Lovely Fleece

This is my favorite little lamb born this year. She is a mioget ewe with the most amazing fleece I have ever seen. Her name is Tinkerbell but I usually just call her Tink. She is also the most loving lamb we've ever had. I think she would be just as happy as a house sheep! This little beauty is what Shetlands are all about!

Shade Shelter

This is a picture of the shade shelter Dan made for our sheep. We had one of those portable carports with the white canvas. Well, it made it for a year but the wind beat it up pretty bad. So Dan took it apart and made it one "leg" shorter and stretched some shading material he had for cattle on it. It took them a few days but they finally figured out what it was for! It's nice that they can still stay a little cooler without having to be in the barn.

Our new ram!

We are so blessed to have added some wonderful genetics to our flock with our new ram, Windswept Bravo! He is a beautiful HST ram and we are really looking forward to his lambs next spring. You may recognize his picture from Bluff Country Shetlands, his last home. Thanks so much Nancy, it was wonderful meeting you! I hope we have a chance to meet again with some time to visit. Bravo is a very well behaved boy and a real pleasure to have on our farm. He is in with his new ram lamb friends and one 2 yo wether and everyone seems to be getting along just fine.

New Kids!

The new kids are here, goat kids that is! Our 5th generation kinder doe gave us twin bucklings just after dinner today. Aren't they adorable! Mama and babies are all doing great. We will wether them and keep them as pets for ourselves. Now we just need to come up with names for them.

Our new LGD

This is a picture of our new LGD, SuzyQ! She was born March 31, 2007 to an Anatolian mom and a Great Pyr dad. She is very timid right now but is warming up quickly, especially to the kids. I really think the kittens are her favorite though. lol
Dan got down on the ground to visit with SuzyQ and all the others wanted in on it too. Dan has really gone to the dogs! That's Clooney, Darlin', SuzyQ and our corgi, Ginger.

Airplane Rides

The boys had an awesome opportunity today. They were given free airplane rides through the EAA Young Eagles Program in Mexico, MO. This was the first time in an airplane for all three of the boys and we were unsure of how they would react. All three of them loved it!!! They can hardly wait for a chance to fly again. Chris is in the backseat, he's got his favorite sunglasses on.

Ben and Matt flew together, Ben is in the front and Matt is in the back.

Budweiser Clydesdales

We had the opportunity today to see the Budweiser Clydesdale. Wow, what amazing animals! They had three of these semis that they hauled the horses, wagon and all of the gear in. Here's a picture of Dan and the boys in front of a couple. Tomorrow we will get to see them in a parade pulling the wagon. I'll try to get some pics of that too.