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Matt
Wow.
Katie
We're just gonna wait on Nate to clean his new Jeffrey Dahmer glasses.
Nate
I know whenever he leaves, I'm gonna switch these microphones and put that little red thing on this one. He's not gonna know. I won't tell him.
Matt
Six months later, I've marked it in other ways.
Nate
He hasn't.
Matt
I have.
Nate
He hasn't. He's not gonna know. I know, and I'm gonna tell him, and it's just gonna.
Matt
He's gonna know.
Lindsay
You'll know.
Katie
What would you do if you found out that you were, like, this close to something that Matt's mouth had been like this close to for so long?
Matt
I'd just be disappointed.
Nate
What? It would just melt. He'd be like, oh.
Katie
Okay. Welcome back to Catching It With Katie. So this is, I think, our first Catching it with Katie. We filmed in the new year in 2026. We are super excited for everything to come. We have a lot to talk about. Not really anything important to talk about, but we have a game planned. But before we do that, we're gonna go out of the podcast room into the mini barn. So we're in the mini barn for a moment because I need to show you some differences in Coco. So, Coco, honestly, we did not think there would be maybe a race for who would be first to full in 2026 between Raven and the mini horse. Maybe for second to full. Her due date is February 10th. Minis can actually foal a little bit earlier than the big horses safely. She's still kind of early for me, but her utter, like, blew up from yesterday. So let's take a look at her. She's 305 days today. I actually just texted my vet because with the minis, you know, it's honestly a lot of females over at the mini farm, and we don't love to handle progesterone if we don't have to. It's the form of regime. It can cause, like, really a lot of issues with human females with our cycles, with hormones and stuff like that. And so at the big barn, it's always a male who gives the horses their regimen. Well, we have our mini mare's regime or their. We have our mini mares progesterone levels tested, and then if they're fine, we don't give them regime. I just text him my vet, because with her udder blowing up, she's been laying down a lot, acting a lot different, and that's not necessarily uncommon at this stage of pregnancy. But I want to make sure she cooks it a little bit longer again. She could probably have a healthy baby at this point, but I would love for her to make it another week. So we might be giving her some regime after the day. She has a nice little clipping. I don't know if you can tell by me. So this nice little clip job we got going on so you can actually see her utter so that if the baby starts nuzzling, it's not getting a mouthful of long hair. Actually, with miniature horses, because they have such thicker coats than the big horses, it's been known for foals to actually ingest so much of their mom's hair trying to nurse that they colic and they have like an impaction, so we don't want that.
Matt
Really.
Katie
Yeah, we did a little trim job. So if you want to come see her udder, it's significantly bigger than yesterday. I don't think this is the biggest it will get, but seeing that difference, it kind of spooked me just a little bit. But, yeah, Coco. I don't know, we might be having a race between Raven and Coco for who's gonna foal first. Hey, y', all, it's Katie. Did you know that you could bring a little piece of running springs into your home? And just so you know, if you're a paid subscriber on TikTok, Facebook or Instagram, you will always get a 25 off discount account with your subscriber code. On the merch store, we've got the cutest merch featuring all the farm favorites like our mini cows, mares and foals, goats, donkeys, and of course, the mini horses. You'll find T shirts, cozy hoodies, Zip Ups mugs, and so much more. Some of the designs are limited edition, so when they're gone, they're gone. But don't worry, a few favorites stick around at least until the end of the year. We've also started adding fun new things like diamond art kits, paint by number sets, shoe charms, and even coloring books. And trust me, there's a lot more coming later this year, so check back often. And don't forget to join the email list so you don't miss out on the new drops. So head over to katievanslike.net to get all your favorites before they're gone. And now back to the video. Whoa, gang.
Nate
That was wild.
Katie
That was crazy. We're gonna hopefully keep an eye on that. I really hope that she makes it past, like day three 15 at least. So that's another 10 days, but that's Just kind of like how foaling season is going. Right now, Raven is the only one in, like, her safe zone. She's at 326 today. So, like, we're on the cusp of probably being on full watch for her, but now Coco's, like, being kind of, you know, off, and. And we're gonna have three mayors do at the exact same time. It's. It's gonna be a little crazy low key.
Nate
I kind of. I kind of, like, want to just. And I would compare it to. I don't know if I can say this. Well, I guess probably I would compare it to whenever my wife and I, before we had Lily, she. We have, like, you know, you get a breast pump for milk, and she tried it, and then the very next morning, we went to the hospital to deliver.
Matt
Yeah, they tell you not to do that.
Nate
So I. Of course we. You know, luckily she was freaking huge, so luckily we did. But anyway, I think we should just go ahead and stay tonight and just go ahead and kick off.
Katie
But what if we're a week away? Because we might be.
Nate
That's okay. We can just have.
Lindsay
I didn't pack my go bag yet.
Katie
Nate's like, why are you volunteering us for this? Like, I don't want to be here if I don't have to be.
Matt
Was I in that?
Nate
I mean, I can just be me.
Katie
He's like, you know what? Why don't I just move in?
Matt
Only Matt stays.
Katie
I'm just gonna move in.
Nate
I'll be. I'll be on watch. I watch.
Katie
We are really excited, though, because soon, you know, this is, I think, our fourth foaling season. The first one that we ever. No, 2023 was our first one. Yeah. Fourth one. So 2023, we didn't actually get a single full birth on camera because y' all sucked. But. And the commitment just wasn't there. Yeah, the commitment wasn't there. But in 2024, we got almost all of them. 2025, we got all but one, and I didn't even see that one, so. And then 2026, we've got nine full grown and then three mini.
