Everyone Has to Start Some Where

It had been one of my new years resolutions to start a blog. I had done quite well for the first few days, but found myself running out of things to write about, or unsure of what to put out there.  The first week in February I got the privilege to attend the 2014 Cattlemen's Industry Conference (CIC) in Nashville, Tennessee.  To start if you have never been to a CIC GO!! You will love it!!!  I was sitting in a leadership meeting for the American National CattleWomen, and they introduce a "mommy blogger", whoa slow down, new to this whole blogging thing I was not sure how to take this.  She stands up and introduces herself and says but everyone knows me as mommyhatescooking.  Well to be honest I looked up, because I wanted to be sure my mom (who is an excellent cook, but hates to cook) hadn't shown up in Nashville.  Kristy started her blog out of her hatred for cooking, in order to hold herself accountable for learning to cook and find new recipes.  Well let me just say Thank You to  mommyhatescooking for two things;1). I have found my love of cooking again since you inspired me to start, and that anyone can do it; 2). Inspiring me to challenge myself to fling myself into the blogging world.  With that go checkout www.mommyhatescooking.com, and I am going to introduce myself.  I am Livestock Coach Kayla,  a ten year 4-H Member, four FFA Member, active Ohio and American National Cattleowoman, with a passion for kids, and showing livestock.  My show career started at the age of seven with two heifer (Rose, and Precious) that were leased to me by a family friend.  From that my passion for livestock may be seen as spiraling out of control or a 4-H project that went wrong.  We now have a fifty head cow calf operation that is run completely by three generations of my family.  My brother and I also showed sheep, hogs, and goats at the national level for many years.  Now that I have graduated college, returned to the farm, and have my big kid job I spend my weekends and evenings coaching kids all over the country, and all experience levels on everything from show selection, to selecting genetics to raise your own calf.  I fully enjoy a challenge, and I hope that someone out there has one for me.  I am in the process of building a website and Facebook page for my kids that I have coached to share their experiences.  If you are interested in learning more about what it is we do please don't hesitate to contact me.  I am blessed to have my family involvement as well as the blessing of my very talented boyfriend Tad to make this operation work.  Here is my entrance to the blogging world, everyone has to start somewhere.  Take your step today, make yourself better challenge yourself.  If you or your children want to go to the next level of showmanship you have to start somewhere. Good Luck! 

Top Left: Coach Kayla w/ KA 8051 Sheza HeartBreaker 002 2013 NAILW; Top Center: Coach Kayla w/ H ASM 743 Mindy 007 and friends she met on the Midway at the Ohio State Fair circa 2011; Top Right Tad; Center Left Tanner (Tad's youngest brother) and their little cousin Hailey with "Black Beauty" Tanner was one of my students; Middle: Brooklyn my youngest student started at 4 pictured at 7 with KA 719 Maxine 001 NAILE 2013; Center Right; two newest students left Olivia, middle me, right Hailey both new to showing cattle and have been strong competitors in the Ohio BEST Circuit; Bottom left: me and my AussiexLab "Shaniqua"; Bottom Right; Brooklyn  Maxine and I at NAILE 2013