar a cup at a time until you reach your desired consistency. This stuff is so rich and delicious!
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Does my heart good to see a young man working with his dad!!!: I'm 71 years young and that's how I was raised and how I raised our 4 children!!! Nothing like farm life!!!!
Nice words 😊
It's not only wonderful to see a father and son working together, but to see a son who *wants* to work with his daddy. And even if the cows and horses don't use the closed-in space, I'm sure you'll find some use for it. Plus, it's good of you to be thinking of the animals' comfort even if they choose not to use the space -- that shows you are a good steward.
Oh, and Meagan, that cake looked so delish!
What a great Dad…teaching his son valuable skills with such love and patience.
Andy, when you said I don’t know why they want to go all the way down there to eat when fresh hay is here, it reminds me of my wife not wanting to eat local but rather drive cause that’s “eating out” 😂
Megan & Andy…
I just love watching you guys… Watched the Inauguration of my Favorite President & My Favorite HomeSteaders … What a Great Day 🥰
GOD is Good !!!
Until the next one 😉💞🇺🇸
Amen
Yes HE IS .AMEN THANK YOU GOD FOR GIVEN US HOPE FOR 4 MORE YEARS .
We as Americans needed this be thankful I am
My hubby is Mexican, and I would like to share a tiny secret with you that you could try next time you make tacos to see if you like it. Try adding about a scant tablespoon of cocoa powder to your meat and maybe a quarter of a cup of water, and cooking it until the water is absorbed. You won't actually taste the chocolate, but it adds a depth of flavor. This addition is great for chili also. Shhhh! This is our little secret! Hahaha....
Andy and Jacob reminds me of how me and my dad was when i was growing up. He is now 91 and in the nursing home. What. I wouldnt give for another day like that with him. I love all your videos. Ty
Jacob, I don’t like ladders either but I wish I had pushed myself to climb more because they are necessary. You can do it!
Thank you, Andy and Meaghan, for always being grateful to each other, for cooking, or building, or anything, even just being, and for being so complimentary to each other. You are setting fine examples for both of your children... to know how to properly treat their spouses and to know what to expect from their spouses. God bless you both.
Good job, but I have a suggestion, you might want to nail a couple 2x8s or a wire panel to the inside of the wall cause the cows will get against it and pop those boards off.And the horses can kick them off, I really enjoy y’all’s videos and thanks for sharing your family life with us.I only watch a couple farm videos and y’all’s are one of them, because it’s real and you are not faking anything to make the videos. I appreciate your honesty, Thanks.
You'll are getting so close to 100k subscribers, can't wait! Spread the word everyone, let's make it happen 💙💯
I love watching you cook. Especially your home measuring style. “About”. I’m learning to cook good food watching you. But it is hard to cook for just one person. So UA-cam ‘about a tablespoon’ works well for me. If it’s to think or thin Just add more milk or flower. You are my favorite teacher.
Awesome good video!! Tiger roosted up on the hay-bales makes me grin 😁 Good work on everything..i wont get started on the red velvet cake with the cream cheese frosting..👍👍 thats one of my favorites. God bless all ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏
Jacob is such a good little helper, and I love how they both tried helped load the truck with wood. You are both great parents keep it up. Bless you both.
Hard working day end with a scrumptious supper and yummy cake!!
When frying hamburger those crispy bits creates the best flavor... you guys have such a wonderful channel.. can't believe how fast it's growing...
My father was a mechanic. He had no patience with his four sons and said it was no job for his three daughters! He sure missed out by what I see in the interactions within your family. Good for you! 😊
I could relate to Jacob with the ladder. I had to require a relationship with the ladder, with God’s help. Every time I get on one, not routine 😁 I tell God, ok, it’s me and you, and plz protect me and I will not fall off. We love watching the children help. We so enjoyed the snow day with y’all. We are in South GA and we got 4” of snow. So exciting for us, we have never received this much. We were kids again today enjoying and having fun. Thanks for sharing your video with us. ❤️⛄️
Great to see you working with your son man, great parenting, you are really patient, and your son is really coming along fast, he's a great helper and starting to understand lots!! ❤
My daddy was a carpenter nearly all his life and as I’m sitting here watching this video with the way you were measuring and cutting and then Jacob helping you hold the boards up and driving the old nails out reminded me so much of when I would go and help him out. We lost daddy 2 1/2 years ago, so glad to recapture this memory.
I really enjoy this channel, it’s so relaxing to just sit and watch y’all.
Megan….I have learned some things from you as far as cooking and doing things different in the kitchen, when I watch you in the kitchen I picture myself in the kitchen with you just talking like sisters. By the way, Red Velvet is my favorite cake. 🎂 yummy 😋.