Lindsay
I'm so excited for the minis.
Katie
I am, too. And so we're just kind of like on the cusp of all that. So we'll. We'll talk about that later. I'll go look at Raven. We'll see about if we need someone to stay over.
Nate
I think I just want to do it while the excitement's alive. It's not going to be There very long.
Katie
You know, why do you. Why do you say that?
Nate
Before long, it'll be. Everybody would just be dead.
Katie
Lindsay's gonna be helping with full watch this year. She's never been a part of it, and so she's gonna be bringing the vibes.
Nate
She's gonna be keeping so funny watching you just do this little gap that we have, you and I. Oh, hey.
Katie
We have this tiny little gap between the camera.
Matt
You're split for me.
Lindsay
Yeah, right.
Katie
With the.
Lindsay
The cord.
Matt
You think you'll be able to carry the bobs?
Lindsay
Oh, absolutely.
Nate
It's a huge responsibility.
Matt
If the responsibility of the vibes is placed on your shoulders, you can rise to the occasion.
Lindsay
Absolutely.
Katie
We've got the ping pong table set up, which Nate and I have to revisit.
Matt
We got a duel.
Katie
We are going to be doing a lot more live videos, which is gonna be.
Nate
Yeah, that. No, that'll be fun. That'll bring up the vibes.
Katie
That'll be fun. I think there's a lot of different ways that we're attacking foaling season this year from a content side of things. Nothing that would cause any issue to the actual event of foaling. Number one priority is healthy baby, you know, calm environment for mom and, like, making all that okay. But we have a lot of ideas to utilize the season. Right. So that's all really, really exciting. But what was it. Oh, what was it that you were talking about right before?
Nate
We're going to put a GoPro inside the horse right before the baby comes in for a pov?
Matt
Yeah, well, we're gonna.
Nate
It's gonna be the world's attaches to the.
Matt
Attach it basically to the foals, the tip of their feet, and then as that foot breaks through, it's kind of a pov.
Nate
World's first pov. You're a horse.
Matt
POV Birth.
Lindsay
I have to tell you guys something.
Katie
She's done that.
Nate
What?
Katie
I was.
Lindsay
No, I was just about to say. I don't know if we can put it in the video, but I put my hand up the cow's butt yesterday.
Katie
She palpated it.
Matt
Are you serious?
Nate
Did you.
Lindsay
Yeah, it felt really.
Matt
We.
Katie
Nate's done that under supervision of veterinarian.
Nate
Yeah, so did Nate.
Matt
Well, mine was in a controlled environment.
Nate
More controlled environment.
Matt
Yeah, it was more.
Nate
I wouldn't say fake. I would just say.
Matt
I would say more of an educational manner. Yeah, I think I got a good education.
Lindsay
It was pretty weird. It was very weird.
Nate
I bet.
Katie
Well, because we found out so Maybelle One of the blue roan cows that was supposed to have her baby at Christmas. She just hasn't had it yet.
Matt
Holding on.
Katie
And so we had the vet out for a different reason. I was like, can you just like check her real quick and see. I know she's pregnant, but can you see like how pregnant? So her guess is that we're like two to three weeks away. She was like, she got. Got a cycle later than you think. Which I'm like, I don't know by who. So we're gonna. It's a Jerry Springer kind of deal. We don't know who the daddy is. We don't know. Right before we started.
Nate
Oh yeah.
Katie
What was that?
Nate
It's just been. Been tossed around that Spongebob in the office is going to be on the 24. Because something's going to have to be 24. 7.
Katie
Last bowling season we kind of just had like an eight season run of spongebob in a row. And then same thing with the Office. And what is, what is our show going to be?
Nate
I'm thinking, I'm thinking. No, I'm thinking, what was it? What was it? Iron Chef America?
Lindsay
No.
Nate
Food Networks. You don't like MasterChef? All of them are good.
Katie
Cake Boss.
Nate
Cake Boss is good.
Matt
Anything with more.
Nate
More competition.
Lindsay
Wise dive ins and drives.
Nate
Anything Food Network, but more competition.
Katie
So like I love me. Okay. Also Ink Master, period Ink Master's also.
Matt
Have you seen.
Katie
I would watch Ink Master over and.
Nate
Over knowing what I know now though, it kind of stinks to watch, but I can still appreciate it as a viewer just not knowing how things are made. It just kind of ruins the, the lore a little bit.
Katie
Which show?
Nate
Just like show.
Katie
What are you referring to?
Nate
Well, like, you know, competition shows usually you don't, you know, 10 minutes isn't usually in 10 minutes. And you know.
Katie
Okay, you just said it had to be a competition show though.
Nate
I enjoy them, especially food stuff. But I just, I do have to like put that in the back of my like stuff that and just like just watch it and enjoy it.
Matt
You have to suspend your disbelief, spend your belief.
Nate
It's common with people with extremely high cues that are just overly self aware.
Katie
So great British baking show that's on.
Matt
Yeah, that's great.
Nate
I'm still in the Harry Potter one.
Katie
No, it's great.
Matt
I'm in on spongebob. I probably, I'm probably out on the Office.
Katie
I mean, really?
Matt
Yeah. I don't know.
Nate
We literally watched all the seasons like.
Katie
Three times, but it's been A year ago.
Nate
But it never. It didn't stop after foaming season. It kept going.
Lindsay
What about hey, Arnold?
Matt
I could be down for hey, Arnold.
Nate
Little bear or Big little bear household.
