Get To Know Us

Meet Scott, Jeanalin & Their Boys

Hi y’all! We’re the Rehm family, the hearts behind Semper Fi Homestead, a small family homestead and nonprofit right here in Las Vegas.

We’ve been married for 21 years and are raising our two teenage boys. Scott is a combat disabled Marine Corps veteran, former RN (still has his active license but prefers to be cow daddy), and currently a residential REALTOR®. Jeanalin is a commercial real estate advisor, homesteader, and the self proclaimed crazy farm girl who somehow turned four backyard chickens into Las Vegas’ first cow cuddle experience.

Neither of us grew up farming. We started with what we had, learned everything along the way, and followed where God led us.

Our mission is simple. We want to inspire people to use the land they already have, no matter how big or small, while creating connection, education, and a whole lot of smiles through animals.

Today, our little homestead has grown into something far bigger than we ever imagined. Through Semper Fi Homestead Nonprofit, we provide free private cow cuddles to combat disabled veterans, free hands on homesteading experiences for veterans, teach youth through 4-H, and open our homestead to the community through cow cuddles, workshops, and educational experiences.

Our Why

This mission is deeply personal to us.

Scott served eight years in the Marine Corps as an 0331 Machine Gunner with three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and lives with PTSD. He later became an RN and served his community as a nurse, including working as a COVID travel nurse for a year.

Jeanalin lives with lupus and has also walked through grief, anxiety, and depression after losing both of her parents and both grandfathers within an incredibly short period of time.

During one of Scott’s deployments, Jeanalin experienced equine therapy through the Marine Corps and later volunteered at a horse sanctuary. That experience planted a seed long before we ever knew Semper Fi Homestead would exist.

Through some of our hardest seasons, we discovered how much healing can be found in slowing down, putting our hands in the dirt, growing our own food, caring for animals, and simply being outside.

We truly believe our animals and gardening helped heal us.

They gave us peace when life felt heavy, purpose when we needed direction, and connection when we needed it most. What started as something we needed for ourselves became something we felt God calling us to share with others.

From Four Chickens to a MOOvement

Our cow cuddle experience actually happened by accident.

It started with four backyard chickens, then came more chickens, and eventually Johnny Cash. Before we could even bring him home, people were asking if they could meet him. We shared the entire journey of learning cattle care, building his bullpen, and figuring things out as we went.

We eventually brought cow cuddles to a farmers market just to see what would happen.

The response was overwhelming.

We saw firsthand the joy, peace, and connection people experienced simply sitting with our animals. That was when we realized this could be about so much more than us.

What began with four chickens has become a ministry, a nonprofit, a community, and a MOOvement we never saw coming.

From Humble Beginnings

Our story has never been glamorous. We both grew up in single parent homes and experienced poverty. We married young, and when we first started our life together, we slept on an air mattress for four months and furnished our first home with about $100 worth of donated furniture from a fellow Marine.

More than two decades later, we are still learning, building, investing, raising our boys, serving our community, and trusting God with what comes next.

We’ve learned that you do not need to come from money, grow up on a farm, or own acres of land to start creating a different life.

Sometimes you just start with what you have.

For us, that was four chickens and a little piece of land in Las Vegas.

Our hope is to continue growing Semper Fi Homestead so we can serve more veterans at no cost, teach more kids through hands on agriculture and entrepreneurship, and give more families the opportunity to experience the healing and joy we have found through animals, gardening, and community.

If our story can encourage even one person to plant a garden, raise a chicken, spend time with an animal, learn a new skill, or believe that their circumstances do not determine where they will end up, then sharing our journey is worth it.

Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and support as we continue walking where God leads us.

We’re just getting started.