Young man, you are a good helper!👍👍
Barn looks great! Happy animals. North Carolina tacos look very different from So Cal tacos! 🤣😂 enjoy!
Nice load of wood, my Brother and I cut wood when I lived in an old house, best heat ever. Always made a pot of chili and was some of the best years of my life doing that!!
Love seeing everyone working together to get things done. The cake looks delicious. Thanks for sharing ❤
Hope yall stay warm , these temperatures are crazy! God Bless Yall.🙏
Your red velvet cake looks delicious! Stay warm. 27 in Delaware today with lows tonight around 8. Had more snow last night.
I love to make red velvet batter and using less liquid to make it thicker. Then add white chocolate chips and make cookies. I have a neighbor and we share a wall since it's a duplex apartment. Anywho I add them to my sweets containers I give away on holidays. 2yrs ago I took one next door and immediately got a text about how good they were. And when I see little man and his daddy on the porch lil man comes running up to me and said "Hi neighbor you baked me any cookies", I said I hadn't then walked back in and made him some of these cookies. Then his daddy makes sure to text my saying "Oh by the way them crackers were good too"! So yep I also melted some Andes chocolate mints and take Ritz crackers dip to coat and allow them to cool on parchment paper. Gotta keep them fellers happy. The mama loves butter chicken with garlic bread and I also make their 7mo some pumpkin apple baby food. Does it sound like I have my friends, family and neighbors spoiled rotten, lol. Blessings to y'all!
Y'all I'm sittin here with moist eyes cause watchin the 1st part brings back memories of me helping my daddy with me being the baby girl and then being copilot with my daughters daddy.
And Megan you mentioning tacos just reminded me of what I was craving a few days back. I absolutely love taco bowls. I use to go to taco B and get em but there were always something that was puzzling. So I take rice, ta o meat, avocado, lettuce, a mater, red onions, a few dashes of the Louisiana garlic lovers hot sauce, cheese and some avocado ranch dressing and mix it together. I use a fork and or tortilla chips and man is that stuff delicious! Sometimes I add beans either refried or black beans add corn and anything else that strikes my fancy. Of course the rice is mexican rice, yummm!
So I'll stop blabbering cause this video has made me cry and starvin, lol. Much love and Blessings to y'all, Marilyn from Tennessee!
9 degrees here this morning in eastern Kentucky.and about 6 inches of snow.baby it’s cold outside.❤️❤️❤️
It got down to 6 degrees in Scottsville Kentucky this morning but right now it is a warm 10 degrees. At 11:26 central daylight savings time.
We got down to 3° in Pulaski County. Kentucky and the high made it up to 19°
Great seeing Jacob helping Andy as always....that cake with that icing looked delicious!.....wow
Granny always made a three layer cake of some kind.Chocolate or German chocolate or something we always had a dessert.Jay from Mississippi.Thank y’all so much.
Awesome job. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe, and God bless
Great Job Andy, Jacob 👏 Y'all Are Raising Your Kids Up Right 👍 God Bless Y'all 🙏
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👋 lol Tiger the hay bale queen😂
Andy, put 6" cleat inside post and you can put last board up top of loft
I make our Taco meat with paprika, oregano, cilantro, cumin, pepper, chili powder, red pepper flakes. While the beef or other meat is cooking I add in diced onions and garlic and peppers if I have them. Once the meat and veggies are cooked I add a can of tomato paste, and a cup of water. Let it simmer for about 20 mins or until the liquids have been absorbed, Serve over some Sieti tortilla chips, some diced up romaine lettuce, homemade salsa and sour cream or whole milk greek yogurt. Your cake looks wonderful. We cut out all cakes, sugars for the new year.
Great Family and Mom!😇!😇!😇!😇!👍!
Nice video! That wall looks good Andy. Our family enjoys tacos as well defined a family favorite and on our family menu often. Your cake looks yummy as well! Thank you again for another great video!
Our Highland cattle are not bothered one bit. The Belted Galloways arent thrilled tho.
Nice job !! Cows will love it.!! 3°here tonight in Connecticut.
Great job Jacob,,,you will be a great fixer some day.
Another good video, thank you.
So happy to see you and the sunshine! 8 degrees in SW Ohio today. 🥶🥶🥶
One thing I learned is , if I lived way down south where you are Id need to cut myself a whole lot less firewood. 👍👍😀
I laughed till I thought I was going to cry when Jacob ask his daddy have you fell off a whole bunch of ladders😂😂😂😂😂
I have always been extremely fortunate to not be scared of heights, but there sure is a lot of people that are and I fully understand. Just thought that was truly funny. Just the conversation conversations between him and his dad do my heart good I love it. You all stay warm and thank you for the awesome videos.