Katie
You're a big little bear.
Matt
I can make it. I can make a deal. I would be down for 24. Seven. SpongeBob in the office. If in between, we get to select an anime.
Nate
Well, there is no in between.
Katie
If it's 24 7, I'm game to watch that one. What is it?
Matt
When you Attack on Titan.
Katie
I will watch Attack on Titan. I just want you all to watch it with me because I need help comprehending same.
Matt
No, you're insulting your own intelligence.
Katie
I don't think I.
Lindsay
Wait, do you sub it or dub it?
Matt
We would dub it.
Nate
It's a good dub. Wait, some dubs are good.
Matt
We would. Some dubs are not. Some dubs are good. We would dub this to make it more watchable for Katie.
Lindsay
I would just have to really lock.
Katie
In, as you just told me, that I just. Here's the thing. I don't think I'm passionate enough about learning about it to use the brain power to watch it fully without someone being like, that's because of that.
Nate
You don't have to be, though.
Matt
I think if you just got, like.
Nate
A couple episodes in, you don't like. That's the thing.
Katie
I am. A couple episodes.
Nate
I was. Here's the wild thing. I was the same way. Literally. Literally around this time two years ago or whatever, a year ago, I was in your shoes, exactly where you sat. I said the exact same thing. And I watched the first episode, and I looked at Nate and he looked at me, and I haven't watched real.
Katie
TV since he started his Attack on Titan journey last year in folding season and then decided he was gonna wear headphones and not talk to anyone else the entire time and watch it in the middle of the living room. And so then all of us realized he was on the final episode, and we look over and he's sobbing.
Matt
It's quite the story.
Nate
Oh, it's so good.
Katie
Oh, it's so in the middle of everybody.
Lindsay
Okay, well.
Nate
And it's even better the second time you watch it.
Lindsay
What makes us think you're not gonna do that again?
Nate
You should expect that because, unfortunately, he doesn't like us. There's about six different new series or six different series. The series Series. Six different series. Series with new seasons, with new seasons dropping in January.
Lindsay
So Attack on Titan.
Nate
No, just about six different, like.
Lindsay
Oh, six different show.
Matt
Oh, Jujitsu.
Nate
Kaiser dropping new.
Lindsay
I have to watch that one. I finished Kai 8.
Matt
I love that they have a new season coming. I think so.
Nate
The reality of the situation is not much.
Katie
Fellowship is going to be surrounded by nerds. Yeah.
Nate
But for that first following season, we're.
Katie
Going to have fun.
Matt
Yes.
Nate
Imagine if you. If you were just. He just made the commitment.
Matt
Can you imagine walking in one day and be like, y' all see the new season of jjk, but Katie.
Nate
And then we have it. And then we have everything to talk about. We're like, that'd be crazy. And then now Katie is a proactive voice for. For all that horse girl anime that is now.
Matt
Is now a horse anime in the work.
Lindsay
Imagine if you made a horse girl anime.
Katie
There is a horse girl anime, but.
Lindsay
No, you made a horse girl anime.
Katie
We're getting ahead.
Nate
And then you voiced a dub. Yo, I'll chat. Chat.
Lindsay
I'll contact my.
Katie
We're getting very ahead of ourselves here.
Nate
But anyway, Food Network.
Lindsay
Oh, fun.
Matt
Yeah.
Nate
Is going to be the movie.
Katie
So what is. Here's the thing. I felt very squashed in gameplay last year. I felt that no one wanted to play with me. I felt the vibe was down. I am a game player. I like to commit, and I need. I need y' all to fake it honestly and just play games with me. Okay.
Lindsay
Okay.
Katie
What games are you willing to play? Why are you.
Matt
Will you pull your mic down a little bit? It's just hiding your mouth so you can't, like, read your lips.
Katie
So perfect. What games are you willing to play?
Matt
I'm generally willing to play chess.
Lindsay
I don't know how to play that.
Katie
But we'll teach you. It's fun.
Lindsay
Do I have the brain power for that?
Katie
Yes.
Matt
Yes.
Katie
To win. Maybe not.
Lindsay
Yeah.
Katie
That'S fair.
Matt
Monopoly, Dungeons and Dragons. Why not?
Nate
We could literally have a campaign that ran the entire bow season.
Matt
We could have a campaign.
Nate
It's literally anything like. It's. It's. The story is. Hold on.
Matt
I have a great idea, and I actually think this is a great idea. We played Dungeons and Dragons, and it's everybody's first time. It's everybody's first time. That's what we stream.
Lindsay
Yeah, yeah.
Matt
We stream us playing Dungeons and Dragons. We set that up. If, like, if we're on full watch.
Nate
The campaign goes on, and it's like, everybody's. Because this is very popular, by the way, and everybody's watching our story and our decisions and, like, what we decide to do. Like, the story could be a regular folding seat. It's like, it doesn't have to be so crazy in depth, you know? Now it's fun because you can be what you can be.
Katie
Like, you'll.
Nate
You can be a sexy alien.
Lindsay
I'm gonna. I'm gonna print out. I'm gonna print if you want.
Nate
If you want.
Matt
Right up your alley. You get to create.
Nate
You can literally be in.
Matt
You get to create what you're good at.
Nate
Write your backstory.
Matt
Write your backstory. Let me pronounce your character. Would interact with them.
Nate
Yeah, we're doing this.
Lindsay
Let me print out.
Matt
Now we have four people as a writer. You would love it.
Katie
Okay. I. I'm not saying no. What are some games that are like a one nighter that you'd be willing to play? Like, Sorry.
