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Hi everybody, sorry I don't post much, I can never think of anything to write about when I'm at my computer :). The last month or so has been pretty eventful.  I got a new buck goat! His name is Max, he's the cutest thing :) he's about 6 months old.

 

Sadly I lost Annie, the first doe that I ever got, about 2 weeks ago. :( She was sickly all summer and even though she was eating more than plenty of grain she kept getting thinner. Then about 3 weeks ago I think she got pneumonia. She was my favorite girl, and the mother of nearly my entire herd.

 On a happier note, I got a dog last night! She's a 11 month old black and tan Doberman Pincher. She's the half sister to my mom's puppy, Sam :) Her name is Sasha. My aunt raises these dogs so we get to play with puppies when she has litters.

Float trip

Monday was my youth group's float trip. the river we usually float was flooded from all the rain so we had to go on a different stretch of river that was a little shorter but still pretty fun. As usual the torture on our youth pastor and his wife started the night before after church lol since the boys stay at their house and the girls went to another lady's house. In years past we've all stayed in one house but since there are about 20 of us now, it gets too crowded, fortunately though Brad has mentioned that they would like to get a bigger house (yay!).
I got so sunburned lol my legs are still red. Fortunately I put sunscreen on them once or it would have been really bad. Since I left my hair down all day it bleached out to a pretty red color. We floated about half of the 4 mile river stretch and had lunch, after we ate I was sitting on a floaty barely in the water and i felt something pinch my leg, it hurt! lol I yelled and jumped up and two of the boys laughed and said they'd never heard me make a sound like that then I sat back down and it happened again! (after I got home I showed the mark to mom and she said it looked like a pinch from a crawdad, lol I was sitting on an angry critter!). Later we heard from another one of the boy boats that Ashley's brother got pants-ed by a tree :) too funny. On every float trip there's always this feud between the boys and girls were whenever one boat passes another the boys splash the other boat to get everyone in it soaked, needless to say my raft had so much water in it at the end of the day that it took two of the workers two flip it over LOL. By the end of the day (5:00) we were all beat and ready for a supper of Pizza Hut pizza and then home to bed. It was a fun day :)

Well another total shocker today. Agnes the sheep had two lambs today! Non of us even knew she was pregnant! I have no idea if they are rams or ewes(hopefully one of the two hehe lol)  because Agnes is one of the wilder sheep so we probably won't get to mess with the lambs till they are weaned and in with the milk goats

and these are mama's lambs (yes, still no name) Bambi and Lamb Chop. They're still nursing so I think we need to separate them lol. Activate bawling! lol baaa baaaaa Baaaaa BAaa BAAAAA!! lol

Dad

So my dad came home Saturday from his 4 week business trip, but he didn't stay home very long. He got home at about 8:30pm. and he was feeling sick and he had red bumps all over his head and had a fever. So he went to bed and at about 5:30 the next morning mom woke we up and said that she was taking him to the hospital, all I remember other than that was Dad shining his iPhone light on me saying "I've got such a fever that I'm glowing." Even when he's sick he can't help but crack a joke. So anyway later after I had taken the other four to church and while I was in class Mom texted me to tell me that they were admitting him with pneumonia. So Sunday and Monday, and today they treated him for that while testing him for every other virus imaginable (including monkey-pox, which he found very funny since he loves monkeys).  Today they still don't know what was wrong with him but he gets to come home, speaking of which they just came up the driveway, bye all :)

If you could have dinner with any person (past or present) who would it be? there are lots of people that I'd like to meet, I guess I would pick.... hmm I can't decide What is your most embarrassing moment that you are willing to share with the blogging world? hmm well I was in our local MFA years ago and I was goofing around. They had been remodeling the inside so I thought the counter was in the back and there wasn't anyone around so I crawled across the floor, under the window and then I went on and got the wormer I needed and went to go to the back of the store and saw that there was an older guy standing at the counter in the FRONT of the store about 10' from were a crawled. I totally felt like an idiot LOL If you could only use one word to describe yourself, what would it be? Unique  You found a machine that allows you to fast forward your life to a moment or to rewind your life to a certain moment, but it can only be used for one moment. Would you fast forward or rewind and to which moment would you choose? I would fast forward to my wedding, just when we get to the altar and my dad's giving me away. What is your favorite simple blessing in life? my family

YAY!!!