Great job on the barn, if you wanted the hole closed in you could scab nailers inside the two posts and cut the board shorter so the metal straps would still show. Really looks good and I never heard the cows or horses complain and the BOSS said she approved so no problems there. Everyone did a great job helping so you all had a great meal at the end of the work. Thanks for sharing with us, sure appreciate the ride along with you all. Fred and family.
It’s great when kids want to join in & help. Jacob will know how to do everything…including climbing ladders. I’m not a fan either Jacob!! U guys work well together. That cake looks yummy!
Yal that came was absolutely amazing❤
Loved the video! The whole family working together!
I'll tell you this, cows, horses, sheep, etc will prefer being out in the open air once they're acclimated to the weather, which yours have been all along. Here in Canada, once our horses get their winter coats fully grown in, even an old arthritic horse will be there, out in the snow, sunning themselves. Out Western Canada, US, some have never ever been in a barn -30C, -22F or lower and never ever been blanketed/rugged either.
I doubt they'll even come in the barn or shed. I've seen it all.
Hi it’s good to see y’all I’ve missed a few episodes.
That's some hard work! 😊
I love seeing the videos of Jacob helping you do stuff Andy. It brings back memories of Daddy and I working together when I was growing up. I know how you feel Jacob. I'm not much good off the ground either. I'd definitely be satisfied with that load of firewood. That's a great looking red velvet cake Meagan and the cream cheese icing sets it off. That icing would be good on anything. Y'all stay warm and have a great evening!
"Thiseenin". Love it
As always l9ve watching your family work together getting her done lol. Meagan your food looks delicious 😋 as always. God bless ❤❤❤❤
Great job! Love watching the channel!
Enjoyed the video old Jacob learning more and more yall a wonderful family working together the way God meant you to do have a good evening and God bless you all
Next up - loading alley 😊
-37 today in Alberta,Canada 🥶😶🌫️
Brrrr, that would freeze me.
@@sharongarrison8328that's 28F in the U.S. I love that better then the 5 degrees this morning. I was wearing a long sleeved shirt, short sleeved shirt and a sweatshirt, 3 pairs of socks and 2 pairs of pants. Bout near froze plus the fact I had to jumpstart my car cause it was that durn cold. Blessings to you and yours.
@@ayronsmama05wrong, -37C is -34F, that's real cold temperatures🥶
Good Morning!
I have quite a few white oaks from the hurricane that I’m think of having sawed into lumber for wood shed and chicken house etc. What moisture level or do you check when building outdoor projects or fences? I can put sticks and store in barn if needed.
That cake looked so good.
Looks great !
Your cake looks delicious!!!
Great looking cake
Tell him how to do it Megan 😅😅😅 you guys are funny 😅
Another good video, your cake looked delicious. I have never made a red velvet cake but I’m gonna give it a try. Thanks for sharing it.❤
Awesome.
Video.
I'm definitely going to have to try that Cake and icing Thank you for the video
Thanks
I'm hoping for more snow
Awesome video ❤
I know you have said it before but your young fella looks to be a really good help.
Looks really good. Jacob is a good helper ❤
Good simple suppers are the best ❤
Divine Timing 😂😂😂
Jacob is a very special son. ❤
Happy Birthday honey!!🎊 🥳🥳🎂🎁🎁🎁
Hi I love your videos and I hope you and your family are doing well. Can you please pray for my daughter she has health issues and needs a healing from God
Lord touch her and do your will in making her her whole in your name amen
PRAYING 🙏
We need a video of the "big" orange tractor, been in a couple videos now.
Nice job y'all..
good job
Truly a pleasure!!
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Look how beautiful that ground beef looks! I’m so spoiled as my hubby is a cattle farmer❤
Same😊❤
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Where is your tractor and loader
you should try running tacos
Hey y’all!
Your icing looks delicious!! What kind of vanilla do you use?
You are using the wrong hand!😂
We call the pry bars a “Steve”.
Be sure get those water pipes wrapped.
Good job removing the old nails from the boards...
I certainly could use a handyman here in Australia..lol
Wonderful work done boys, looks really good..
Does my heart good to see men working.. and children learning about life, and working the farm..
Honest, hard work..
Why not leave those good boards up there and fill in gaps with other boards?
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I'd be hunting a 4lb sledge hammer...lol
Start your nails on the ground
You need a nail gun!!
I could relate to Jacob with the ladder. I had to require a relationship with the ladder, with God’s help. Every time I get on one, not routine 😁 I tell God, ok, it’s me and you, and plz protect me and I will not fall off. We love watching the children help. We so enjoyed the snow day with y’all. We are in South GA and we got 4” of snow. So exciting for us, we have never received this much. We were kids again today enjoying and having fun. Thanks for sharing your video with us. ❤️⛄️
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