Mike is the bomb of the barn....Thank You.

I need to rent one of those big automated bill boards. The ones that make you take your eyes off your driving becuase you are watching what will be next on the billboard. The billboard would say Thank you Mike...........You are the bomb of the barn.

Mike didn't really want our first dog Rocky but he said yes to make me happy. He really didn't want our second dog Barkley but he said yes to make me happy. Mike did buy our farm without me seeing it but he had no idea I would fill it with a real life Noah Ark. Twenty eight animals later Mike is still making me happy. Thank you Mike.

The whole sheep thing was definelty my idea and those little buggers are not as dumb as everyone thinks. We have been trimming, vaceinating and worming for the past week and we still are not done. It is not the procedures.......we can't catch them. We are also getting ready for sheep sheering next Saturday and Mike will be out of town. Thus, Mike is at Tractor Supply again buying extra fencing to make a chute systems to outsmart the sheep. Mike and I do better and better but these sheep can really test our patience.

People always ask me if Mike is into the sheep like me. I always so no he just loves me. Thanks Mike for being such a great husband and working so hard to make me happy. None of it goes unnoticed. It is a true testimony to your faith for sure!!!!!! The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself in love. Galatians 5:6

I love ewe!!!!

I just added this because it wsa cute. This is Dora sleeping while Mke was working and making all sorts od noise. It didn't bother her. She has her paw over her eyes so the sun would not bother her. No work for her on the sabbath.

Kane

Kane arrived at our farm last summer. Daisy was not able to handle the whole farm by herself and when it stormed she would go off duty. Kane is doing a great job and because of him Daisy is a better dog. He just turned 1 year in December.......that means he is still a puppy. Can you believe it. He has a great personality and loves protecting our farm and his sheep. Here he is with Carmine.



Here he is meeting one of his new lambs. He was so excited.

As a side note this is our new sheep chair. It is the best $89.00 I've spent in a long time. You back the sheep up to it and put them in the chair. Legs sticking out. You can trim their hoofs and give shots so much easier. Now if we can only find a better way to get them in the pen. We still have three to go.......we could not catch them.....can you blame them.

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6

Farm Helper

Last night I was so lucky becuse I had a friend come out and help me feed all the animals. Her name is Koryn Hicks. She has a brother but her was not able to come. Koryn did great with all the cats and learned to be patient with them. She went out in the field with me to close some gates and Kane came to greet her. He was as big as she was. Thanks Koryn and I hope your brother Jadeyn can come next time.

Here is a picture of Koryn and Jadeyn, her brother. This was a picture from and earlier visit to the farm. I didn't want Jadeyn not to have a picture.

1 Peter 2:255

You were lost sheep with no idea who you were or where you were going. Now you're named and kept for good by the Shepherd of your souls.

(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

David and Jonathan.....best friends

The names of the boys or in sheep terms rams are David (black) and Jonathan (dark brown). David and Jonathan were best friends in the bible. It is a really great story!!!!

You can read about it in 1 Samuel 20:1-42. One of the great lessons to learn from this relationship is, their loyalty to God guided them through the conflicting demands of their human relationships. I didn't think of that all on my own it came from notes in my study bible. Here are some new pictures of the handsome boys.

We also had some visitors this past weekend. My cousin, Julie and her kids Ben, Daniel and Ashley. They were so good and we had such a great time with them. We hope them come back soon. Lily really misses them.

Last but not least new pictures of the sweetest lamb ever. She will probably grow up to be a brat but right now she is so sweet and loves to get her head petted. Here's Cupcake and Dora the cat.

New lambs read the manual

We had new lambs born today. They must have read the manuel becuase they were born with no problem at all. I went down to the barn a little before 7:00 AM.....all was well. When I came back at around 10:00 AM Sophia had a set a twins. Two little rams. They were still a little wet but doing well. They are double the size of Cupcake.

I have not decided on a name but it might be David and Jonathan. They were best freinds in the bible and have a great story. I will keep you posted on the name.

They had a good lunch.