Merry Christmas!

Fifteen degrees was not the temperature I was hoping for

on Christmas morning but with several layers of clothing for 

myself and a new calf coat for the baby, we really had

nothing to complain about.   

Even though our chores of calf feeding, milking and feeding

all of the cows continue as usual, our celebration will take place when

all the work is done. 

I hope that today brings you an abundance of 

love, peace and joy as we

celebrate the birthday of our Savior.

From down on the dairy farm...

                                                     Merry Christmas!

Merry Dairy Traditions

Our Christmas tree is full of ornaments that have been lovingly

 received as gifts from friends and family over the last thirty-two years.

Placing these special ornaments on the tree each year is 

an important part of our family tradition, a celebration of friendships

 and a thankfulness for the relationships of those who are no longer with us.

These two ornaments always bring a smile to this  dairy farmer!

Christmas Day on the dairy farm will be busy as usual  as we 

 milk the cows, make sure all the cows and calves are fed 

 and add the usual fun family Christmas traditions

 of eating a lot and opening presents.

A merry  day on the dairy  indeed!

From down on the dairy farm...

Merry Christmas!

           

Merry Christmas!

From down on the dairy farm,

 

 

we wish you a Merry Christmas!

                                                                                

                                                                O Come, All Ye Faithful

                                                                 

O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,

O Come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem,

Come, and behold Him, Born the King of Angels!

O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ, the Lord!

          



 

Merry Christmas!

                                                                          
The Birthday Of A King

                                                          

In the little village of Bethlehem,

There lay a Child one day

And the sky was bright with a holy light

O'er the place where Jesus lay!

 

Alleluia, O how the angels sang!

Alleluia,how it rang!

And the sky was bright

With a holy light;

'Twas the birthday of a King!

 

'Twas a humble birthplace,

but O how much God gave to us that day!

From the manger bed what a path has led,

What a perfect holy way!

 

Alleluia, O how the angels sang,

Alleluia, how it rang!

And the sky was bright with a holy light;

'Twas the birthday of a King!

 

           ---William Howard Neidlinger

                 We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas from down on the dairy farm!

Merry Christmas!

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old,familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth,good-will to men.

I thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom,
Had roll'd along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth,good-will to men.

And in despair I bow'd my head.
"There is no peace on earth,I said.
For hate is strong, and mocks the song
Of peace on earth,good-will to men."

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead,nor doth He sleep:
For hate is strong,and mocks the song
Of peace on earth,good-will to men."

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead,nor doth He sleep:
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth,good-will to men!"

Till,ringing,singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,
Of peace on earth,good-will to men!

Henry W. Longfellow,1807-1882