The Beginning of a Lifetime

You may read the title of this post and think 

"'The Beginning of a Lifetime', what does that even mean?!" 

Let me explain…

I started this blog to document the new life I have begun, a life with my fiancé. 

Here we are. Aren't we precious?

We've been together six years this October, which just so happens to be the month we get married. 

I come from a long line of farmers.

This is my great grandaddy, my grandaddy, and my sweet daddy. 

Notice the overalls and straw hats, us Payne's are kind of infamous for that. 

When I first met Cam, he was far from any kind of "country boy" I had ever known. But the longer we dated, the more attracted he became to my family's country lifestyle. My great grandaddy, John Oscar, was a true farmer from what I hear. He had cattle, hogs, and a garden some city slickers would dream of. My grandaddy took on most of his stock, but as he got older he got rid of it piece by piece. Now our family just has a yearly garden and corn patch big enough to feed the whole valley, and some times we do. Cam and I developed big dreams of becoming all organic farmers, but we weren't sure how quickly the idea would take off with my daddy. So, about a year ago we decided to branch off from the family farm and start our own farm together. But once we realized how expensive it would be to start over, that idea didn't last long. Plus I didn't want to leave my daddy alone to do all the bush hogging and seed planting by himself. 

Now we have big dreams of expanding my family's old farm and starting an organic farm with them, together; one that my daddy and grandaddy would be proud of. 

This blog is about us, our adventure together as newly weds, 

and our beginning as organic farmers.

The beginning of a lifetime of happiness, hard work, and family farming.