Matt
For what?
Katie
That's.
Lindsay
No, that's the game.
Katie
What's that? You've never played.
Lindsay
Sorry.
Katie
No, I'm print. I would love if y' all would. The opportunity of Katan a few more times.
Lindsay
I've never played. I would love to play.
Katie
Why do you hate Katan? You liked it before I playing.
Nate
I like Katan. At least Katan has somewhat of it. It does have an end. Maybe if we got quicker in the Monopoly.
Matt
Maybe if we got a. A different version version of Catan.
Katie
Why do you not like this version?
Nate
We have.
Matt
I like this version. There's different versions. Like, different.
Nate
I like. I can get behind. Because Katan is. I will definitely get behind it a lot easier if you have committed to Dungeons and Dragons. I'll get behind anything.
Matt
Yeah. I mean, Dungeons and Dragons just. It's. It's had a huge resurgence. It's back.
Nate
It's cool.
Matt
There's stranger things there. There's a group called Dimension 20 and they. They do it live.
Nate
Yeah, there's audiences.
Matt
They just sold out Madison Square Garden and they're just on stage playing Dungeons and Dragons that people are watching because.
Nate
The stories are just telling crazy.
Matt
They get crazy going and watching a.
Nate
Play and you decide like, hey, like, somebody bust through that door. What do you do? You could.
Matt
You can.
Katie
I would.
Nate
I would encourage it. I would. I would dress up.
Lindsay
I'm gonna be a sexy bartender.
Katie
Sure.
Matt
Like, like the dream scenario fantasy.
Nate
And you get like, the.
Matt
Don't want to do fantasy.
Katie
What?
Matt
You don't want to do fantasy.
Katie
I said you've got to do fantasy bartender.
Lindsay
Why can't I be a fairy bartender?
Nate
You can. You can be a.
Matt
You can just be. You can just be a regular person. You could just be a regular person, but you can.
Lindsay
But I Don't want to.
Matt
You don't have to.
Nate
You have like, we have books on it. But you have like, you can get like a starter game that has a starter story that you like.
Katie
Medieval.
Lindsay
No, I'm going to print out.
Matt
You can be an orc.
Nate
You can do anything. You can be a wizard, you can be a catwoman. You can be a wizard. You can be.
Lindsay
Let me get some literature. Can we.
Katie
I have literature if we're gonna play it.
Nate
Yeah, you do. So like. So like the dm. One of us.
Matt
One of us.
Katie
Medieval Times. Or we're all.
Nate
We would. You know, we would have a plot. It would be like a time that you're in. Yes, here we are in the. We are in medieval times. We are all four nights, for example. And the start. Here's the start of our thing.
Matt
It would be something like, you get a letter that you could open up and be like the years. The years, you know, 15, 1546. You're all sitting around a table at so and so place, the parlor. This is happening in the background. This is going on. The, the smell in the air is this, like, this is. This is where you are.
Katie
You.
Matt
You look, you hear a noise outside the building and this happens.
Nate
You try.
Matt
You turn to see the. The. The barkeep who makes a face as if this has happened before or suddenly reaches under the table suddenly to grab something.
Nate
What do you do?
Matt
And then you go, what do you do?
Nate
And you roll. And whatever.
Matt
Whatever you say you're going to do, you have to roll. And then it works or it doesn't. And there's consequences. And the story changes based on. Did what you say you were going to do. Were you effective? Did it work?
Nate
It could have 15 different endings. You. So you say, like, I want to go ask the bartender. Yes, I want to go ask the bartender, what skill? What's his problem?
Matt
To some degree, it's skill.
Nate
Decision making.
Matt
You have to make smart decisions. You might make a stupid decision.
Nate
You walk. You're walking down the road. You. You see a fork in the road. One goes right, one goes left. Down this path you see blank, blank, blank. Down this path you see blank, blank, blank. Which do you choose?
Matt
Like, there might be a. You might pass a field full of beautiful flowers and you decide to go pick some. And then, well, yeah, you pick some. And I just inform. Informed you they're poisonous and you've got three days to live.
Nate
Oh, I want to go right. I rolled the wrong number. Well, your character mentions. Right, but he was outvoted and now everybody goes left.
Matt
Now are you off on your own?
Nate
Are you gonna keep going by yourself? So it's like, like there's. It gets crazy and like these guys that like do it like Madison Square. Like the stories are like. These guys are so good. I have like tables that have like immersive like screens underneath. Like if they're going through the ocean, they'll have like waves and going like.
Matt
The, the lighting that'll build a T. You can build a table with a TV underneath it.
Nate
Have a little haze machine. Like just who, who writes it?
Matt
The dm.
Nate
The dm Dungeon Master. Now they have all kinds of preloaded stories.
Katie
Selected Dungeon Master.
Matt
Just somebody, somebody. So like if I did it, I would essentially be the storyteller.
Katie
So do you play?
Nate
Yes.
Matt
No, no, no, you're not, you're not a player.
Nate
You're the architect of the story.
Matt
The architect of this.
Nate
And these guys, like, because, you know, really good ones put like, I mean they have binders, they have like, like I, I have the lore of it. Because if you have a question, I have to have an answer for this made up thing that we have. Like, if you have.
Katie
Who's gonna be our Dungeon master?
Nate
Probably one of us.
Matt
One of us.
Nate
Just to make it like. Because we'll probably do the effort of like good.
Katie
One of us.
Nate
Well, yeah, we'll make a good story. I feel like one of us.
