tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22399235846441160272024-03-13T09:38:47.025-05:00Far Above RubiesWho can find a virtous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-43010892109061687872011-11-28T13:49:00.003-06:002011-11-28T14:15:09.251-06:00Catching up on life :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Life has been kinda busy for me the past couple weeks!! I thought I'd do a quick update...and since I have an iphone now I have quite a few pics even though they aren't the best quality at least you can get an idea of what I've been up to. <br /><br />A few weeks ago I flew up to IL to visit my best ever friend Danielle, we had a blast together and I loved getting to see her and my favorite little boy ever, Layton. He is just way too cute!! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-J4UyjPRfdTI/TtPmidDbdyI/AAAAAAAABy4/jH5drw5wT2c/s640/blogger-image--742845556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-J4UyjPRfdTI/TtPmidDbdyI/AAAAAAAABy4/jH5drw5wT2c/s640/blogger-image--742845556.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rml1Zef7KZk/TtPme-oYlvI/AAAAAAAAByQ/RjxXBRGf-dM/s640/blogger-image-422320271.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rml1Zef7KZk/TtPme-oYlvI/AAAAAAAAByQ/RjxXBRGf-dM/s640/blogger-image-422320271.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JDErJDJ8KmA/TtPmfe2qUII/AAAAAAAAByY/7tpRCEGLK2I/s640/blogger-image-1580897621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JDErJDJ8KmA/TtPmfe2qUII/AAAAAAAAByY/7tpRCEGLK2I/s640/blogger-image-1580897621.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Needless to say I loved my visit up there and can't wait to see them again!!<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ERfVLIRDo_0/TtPmgghCXjI/AAAAAAAAByg/KLhzSN1zCXo/s640/blogger-image--261552825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ERfVLIRDo_0/TtPmgghCXjI/AAAAAAAAByg/KLhzSN1zCXo/s640/blogger-image--261552825.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />Oh and yes it SNOWED while I was up there, lol I wasn't quite prepared for that, but it was pretty cool since I didn't have to go out and do chores in it. :)<br /> <br />Once back home I had about a million things planned....getting caught up on work and mostly getting the goats bred, I had about 5 of them ready to breed just a few days after arriving home, and since I'm doing mostly artifical insemination (don't get grossed out, it's just goats!!) it was quite the job! I get to use a lot of new genetics that way, and have access to really high dollar animals that I wouldn't be able to breed to otherwise. So here's hoping I can get quite a few of them settled!! <br /><br />And then it was time for the whole family to pack up and head to Dickinson Texas to visit family for Thanksgiving, we had quite the adventure, including car difficulties and some people getting sick...but we managed to have a blast anyway. I'm so blessed with such a wonderful family!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-orIEVvLkDPA/TtPmDtScDJI/AAAAAAAAByA/DeK4AtUT0E4/s640/blogger-image--1499589720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-orIEVvLkDPA/TtPmDtScDJI/AAAAAAAAByA/DeK4AtUT0E4/s640/blogger-image--1499589720.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br />We also took my two inside dogs Duffy and Dooley, and then my Aunt Tami had her 3 dogs, so Nana and Pops house was quite full with 5 dogs and a whole bunch of people, it was awesome. :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sCAtLmtsIzA/TtPlodCsRBI/AAAAAAAABww/ZKOyc9cac6c/s640/blogger-image--3909537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sCAtLmtsIzA/TtPlodCsRBI/AAAAAAAABww/ZKOyc9cac6c/s640/blogger-image--3909537.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BDwqSwQNG4A/TtPltW_1phI/AAAAAAAABx4/J0ZFVSvqdFs/s640/blogger-image-204370739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BDwqSwQNG4A/TtPltW_1phI/AAAAAAAABx4/J0ZFVSvqdFs/s640/blogger-image-204370739.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CGvLa1yAA-s/TtPlrev4_FI/AAAAAAAABxY/wh8LVcDyHFw/s640/blogger-image--1902130265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CGvLa1yAA-s/TtPlrev4_FI/AAAAAAAABxY/wh8LVcDyHFw/s640/blogger-image--1902130265.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lol having fun with my cousin Hannah. :)<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GIaI4yGPjQw/TtPls3rEmnI/AAAAAAAABxw/smG04o0872o/s640/blogger-image-684066003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GIaI4yGPjQw/TtPls3rEmnI/AAAAAAAABxw/smG04o0872o/s640/blogger-image-684066003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was great to see Caleb and Kristen, so glad they got to fly in from MD! I think Kristen passed the test with all of our family, they loved her. :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CU9W77UwerA/TtPlo_0sqKI/AAAAAAAABw4/LzssXBiTgbU/s640/blogger-image--826259242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CU9W77UwerA/TtPlo_0sqKI/AAAAAAAABw4/LzssXBiTgbU/s640/blogger-image--826259242.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />Documenting all the desserts ;)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bSABukZBP64/TtPlp1XkeSI/AAAAAAAABxI/FtDCRDazi6Y/s640/blogger-image-1875890135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bSABukZBP64/TtPlp1XkeSI/AAAAAAAABxI/FtDCRDazi6Y/s640/blogger-image-1875890135.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Stayed up late and played our all time favorite card game, Canasta.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EK6MzGitzIo/TtPlsbYVY5I/AAAAAAAABxo/6FWfRbn6WyE/s640/blogger-image-1908682461.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EK6MzGitzIo/TtPlsbYVY5I/AAAAAAAABxo/6FWfRbn6WyE/s640/blogger-image-1908682461.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Had fun with my adorable little cousin Ty, he's so cute!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YoiCIUZVTB4/TtPln4U1aqI/AAAAAAAABwo/Inyuf9Oxftg/s640/blogger-image--877666674.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YoiCIUZVTB4/TtPln4U1aqI/AAAAAAAABwo/Inyuf9Oxftg/s640/blogger-image--877666674.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We headed home on Saturday, driving back with Uncle Jerry, and Aunt Tami. It was raining solid for about the 1st two hours and Anna's car was having some major difficulties with the steering locking up. Not the best thing when you are driving on the highway through Houston with lots of traffic. However Elijah thought it would be "fine" and we kept going. That is until the battery light came on and said the charge system wasn't working correctly. So we decided to get off at that point and went to a Chevy dealership who thankfully after about an hour of waiting was able to get it fixed by putting a moisture/rain guard on because supposedly the rain was getting on the belt and causing the steering to slip. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3BQ64IMWgBY/TtPlr5e2ZAI/AAAAAAAABxg/ft5bSWktr_Y/s640/blogger-image-454150593.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3BQ64IMWgBY/TtPlr5e2ZAI/AAAAAAAABxg/ft5bSWktr_Y/s640/blogger-image-454150593.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thankfully we made it back home without anymore troubles!!<br /></div></div></div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zvjTl4sScD4/TtPmFx4sDgI/AAAAAAAAByI/bHPa0nvft1s/s640/blogger-image--410152788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zvjTl4sScD4/TtPmFx4sDgI/AAAAAAAAByI/bHPa0nvft1s/s640/blogger-image--410152788.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br />And I guess that's it for now, I'll leave ya with a updated pic of Russell, he's growing up fast. :)<br /><br />Hmm, maybe now that I have an iphone I'll have to join my Mom (www.weloveyoujoel.blogspot.com) with her Instafriday thingy. ;) We'll see!!<br /><br />Hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-67016891739229243422011-08-25T16:44:00.002-05:002011-08-25T16:54:02.370-05:00Russell :)
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<br />Well I did it again...I got ANOTHER dog. I wasn't planning to, it sort of just happened...like this. Last Saturday morning I loaded up a few goats I was culling out to take to the sale barn. When I got there I had to wait in line for about an hour, apparently everybody is downsizing their herds or something because of hay shortages. Anyway while I was waiting there I noticed a really cute, fluffy, black and white puppy in a crate in the back of a pickup truck. An older man was standing close by so I complimented him on what a cute dog he had, and he informed me that it was a dual registered Australian shepherd and he was for sale. Oh boy, I immediately knew I wanted him...however once he named the price and I thought over the fact that I really didn't need another dog..I pretty much convinced myself not to get him. But like I said the line was really long so I sat there and kept thinking about it and couldn't stop looking at that cute puppy. I texted my sister Anna and told her that there was a really cute Aussie for sale...and her reply was "buy him!" Hmm...I then texted my Mom and just randomly said there was a really cute puppy for sale. Her reply wasn't too negative so I figured out a way to come up with the money and made a deal on him. :) Texted my Mom back and said "I bought it!" :D
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<br />However I thought I'd at least take the fall leaves off of my background...even though it's almost fall already...goodness time flies! So here's a happy summer color theme for as long as I can enjoy it. :)
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<br />Life has been busy, blessed and wonderful these days. My summer has consisted of, lots of volleyball, friends, swimming, visiting my bestest friend Danielle in IL, working on the farm, hanging out with my family, playing on the lake, going back to IL to be with Danielle and her husband for the birth of their baby boy Layton (definitely a highlight of the year!), going to a Texas Rangers baseball game, realizing everybody in our family is growing up, going to Six Flags for the first time, and well soooo many other things but hey I can't remember everything. :)
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<br />Farm life has been great, I've downsized my herd a little, trying to focus on quality not quantity and also because of the extreme dryness this year which makes hay really expensive. I'm excited to fly out my first goat ever to Ohio in a week...hopefully everything goes smoothly with that. :) I also had a lady buy one in New Mexico which was pretty cool. Today I have the AG teacher from Stillwater coming to buy a Boer wether and another lady coming to look at a Nubian doe kid so hopefully I'll make some sales.
