The name Ree Drummond may not be familiar to you. You probably know her better as The Pioneer from the Food Network show of the same name. Your kitchen is your kitchen!

She loves to whip up delicious looking dishes while entertaining us with her folksy banter. Ree always makes you feel like you really know her. Who wouldn’t want a best friend or neighbor like that?

She encouraged her husband Ladd to step away from his physically demanding duties on their Oklahoma ranch. Let’s see what the pioneer woman said to her husband!

Ree Drummond felt that her husband Ladd needed to limit his work on the ranch

Ladd experienced “a busy, somewhat tough summer”

Per www.foxnews.comit is clear that Ree was worried that her husband would overexert himself on the ranch. What he does routinely is incredibly challenging and hard on the body. She wrote on The Pioneer Blog“I think I say this every year, but the work, the early mornings, the relentless grind, the exhaustion… it was just a bit too much.”

Ree stressed that Ladd was not complaining about his responsibility. She was simply expressing her own opinion.

She added: “A few weeks ago, when I saw him limping into the house covered in dust and blood after a particularly long day, I actually said, ‘I don’t think we can do this anymore.’ I was partly joking, but maybe a little bit not. How much harder can you work, how much longer can you do this, are you OK, I really thought that.”

Ree Drummond’s concerns are justified

Three years ago, Ladd Drummond was seriously injured in a car accident on the ranch

He and his nephew Caleb were putting out a forest fire on the family ranch when they had a car accident. Ladd initially downplayed the severity of his condition, but he had indeed suffered serious injuries.

Writing a blog post in 2021 about www.foxnews.comRee explained, “(Ladd) broke his neck in two places – and one of the two breaks was obviously nearly catastrophic. Did I mention that cowboys don’t like to admit when they’re hurt? Ladd was transferred to Tulsa and had to undergo surgery to stabilize one of the breaks. Thanks to some rods and other equipment (and a great neurosurgeon named Dr. Kalani), the break is now fixed and the danger is over.”

The Drummond family is loving and close

You recently celebrated a special occasion with joy

Ree and Ladd have five children. One of them, 24-year-old Paige, recently got engaged, so the Drummond clan came together to share their joy. Ree wrote, “So to see (Ladd) smiling and running around enjoying the celebration of his second child and the man she’s going to marry… well, that made me feel a little better.”