My wife Hailey and I acquired a few acres shortly after getting married and had talked about getting some cattle out. Neither of us wanted them for a purpose other then for the looks (Land ornaments is what we call them) so Hailey found Rolling 7’s Facebook page and showed me all the calves they had. I spoke with Print a couple times about them and he treated me like I was his best friend. After many calls and texts We decided on purchasing one from him. That day he had went out to check calves and called me to say he had another one that would make the perfect pair if I was willing to get a second one. I called Hailey and she of course was all for it so I told him yes We want them both, we will come up from Oklahoma in the next couple weeks to get them. He asked what their names would be so he could tag them and we named them Merle (white) and Hank (brown). On the way there Print called to tell me we might run into some snow and may slow us down, if so just let him know. Little did we know that the snow storm changed directions and turned into a blizzard and we would be coming right through the middle of it. Absolute blizzard it was! We finally got to Print's and he had no power nor did he want us driving home in it so he offered for us to stay at his house until the next morning so the storm could pass. I had never met this man in my life but the love and care he showed us was like we were family. He said I’ve got a room for you guys or there’s a hotel down the road I’ll call and see if they have a room if they do not please stay here for the night. The hotel did have a room so we stayed there and the next day driving home he checked on us til we made it to Kansas to ensure we were safe due to the snow storm. Fast forward about a year and I find that Merle has broke off his horn. I called Print as quick as I could to ask for some advice and he walked me through everything once again treating me with the utmost care and for roughly two weeks after he called and text to make sure all was healing well. So to this, I thought it would only be right to show updated pictures of them in the snow like the day we brought them home.
Print, thank you for the two bulls you gave us and thank you for showing pure joy and love to some strangers you’d never met. It touched me and Hailey then and still does to this day as a reminder of how to treat those that come into our lives. It has brought me and my wife so many memories, and my extended family/friends.
Keeton Baste | Oklahoma