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<br />Time to get to work now, blessings to everybody!
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<br />Besh
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<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-75106822514285036992011-03-25T11:51:00.006-05:002011-03-25T12:14:13.747-05:00Lots of babies!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ueURv_Gwaic/TYzJiXaDzUI/AAAAAAAABuw/vmrAJAJtFdA/s1600/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids%2B%25287%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ueURv_Gwaic/TYzJiXaDzUI/AAAAAAAABuw/vmrAJAJtFdA/s400/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids%2B%25287%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588062829895994690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SrB7VnR1id0/TYzJ2nN9TvI/AAAAAAAABvY/dbpboXXFhDc/s1600/2011%2BNubian%2Bbabies%2B%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QfkSQ0UBNc4/TYzJKfebhuI/AAAAAAAABuI/W_xcPHpqoUg/s400/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids%2B%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588062419744949986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iJY2c5lwd_M/TYzJKMBcn9I/AAAAAAAABuA/0V2dDcgHTOg/s1600/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids%2B%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iJY2c5lwd_M/TYzJKMBcn9I/AAAAAAAABuA/0V2dDcgHTOg/s400/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids%2B%25281%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588062414523113426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U7ppGtGCChQ/TYzJJ8KgDRI/AAAAAAAABt4/ZsaA8szY_l8/s1600/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U7ppGtGCChQ/TYzJJ8KgDRI/AAAAAAAABt4/ZsaA8szY_l8/s400/2011%2BBoer%2Bkids.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588062410266119442" border="0" /></a><br />Kidding season is about 2/3 of the way finished! So far 11 does have kidded with a total of 20 babies bouncing around. :) Still 6 more to go, Shardae is due any day now, these will be my first AI babies so I'm pretty excited! Show season is right around the corner, gotta love spring!!<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-84916760524456669472011-03-02T22:28:00.002-06:002011-03-02T22:29:41.840-06:00Babies!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KSYMFDsXppM/TW8ZJ5LmGCI/AAAAAAAABtw/K2J4a1sxqaE/s1600/2011%2Bbabies.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KSYMFDsXppM/TW8ZJ5LmGCI/AAAAAAAABtw/K2J4a1sxqaE/s400/2011%2Bbabies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579706121094305826" border="0" /></a><br />The first kids of the year were born on Saturday, Boer twins!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-48541837047148246842010-11-13T11:48:00.002-06:002010-11-13T12:04:32.313-06:00it's fall!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TN7S6cIO6DI/AAAAAAAABsw/LNnqW65wXYs/s1600/blog.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TN7S6cIO6DI/AAAAAAAABsw/LNnqW65wXYs/s400/blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096493137258546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TN7S7CG3YLI/AAAAAAAABtA/_5KhqVjPtro/s1600/blog%2B2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TN7S7CG3YLI/AAAAAAAABtA/_5KhqVjPtro/s400/blog%2B2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096503332069554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TN7S6i663NI/AAAAAAAABs4/MHnaTpTIyd0/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TN7S6i663NI/AAAAAAAABs4/MHnaTpTIyd0/s400/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539096494960467154" border="0" /></a><br />Yep fall is really here!! Feels more like winter to me though! lol I definitely don't like cold weather, but something about the weather getting cooler and Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up does make me excited! :)<br /><br />I "checked" my own blog just now and saw that rather nasty picture of myself still at the top...and umm yeah, time for something different!<br /><br />Farm life is good, most of the goats are bred for March/April kids, still have a couple I'm waiting on, and the new thing for me this fall is doing artificial insemination, sorry if that's a little weird for some of you, but hey it's livestock we're talking about here. :) It really opens up a lot of opportunities for what I can do with my breeding program, being able to use lots of different bucks and bring in some new stuff! So I'm pretty excited! Just hoping that I'm successful with it, does take some major timing and practice.<br /><br />I couldn't even begin to try to tell everything that happens in my life these days, let's just say it's an adventure!! Mom pretty much keeps up with day to day stuff on her <a href="http://weloveyoujoel.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, so check it out for everyday happenings.<br /><br />Until my next post...whenever that may be. :) (And thanks to my sis Anna for the pics!)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-67683947528081557202010-08-20T16:21:00.004-05:002010-08-20T17:08:03.424-05:00hello!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TG72lUCrZsI/AAAAAAAABsg/HDvw1ltQ_k0/s1600/besh+and+mercy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/TG72lUCrZsI/AAAAAAAABsg/HDvw1ltQ_k0/s400/besh+and+mercy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507610515216230082" border="0" /></a><br />**Sorry my template got all messed up, so just put this up for now, don't have time to mess with it!**<br /><br />Wow the last time I wrote was May?? Goodness, I AM still alive, just in case anybody missed me. :P<br /><br />So a brief recap of my life since then..<br /><br />June..I turned 21...does that scare anybody? Went to my first out of state show (Sedalia Missouri) actually maybe that was the end of May, and won Jr. Grand with a homebred doe kid "Shekinah's Sweet Sensation." My Rocketeer boy also won Grand and Best of Breed. <br /><br />July...played music in a friend's wedding with my bro's, took a jet ski out on Lake Murray, played lots of volleyball.<br /><br />August..drove to Missouri with my amazing bro Daniel for my dearest friend Danielle's bridal shower, and got to meet her handsome guy Aaron, he's pretty cool. I approved. :)<br /><br />And now... got the dairy girls entered in the OKC State Fair, need to do Tulsa entries next week, and unfortunately I won't be showing any Boer's this fall, with having such a rough kidding season I really only have a few that I could take so it wasn't really going to be worth it. :( Oh well Lord willing we'll hit the Boer shows hard in the spring!!<br /><br />And the end of this month (next week actually) we'll be taking a family trip up to Illinois for Danielle's wedding!! So exciting!! Will be my first wedding to be in, well second sort of I guess, first time to be a bridesmaid. :) Kinda interesting having a lot of my friends become "old married women" (as I like to tease them!) now!! It's cool though, maybe I'll join the club one of these days. :)<br /><br />Alright Hannah, there you go!!<br /><br />Later, peeps!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-15746515059470344072010-05-10T14:19:00.005-05:002010-05-10T14:45:18.029-05:00Back from the Show!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgZbaER0I/AAAAAAAABsA/pb7-VokzhWQ/s1600/show+%283%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgZbaER0I/AAAAAAAABsA/pb7-VokzhWQ/s400/show+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469727737411553090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgpdDcAiI/AAAAAAAABsQ/OhNPTSBIJtQ/s1600/show+%285%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgpdDcAiI/AAAAAAAABsQ/OhNPTSBIJtQ/s400/show+%285%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469728012731417122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Blissberry Touch Of Elegance</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgaZPCbCI/AAAAAAAABsI/IVeMgQluHc4/s1600/show+%284%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgaZPCbCI/AAAAAAAABsI/IVeMgQluHc4/s400/show+%284%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469727754008292386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgaZPCbCI/AAAAAAAABsI/IVeMgQluHc4/s1600/show+%284%29.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgX-JwOsI/AAAAAAAABrw/umPP6H3lqxc/s1600/show+%281%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgX-JwOsI/AAAAAAAABrw/umPP6H3lqxc/s400/show+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469727712378632898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Blissberry FM Main Attraction<br /></span></div><br />Well we got back from the I.N. D. G. A. Dairy goat show at about 3:00 a.m. on Sunday! Wow it was a loooonng day with the show starting at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and ending around 11:00 p.m. Had a blast though! My yearling well almost 2 year old milker 'Blissberry FM Main Attraction' was 1st in her class in the first ring, and 2nd in the other. Shardae managed to pull off 3rd in a huge class in the second ring, she totally hates the show ring so doesn't show herself off very well.<br /><br />'Shekinah's Sweet Sensation' (Jr. Kid) was 3rd in the first ring and 2nd in the other, and one of my yearlings was 3rd in her class. There was a lot of beautiful Nubians there, lots of competition!<br /><br />We finally started the buck show at around 10:00 p.m. maybe? It was late! My Jr. buckling 'Shekinah's Drama Boy was first in his class and Jr. Champion in the first ring, and 1st and Res. Jr. Champion in the second ring. And my yearling buck *B Blissberry MW Rocketeer took Grand in the first ring over all the older bucks! Really cool! He was 1st in his class in the second ring.<br /><br />It was a really fun day, had a blast with all of our friends, and a rather violent game of spoons! :D Thank the Lord for his blessing on my goat endeavors!<br /><br />My big Boer boy 10B2B X111 went to his new home today, I'm going to miss him, but he went to a really great family.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgXATPNaI/AAAAAAAABro/VQLdFFPKbys/s1600/show.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgXATPNaI/AAAAAAAABro/VQLdFFPKbys/s400/show.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469727695775413666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Micah taking a nap on the job...