Archives for August 2009

Good news! Both the lamb and goat were 'graded' and are ready for the Livestock Sale on Friday night at 7:00 p.m.! That was a relief.Tomorrow is all planned out - Cierra shows her lamb at 5:00 then Chase is in the 'greased pig' contest at 8:30. He and Jimmy have already signed up to grease the pigs. Last year they did that and had a blast. Cierra practiced getting her lamb ready for showing … [Read more...]

Keep your fingers crossed, that's the next step. They will be checked at 4:00 to see if they pass inspection. Of course we're really hoping cuz 'no grade', no sale!! That would be tough. … [Read more...]

This evening was our night to get the goat and lambs sheared for the fair starting tomorrow. It stormed and rained like crazy! We all got soaked during the process. While I was talking, Chase came and took my camera, obviously he saw something. And what might that be but a BEAUTIFUL rainbow. It was so big I couldn't even get all of it in one picture. I tried multiple ways unsuccessfully so you'll … [Read more...]