Hometown: Raised in Grove, currently reside in Jay, Okla.
County: Delaware
Family members: Husband, Laramie & Three Children
What is your off-the-farm job/career? I work at Integris Hospital as an Ultrasound Technologist. There I am the one that scans a patient, whether that is looking at their gallbladder for stones, checking their veins for blood clots, or checking on fetal growth during pregnancy. Being in the medical field has always been on my heart when it came to finding a career. Doing something that helps people and their health is such a blessing!
Farming operation: Lost Creek Farms & Cattle was created in fall of 2021. My husband grew up farming and that was the life we always wanted to fall back into, after working in the oil field in Texas. I always said I wanted to marry a farmer, even though that was not my background.
After buying our current farm, and forever home, we started off as a stocker operation and hay production. With 390 acres, we were running around 200 head. As we continued to grow our experience with advice from friends and family, we eventually incorporated bred heifers. In January of 2025, we started our bred heifer program. These heifers are high quality angus, all with northern genetics and bred by our black, low birth weight, angus bulls.
Whether steers or heifers, we spend time interacting with these cattle to encourage good temperament. Sometimes that is just walking around them multiple times, driving around on a four wheeler, or having the kids hand feed them cubes.
We try our best to keep our followers up to date on social media, via Facebook. Having a family of 5, a full time job, and trying to “manage” a farm can be a little hectic.
What do you enjoy most about being a farmer/rancher? Most days, I am coming home late after all the chores have been done and I miss out on “pasture time”. However, that doesn’t stop me from doing what I enjoy most and that is being a farmer’s wife and a mom. Being able to raise my family in a place that teaches them good morals, respect and responsibility, and the importance of quality of life is something many families don’t get the opportunity to have. Making memories with my family, like raising cattle, feeding the horse and donkeys, or even collecting chicken eggs is something that makes life as a farmer/farmer’s wife worth it.
