Monday, April 30, 2018

Goat Recap

This Year's Goat Babies has been different for me.
I'm not as connected, as we are not bottle feeding them.
This one I'm holding?  I think she's France's (below) - but I'm not sure.........

France was our 3rd mom to have babies.
She had triplets too !  Same as Azula (see picture below)
DOF (Darkness of the Forest) had a single baby still born/died at birth in between Azula and France
Azula's babies are all doing well.
CJ took the black one over to her house to bottle feed - named her Frosty, because she's got a white dollop of frosting on top of her head.  Roger is wanting to ship the other girl over there too, because she is so wild, and if we are going to keep her to breed, we want her tame. 
Paris had triplets on the 19th.  The first two were fine, but the last one wasn't born till  much later, and suffocated inside (probably), and was born dead unfortunately.  One of Paris's babies that lived, at one week old died of lice infestation :( 
We took Lewis, DOF, Thelma and Louise over to Zac's to eat down his back pasture.
Also, took France's 3 babies, and Paris' 2 babies (before the one died), and 1 of Azula's triplets over, so that CJ and the boys could bottle feed them. 
Bottle feeding is going good.  They are down to 3 a day (instead of 4), and no more warming the milk. 
Since that one baby died, there is space for the little girl goat who is still on Azula............  we'll see what CJ thinks about taking her too. 

Last Friday we went down to Steve Bell's, and got all of the babies vaccinated, treated for lice, and de-horned.  Even though their daddy was a polled buck, most all of them needed to be de-horned.    Payson and Tagg came with us, and they had a great time roaming Steve's magical barnyard.
Checking out the chickens
And bunnies
On Saturday, we went up to Zac and CJ's and hung out with the babies for a little bit. 
Springtime - goat babies, grandkids.........it doesn't get any better than that !!

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Yard work - Landon and Kacey's house

Let's get this done !!
Grandpa's helper
Sprinkling system in...........
.....then some concern about the grade of the back lawn, compared to the ditch behind their home and the neighboring field.
Playing with Bright and Lola in the dirt
It was decided that we needed to bring the level of the back yard up a bit (but the house is too far in the ground) - so a retaining wall needs to be built.
Landon has been working on it.........
Looks good !
The plan is to have a bunch of people there to carry block this coming Saturday........
Then he will backfill against the backside of the block, and THEN he will have a slope that is higher than the ditch. 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Round Valley Ditch Clean

Every year, we gather together and clean out the ditch near Round Valley Golf Course.  This allows water to go to the Tonks property.
The kids love it, because of all of the golf balls they find.
We had a lot of help this year, with a lot of my Tonks cousins/kids, and the Bell's
We started about 8:30, and finished by 10am.
This boy was pretty excited for the 50+ golf balls.
As you can see, we are right on the golf course, so a lot of balls !!
We brought them home, and proceeded to clean them up. 
Kaley and Kacey had brought their kids up to see the goats, so they all got in on the action.
Thatcher shared the golf balls with the kids, he didn't want to at first, but I'm glad he decided to.  Of course they all wanted the bright colored ones !!  Fun Times

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Our Life Lately

It's that time of year - break out the chalk !
Oh my......makes my heart beat fast just looking at this!
This girlie loves to paint her nails........AND go and get a pedicure.
They love making me nervous.....
Riding over to there house on the back of the trailer.........standing up..........
I'm getting more and more like my Grandma Dickson
Spraying weeds - DONE !
Lost his first tooth !
With Nana Daw, who is recuperating from surgery.
This boy is LIMBER !!
This was a fake smile, but she did give me one FOR REAL the other day.
Love Bexlee
Hanging out with Sister
Keeping warm...................
at the Soccer Game !!
Taking a break from the soccer game and snuggling with Dad
Fun concert with Mom
Science Report
Why we shouldn't colonize Mars.....

Cam and cousin Sara
At School of Rock - hangin' with friends
Happy Birthday to MOM !!
Easter at our house - over 80 eggs to find !
Gunny and Thatcher
Talon and Treyson
Tagg and Rex
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