Lindsay
I'm print out some characters.
Nate
I'm personally would like. Would get something like an example story. If it's all of our first time. Like they have starter packs that has a starter story and starter characters.
Katie
I would do that at first.
Matt
Yeah, yeah. But you need. We'll branch off some research.
Nate
But we can, we can branch off. But anyway.
Katie
Yeah, well, we'll.
Lindsay
We'll get together, we'll order something.
Nate
The first step, we've all got. All you have to do. This is it, it's happening. All you have to do is print out your character sheet and fill it out.
Matt
Just make your character and then show up and be ready.
Nate
So we could, we could be making our character sheet be ready to get.
Matt
Tossed into a story, into situations, and you got to figure out what to do.
Nate
And I think now it would be cool and I can look into how this works if we did have like a preloaded story that possibly all four of us could play. Since like, since it's preload and we would just like look and see what the things are maybe. But other than that, it would just be one dm.
Matt
Yeah.
Nate
But anyway, I think you'll have fun.
Katie
Okay, so speaking of games.
Nate
Speaking of games, I've been dying to know what this is.
Katie
Okay, so Matt has been. It's not that special. So we decided we're going to play this little game to end today's episode. So I don't even know what this game is called. I saw it on social media. So how you play is there's two players. You each have letters to start off with, so each player knows what these letters stand for. You're trying to guess what your opponent. Their letters stand for. Okay, so let's say, like, the first word. I don't want to use mine because I already came up with it. So the. The first word you say.
Matt
Don't give the first word.
Katie
You might, but we're not going.
Lindsay
You could use cow. Cow. Bell. Bell tower.
Katie
Yeah. So like. Like. And then the next is B. But cow. Okay, the next word.
Nate
Bell.
Katie
Yep, that's correct. And then the next letter down only has to go with the word above it. Like, it doesn't have to go with the whole theme. It can, like, dance around. So if we're going back and forth and I guess it correctly, I get to keep going. If I guess it incorrectly, then it goes to her turn to guess mine.
Matt
I got you.
Katie
And then if I think you can ask for a hint, and instead of guessing yes for a letter, maybe I think you guess for a letter or a hint or whatever. Okay, but you're. You're giving up. Your turn.
Matt
Gotcha.
Katie
And I think that's about it. So we were gonna. We were gonna play rock, paper, scissors for who goes first.
Matt
So y' all two are going against each other?
Katie
Yeah.
Lindsay
Rock, paper, scissors, Shoot.
Katie
Yeah. Okay. My first word is camera.
Matt
What's your first word?
Lindsay
Shark.
Matt
Shark and camera.
Katie
Okay, I'm gonna keep mine up.
Matt
Yeah, keep it up.
Katie
Okay. Rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissor. Shoot. All right, I go first. Okay. The. The letter is T under shark. So I'm gonna say shark. Tail. No. Okay, well, then I got it wrong, so it's now your turn. What is it?
Lindsay
An M. Cameraman.
Katie
Yes. Okay.
Lindsay
Man child.
Katie
I didn't think you were gonna get that one. Okay.
Nate
I wouldn't have.
Matt
I would have said man camera trial.
Katie
You're not gonna get this one.
Lindsay
Are you sure?
Katie
Yes.
Lindsay
I'm thinking of a vine.
Nate
I can promise you.
Matt
You're so bifidy.
Nate
You know what?
Katie
Vine?
Nate
I'm thinking of a child.
Matt
That's what I'm thinking of.
Katie
I thought you meant a type of vine. I was like, What?
Lindsay
No, it's like a Vine video.
Katie
Okay.
Lindsay
Can I have a hint?
Katie
Okay.
Matt
You know, you get a letter. Do a letter.
Katie
You do a letter.
Matt
Yeah, because you might give a good hint versus a bad hint in the letter. What are the rules?
Katie
So you. You gave up your chance.
Lindsay
That's fine.
Katie
Guess now. Okay, okay, okay. Not shark tail. So it's Shar. Is it so obvious?
Matt
Oh, big time.
Nate
I mean, it could be.
Lindsay
What if you get it wrong?
Katie
Tooth.
Nate
No, see, now that was a good one. And I didn't think of that. But that's a good one.
Lindsay
That is a good one, though.
Matt
That's a good one. But that's definitely. That's clearly not it.
Katie
Clearly, I'm having a hard time.
Nate
Well, also, I've just changed my answer because now I'm thinking it's something different too. But anyway.
Katie
Okay. I mean it. Once you get it, you'll be like.
Lindsay
Oh, okay.
Katie
I'm going have to ask a hint on the next one for a letter.
Lindsay
Child, I need another hint.
Katie
No, she is another letter.
Lindsay
Or I mean, if you want a hint instead, like a regular hint.
Katie
Now a letter. Okay, I don't even know how to give.
Matt
It's hard to be fair with hints because what if you give a bad one?
Katie
Okay, I need a letter.
Lindsay
Heavy.
Katie
That's. No, that doesn't help me at all because I already said shark tail and then so ta. No, that.
Matt
I mean, I have a hint. If you want, I can. I can give a hint.
Katie
Well, now she's already given me the letter.
Matt
Okay, okay.
Katie
So. Okay.
Lindsay
Child read. Child reads. No. Okay.
Katie
Okay. Shark.
Nate
Only one possible answer.
Katie
I. I'm. I'm blanking.
Nate
I know.
Matt
That's.
Lindsay
I'm blanking on that.
Nate
That's the worst.
Matt
I can give the best clue of all time.
Katie
Go. Clue.
