From Forest to Highlands

I would like to introduce the newest member of our goat herd...  Orion! He's a snuggle-bug! It looks like Gracie has a new boyfriend! (well technically speaking-her, her sister and her mom have a new boyfriend... awkward!)

It was the beginning of a typical Sunday morning .... or so we thought.... Everyone woke up and proceeded, quite studiously, with farm chores...milking goats, feeding chickens, checking horses etc... then we drove down to church for a wonderful Easter sermon and tasty potluck breakfast. All was well so far! We arrived home and anxiously put our Easter dinner in the oven ASAP... Cheesy scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole (special recipe of my great grandmother's---lovingly called "Grandma Betty"s Green Beans") and an expensive honey roasted ham.... Yum!  :D The next couple hours was spent lazing around or doing fun crafty stuff... Lydia glued some rhinestones to her glasses, mom braided her hair, I snuggled with my baby goats and newly hatched baby chicks... You get the picture :) I also worked tonight, but my family was so nice and waited for me to get back before eating dinner... (at 8pm I give them credit!) I walked in to a beautifully decorated din...

Went out this morning and found a slightly broody chantecler hen trying to lay an egg. So I promptly took advantage of her immoble state and snapped a few pictures. She doesn't look to happy of course... a couple pecks later and she agreed to a photoshoot.... I love my silly chanties!

Here's a couple pictures of my rose combed chantecler laying hen... she is a great chicken, but in terms of the rose comb....where'd THAT come from? Sorry ol girl, you''ve been relegated to the "layer only/don't ever hatch eggs" pen!

I'd like to wish you all a late Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  It's nice to take some time off school to spend time with the family and appreciate all the Lord has done for us. You know I've come to realize that I'm really kind of a Grinch when it comes to Christmas... all the decorating/shopping mobs/holiday spirit stuff just bugs me ha-ha... I'd rather slow down, focus on God & not celebrate a worldly Christmas at all. Overall we had a good Christmas, then celebrated Christian's 14th birthday on the 30th, then new years where we stayed up all night watching Chuck Norris kick butt in Walker The Texas Ranger! Some pictures from Christmas Morning:  Jeremiah was the "trash man" haha  Elijah wondering what in the world he's going to do with a tie! RUN... it's the child catcher!  (If you've ever seen Chitty Chitty bang bang you'll get how funny this is) Elijah's face when he opened his ...