Why I love the man I married

I came in and happened to notice the kids having a dance party with Curley.  In. The.  Living. Room.   The goat seemed like she was dancing too!  I just got done saying I don't think daddy is going to appreciate a dancing goat in the living room, when Jim came in from outside.  

And joined the party.  Guess our crazy has gotten to him! 

Egg huntin'

Brookside manor had their annual egg hunt today.   We were not lucky enough to find the golden eggs, but we did leave with a lot of candy and some good memories!

Just a few details

We have officially doubled our goat heard.  These crazy animals I have been letting free range my yard.  They have destroyed my tulips!  Sorry Mallory. 

But I don't know how to resist their little faces. And I like 

 when they come running to see me.  It's like the nicest welcome home in the world!   Madison agrees - she has become quite the goat lady!  She brings home treats from the store almost every day.  

Saige and Harper have been trying really hard to get Curley to eat grass and act more like the goat she is.  So far that is not working out. 

Preston and Quincy did display some of their 4-H projects at the Library's story time.  The kids loved seeing baby goats and ducks!  Curley was not sure she wanted to stay in a box though!  

Cameron got his first official job.  With his first official pay check, he bought himself a morph suit.  It is something he had been wanting for a very long time.  He says the rest of his pay will be used moree sensibly!   Cameron also attended state FBLA this week.  He did not place, but his director did give him an outstanding chapter member award.  He was also named as a voting delegate for his chapter. I am very proud of him!  

And Colin officially started off the high school baseball season tonight.  He got to suit up for varsity.  Unfortunately, we have all had colds and with the weather being kind of chilly tonight, I decided we should stay home.  Luckily, there are plenty more games to watch!  

Also this week, Quincy made her first (and we hope only) visit to the principal.  She was being crazy with her friend and somehow ended up spitting water on some poor boy.  "It was a freak accident"  or so I heard.  Needless to say, she has a lot of extra chores and a lot less technology time this week!

It's back to reality

Spring break is officially over.   Little girls are sad that their sister returned to  Emporia.  

Goats and kitties are sad that they will have a much leaner snuggling schedule. 

But this guy actually passed his drivers test, so he is happy that he can now drive himself to jazz band!!!   

Now the countdown is on for summer break!  

Signs of spring

I have thoroughly enjoyed having the kids home this week.   Since we are currently bottle feeding a baby goat, it limited the ability to go on any trips etc, but we had fun hanging out and changing bedroom spaces and painting!  

This morning we decided that we could let Totes and her babies outside.   They seem to really like the sunshine and fresh air!

Ray learned a lesson about sniffing baby goats!  

Mooler got booted out of his pen and put into the goat pen.  His pen had a better shelter for babies!  He has hay so he didn't seem to care!  

I am very proud of the job that Preston has done in raising the rejected goat.   Curley loves Preston and has really bonded with him!   Preston is a very good momma goat!   He has not once complained about the trips to the barn with baby bottles.  He may have complained about the goat biting him though!   Curley has sharp teeth!   

Preston was telling me that although he loves where we live, sometimes he misses running around town with his friends.  He did point out that he knows he would never get to play tag with a baby goat if we had not moved though!  

4-H project time

Preston and Quincy went to chick days again today in search of the perfect poultry projects for 4-H.  I think they had fun with grandma!  

They found 4 more ducks and had to buy the one with a Mohawk.   They really are cute.  And friendly!  

Preston named his chickens things that I will never remember!  

Here's hoping we have good luck keeping these little birds alive! 

Spring break

My kids couldn't be happier about having a few days off!  Today we had an eventful day. The kids started off with their 4-H club making and distributing Easter baskets to the residents at Brookside.  

From there, we ventured to grandmas house to have lunch and a chicken house cleaning party.  We are getting a load of broilers this week.  Grandma and Aunt Stephanie are getting some too.   I think we are ready now!  All together, there will be about 120 birds.  Quincy will be in chicken heaven!  

Madison bought all the little girls chick days shirts especially for this event!  

Colin finished making my new picnic table.  It is goat approved! 

Our little Curley fits right in here at our crazy farm where all animals seem to have identity crisis problems.  She thinks she is a kid.  I know she is a kid, but she thinks she is a people kid!  She follows the girls everywhere.  They even played nerf basketball with her!  

Colin has been working days at the ranch and evenings he has been fishing.  He has been taking lots of guests including Quincy, who caught a good sized catfish.  Today he went fishing with his cousins and caught a lot of crappie and some bass. They even assembly line cleaned them!  He is cooking it for dinner on Friday....it's not lent unless you have a fish fry at least once right? 

The day we first looked at this house, I said the worst color I have ever seen was in the main bathroom.  It lasted 10 months longer than it should have!  Good bye ugly Grody purple! 

Hello Aruba Aqua!  

The past 2 spring breaks, we were either packing or moving. I am very thankful that is behind us, however I live for projects!   This week, we made a bedroom out of the downstairs office for Cameron.  We are also moving a few of the other kids around.  Cameron picked this color for his new room and I liked it enough I decided to buy extra.   I painted Cameron's new room yesterday and Mallory helped me get the first coat on the bathroom today.  I am going to be doing a whimsical fish theme.  I think it already looks a thousand times better!