Hey Folks! Thanks so much for (hopefully) stopping by! I decided that I should be sharing my life on the internet, as most crazy people do at one point or another. Now, it's been a couple weeks since I made this decision and actually made this blog. You guys, picking the name was the hardest part! Ahh!! I couldn't decide if it should be more farm/ranch or faith or parenting related. So I'm Patten on the Prairie. Think Little House on the Prairie. But modern. And Catholic. And slightly hippie dippie. I do tend to march to the beat of my own drum. My name is Michelle. My husband is Matthew and we have a daughter Lillian aka Lily aka Lily Marie aka Stinker Butt aka Tooter aka Sweet Pea. I'll set the scene: raised on a dairy farm in northern Minnesota. Drug KICKING AND SCREAMING to southeastern Montana to a cattle ranch. In 2014 I actually marry this goofy kid I met at age thirteen, who I graduated high school with. We move home in 2015 to help...