Ahhh!!! I saw the most awesome thing on my facebook page last night!!!! A friend of mine got engaged!!!!!!! I'm so excited and its not even me!!!!! Congratulations to Jamie and Kenny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't think of a good title right now so you just have to deal lol

So Dad's been gone for three weeks so far, thank goodness we only have one to go then he will be home. He went to Helsinki, Finland for two weeks and now he'll been in Jakarta, Indonesia for one more week before he comes back. There won't be any good pictures in this post just ones from my phone, because Dad took the camera with him (hopefully he took more than his usual 5 or so pictures). Cassie had her babies right before dad left, she had two boys and a girl. Josh, one of the boys, got sold last week to to a friend of mine's, brother's friend  (<--- funny right?)  for an anniversary present.

Naomi, John's goat, should be having her babies pretty soon, I'm going to make him assist her having them so he knows what to do.

 

The public schools let out around here a few weeks ago so we went and raided all their paper bins, it was so much fun, the first time we went we stuck my little sister in and she handed us stuff (she loved it :). The second time we went my aunt came with us and I climbed inside, then a friend of my mom's  showed up and she climbed in with me, I didn't know it could be so fun in a paper dumpster. the third time we went we found  three bound bundles of newspapers and tons of loose ones, these of course went straight to Aunt Lynn for her doberman puppy litters.

 This is what happens if you just open the door at milking time, all the girls know that there's food in the stand, even the yearlings. It was not fun to get all of them out that day, they stepped on a lot of toes.

Apparently I don't post enough so.......

Well this weeks been pretty good, Thursday my first mama goat, Annie, had her set of kids for the year. She had three little girls (YAY!!!), out of her 11 babies that she's had only 2 have been boys (another YAY!!!). We named them Martha, Priscilla, and Sapphira. So far she's been giving a gallon a day and her udder is huge lol. That makes her the second out of four goats due this spring, and I'm really starting to wish we had a milking machine lol. Darth Vader and Han Solo are growing good they each weigh about 20lbs now and have been off milk for about a week and are doing great (even though they think they're going to starve when their little aunts are getting bottles).

 A few weeks ago we got four sheep, 2 adult ewes, 1 ewe lamb, and 1 ram lamb. The brown ewe lamb's name is Bambi, the little white ram is Lamb Chop( my brother keeps messing up and calling him *pork* chop, I see a future pig's name here lol), and the ewe that isn't the mama is named Agnes after a book that we have that is about a this lady's crazy pet sheep. The mama ewe doesn't yet have a name because we can't think of one that fits her, poor girl just gets called "mama". Sarah Beth likes to pet them through the fence, I wish you could hear her say " Hi Bambi, Hi Lamb Chop!" It's so adorable.

It's sure been raining a bunch out here but fortunately our house is up on the side of a valley so at least the water can't get to us. Our joke is that if we got flooded you'd need an ark. lol it's sure making the fields nice and green though and the goats are really enjoying that, I'll have to get a picture of all 14, soon to be 19, of them munching in the pasture sometime, they look so pretty against the green grass.

 Oh and here's a picture of what Cassie looked like a week ago, and she's still pregnant now. I hope she has them tomorrow because there's a book sale that I would really like to go to on Friday lol

Life on a farm. All I can say is there is never a shortage of surprises. Now I knew that Cassie (the tan goat) is due to kid in the next week or so but I assumed a few months ago that Annie (the black goat) was having "problems" again wouldn't be having any babies this year so I haven't really been watching her that close.  Well apparently not, when I got home from church tonight she was laying on the concrete on the back porch, looking an awful lot like she was gonna kid soon. So now I have two does to watch for babies. :)

It's alive!

Well my computer is finally back from the dead! (Yay!) lol and here are the much awaited pictures of the new babies :)

This is Reuben the sire and one of my lovely (most of the time) sisters Rachel. I'm trying to turn her to the farm girl side of the force but she wont budge lol she doesn't seem to like touching the udders to milk, though I can't see why..........

And here are the babies. Darth Vader(the black one)
and Han Solo( the red one)

Baby Goats!

