“Well, I took her to both red and green, even if I’m more red,” Matt said. “I just didn't know what else to do. We went and had supper and it was like 7:30. I thought I can’t drop her at 8:00 – otherwise her roommate will think she'd been on a bad date. We drove around for an hour and then I took her home.” Later, Menno’s Don Juan proposed in the sheep barn on a cold day. “I said, ‘Look what I found in the straw here.’” But Marie was mad for a moment. “He pulled off my glove and my hand was cold. I was trying to feed lambs – I was working! Once I realized he was proposing, my frustration quickly left."
Matt and Marie’s two white Great Pyrenees named Teeny and Tiny take turns keeping an eye on the bottle lambs. Their Border Collie/Australian Shepherd cross helps herd the sheep. Photo by Marie Mehlhaf.
They joke about their start together, but are on the same page in the book of life. “We have a lot of goals and dreams. But I can tell you that there's no one else I'd rather be this overwhelmed with,” she said. Matt added, “We wouldn't be able to do anything without our faith and our family around us. That's just the way it is. Give credit where credit is due.” He said small towns such as Menno are really one big family. They enjoy helping with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at Menno High School and Matt is on the board of the Menno Lumber Company. “We are so grateful for this opportunity. We know we have a lot of people to thank for it and God as well,” Marie said. Marie said the photos of their kittens get more “likes” on Facebook than any other post. Photo by Marie Mehlhaf.
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