</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgZBMPvNI/AAAAAAAABr4/YLdK3gPLz84/s1600/show+%282%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 363px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hgZBMPvNI/AAAAAAAABr4/YLdK3gPLz84/s400/show+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469727730374261970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Anna was doing the photography of all the winners...umm and people?? :D</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hh35HZWuI/AAAAAAAABsY/5VDu9QPGv3k/s1600/Rocketeer.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-hh35HZWuI/AAAAAAAABsY/5VDu9QPGv3k/s400/Rocketeer.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469729360294009570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">*B Blissberry MW Rocketeer</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-77290278582305209972010-05-05T18:44:00.005-05:002010-05-05T19:08:11.090-05:00some baby pictures!Well I don't have time for a real long post, but thought I'd at least post some pictures!! I know I'm loooonnngggg over due, things have been busy around here. These two little girls were born this afternoon, out of my doe I got flown in from CA last year, Lakeshore Hot To Trot. I have a show coming up this weekend, Lord willing. It will be a lot of fun, I'm so excited about it! I'll be taking 9 of my Nubians to show, and probably Hot To Trot's babies will have to come along so I can take care of them...and maybe her too because I'm not sure she will have the milking routine down well enough for Hosanna to be able to handle her. <br /><br />For some reason Dooley had escaped outside and he was finding the baby goats quite interesting! Oh and please note the pictures were taken by "GoatGirl" photography...and I don't totally know how to use Anna's camera so some of the pics are kinda blurry. lol :) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGmjBuMoI/AAAAAAAABrY/hX8hFcEF-Iw/s1600/Blog+%288%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGmjBuMoI/AAAAAAAABrY/hX8hFcEF-Iw/s400/Blog+%288%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467940156888461954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGlY5oUxI/AAAAAAAABrI/PKhKEmmT19M/s1600/Blog+%286%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGlY5oUxI/AAAAAAAABrI/PKhKEmmT19M/s400/Blog+%286%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467940136990298898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGmBtHQdI/AAAAAAAABrQ/RqX05fZvccM/s1600/Blog+%287%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGmBtHQdI/AAAAAAAABrQ/RqX05fZvccM/s400/Blog+%287%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467940147943653842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGlKe2fEI/AAAAAAAABrA/dJCm2sxBUlY/s1600/Blog+%285%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IGlKe2fEI/AAAAAAAABrA/dJCm2sxBUlY/s400/Blog+%285%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467940133119884354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDDq4d48I/AAAAAAAABq4/uBsnpc_-37s/s1600/Blog+%284%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDDq4d48I/AAAAAAAABq4/uBsnpc_-37s/s400/Blog+%284%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467936259166823362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDDZmBp_I/AAAAAAAABqw/4OMSVCkfpPM/s1600/Blog+%283%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDDZmBp_I/AAAAAAAABqw/4OMSVCkfpPM/s400/Blog+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467936254526072818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDDY5yMHI/AAAAAAAABqo/P5owrlIpYB0/s1600/Blog+%282%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDDY5yMHI/AAAAAAAABqo/P5owrlIpYB0/s400/Blog+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467936254340509810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDC94WBqI/AAAAAAAABqg/VL4YQlnuebo/s1600/Blog+%281%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDC94WBqI/AAAAAAAABqg/VL4YQlnuebo/s400/Blog+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467936247086712482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDCu474FI/AAAAAAAABqY/n8VBRG_EvnY/s1600/Blog.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S-IDCu474FI/AAAAAAAABqY/n8VBRG_EvnY/s400/Blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467936243062661202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-13160665513818736582010-03-10T14:06:00.004-06:002010-03-10T15:21:27.124-06:00All my stories finally :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S5gNSM8MXdI/AAAAAAAABpg/YYY2CztF9Os/s1600-h/Maggie+doeling+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S5gNSM8MXdI/AAAAAAAABpg/YYY2CztF9Os/s400/Maggie+doeling+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447118355667115474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well I'm finally taking the time to sit down and recap all the stories I mentioned in the post below...might be old news to some people but if you haven't heard it before hopefully you'll find it interesting! So lets rewind back to mid February about a week after Main Attraction kidded. My two girls that I didn't have the due dates for both decided to kid when I wasn't around, which is kind of nice sometimes as long as they don't have any problems, Reba had a single doe kid, Anna told me it was a buck and I totally believed her until I went up there and checked for myself! :D Nope a doe! Hosanna's doe Wenneveria kidded with a single buckling, he's a really cute little guy! Both of those were "accidentally" sired by my Nubian buck. :(<br /><br />My friend Danielle and her brother Jordan drove down from IL on the weekend of the 12th to spend a few days with us, which happened to be the weekend that I had several does due. :) So sure enough Sunday night one of my Boer does (Sapphire) went into labor, this doe has had a really weird time with kidding, the first year having a stillborn, then didn't get bred the second year and this was her last chance before she went to live somewhere else. So with her track record of nothing but problems I was definitely keeping a close eye on her, her labor was pretty slow, she just wasn't getting down to business very quick, so after a couple hours I decided to give her a shot of calcium to help with muscle tone and maybe speed things up a bit. Did that and finally she started doing some hard pushing, I checked to make sure the kid was presented correctly (can avoid a lot of problems with just a quick check) and ugh 3 hooves instead of two, after feeling around a bit I realized we had two front hooves coming out correctly and then a second kid's hind leg trying to come out at the same time. So I went ahead and pushed the second kid back out of the birth canal and pulled the correctly presented one forward, a few more pushes and it was out, a beautiful little girl! Number two came out breech as expected and was a buckling, both were nice sized very strong little kiddo's. I'm so glad I gave Sapphire another chance!! :)<br /><br />Monday comes around and doing chores I check on two Nubians that were due anytime and went and told Danielle, "looks like we're gonna have more babies today!" Maggie kidded a couple hours later with twins, a buck and a doe, the doe is sooo cute!! Later on that afternoon the other doe started labor, she's one of my girls I got from MN almost two years ago, this was her first time to have kids. Once she started pushing hard with no progress I was getting concerned, so I had Andrew hold her while I went in and checked, it was hard to figure out what I was feeling in there, but finally I was able to bring one leg and a head forward and the first little buckling was born. Deep breath, I was sure she would be fine now as usually once the first one is born the other ones just slide right on out. Well it didn't happen, she started pushing again and once again...nothing. Okay another check and wow...was I ever confused, I was feeling front legs, back legs, spine, but couldn't find a head anywhere, I fished for a while but then getting really concerned about my doe and the fact that I couldn't get the tangle straightened out I figured I'd better go ahead and take her in to my vet. So Andrew and I loaded her up in the van...yikes not the best thing but gotta do what you gotta do! Once we got there one of the vet assistants came out and shocked me by picking her up (she was a pretty good sized girl!) and carrying her right in through the front door. It just so happened to be a very busy time at the vet so just imagine this, a guy comes through the door carrying a huge doe who is kinda messy on the rear end and dripping birth fluid all the way down the hallway to the operating table! :D Everybody was stepping back like wow this is a little different!! He barely made it to the table with her, lol with out dropping her that is and the vet came in and got started, I must say we drew quite the crowd! I was helping hold her as well as about 3 other vet assistants and we had a whole group of people in the doorway watching, was pretty interesting! The vet went in, and after feeling around for a bit made the comment "wow I'm not surprised you couldn't get this figured out" it took him a while but finally he pulled out another one breech...ahh now I know why I couldn't find a head! It was ANOTHER buckling, he went in again to check and sure enough there was a third one in there, also breech which both breech and tangled together was why I couldn't get things sorted out on my own, and this time it was a doe! We got home just barely in time to get the kids fed and for me to jump in the shower before Mom's big valentines party she had. Quite the day. I was a bit concerned about the second buckling as he was having some issues with his rear legs from the hard pull and couldn't stand. But he seemed to be doing okay at their last feeding that evening. The next morning when I go out there he was definitely not okay, laying on his side with his head curled over and he was so cold, I was just about sure he wasn't going to make it. :( I hurried inside with him and Andrew and I got to work trying to get him warmed up, we filled up the sink with very warm water, put the kid in a trash bag with just his head sticking out to keep him dry and into the water he went. It wasn't looking too good for a while, he was so cold his temperature wouldn't even register on my thermometer, and once I finally did get him warm enough for it to read it was still way low like 95 *F when normal goat temp should be 101*F-103*F. We worked on him for about an hour and a half and before you knew it the little guy was standing up on his own! Wow! His temperature went right back up to 102, and he took a bottle. I couldn't believe it! We kept him inside for a couple of days and splinted his back legs so he could walk. Once he was stronger a couple days later we took him back outside and took the splints off and that little guy was walking around just fine! He's such a cute little thing you would never know that he went through all of that now.