The summer is slipping by so fast. I get weary of the heat by this time of year, but I will never wish for summer to be gone!
We had a dozen baby goats this year! We have sold most of them. We are keeping two of the doelings this year and we have one little buckling left to sell. He was the prettiest baby this year so we waited until the rest were gone before we listed him. We sold one of our mamas this year too. She had a nasty disposition and tore up every fence, shelter, stall that we built! Her new owner loves her! Go figure! :)
There are days that I would like to get rid of every animal out there! It is a LOT of money and work! Then I watch the children working so hard out there and I remember why we got into all of this! Not only does it provide food for our family, but it has taught them to work HARD! Malachi has really grown up in the last year. Matthew is gone so much now that he has had to really step up. At nine years old he is in charge of taking out the trash, cleans our stairs every morning, feeds and waters the dog, bottle feeds the baby goats every morning, gathers eggs every day and hangs out laundry for me.
One of our horses got tangled up in some of the wire fencing on the horse pasture last spring. Marc tore the entire thing down and put up wood fencing. It was a huge job and they literally finished at 10:00 the night before we were supposed to leave for the beach. We always seem to be frantically finishing up a project before we leave for vacation. Really poor planning.... or maybe NO planning!
Meet Candy.
And.... this is Mocha.
Mariah is our horse crazy girl! It has been so hot lately that she only rides in the evenings.
This is "Mandrake" and "Poppy". We bought them last year to add registered Nubians to our herd. We think she is bred and should kid this winter. We are hoping so, because we will have milk when the rest of the herd is dry.
Myles...... such a fun little boy!
Matthew is still working two part time jobs in addition to going to school full time. He has worked at the local feed and seed store since he was sixteen. Hauling our feed bags is nothing for him! :)
Madeline and Mariah do so much with the animals. I'm very thankful for the hard work that they put into it. I usually go out in the evenings to help with things like cleaning out the goat stalls and bottle feeding babies. We definitely couldn't do all that we do without the two of them though!
"Lily" sporting Madeline's cap. :)
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