Nate
And I know a joke.
Katie
I would like a clue.
Matt
All right, here it comes.
Katie
And I can't guess until the next time.
Lindsay
I'm worried.
Matt
This is your clue.
Katie
I got it. Okay, I'll wait. You have to. You have to go. Okay.
Lindsay
Cameraman man.
Katie
Child. Child.
Lindsay
What the heck?
Nate
What?
Katie
Having a hard time did you get? Oh, wait, no, I got my hint. I can't guess until the next time.
Nate
Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Matt
That's where I would go.
Nate
Real. Such warm breath.
Katie
You say real. No. Okay. Tank.
Nate
It's also different being the ones holding the board once.
Katie
Tank top.
Lindsay
Okay, okay.
Nate
See, she's on a roll.
Matt
Oh, here she comes. She's cooking.
Nate
I now also understand how the game's played.
Katie
Top down. Download.
Matt
That was good.
Nate
Is that one word?
Matt
It just. Load is a word.
Nate
Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah. I see. I see. I see.
Katie
Load up. Wow.
Matt
Wow. You're cooked. And it can't be. It can't be right uptown. It is.
Nate
I would have never guessed that.
Matt
Oh, that's funny. Can I guess? Can I guess? You want to guess Child rearing.
Katie
Yes. Hold on, hold on. What? I want to do it right.
Matt
You never heard of child rearing?
Katie
Child rearing.
Matt
Rearing. Horse.
Katie
Yes.
Matt
Horse. Foal. Billy.
Katie
No.
Nate
Philly's.
Lindsay
P. Nope, nope.
Katie
Billy is not P. Matt, It's so simple. What is that?
Lindsay
Horse. Lindsay Forelock.
Katie
That's. Think simpler.
Matt
Think simpler. Field farm. Horse farm.
Nate
It's a horse farm.
Lindsay
Rearing was.
Katie
I win out of our. No, it is not.
Matt
I had rearing.
Nate
Yeah, rearing early.
Lindsay
Whatever.
Katie
Hey, I couldn't get Shark Tank, though, so.
Matt
But she couldn't get Shark Tank.
Nate
Yeah. That was wild. That was. That was odd.
Lindsay
All right, here you go.
Katie
All right, boys. Now you have to do it. All right. Turn. Yeah. Turn to where they can see it. Okay. Mountain and water are the first words we did. Rock, paper, scissors to see who starts. Y' all should do that. Got it. Nate. So water and then F. Underneath it.
Matt
Water Fountain.
Nate
Okay.
Katie
All right, Matt, what's the letter under mountain?
Nate
C. C. Oh.
Katie
Oh, I think I know.
Lindsay
I think I know as well.
Nate
A mountain sea.
Matt
A mountain sea.
Katie
Yeah. I wish it was D. Then it'd be do.
Nate
Truthfully, the followup was necessary. Frank, I really don't know. I don't want to be a coward and get a letter on the first try. Crevice. It's really not. What's Crevice? I'm stupid.
Katie
No guess, though.
Matt
I'm gonna go. Waterfall.
Nate
Crevice. Look at that.
Lindsay
Out of all words. Crevice.
Katie
Hey, Waterfall.
Matt
Let's go fall off. Okay.
Katie
Just get a letter.
Matt
Yeah. You want a letter? Yeah. R. I'll write it.
Katie
Oh, and that doesn't help because that goes with Crevice.
Nate
Well, it was. It just fuels what I was gonna say had I not got a letter.
Katie
It's not the word I was thinking of.
Lindsay
It's not the word I really.
Nate
What were you thinking of?
Lindsay
Climb.
Nate
We don't need to climber.
Katie
That was.
Nate
I never thought about that.
Matt
Hey, easy.
Nate
Mom. That's not it. Yeah. Four T's.
Matt
That's what I got excited about.
Lindsay
You just saw that.
Nate
I just saw that. Go ahead. I don't know why I immediately looked at you. I'm sorry. Yeah. What.
Katie
Was in his ear?
Matt
Over. Oh, okay.
Nate
Interesting.
Katie
Oh, I thought it was over crack.
Nate
No, no. What else are there?
Matt
It's an O, right?
Nate
Yeah.
Matt
Waterfall.
Nate
What's that? Cr. What? Make any sense? Dude. On. Nope.
Matt
This is interesting.
Nate
Yours is interesting. I feel like mine's significantly easier than yours. Really? Really.
Matt
Okay, I'm not getting it.
Katie
Oh, I know what it is.
Nate
Nate's.
Katie
I know what Nate says. No, I know what yours is.
Nate
I really don't. I don't need a letter.
Matt
Oh, you need a letter.
Katie
Watch it. Be E.
Nate
Kravis.
Katie
He's like. It's.
Matt
Give me a. Give me a letter.
Nate
I can't. You'll know.
Katie
Well, he can't guess it till the next time.
Matt
I can't guess till the next time. Oh, okay. Your turn.
Nate
Creek.
Matt
No, really, really fall out.
Katie
And then from there, outside.
Matt
He'S gonna get it.
Katie
Okay. There's multiple ways.
Matt
Yeah.
Lindsay
Many.
Matt
Sideways.
Katie
Okay. Oh, okay.
Lindsay
I was thinking that one.
Matt
I had to go. I had to go with the. The.
Nate
Give me a letter. I'm gonna have to bank on getting on a roll of these last four.
Katie
Okay.
Nate
Is that what you thought it was in the same. Yeah.
Matt
I'll take a letter.
Katie
You're just stretching it out.