<br /><br />Sooo that's all the goat adventures, and now for my injuries from Elijah's mad momma cows. :D Usually whenever they have their calves he'll put the mom and her baby in an area of the barn for a few days so they can bond and especially if it's really cold outside. Problem is it greatly complicates my goat chores because I'm like climbing all around temporary fences he puts up and it blocks the stall where my alfalfa hay is. When the first cow calved he had her in the barn and one day I was up there and noticed the big heavy duty panel he had across the "barn aisle" keeping her from coming into my milking area was about to fall down, so not wanting that to happen I decided to pick up one end of the panel from the other side and try to move it to where it was more secure, so I pick it up and start pushing it when suddenly the cow jumps and butts the panel from the other side smashing it into my head, OUCH! Very painful...so I decided it was probably not a good idea to mess with that anymore. :)<br /><br />Adventure number 2, second cow calves and we're in the same scenario, but this time I was crawling over about 5 fences to get to my alfalfa hay and them climbing back over all of them with an arm load of hay, doing my best to stay totally on the other side of the fence from the cow. Well right at the very end I had one place that I put one leg over on the cows side of the fence right before I get to safety. So I put my leg over and *smash* the cow starts ramming my leg with her head, I lost my balance and my body fell back over the fence (not on the cows side thankfully!) but my leg stayed hooked up on the fence with the cow still smashing it. Not a good situation to be in. Finally she backed off and I extracted myself from the dangling position I was in, and just stood there for a while with a lot of pain shooting through my leg. Wow..I can't believe I did that! Once the pain subsided a bit I limped through the rest of my chores and headed back to the house. But wow did I ever have some major bruises that are only just now about gone. I was just thankful nothing was broken, definitely could have been worse!<br /><br />Sooo is farm life interesting or what?? :D Now I'm waiting on my pretty Shardae to kid, she is totally huge, so I'm guessing triplets again, sure would be nice if she has some girls in there! :)<br /><br />I don't have really many new pictures...need to get Anna to take some, but the one at the top is Maggie's lil kid, she's so cute!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-82600850681900179862010-02-23T22:49:00.002-06:002010-02-23T22:53:10.563-06:00Cuteness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S4SwnzbP2NI/AAAAAAAABpQ/_YReDAVCE-I/s1600-h/Elegance+Buckling+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S4SwnzbP2NI/AAAAAAAABpQ/_YReDAVCE-I/s400/Elegance+Buckling+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441668447636281554" border="0" /></a><br />Isn't this little guy just adorable?? :) Wow I've been super busy lately, the kid count is up to 11, and yes I've got some stories about birthing adventures. :) Plus narrow escapes from mad mama cows...and normal farm life I guess. :D But for now I'll just leave you all hanging and hopefully get more pictures of the kiddo's soon and maybe have some time to sit down and do a long post. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-6882669229527134392010-02-05T16:13:00.004-06:002010-02-05T16:33:14.373-06:00First Baby Goats!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2ycFJLUAPI/AAAAAAAABnw/cjONCrAPvkQ/s1600-h/Main+Attraction+bucklings.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2ycFJLUAPI/AAAAAAAABnw/cjONCrAPvkQ/s400/Main+Attraction+bucklings.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434890462505992434" border="0" /></a><br />Well Main Attraction finally decided to have those babies!! She started having contractions around supper time last night and kidded at about midnight, so pretty much right on her due date. :) Everything went pretty well, I was getting a bit concerned as she kept pushing and I wasn't seeing anything so I had Caleb come up (because everybody else was in bed except for my faithful little helper Hosie) to help hold her as I was beginning to wonder if the kid was presented correctly. But by the time he came up she was really getting down to business and finally out came a big ole buck kid. Number 2 followed shortly after and was also a buckling. Bummer! I was so hoping to have a doeling out of her and also had somebody that deposited on one...but oh well not much I can do about it I guess. They sure are cute little guys though, even though they are boys. :D LOL and Main Attractions udder is looking very nice. Praise the Lord for healthy babies!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2ycFmGuhuI/AAAAAAAABoA/YsBumO_ygBQ/s1600-h/baby+goats+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2ycFmGuhuI/AAAAAAAABoA/YsBumO_ygBQ/s400/baby+goats+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434890470271387362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2ycFTWzbHI/AAAAAAAABn4/uzSw9ldAVpM/s1600-h/Main+Attraction+bucklings+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2ycFTWzbHI/AAAAAAAABn4/uzSw9ldAVpM/s400/Main+Attraction+bucklings+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434890465238543474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-43780631475438823432010-02-02T14:27:00.004-06:002010-02-02T14:51:13.587-06:00First Baby Born!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPt0A8FnI/AAAAAAAABm4/z5rWNrMmV7I/s1600-h/baby+post.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPt0A8FnI/AAAAAAAABm4/z5rWNrMmV7I/s400/baby+post.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433750967641970290" border="0" /></a><br />But not a goat yet... :) One of Elijah's cows had a little heifer yesterday, she is sooo adorable!! We had just been making guesses the day before on which would go first, my goat or Elijah's cow...and most everybody thought it would be baby goats first, but we were wrong! :D Only 3 more days until Main Attraction is due though, so it should be soon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPu_dH3KI/AAAAAAAABnQ/Fv5_XSvdpoE/s1600-h/baby+post+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPu_dH3KI/AAAAAAAABnQ/Fv5_XSvdpoE/s400/baby+post+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433750987892841634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPuqmbE5I/AAAAAAAABnI/WonEzQdzhYU/s1600-h/baby+post+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPuqmbE5I/AAAAAAAABnI/WonEzQdzhYU/s400/baby+post+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433750982294705042" border="0" /></a><br />Meanwhile we were able to get the new "baby barn" all framed up, now just to put the metal on and then build a pen around it, will be very nice!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPuLhc2UI/AAAAAAAABnA/VyldJiRXlv0/s1600-h/baby+post+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S2iPuLhc2UI/AAAAAAAABnA/VyldJiRXlv0/s400/baby+post+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433750973952350530" border="0" /></a><br />Wow with all the snow melting it is quite the mud mess outside, it was pretty interesting driving the 4 wheeler through it taking hay out to the goats this morning...fun though and reminded me of just how much I love farm life...despite the mud. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-637965234778751582010-01-26T14:24:00.004-06:002010-01-26T16:00:22.096-06:00Only 10 more days!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k4PX3PNI/AAAAAAAABl4/djJPLPCOKTk/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog+%284%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k4PX3PNI/AAAAAAAABl4/djJPLPCOKTk/s400/Besh%27s+blog+%284%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170592994180306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k3r2hRrI/AAAAAAAABlw/NfNdhnuZdH8/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k3r2hRrI/AAAAAAAABlw/NfNdhnuZdH8/s400/Besh%27s+blog+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170583459088050" border="0" /></a><br />It's been a great day so far, algebra with Micah this morning, goat chores, lunch, more goat chores, then started some bread, got a cup of coffee and....decided to do a blog post. :) We had a really fun busy weekend, Saturday was a friends wedding, Hosanna's birthday, and also remembering Joel throughout the busy day. Sunday was little Lilian's baby shower, she is so cute we just love having a little baby around to love on! And then we finished up Sunday evening with Anna and I going up and spending the night with the Burnett girls for one last time in OKC as they moved out of the rooms they had in the training center there on Monday morning. Needless to say we had a lot of fun!!<br /><br />Only 10 more days until my first doe is due, Main Attraction, she's one of the baby's I had flown in from MN almost 2 years ago and also my Grand Champion girl this fall at the Tulsa State Fair. So I'm super excited about seeing her kids and hopefully she'll have a nice udder too. I'm trying to get everything prepared, have been picking up a few items I keep on hand during kidding season, and trying to remember if I'm forgetting anything. :) And we're also planning on building a new baby pen (for the Nubian babies) down here close to the house to make feeding them much easier and quicker. I'm excited about that, will definitely cut down on my trips up to the barn. Hopefully we will be able to get that up by the end of this week.<br /><br />So here's what the kidding schedule is looking like this year, on paper that is because you just never know whats really going to happen! :D I've sold off a few of my girls, as I'm really trying hard to be able to come out better this year and actually make a profit, so I only have 14 bred this year, which is a few less than last year if I remember correctly.