Well today was an interesting day, we were doing the normal everyday attempt to clean up and do schoolwork lol. Mom was loading the dish washer and I was sweeping, then all of a sudden mom yells "BABY GOAT!" of course that is like a battle cry for me. So I dropped the broom and ran across the house and out the door in my slippers. when I get out to the porch all I could see was one black leg and a nose sticking out I thought "oh great" and plopped down on my knees behind her and went to find out were the other leg was. I ended up having to push baby back a little bit to get his other leg because he had it sorta scrunched up but after that he came nice and easy. In just the time it took to get his mouth clear and him wrapped in a towel, the next baby stared to come. Fortunately this one was positioned just right, two legs forward and a nose on top, so that was good. I will get pictures up asap but since my computer will be AWAL for a few more weeks I'll have to get them on my mom's computer and I hate sitting down here in the basement so that might be a while lol. I almost forgot, baby #1 is a solid black buck named Darth Vader, and baby #2 is a solid red buck with one tiny tan spot next to his tail named Han Solo.

This is my cat Tiger, he's going to 10 years old this May. I can't hardly believe its been that long since my grandpa gave him to me. He seems to have a sense of humor cause he lets me put glasses, hats, and ribbons on him. lol He's started to act a bit old lately, he's been going up and down the stairs slower than normal, normal being bolting up them super fast lol.

Final Days

This is a poem about the last days of Jesus that I wrote in February of last year, since Easter is coming up i thought you guys might like to read it. enjoy.

Final Days:
I pray in a garden
My closest friends are with me
They are sleeping,
They don’t realize what’s to happen
Suddenly I hear it, voices, noise
I see their lights
I wake my friends
The group comes nearer, I see their leader
Again friend, or so I thought
I knew this would happen
He comes to me, kisses my cheek, looks at me and backs away
Betrayed by one of twelve
It had to happen, as the prophets said
The Eleven begin to fight, I tell them no
I say I must go, that it must happen
They take me to the town
When morning comes the crowds are great
They shout at the solders, and at their leader
I say not a word when he speaks to me
He asks but I do not answer
I stand before the crowd, they shout crucify, crucify, as I stand as silent as a lamb
They take me away, they torture me
When I can barely stand they put a cross upon my back
They yell at me, telling me to go
I stager along, then I fall, it seems as though I can’t go on
The solders find a man in the crowd; they make him carry my cross
I stagger up, the cruel whip lashing my back, I continue on
I near the hill, the place of the skull
They knock me down; splinters dig into my torn flesh
With huge spikes they nail me down
I hang here, moaning in pain
I cry to my father, to forgive them for what they are doing
To my right and my left hang two men, one mocks me like the others
The other, says no we deserve this he has done no wrong
I turn to him and say today you will be with me in paradise
I tell my closest friend, the one who stuck by me though it all, take care of my mother
With a final groan I let go of this world, I give up my spirit
I look down on the scene from above, the sky is dark,
From where I am I see why, demons cloud the air but only I can see them
They think they have won, but they have lost
I stay in my home for a while, three days of their time, then I return
I come out of the tomb were they laid my body, an angel moved the stone for me
I hear a woman coming, I hide, my angel talks with her, he sends her to go to get the eleven
I talk to them and eat with them to show that I am real; I stay with them for forty of their days
Then I tell them I must go but I will come again, and while I'm away I will build them a home
I say goodbye, promising that I will come again even though I do not know the time or the place
I ascend, going through clouds that hide me from view
My Father welcomes me home
Again I stay for a while, my Father says soon I will return but not yet.

Easter!