Matt
I'm not.
Nate
Crest.
Matt
Yes.
Katie
White strips. Okay. Mountain. You get to keep going.
Nate
I know.
Katie
Crest.
Nate
What?
Katie
Don't say something that you don't mean.
Matt
I mean. Not a clue. Not a clue.
Nate
I don't even know.
Lindsay
Do you have any idea.
Nate
Chris?
Lindsay
Oh, no.
Nate
Do I get a hint?
Katie
You can't.
Matt
I don't. I don't know how I would give you one.
Katie
You can ask for a letter.
Matt
I'll do a letter. Cowardly.
Lindsay
Yes.
Katie
Okay.
Nate
That was what I was gonna say. Probably.
Matt
Sidewalk. Walkway. All right. What you got?
Nate
Top.
Matt
No.
Nate
What is it?
Lindsay
Toothpaste.
Matt
Toothpaste.
Katie
Oh, my gosh.
Matt
But you said white strips, and I thought you were blowing the whole thing.
Katie
I didn't mean.
Nate
Not even in the same atmosphere.
Matt
So, yeah, let me write it and then.
Katie
Okay. Toothpaste. Top.
Nate
No.
Lindsay
What's the second letter?
Katie
Tube.
Matt
Toothpaste.
Katie
Tube. Tube Top.
Matt
Nope, not tube top. I'm realizing now, this was a good line. Tube. Top. I didn't even think of that.
Katie
Tube.
Matt
See?
Nate
Like, what am I doing? What am I doing with that? I had walkway. What am I doing with that? Tube.
Matt
Tube TV.
Nate
See, bro, we'd have been here for 45 minutes. I'd never. TV.
Matt
TV tray.
Lindsay
Whatever.
Matt
You know, an old tube TV.
Katie
I don't know. That was it.
Lindsay
Tube TV. What is tube TV? Oh, I thought you were referring to YouTube TV.
Matt
No, no, no, no. This kind of TV. An old tube TV.
Lindsay
Oh, got it. Got it.
Matt
We had mountain. We had mountain. Crest, Crest. Toothpaste. Toothpaste. Tube, tube, tv. TV tray, and a string of teas like you've never seen. I got so excited.
Katie
Okay, do we. Do we play now? Just. We can, like, make it shorter on film just to see who wins the. The game as a whole.
Matt
Yeah, sure.
Katie
Okay. Give me my thing, but.
Nate
Well, then we won't have one.
Katie
Well, Matt, you don't need one.
Nate
Why?
Katie
Because you didn't win. All right, and now it is time for me to beat Nate and be the overall winner. So we have to do rock, paper, scissors to see who goes first. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot, Shoot.
Matt
Okay, let me write my. Finish writing my letters.
Katie
What's your first word? Moon. And the second letter is.
Lindsay
L.
Matt
Figured it out. Yeah. I got all of yours.
Nate
I may be wrong.
Katie
It's not.
Lindsay
It's.
Katie
They're not hard.
Matt
I know.
Nate
I could be wrong, though.
Matt
Light.
Katie
Okay. I was gonna say landing. That's a good one, too.
Matt
I'll take a letter.
Katie
Okay. Now I get to guess on yours. Shine. No, really. What?
Lindsay
Okay.
Katie
Okay.
Matt
I mean, I'm at a loss.
Nate
Lice.
Matt
License.
Lindsay
Oh, wait.
Katie
Is it. What's the thing? Don't say nothing. Are you tracking? Okay.
Matt
I need a letter. I'm lost.
Katie
Okay. Sun. Set.
Matt
No.
Katie
What? Really? I should have known that he wasn't.
Nate
I'm. Is it words that go like. It would be milk, chocolate, chocolate, fountain. It would have to be, like, for example, words that works, right? Are together. It can't. It can't be, like, split a word in half. Milk, chocolate, chocolate, dessert.
Katie
No.
Nate
Yeah, it could, but what I'm saying is, like, it couldn't be, like, camera, lens, lens, tripod. It couldn't be, like, words that just have to. Are in the same category.
Matt
You couldn't Do Refer to each other left.
Nate
Like, it would have to be like, a word. Like, it is a, like, moon line.
Matt
I don't think.
Lindsay
Yeah.
Nate
I'm worried that it might.
Matt
It might not be the one she's guessing right now.
Nate
Yeah.
Matt
Pause. Let me double.
Katie
You're still on me, right? Is it my turn?
Matt
I think it's your turn.
Katie
Okay. I. I'm gonna need a letter. I think if those two are not the.
Matt
Well, now I feel like I'm. I was so sure on that, but I did. Now I'm. Now I'm second guessing.
Katie
Okay. Why I can't guess until my next turn.
Matt
Saber. Saber tooth.
Nate
This next one's good. Be tough, I think.
Matt
Tooth fairy. Oh, nice.
Nate
Oh, man. Clutch.
Matt
Very godmother.
Katie
Nope.
Nate
Oh, nice.
Matt
That wasn't my instinct.
Nate
You caught yourself.
Matt
Yeah, you heard me stutter. Almost.
Katie
Yep. No, that's not it.
Matt
Again, I'll apologize. This is. What if this is not what it's called, But, I mean, I think it is, but it may not be. What? I hate that I've done this. I told. I told you I was struggling.
Lindsay
I can't believe you've done this.
Nate
I can't believe you've done this.
Katie
Ah, Adam.
Matt
Adam. I hate that it's gone this way.
Katie
I mean, you've won, like, for sure.
Nate
I don't know.