<br /><br />February-<br /><br />Main Attraction (Nubian) Feb. 5th<br />Sapphire (Boer) Feb. 13th<br />Maggie (Nubian) Feb. 14th<br />Elegance (Nubian) Feb. 15th<br /><br />March-<br /><br />Shardae (Nubian) March 10th<br />Fat Doe (Boer) March 25th<br /><br />April-<br /><br />Alyssa (Boer) April 4th<br />Destiny (Boer) April 11th<br />Gauger (Boer) April 17th<br />Christiana (Boer) April 18th<br /><br />May-<br /><br />Hot To Trot (Nubian) May 8th<br />Sonata (Nubian) May 22nd<br /><br />And then 2 Boer girls Reba, and Wenneveria that I'm afraid the Nubian buck got in with are due probably sometime in February. I was disappointed about Reba because she usually has some of my nicest Boer kids....but oh well. :( I also have 5 younger Boer does but I decided not to breed them to kid as yearlings this time, I thought about breeding them to kid in the fall but I may just wait and have them kid early next year, we shall see.<br /><br />Anna took some pictures of Rancho and Daisy this afternoon, I'm not sure what Rancho was digging for but it looks like he was having fun!! Him and Daisy are big buddies now, Daisy is such a sweet little dog, my little buddy when I'm out doing chores. :) And remember the cute little white eared baby? That's her getting so big! And the one on the right in the top pic is my little preemie kid, she's huge now!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k3Kjc1WI/AAAAAAAABlg/9XQDmx8EQrI/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k3Kjc1WI/AAAAAAAABlg/9XQDmx8EQrI/s400/Besh%27s+blog+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170574520735074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k9_psyWI/AAAAAAAABmI/5WYxiUcwHI4/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog+%286%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k9_psyWI/AAAAAAAABmI/5WYxiUcwHI4/s400/Besh%27s+blog+%286%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170691853240674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k2xrB_MI/AAAAAAAABlY/r33jO9JVqsc/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k2xrB_MI/AAAAAAAABlY/r33jO9JVqsc/s400/Besh%27s+blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170567841643714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k3UDNIoI/AAAAAAAABlo/4LqRjLjGUZ0/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k3UDNIoI/AAAAAAAABlo/4LqRjLjGUZ0/s400/Besh%27s+blog+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170577069843074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k9kvyfkI/AAAAAAAABmA/wGdjIPnx-R0/s1600-h/Besh%27s+blog+%285%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/S19k9kvyfkI/AAAAAAAABmA/wGdjIPnx-R0/s400/Besh%27s+blog+%285%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431170684631023170" border="0" /></a><br />Well I need to get my bread finished up, have to get 10 loaves made for a wedding reception this weekend...hope everybody has a great week!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-12212829881122083522009-12-26T15:27:00.003-06:002009-12-26T15:58:44.277-06:00Still here :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SzaG0Kym1aI/AAAAAAAABlQ/3chlEI3zuDw/s1600-h/rancho1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SzaG0Kym1aI/AAAAAAAABlQ/3chlEI3zuDw/s400/rancho1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419667432394904994" border="0" /></a><br />Hello folks!! I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...blogging just hasn't been my thing lately. And with Christmas and everything we've all been pretty busy to say the least! I have been enjoying the snow we have...well somewhat at least. I'm just glad here in Oklahoma it doesn't stay around for more than a few days! :) We did have a blast sledding in it over at Dave and Kate's, they have some really cool hills out there, made for some great fun, unless you hit a rock or a tree! But then today when we were in town picking up some things...well it just looked plain ugly, all the snow and mud mixed together....plus doing chores in it isn't so fun either...so I decided that I was totally fine with it melting soon.<br /><br />Kidding season with the goats is right around the corner, with the first one due the first week of February. 17 of them are bred, but all rather spread out for the most part so I don't think it's going to be too crazy...but you never know with goats. :D<br /><br />Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! And Melinda...the picture of Rancho is for you. :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-36078975479222051982009-12-10T16:51:00.002-06:002009-12-10T17:09:31.570-06:00Duffy and Dooley's Christmas pictures!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SyF_aZu2e0I/AAAAAAAABk4/FEi6JHJ5lRI/s1600-h/Duffy+and+Dooley+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SyF_aZu2e0I/AAAAAAAABk4/FEi6JHJ5lRI/s400/Duffy+and+Dooley+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413748318636768066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SyF_aodUMeI/AAAAAAAABlA/PbLLdLMKwSM/s1600-h/Duffy+and+Dooley+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SyF_aodUMeI/AAAAAAAABlA/PbLLdLMKwSM/s400/Duffy+and+Dooley+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413748322589749730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SyF_azGTk4I/AAAAAAAABlI/KsURFjZQexE/s1600-h/Duffy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SyF_azGTk4I/AAAAAAAABlI/KsURFjZQexE/s400/Duffy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413748325446030210" border="0" /></a><br />Duffy and Dooley just got back from the groomer today...so since they were all priss and prim and had cute little bows in their hair we decided to do Christmas pictures! They are the sweetest boys, and just a bit spoiled I will admit!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-15270772196455515832009-11-07T16:51:00.003-06:002009-11-07T17:00:24.389-06:00Daisy :)Well seems like about this time of year I always have to get a new puppy of some sort....so yes I did it again...ANOTHER dog. :D Kinda weird how it happened, I wasn't looking for a puppy at all just came across this add and they were so cute. LOL Anyhow.....introducing my newest baby "Daisy." She's a Jack Russel/Corgi mix with possibly something else in there too, not totally sure, but she is adorable!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SvX7NrLLi4I/AAAAAAAABkY/onwu39rMSag/s1600-h/Daisy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SvX7NrLLi4I/AAAAAAAABkY/onwu39rMSag/s400/Daisy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401499540447267714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SvX7N2x7JSI/AAAAAAAABkg/yJQMLSyEh7o/s1600-h/Daisy+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SvX7N2x7JSI/AAAAAAAABkg/yJQMLSyEh7o/s400/Daisy+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401499543562560802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SvX7OHN7r3I/AAAAAAAABko/QRqsV9l75Kc/s1600-h/Daisy+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SvX7OHN7r3I/AAAAAAAABko/QRqsV9l75Kc/s400/Daisy+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401499547975004018" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-88435010654001604372009-10-26T13:57:00.005-05:002009-10-26T14:08:36.102-05:00Nana's Birthday party<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyIRSSaWI/AAAAAAAABjw/OzURpjUdKbI/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party+%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyIRSSaWI/AAAAAAAABjw/OzURpjUdKbI/s400/Nana%27s+party+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396985952366389602" border="0" /></a><br />Well I thought the relatives that weren't able to make it for Nana's 70th birthday party would like to see some pictures! Aunt Tami and Mom were really creative with coming up with a "Scrabble" themed party since Nana is quite the Scrabble queen! Hannah did a great job with the cake, it was wonderful!! We all had a great time, so much fun!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyHwoS3oI/AAAAAAAABjg/6dkNMEYSwR8/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyHwoS3oI/AAAAAAAABjg/6dkNMEYSwR8/s400/Nana%27s+party.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396985943600324226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyIFUP8EI/AAAAAAAABjo/IPSgVj7WUZA/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party+%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyIFUP8EI/AAAAAAAABjo/IPSgVj7WUZA/s400/Nana%27s+party+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396985949153390658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyIlvj5HI/AAAAAAAABj4/7bv7JyOIx1A/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party+%283%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyIlvj5HI/AAAAAAAABj4/7bv7JyOIx1A/s400/Nana%27s+party+%283%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396985957857879154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyYhcQJAI/AAAAAAAABkI/W0VfTNcLni4/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party+%285%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyYhcQJAI/AAAAAAAABkI/W0VfTNcLni4/s400/Nana%27s+party+%285%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396986231581058050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyImXVVNI/AAAAAAAABkA/aNZDAzEqTZ0/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party+%284%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyImXVVNI/AAAAAAAABkA/aNZDAzEqTZ0/s400/Nana%27s+party+%284%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396985958024697042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyY1eBhEI/AAAAAAAABkQ/qePaEB-JEhg/s1600-h/Nana%27s+party+%286%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SuXyY1eBhEI/AAAAAAAABkQ/qePaEB-JEhg/s400/Nana%27s+party+%286%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396986236957197378" border="0" /></a><br />Uncle Jerry and his doggy nephews...lol aren't they the cutest dogs?? :P<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-2888885349213671982009-10-12T17:33:00.002-05:002009-10-12T17:57:07.883-05:00Tulsa State Fair Winner!!This weekend we were back in Tulsa for the Boer goat show. It was pretty cold on Friday getting them all bathed and such...I didn't do any of the washing and I was still freezing. Saturday was a little better, the sun came out and it wasn't quite as windy. None of my does placed, it was pretty crazy with classes that were so huge, 79 goats in one of them to be exact!! My new buck was in a class of about 35, and ended up placing 10th which wasn't bad. And then the last one to show was my yearling buck '10B2B X111.' Elijah was showing him for me so I was sitting in the stands watching and kinda nervous as they kept placing and he was in the top 4, and then 3, and then just him and one other buck...and then...1st place!! I was so excited!! The judge really liked him, and made lots of nice comments. So a few minutes later he was back in for the grand drive, and imagine my surprise when he took Grand Champion!! We were all so excited!