Great blogs

A dear friend thinks our blog is something special and has given us an award. Check out her blog As Good As It  She is a wonderful friend and mother; her blog is uplifting and fun to follow.

More than an award, this is a way to share blogs you really enjoy with people that read your blog. So here is the skinny on the award:
1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Make sure you contact these bloggers to let them know about the award.

7 things about Stout Ranch:
1. We love being outside on our ranch, riding our horses, playing with our dogs and even doing chores!
2. We are anxiously hoping to adopt and need help passing the word about our adoption dreams
3. We work too hard and don't vacation enough (C has 5 weeks of vacation saved!)
4. We breed show quality Nubian goats
5. We are vegetarian and trying to learn to garden on the Great Plains
6. We are working on year 14 of our fabulous marriage, are truly best friends and can't remember the last time we had a disagreement (weird, I know!)
7. We are christian and try to live worthy lives

I had a hard time picking 15 blogs because some are private so we picked our top 12.
1. Cheese Making  - Do I really need to explain this one?!
2. This Goat's Life - Cute blog written by a dairy goat
3. Cadence Dairy Goats - Great blog on goats and good goat care information
4. Gulley Greenhouse - My favorite nursery, really good gardening advice
5. Back Porch Soap - Soap making at its best!
6. Sleeping Dog Ranch - More good goat stuff :)
7. Improving Communication Between Horse and Rider - Fabulous riding help
8. Front Range Food Gardener - Helping us to learn to garden on the Great Plains
9. All Around Horses - More great riding and horse information!!
10. From My kitchen to Yours - Cooking!! Yummy!!!
11. Sisters Sharing Recipes - More Cooking!!!!
12. Quilting Ranny - Great blog to read, quilting info, give aways, and just good down home advice!