Hello! My name is Katie Smith! Welcome to my blog!
I am from a small town outside of Harrisburg, PA. I am the oldest of 4 children...and the only girl...lucky me. Haha! Ben (photo 2nd left), the oldest boy, is a recent college grad of UNOH with a degree in Diesel Tech. Noah (photo 3rd left), middle child, is the star athlete and pretty boy of the family, where he got it from, still a mystery. Steven (photo last), the youngest, is an aspiring farmer and mechanic.
I grew up having many different kinds of animals (even took care of a millipede for a while). We live on what I call a hobby farm, lovingly called Little Bit Farm. What we haven't had on the farm I found other ways to interact with them, such as working on a dairy farm. I was an active FFA member all 4 years at Northern Lebanon High School. I served 2 years as a officer and 3 years on the leadership team. Outside of FFA and my ag classes, I was a Girl Scout and earned my Gold award. The Gold Award is the equivalent of earning the rank of Eagle Scout. My brother's and I all earned our highest honers, as seen in the above picture. I also was a member of the Spanish club in high school, was almost looking to double major with it. The club gave me an opportunity to travel to Costa Rica for 9 days! I learned a ton and look forward to a return adventure!
So your probably still wondering.... What the heck do emu's have to do with it?!? To start, for those of you that aren't familiar, an emu is a like a big prehistoric looking chicken, similar to the ostrich, only second in size. Anyway, my high school, up until a few years ago, raised emu's. My preschool at the time was housed in the high school. One day, my preschool class took a "field trip" out to the pole barn where the emu's were. I was fascinated! From that day forward, I couldn't wait to reach the high school and work with the emu's. So that's what emu's have to do with it!
Hope you enjoy my blogs to come! I hope you enjoy my occasional sarcasm and attempt at humor!