<br /><br />Unfortunately the only picture I have is one a friend took on their cell phone that is really blurry and the buck isn't set up very well.... Sooo anyway that finished up the state fairs for us, now just one more Boer goat show the end of October and show season will be over until spring. It's been fun!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/StO0B0TpYxI/AAAAAAAABjI/I5ASsgFuiKU/s1600-h/tulsa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/StO0B0TpYxI/AAAAAAAABjI/I5ASsgFuiKU/s400/tulsa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391851122206532370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-54790345151480426372009-10-05T20:10:00.004-05:002009-10-05T20:51:30.813-05:00The latest Dairy show....and a new buck! :)Well this past week was the Tulsa Dairy goat show. We loaded up Thursday morning and arrived in Tulsa around noon. Most of the afternoon was spent getting the goats ready, and then Anna decided she wanted to walk through the fair and see if she could find a good ride to ride. After deciding which one we were going to do, well actually I wasn't planning on going, I'd just never really rode any rides before so I wasn't too sure about it. :D But Anna and my friend Brianne finally convinced me that I had to do it...so I did and it ended up being really fun. After we finished up with everything we headed to the Stinson's home where we spent the night. We had a great time visiting with them and hearing stories and seeing pictures from Sarah and Rebekah's trip to Indonesia, they had just got back early that morning.<br /><br />The show was Friday morning and the Stinson girls Hannah, Sarah, and Rebekah came along with us to join in the fun. The first class for me was my one milker Shardae, she had uddered up so nice and took first place in her class with best udder, and then went Reserve Grand!! I was thrilled!!! Next was my four young kids who ended up in a really big class, we got 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th. Not bad at all to have 3 of them at the very top of a class that size. After that was my 2 dry yearlings, who were in a really big class. I was showing "Main Attraction" who is my favorite one to show usually because normally she sets up so nicely for me. However she decided that she didn't want any part of behaving and was acting totally ridiculous. I was kinda frustrated thinking that the judge wouldn't even be able to get a good look at her since she was moving around so much. Imagine my surprise when he put her in 1st place!! The other one was close behind her in 4th. So next was the line up for grand, and she won Grand Champion!! I was so excited!! She is such a beautiful girl, definitely one of my favorites.<br /><br />Last was the group classes with Shardae's triplets and we got 2nd place Jr. Get of Sire, 1st place Jr. Produce of Dam, and 1st place Best three Jr. does. Praise the Lord for His blessing on my herd...it was an exciting show for sure!<br /><br />We came home Friday night, as the fair wouldn't give us a release for our goats until Saturday morning, so we had to drive all the way back Saturday morning and pick them up, and then we went straight to Yale OK, to the Cowboy Classic Boer Goat Sale. I spent about an hour looking over all the bucks they had there, and finally decided that my first choice would be a younger one sired by 'AK 47 *Ennobled*' a buck that sold last year for $41,000. However I had no idea how high he would sell for and was a bit worried that he would go out of our price range. Finally it came time for him to sell, Dad was bidding and it just kept going higher and higher, it was between us and one other guy and I didn't know how high he was going to go!! Finally he stopped though just as we had got to the max we could pay...and he was ours!! I'm really excited about this little guy! He was bred by Harry Linam of 10 Buck 2 Boer's who passed away early this year....so probably one of the last young bucks you can buy carrying his herd name.<br /><br />Introducing...."10B2B Mugsy's BAP AK Macho Man" quite the name huh? :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqgc8T-dII/AAAAAAAABig/9w8ZlaujKdU/s1600-h/Macho+Man.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqgc8T-dII/AAAAAAAABig/9w8ZlaujKdU/s400/Macho+Man.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389296323188913282" border="0" /></a><br />I also had Anna take some pictures of my Nubian babies, as they are all clipped right now and I needed pictures for my website. Ignore the backgrounds as I just needed the goats themselves because I cut them out for the website. You can see them <a href="http://www.shekinahspringsfarm.com/juniordoes.html">here</a>. Hasn't Shardae's triplets gotten big?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh67toKGI/AAAAAAAABiw/e7YIK6cxz94/s1600-h/dairyblog+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh67toKGI/AAAAAAAABiw/e7YIK6cxz94/s400/dairyblog+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389297937935771746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sonata</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh7RTiNpI/AAAAAAAABi4/H-2KOv-HOZY/s1600-h/dairyblog+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh7RTiNpI/AAAAAAAABi4/H-2KOv-HOZY/s400/dairyblog+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389297943731910290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shamara</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh75XnsTI/AAAAAAAABjA/fyIFbP3tLQk/s1600-h/dairyblog+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh75XnsTI/AAAAAAAABjA/fyIFbP3tLQk/s400/dairyblog+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389297954486464818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shalom</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh6mYlynI/AAAAAAAABio/ZBWuqkEVnK0/s1600-h/dairyblog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Ssqh6mYlynI/AAAAAAAABio/ZBWuqkEVnK0/s400/dairyblog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389297932210391666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hot To Trot<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-62610863636694347402009-09-24T12:34:00.005-05:002009-09-24T13:02:21.923-05:00Back from the show!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sruy-twE7wI/AAAAAAAABiQ/9JEro63LZYU/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show+%286%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sruy-twE7wI/AAAAAAAABiQ/9JEro63LZYU/s400/Dairy+Goat+show+%286%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094569954438914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyukOOfqI/AAAAAAAABhg/s1q4CpZ_OXs/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyukOOfqI/AAAAAAAABhg/s1q4CpZ_OXs/s400/Dairy+Goat+show+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094292518633122" border="0" /></a><br />Wow, this has been a busy fun week so far!! We took the Nubian girls up Monday evening, and then the show started Tuesday morning. It ended up starting way later than it was supposed to because we were waiting on our judge. So I think we didn't start until about 11:30 instead of 9:00.<br /><br />Here's how we did on the first day.<br /><br />1st place yearling milker- Lakeshore PS Shardae<br /><br />1st place Jr. kid (5-8 mo. class) Shekinah's EH Sonata<br />2nd place Jr. kid (5-8 mo. class) Shekinah's EH Shalom<br /><br />2nd place Jr. Get of Sire- Shardae's triplets (for those of you that aren't familiar with dairy goat terms, this is a group class showing 3 kids all from the same sire)<br /><br />2nd place Jr. Produce of Dam- 2 of Shardae's triplets<br /><br />3rd place Best three Jr. Does- Shardae's triplets<br /><br />1st place Dam and Daughter- Shardae and Sonata<br /><br />Wednesday turned out great too...<br /><br />2nd place yearling milker- Shardae (She didn't udder up as nicely as she did the first day)<br /><br />1st place Jr. kid- Shekinah's EH Sonata<br /><br />4th place dry yearling- Blissberry FM Main Attraction<br /><br />1st place Jr. Get of Sire- Shardae's triplets<br /><br />1st place Jr. Produce of Dam- 2 of Shardae's triplets<br /><br />2nd place Best three Jr. Does- Shardae's triplets<br /><br />2nd place Dam and Daughter- Shardae and Sonata<br /><br />I was so happy to get first place again with Sonata!! The second judge really placed things up differently than the first judge, so I was really excited she placed 1st under both. Thanks so much to my friend Emily for showing her to both her first place wins. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyvYe6kQI/AAAAAAAABhw/8-j1DDT4-AU/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyvYe6kQI/AAAAAAAABhw/8-j1DDT4-AU/s400/Dairy+Goat+show+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094306547273986" border="0" /></a><br />It was definitely a fun show!! Had a lot of fun spending time with all my "dairy goat" friends too. :)<br /><br />Now I'm getting geared up for the Boer goat show on Saturday...hopefully it will go well!<br /><br />Unfortunately pretty much all of our pictures turned out really grainy and blurry....but I picked out a few to post anyway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyuUr3ASI/AAAAAAAABhY/9auPMaM4iSc/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyuUr3ASI/AAAAAAAABhY/9auPMaM4iSc/s400/Dairy+Goat+show.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094288347955490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyvOb33KI/AAAAAAAABho/4RZJIVoDw44/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SruyvOb33KI/AAAAAAAABho/4RZJIVoDw44/s400/Dairy+Goat+show+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094303850159266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sruy-aLAjFI/AAAAAAAABiI/ZpIRBTDPt_k/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show+%285%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sruy-aLAjFI/AAAAAAAABiI/ZpIRBTDPt_k/s400/Dairy+Goat+show+%285%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094564698688594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sruy-NulPCI/AAAAAAAABiA/itLnHCfb9RM/s1600-h/Dairy+Goat+show+%284%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sruy-NulPCI/AAAAAAAABiA/itLnHCfb9RM/s400/Dairy+Goat+show+%284%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385094561358232610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-86024413605400286082009-09-18T16:48:00.006-05:002009-09-18T17:31:08.744-05:00Getting ready for the Fair!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SrQJ84-zMYI/AAAAAAAABhQ/QLpZobU5gVA/s1600-h/triplet.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SrQJ84-zMYI/AAAAAAAABhQ/QLpZobU5gVA/s400/triplet.