Did I touch the box containing the ashes of my friend, CCNF Elixir, for good luck as we left our house early on Wednesday morning, April 3, to head to Harrisburg and the 2024 Alpaca Jamboree? I did, indeed. These superstitious tendencies run deep, particularly on my paternal side, so I was just leaning into…
In case we hadn’t learned it beforehand, the past year taught us the hard way that we should never take anything for granted. While the tragedy of losing Jen’s dad, Rod Croft, prematurely last December has been balanced out somewhat by watching our now adult sons truly start to spread their wings in both life…
Welcome to the CCNF spring show season redux. Though we technically just competed in three different shows over April Fool’s weekend (a joke that writes itself on multiple levels), it honestly felt like a lot less work. It was certainly less stressful than what we are usually accustomed to this time of year. Look, a…
We are thrilled to announce that Cas-Cad-Nac Farm LLC was just named the 2022 Futurity Huacaya Large Breeder of the Year! In addition to that accolade for our breeding program overall, CCNF Bataclan (CCNF Daliance x CCNF Elixir) won the 2022 Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year and Irish Meadow’s Elite Max (Ivy’s Honeysuckle x…
For the better part of the past 2 months now, we have had the company of not just our college-aged sons but also their respective girlfriends. Though the grocery bills from feeding a household of 6 people that includes 4 20-somethings have been occasionally eye watering, it has actually been really nice having the extra…
After years of calendar conflicts with our then school-aged sons’ February breaks, we are thrilled to be consigning animals for the first time ever at the upcoming Amber Autumn Auction, to be held next month, February 21 & 22, in warm and sunny Phoenix, AZ! We of course wanted to make a bit of a…