Well since Easter is coming up soon I thought I would tell you all about my church’s third annual Easter walk that we’re going to be having in a few weeks. It’s a live, outdoor walk through play that tells about the last days of Jesus. It takes about 45 minutes to go through and we have ‘’stations’’ that include everything from Llamas and donkeys to goats and kids (My babies!J), and Samaritans and Pharisees to Roman soldiers on horseback. Visitors are put in groups usually no bigger than 15 people that leave every 15 minutes and are led through the walk by two disciples named James and Simon (I think) who are looking for Jesus, as they talk about the parables and the miracles that Jesus performed. The first station you visit is the parable about the seeds that are dropped on different types of ground. The farmer and his sons tell the story and the disciples ask questions. After they finish the story you move on to the next station up the path aways to “The Good Samaritan”, he tell you the story from his point of view. The next station is the miracles station, were we hear about the girl that was raised from the dead, the blind men that were made to see, and the demon possessed girl who was healed. The next station is what we call “a play within a play”, here we see the Pharisees who have brought a harlot woman before Jesus and are trying to trick him by asking what they should do with her (my brothers are at this stationJ). After this you go down the path and the disciples point out the palm branches on the path that are left from when Jesus made his entry into the city a few days before. Then you see Peter with the servant girls asking questions outside the city gates and he comes over to talk to the disciples. After the rooster crows and Peter runs off crying, the group continues on past some crabby guards into the city. There you’ll find people telling that there is going to be a crucifixion and all types of things for sale and to eat such as cheese, bread, nuts, fish, cider, chickens, goats (Say hi to me!J), ducks, little children that won’t hush, cloth, and many other things. As you make you way to the end of town, the Roman soldiers start yelling and shouting and dragging Jesus through the city. About halfway through they pick out a random person from the crowd to carry the cross for Jesus. Really it’s not a random person, it’s one of our youth boys who mingles with the crowd, so don’t worry they won’t grab you. While they’re bringing him through a few of us are yelling for them to let Him go, while the rest are yelling for him to be crucified. Please don’t get mad at us we’re only acting, we don’t really mean what were saying. We’ve had people get really ticked at us in this part. After the soldiers exit the city you hear them “nailing” Him to the cross (hammers pinging). Once the noise stops, the town freezes and you hear our “town crier” mark of each of the three days, then everything starts again and we tell how we can’t believe it’s been three days already. Then you head out with the disciples, down the hill a bit and John comes running toward you telling that the tomb is empty. Then he runs off to tell the others and Simon and James take you to see the empty tomb. Then Pastor Ben steps out from behind a tree and talks for about two minutes (don’t expect that on Sunday morning though lol) about what you’ve seen and tells you how you can be saved.

I hope you enjoyed reading about it and I hope to see you there.

For more pictures and directions go to:

http://www.betheleasterwalk.com/index.htm

Bethel Baptist Church
569 Bethel Church Road
Lonedell, MO 63060
Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Sunday, April 11 2010

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

The farmer and sons

The llama

The Samaritan and Family

The miracles station

ZippiNaomi's escapes, I told them that pen wouldn't hold her lol

The scary Roman soldiers

The "play within a play"


James (Brad) telling about the palm branches

The city! See the bright blue head wrap? That's me :)

John coming to tell about the tomb

The empty tomb

Pastor Ben-------------------------\/

The lovely ladies that work the snacks at the end of the line :)

Baby Watch Begins

This next week we have a two year old doe who is due to kid, her name is Zippora or Zippi. She is 1/2 Nubian and 1/2 Boer. Zippi looks just like a Boer with her red head and white body, but her frame is like her mama Annie, with thin legs and a dainty head and of course those lovely, long, lop, ears. She was a triplet with two sisters Naomi and Ruth. Ruth, sadly, had to be put down last year not to long after her first birthday.
I'm hoping for two little girls with brown and gray coloring like their dad. But I'll be happy with whatever we get, what I really want though is to not have a night like the one I had last year with Zippi's mom. I was up from about 1:30ish am to 3:30ish am, first their was one trying to come out crooked and butt first, then another butt first, and then finally some feet (back feet but still feet). Did I mention I was a total mess after this? It would be nice to have an easy birthing season but who am I kidding (haha) that's only in my dreams.

Oh I almost forgot, here is a picture of Ms. Zippi.

On Monday I was watching Rachel, Sarah-Beth, and Daniel. We were all sick of being in the house so even thought it was cold we went outside. I decided that since it had been quite a while since we had taken the girls out for a walk I let the 6 does out and they followed us down the driveway. When we got to the hay barn, about half way down, we saw Mom and John coming back from taking dad to the airport (off to Holland). Mom stopped, and John joined us for our walk. First we went down to the dead end of our road and since the girls were behaving very well we decide that it would be ok to go the other way. We went about a half a mile up the road and stopped to look at the newborn calves in the neighbors field. I decided that was far enough so we went on back and it was a good thing to because by the time we had walked back to the driveway the yearling does decided to try grazing the neighbors yard lol that meant it was time to go home.
Sarah-Beth took charge of the yearlings, they seem to like following her.