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382938396307173762" border="0" /></a><br />Wow, this has been a busy week for sure!! Breeding season is in full swing with the goats, and also State fair preparation! Wednesday, Dad and I hauled two loads of goats up to the vet to get health papers, Thursday I had to get pictures of one of my buck kids for a potential buyer which means washing and clipping especially since it's so muddy right now, and then that evening I had to get all the Boer kids that I'm showing tattooed...that's one of my least favorite jobs...so I put it off as long as I can. :D So now I have nice green fingernails from the tattoo ink that takes forever to wear off. :) Thanks to Andrew for being my assistant! :)<br /><br />And then today I clipped one of the Nubian girls Shardae...goodness that goat is such a priss!!! I was glad to get her done with, well all except a udder shave but I'll probably do that on Monday. And for tomorrow....I have someone coming out to look at the buck in the morning, and then I need to go to Stillwater to pick up feed and get a few things I need for the shows...and then come home and clip more of the girls. Busy busy!! AND we have to get things to build my Nubian buck "Escape" a pen WAY away from the girls...I knew I should never have named that dude "Escape!" :D<br /><br />And then Monday we haul the Nubians up to the fair! I'm sure I'll have lots to blog about once the week is over, it should be quite the adventure. :)<br /><br />I'm not sure what I'm doing to myself with breeding the goats for February babies...I'll be frozen for sure!! But at least I won't have to wait ALL the way until March!! :D And it won't be all of them kidding then, just a few and most of them will be March/April. I have one last sale to go to to try to get a new Boer buck (I didn't buy one at the San Angelo sale), I just looked at the sales catalog for it last night, and it looks like they are going to be selling some really nice ones, so I'm praying that I'll be able to get one!<br /><br />Anyway... I'm so ready for all this rain to leave for a while...I mean I'm grateful for it, but sloshing around in muddy soggy goat pens (in flip flops) is not exactly fun. :P<br /><br />Here's the pics of the buck kid I mentioned, "Shekinah's Be Prepared." :) The top picture is one of Shardae's triplets saying "hi" <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SrQI8v50k0I/AAAAAAAABhA/kViJ70mGv7k/s1600-h/Shekinah%27s+Be+Prepared.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SrQI8v50k0I/AAAAAAAABhA/kViJ70mGv7k/s400/Shekinah%27s+Be+Prepared.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382937294358745922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SrQI9PPgpqI/AAAAAAAABhI/iE0IFkWAfLw/s1600-h/Shekinah%27s+Be+Prepared+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SrQI9PPgpqI/AAAAAAAABhI/iE0IFkWAfLw/s400/Shekinah%27s+Be+Prepared+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382937302771213986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Gotta run...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-70509014050236052712009-09-03T13:12:00.005-05:002009-09-03T13:42:20.259-05:00Catching UpLife has been rather busy lately, we had a quick trip to my grandparents in Texas last weekend for my Uncle Todd's surprise 50th birthday. Had a great time down there, and I think he was quite surprised that we were all there! We got back late Sunday evening after a long and rather uncomfortable drive. :) Poor Dad was on the back seat and it's rather bouncy back there, so he wasn't having the best time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANRP6VOxI/AAAAAAAABgQ/OE0o1EohUkQ/s1600-h/blog+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANRP6VOxI/AAAAAAAABgQ/OE0o1EohUkQ/s400/blog+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377312545060502290" border="0" /></a><br />Monday morning Uncle Jerry and Aunt Tami, and their two children Garrett and Hannah stopped by on their way back to KS. They were just going to drop in real quick, but then we had Dave and Kate over to meet them and Jerry and Dave really got into some interesting conversations about different ideas, and ended up Uncle Jerry decided to go on home and leave the rest to visit for a few more days and then come back and pick them up. We were excited, as we always love having the cousins around! :)<br /><br />We had a lot of fun, went and played volleyball one night, celebrated Micah's birthday, stayed up late every night telling funny stories and stuff, had a wiener roast, and one day someone dared Hannah to swim across our pond, and she did...really fast because she didn't know what was in the water! :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANR1pDW1I/AAAAAAAABgY/CKrn2qnRkZ4/s1600-h/blog+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANR1pDW1I/AAAAAAAABgY/CKrn2qnRkZ4/s400/blog+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377312555188575058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANSocRSMI/AAAAAAAABgg/T4vVBe_96J4/s1600-h/blog+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANSocRSMI/AAAAAAAABgg/T4vVBe_96J4/s400/blog+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377312568825170114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANQarve7I/AAAAAAAABgI/GEP3XoX3AA8/s1600-h/blog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANQarve7I/AAAAAAAABgI/GEP3XoX3AA8/s400/blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377312530772229042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANTLigecI/AAAAAAAABgo/zMnL8fRdluw/s1600-h/blog+%284%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANTLigecI/AAAAAAAABgo/zMnL8fRdluw/s400/blog+%284%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377312578246572482" border="0" /></a><br />They stayed until this morning, Jerry came back late last night. Oh and he brought the "doggy cousins" Annie and Zoe along too! :) Duffy wasn't so sure about them at all, but Dooley had a blast and Duffy finally warmed up some and had fun too. It was pretty funny seeing all 4 dogs running crazy around the house! :D<br /><br />I've been busy getting all the goats prepped up for breeding season, I'm planning on February babies this year...might regret that later, but it works out better for all the shows that way. Plus I don't have to wait as long. :P Hopefully everything will go smoothly and there won't be any escaping bucks like last year. :)<br /><br />One of my younger bucks went to his new home on Tuesday, and then I have somebody picking up a yearling buck and taking him to Arizona here in about a week. So only a couple more to go and I'll have everything sold that needed to go. I'm also looking for a new Boer buck to purchase, and might possibly be heading to a sale in Texas this weekend to see if I can find something, they have some really nice bucks for sale...hopefully they'll be in my price range. And then with the State fair coming up in 3 weeks...and a Artificial Insemination workshop to go to next Saturday....the goats are keeping me busy!<br /><br />And rather random, just a picture of my Boer buck, got him all cleaned up yesterday...isn't he handsome? :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANbEwlJhI/AAAAAAAABgw/4bwN_-bc4Z4/s1600-h/side.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SqANbEwlJhI/AAAAAAAABgw/4bwN_-bc4Z4/s400/side.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377312713865504274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-44455463039849676432009-08-17T18:38:00.013-05:002009-08-17T19:37:33.464-05:00Our Trip to IL!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontfjdH-TI/AAAAAAAABfQ/QJo5D0Tee-E/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2817%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontfjdH-TI/AAAAAAAABfQ/QJo5D0Tee-E/s400/IL+Trip+%2817%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371085156965153074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsAoO-k-I/AAAAAAAABdQ/orkDSgqRqwU/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%281%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsAoO-k-I/AAAAAAAABdQ/orkDSgqRqwU/s400/IL+Trip+%281%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083526160421858" border="0" /></a><br />Wow, we had such a fun weekend visiting my dear friend Danielle, and her family in Illinois. Caleb, Daniel, Elijah, Anna, Micah and I headed up early Thursday morning, and made the 12 hour drive, with only one stop!! :) We all visited the restrooms pretty soon after we got there. :D It was so neat getting to meet everybody, although we'd heard so much about them it seemed like we knew them already. :) It was really pretty up there, SOOO many corn fields!! The farms were beautiful though, just looked picture perfect. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Gabrielle, Dannie and I</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsBrdnisI/AAAAAAAABdo/B2Qtsdb2wdI/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%284%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsBrdnisI/AAAAAAAABdo/B2Qtsdb2wdI/s400/IL+Trip+%284%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083544207002306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsBfxjXCI/AAAAAAAABdg/EgNn3SvdqSo/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%283%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsBfxjXCI/AAAAAAAABdg/EgNn3SvdqSo/s400/IL+Trip+%283%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083541069388834" border="0" /></a><br />First off they showed us around their place, they have about 5 different barns, but this one was just SO cool to me, I loved it!! It was absolutely huge, on the first floor were horse stalls and stuff, and then upstairs it was pretty much just open space, with a swing, and a trap door going down to the first floor. I had to try out that after Dannie didn't think I could climb down it...lol had to show her I could! :P <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonsx43MlpI/AAAAAAAABeg/6a66jlHKAOw/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2811%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonsx43MlpI/AAAAAAAABeg/6a66jlHKAOw/s400/IL+Trip+%2811%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371084372437669522" border="0" /></a><br />We played some volleyball as well, and then after a wonderful dinner, we saddled up the horses and rode until dark in the paddock, and then we came inside and sat around and talked and played games. