The past few weeks have been pretty hectic for me

The past few weeks have been pretty hectic for me. Having school five days a week, working on the farm, and attending events as the dairy princess, keeps my days very full. On top of all this I now have a baby to feed twice a day. She's very furry and is the perfect mixture of black and white.  One of my registered Holstein cows, Serena, had her very first calf on October 8^th and best of all it was a girl!

This is my baby that I have to feed. Coming up with a name for my new girl was kind of hard. When I name one of my calves I try to pick a name that suits them, because believe it or not they all have their own personality. I finally settled on Abigail. So now my day starts around 5 in the morning with feeding her, and then I feed her again around 5 in the afternoon. Animals, dairy cattle in particular, are very good at telling time and if I a m not there on time to feed her she will definitely lets me know it. I also attended the Riverbank Cheese and Wine Exposition on October 11^th. I was there from 10 in the morning until about 4 in the afternoon.

I had my very own table where I set up information on the California dairy industry as well as handouts on Real California Milk and Real California Cheese. I even had some of the famous California Happy Cow commercials on. I was located in the cheese pavilion where there were cooking demonstrations as well as cheese from different companies. I had a great time sampling cheese an d meeting other cheese enthusiasts.