For the Hitchcock family, it is a tradition to enter the various sweepstakes and giveaways at the Minnesota State Fair. When Mike Hitchcock received the call saying that his family actually won a barn, he didn’t believe it. Suddenly, the Hitchcocks were at the center of a whirlwind of designers, construction workers and barn plans. “When I was younger, I used to draw [barn] plans out where half would be [my dad’s] and half would be mine,” daughter Elizabeth Hitchcock says. The family decided to split the use of the barn between Mike and Elizabeth.
The Hitchcock family was able to create their dream barn in 2012. Two years later, another amazing event happened: someone gave Elizabeth a horse. “I have a barn and a horse and it’s all glory to God on that one,” she says. Elizabeth loves to ride her horse “Rowdy” along the Elm Creek Park trails and take care of the animals in the barn. “He is perfect, I could not have picked a more perfect horse,” she says.