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsAwKZ_9I/AAAAAAAABdY/xqVvvKVBZ_s/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsAwKZ_9I/AAAAAAAABdY/xqVvvKVBZ_s/s400/IL+Trip+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083528288731090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsZ00qTDI/AAAAAAAABeI/LuRc9aDGPxA/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%288%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsZ00qTDI/AAAAAAAABeI/LuRc9aDGPxA/s400/IL+Trip+%288%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083959036431410" border="0" /></a><br />Lots of four wheeler rides too, Jordan has two of them, so it made for a lot of fun. Although Anna and I had to KEEP reminding the guys to be careful!! :D I had a lot fun four wheeling with Dannie, it was pretty cool riding around through the lanes in between the fields, and seeing all the farms. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontgFnGyHI/AAAAAAAABfY/ySKgZlmQv-s/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2818%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontgFnGyHI/AAAAAAAABfY/ySKgZlmQv-s/s400/IL+Trip+%2818%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371085166133823602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Friday morning we played more volleyball, and then took the horses out and rode them up and down the ditches next to the highway. It was a long stretch so you could get going pretty fast, it was so fun!! I love riding, although since I don't do it much I ended up being pretty sore. :D And then a couple people got thrown into the pool, first Micah, (that was quite interesting to watch!) and then Daniel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsY0x-bZI/AAAAAAAABdw/sRpLLy7ZyP0/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%285%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsY0x-bZI/AAAAAAAABdw/sRpLLy7ZyP0/s400/IL+Trip+%285%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083941845298578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsZNwAFYI/AAAAAAAABd4/X3GgfXuskA8/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%286%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsZNwAFYI/AAAAAAAABd4/X3GgfXuskA8/s400/IL+Trip+%286%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083948547904898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsyJp-7_I/AAAAAAAABeo/4eV9VFBWX6M/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2812%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsyJp-7_I/AAAAAAAABeo/4eV9VFBWX6M/s400/IL+Trip+%2812%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371084376945651698" border="0" /></a><br />That afternoon we went to a park that had this really neat creek, the water was FREEZING right next to where it came out, but once you waded out a bit it wasn't quite as cold. We went way down the creek, and got pretty wet, the water came up almost waist high sometimes. On the way back we ended up climbing up the bank and going back down the trail, it was pretty slow walking down the creek because there were so many rocks and you were always tripping. It was a lot of fun, all of us really enjoyed it. We stayed up REALLY late Friday night talking and playing games, until almost 5:00 I think! It was great!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontfZH63kI/AAAAAAAABfI/PQxpCmbM_8A/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2816%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontfZH63kI/AAAAAAAABfI/PQxpCmbM_8A/s400/IL+Trip+%2816%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371085154191859266" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday, we picked blueberries at the neighbors house, they tasted so good, we ate tons of them just while we were picking, but we still got several cartons full to take home. And then right after lunch we loaded up and headed to the Belvedere county fair. Dannie and I decided to wear denim skirts and boots...problem is the skirts were shorter and didn't come down to the top of the boots, so it looked rather interesting! :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonsy-YT18I/AAAAAAAABe4/F7jhbNKN81o/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2814%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonsy-YT18I/AAAAAAAABe4/F7jhbNKN81o/s400/IL+Trip+%2814%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371084391098603458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsZSvsSlI/AAAAAAAABeA/2LGw7VQAt88/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%287%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsZSvsSlI/AAAAAAAABeA/2LGw7VQAt88/s400/IL+Trip+%287%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083949888784978" border="0" /></a><br />Since it was a county fair I was expecting it to be rather small, but it ended up being really big. We walked through the animal barns, and of course the goat barn :P and the guys looked at all the tractors and stuff. They were having the draft horse judging going on while we were there, it was so cool to watch, you could stand right next to the fence and it was so neat seeing them come flying by. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonte-fuJVI/AAAAAAAABfA/kcSh7sHU8fo/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2815%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonte-fuJVI/AAAAAAAABfA/kcSh7sHU8fo/s400/IL+Trip+%2815%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371085147043931474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Isaac looking at the goats<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonsxk1uWVI/AAAAAAAABeY/W4vYczvsps0/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2810%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/Sonsxk1uWVI/AAAAAAAABeY/W4vYczvsps0/s400/IL+Trip+%2810%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371084367062784338" border="0" /></a><br />And then at 4:00 it was time for the rodeo! There were a lot of riders from Oklahoma, and one bull rider actually from Guthrie, we thought that was so cool!! It was a great rodeo, we had so much fun! We sat pretty close to the bucking chutes, so Anna was able to get some pretty neat bull riding pictures. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsASIunEI/AAAAAAAABdI/bjer2kULu08/s1600-h/IL+Trip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsASIunEI/AAAAAAAABdI/bjer2kULu08/s400/IL+Trip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371083520228629570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsycNpSDI/AAAAAAAABew/tH81_p_B7-o/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2813%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SonsycNpSDI/AAAAAAAABew/tH81_p_B7-o/s400/IL+Trip+%2813%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371084381927065650" border="0" /></a><br />After the rodeo we walked around the fair a little more, and then headed back home. Dannie and I had to stop and take a picture sitting in this John Deere tractor tire. :) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontgdGdoWI/AAAAAAAABfg/W848DmmXNd4/s1600-h/IL+Trip+%2819%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SontgdGdoWI/AAAAAAAABfg/W848DmmXNd4/s400/IL+Trip+%2819%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371085172439359842" border="0" /></a><br />We stayed up late again Saturday night, mostly just talking and the some of them were playing a computer game, everybody was just laughing at them trying to play it! :D We headed back home at about 9:00 Sunday morning. <br /><br />It was such a great trip, we all had a wonderful time, thanks so much for having us Lee family! <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239923584644116027.post-48646619463171944232009-07-30T15:20:00.005-05:002009-07-30T15:59:37.710-05:00Update...I'm so bad at titles! :D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SnIIBqiPH9I/AAAAAAAABdA/76J3UFo1foU/s1600-h/rain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SnIIBqiPH9I/AAAAAAAABdA/76J3UFo1foU/s400/rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364358930842460114" border="0" /></a><br />Seriously I'm still alive, not sure if anybody was wondering, but just in case you were, I'm doing great. Seems like life has just been pretty normal lately, (well as normal as it gets) and not a lot to post about. I mean things happen, like Anna driving up to a stoplight and seeing a lady get hit by a car, or the more normal things like me chasing goats all over the pasture. However blogging just hasn't been my priority lately.<br /><br />Today I spent a lot of time working on getting goat registrations filled out, and trying to come up with cool names for all my "kids." Quite the brain exercise! I finally got everything together and ready to send off. The deadline for the Oklahoma State Fair is coming up fast, so I have to have everything back by then so I can get them entered. I'm so excited about the fairs, they are some of my favorite shows of the year! We always have a lot of fun.<br /><br />Elijah is working on building me another milking stand, I have two of them that we bought, but I'm milking three goats and I like to be able to bring them all in to the milking area at once, and then next year Lord willing I'll be milking quite a few more than that so it'll be nice to have another stand. He's gotten really good at welding and is doing a fantastic job on it, I'll have to post some pictures when he gets it finished.<br /><br />Oh and then Elijah caught this really cool snake the other day, usually I'm not all that fond of snakes but this one was really neat looking and non poisonous so we had fun playing around with it (although Mom was freaking out!) for awhile until we let it go in a tree.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SnIG7tNnrcI/AAAAAAAABcw/3mAzukgu4UE/s1600-h/snake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SnIG7tNnrcI/AAAAAAAABcw/3mAzukgu4UE/s400/snake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364357728970452418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Kind of weird when I wrapped it around my arm</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SnIG7-lnEaI/AAAAAAAABc4/AQSPqsV5gYw/s1600-h/snake+%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l6CWCzE0zbk/SnIG7-lnEaI/AAAAAAAABc4/AQSPqsV5gYw/s400/snake+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364357733634478498" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway...lots of rain lately which we are so thankful for! I thought the top picture that Anna took was really neat. <br /><br />Hope everybody has a great rest of the week!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/87/0D1E153DA4D00FFE59AEB75876BA5F24.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Beshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09947639708021202366noreply@blogger.com10