goats first outside walk

Today we took all three goats outside of their field for their first official outside walk. They did alright - took some time to get them used to being out, then they really enjoyed noshing on the weeds!

She loves this cat

Miss O sure loves her Fester!!

Little J had his regional band concert today... the kids sounded REALLY good!!!

The incredible Mrs. Hall

I have to say that I have just totally enjoyed the goats so far! They have such neat little personalities! Since we are not planning on eating them - we have all become pretty attached to them! Today, we had a little challenge with the adorable Mrs. Hall. She got herself stuck between the barn exterior and interior walls... thankfully, it was only a matter of unscrewing a few of the metal panels to get her out... and thankfully, we were home when it happened, or else she might have perished :(.... oh the fun of living on the farm!!

pretty pretty!

The kids made me run for my camera when we saw the first monarch butter fly! So pretty on the lilac bush!

The piggies have arrived!

Well... from one thing to another! The boys picked out their piggies! We are having them do three instead of four this year, since they are also doing goats! Big Al has the two pigs, names Cookie and Speedy. Little J named his Twister. The goats have been a fun change! They are trying to figure out the pigs!

We've got GOATS!

This year, the boys decided to raise goats for 4H (as well as pigs!). We got three Boer goat crosses this morning! And they are absolutely ADORABLE! Little J will be raising two - their names are Mrs. Hall and Lady Baba. Big Al will be raising one - his name is Ocho Cinco. This should be a fun ride!!!!

Our visitor

A cute little rock chuck decided to stop by our field today! Thankfully, Phebe did not see him!

Funny Fester!

Fester thinks the bird feeder is his personal place to stalk the birds! Too bad he has not figured out that the birds won't come any where close to there when he is perched up top!!

Our eco friendly lawn mowers

Dixie and Nyny have been in charge of keeping the spring grass trimmed down in the yard! Gotta love living in the toolies!!

Miss O's new projects

Miss O got some baby chicks a couple of weeks ago... she is doing a great job taking care of them! I usually don't post any pics when they are so young, since the horrible black lab of a beast is pretty reliable at taking all the fun out of it!!! Miss O has had a great time and loves being the top "hen"!

Gruesome Threesome!

Got a spring pic of the kiddos!!!

Big Al's First Small Plane Ride!

A great birthday gift from his Uncle, Big Al got the thrill of small craft flight! He had a blast!!

Happy Easter!

We do things a little different during the Easter Holiday.
When I was a kid, the Easter Bunny left all kinds of clues on how to find my Easter Basket... it was like a treasure hunt!
Now that I am the parent... I have done the same thing for my kids... only I make it pretty hard! When you live on a farm, you've got alot of great places to hide clues! The other benefit is that they get a little bit of candy with each clue! We learned many years ago that Big Al will completely binge himself on candy and make himself sick!! We also use ALOT less candy!
The boys are old enough now that they have no problem finding all their clues and their basket - and it takes them a good 20-30 minutes! Miss O is getting much better at reading, yet still needs a little help!
Also, Miss O LOVES holidays!!! She was sooooo excited for the Easter Bunny!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!!!

Happy #14

Happy Birthday Big Al!!!!

Final Wrestling Tourneyment!

Today was our final wrestling tourneyment of the season (can you say WHOOHOOOO!) Even though we went to four meets, Little J did not medal at any... he came in 4th place twice - but no medal.... until today! He won both his matches and got to wrestle in the championship round!!! He was psyched! He has done really well this year! He ended up with the silver and he was REALLY proud of how well he had done.... overall a great season!!!

One cute cookie !

First fishing of the year

The kids are on Spring Break this week - which is kinda dumb because around here it is really still very much WINTER!!! Little J was getting fishing antsy... so we decided to load up and take a trip down to one of the small lakes. We caught nothing, broke two rods and Miss O lost interest pretty quick!

The Poker Run

Everyone loaded up early this morning and headed out to the annual motorcycle Poker Run. All the kids "earned" a trophy just for being there - (well, that and their parents paying a lofty entrance fee!)
The kids all did great!

St Paddy's Day!

A great day for Wrestling, a holiday and a birthday!!! What fun!!!
The boys had a tourneyment here in Eburg, and both did really well.... I spent alot of time in the bracketing room helping (way more time than I had "volunteered"! haha) It was a pretty good day overall! Of course it is also the hubbys birthday as well!!!