Matt
Yeah, but it doesn't feel right.
Lindsay
You feel happy you stumped us.
Matt
It doesn't feel right.
Katie
I think I'm going to need another letter. Instead of just shooting off the hip.
Matt
I'm going to give you another guess as well.
Lindsay
Okay, I think I got it.
Matt
I'll even allow you. Because this. It almost feels wrong to me. I feel like I've messed up a little bit somehow. I would. I would even go as far as to provide this word and continue.
Nate
This is Develop. He's like, I'll give you.
Lindsay
Is it shade?
Nate
I'll just tell you.
Matt
Yes.
Katie
Would you. I guess those are the things that you, like, put in your car.
Matt
You put in your car.
Katie
No, that. That.
Matt
I feel like that works. That's real.
Katie
I. I just. I don't know how to proceed now, because I didn't get it.
Matt
I'm. I'm just gonna give it because. No, I'm just gonna give it. I had already offered the word.
Katie
Okay.
Nate
I wouldn't. I didn't know that's what they were called.
Matt
He.
Nate
Oh.
Matt
He made me think that I had gone way too shade.
Katie
Tree. Tree. Branch.
Nate
No.
Katie
No. Okay.
Matt
Fairy garden.
Katie
Yep.
Nate
Really?
Katie
He won.
Matt
This. This is where I thought the trip up would be. Not at Sunshine.
Katie
So. Tree. All right. What is it?
Matt
Tree.
Nate
Beard.
Katie
No, I would have never gotten that.
Matt
See, that's where I thought you would be stunned.
Nate
Do you know what that is?
Matt
No, not at Sunshade. Treebeard is the giant tree character in Lord of the Rings.
Lindsay
Never seen it.
Matt
Treebeard.
Lindsay
Tree, beard.
Matt
It does go together, but you got to know Lord of the Rings.
Lindsay
You have to know ball.
Matt
You have to know that character.
Katie
Right?
Lindsay
Well, know your audience.
Katie
Beard, Hair, Hairnet.
Matt
I thought Treebeard was the stump, not sunshade.
Katie
And then Treebeard is next time we will limit it to not characters. No more characters.
Matt
I just thought that was the one I was most excited about. Treebeard. Well, here's. Here's what I thought would happen. I thought you would get through sunshade quickly, get to tree, get stumped.
Katie
I'm just too scared.
Matt
Have to ask for a couple letters and then be like beard. I'm like, yep. And then you would get beard hair and net really fast. I thought we would fly through this, maybe a couple turns of stump here. And I thought I'd probably be stumped a couple on one of yours, which I was Sabre didn't like Saber got me.
Katie
I thought you had clocked it like immediately.
Nate
And I couldn't be like say light show because Showtime.
Matt
By the time we didn't get to shade fast enough, I thought I'd messed up and I knew you were going to struggle with tree beard and it just felt not right.
Katie
Okay, well I hope y' all enjoyed the game. I'm sure they will make it a lot more exciting in post.
Matt
Well, it'll be so fast and it.
Katie
Was during this cuz it took way longer than expected. Expected. But let us know any other games you think we should play or topics that you would like covered in future episodes. I think the next episode needs to be a Q A, so if you have any questions, especially going into bowling season, let us know in the comments. And thank you for being here. We'll see you in the next one.
Podcast: Katching Up With Katie
Host: Katie Van Slyke
Date: January 13, 2026
Guests: Matt, Nate, Lindsay
In this playful, candid episode, Katie and her friends “katch up” during the excitement of the 2026 foaling season at Running Springs. The crew swaps stories about horse and cow pregnancies, shares humorous behind-the-scenes farm tales, debates which comfort TV shows will soundtrack their foal watch marathons, and ends with a lively, chaotic word-association game. The atmosphere is cozy and full of friend-group banter, making it easy for listeners to immerse themselves in farm life’s anticipation, oddities, and camaraderie.
“With miniature horses...foals actually ingest so much of their mom’s hair trying to nurse that they colic and have an impaction, so we don’t want that.” (02:45)
“We’re gonna have three mayors due at the exact same time. It’s gonna be a little crazy low key.” (04:18)
“It’s a Jerry Springer kind of deal. We don’t know who the daddy is.” (09:00)
“I would be down for 24/7 Spongebob and The Office, if in between we get to select an anime.” (11:31)
“I need help comprehending… I don’t think I’m passionate enough about learning… to use the brain power to watch it fully without someone being like, that’s because of that.” (12:16)
“I am a game player. I like to commit, and I need y’all to fake it honestly and just play games with me, okay?” (14:40)
“She could probably have a healthy baby at this point, but I would love for her to make it another week.” – Katie (02:34)
“We don’t know who the daddy is… It’s a Jerry Springer kind of deal.” – Katie (09:08)
“Can you imagine walking in one day and be like, y’all see the new season of jjk, but Katie…” – Matt (14:01)
“We could literally have a [D&D] campaign that ran the entire foal season.” – Nate (15:42)
“Shark… Tank.”
“That’s a good one, though.” – Katie & Nate (26:15) “Treebeard is the giant tree character in Lord of the Rings.” – Matt (45:20)
The tone is warm, cheeky, and relatable—typical of close friends talking late into the night during a shared project. Farm expertise is mixed with self-deprecating humor, geeky interests, and the anticipation of animal births. Katie’s leadership is gentle but persistent, and listeners will appreciate the authentic, unscripted camaraderie.
For more content, updates, games, and mini-cow charm, check out www.katievanslyke.net or follow Katie’s socials for subscriber perks!