Okay, maybe not the same kind of party we had back in my college years, but it was a great one nonetheless.  In addition to Sunday being Mother's Day, it was also Lily's 4th birthday!  And since sister-in-law, Nancy's birthday is on Tuesday we had a huge celebration.  Neil and Ashlee came with the P's, Nancy and Robby brought little Hank.  Hannah brought Jake (and was proptly bombarded by Jack and Lily with requests to play Hoola-Swing, a newly-invented game they came up with!)  Both sets of grandparents came and three great-grandparents made it.  Woah!  We are so blessed to have so many family members close to us, it really makes these gatherings special for the kids.  It can be a little tiring for the moms though!

The weather finally broke from the cold and wet pattern that has been common this spring and although it was a little cool out, the sun was shining.  Everybody enjoyed the chance to play and visit outside.  With three cousins under a year old things can really get wild when we're all confined to the inside of our tiny, old-fashioned farm house.  Plus being outside gave everybody a chance to see the animals. 

Tom turkey won everybody's attention with his handsome fluffing and stately gobbles.  The sassy geese always put on a show for anybody who dares to come close; it makes chasing them around all the more rewarding!  Of course our new baby goat, Sweet Pea was a hit.  She's the cutest darn thing-  I need to get I picture of her up here too.  Be patient, she's worth the wait!

Okay, so I'm a little low on pictures from the event so if anyone has some good ones, send them to me please.

 

Goat show update-

Last weekend we attended our first goat show, more on that can be found on the new page dedicated to showing goats...

Here's the favorite picture from the event:

Junior was the only buck in the 6-9 months category so I let Lily lead him in the ring.  She did great and is quite proud of her blue ribbon!

 

Stay Tuned for....PUPPIES!!

Yes, that's right.  Our beautiful yellow lab, Sunny had a rendevous a couple months ago with another yellow lab and by the looks of it we'll be having more shortly.  My guess is that they'll be here early next week.  Today we'll be preparing a whelping area for her.  This will be a new one for us, with any luck I'll have pictures of the blessed event to post.  Look out!

Ooooh! I got a call from Marie saying you'd gotten your puppies, but not much more info. I was hoping you'd blog it! yay!

Still on the fence about considering getting a puppy (or two). Hate to pass by such a great opportunity, but as for the timing... :) we'll see. I think we still want to wait until we have a garage we can put them in during night/winter.

Anyway, thanks for the post! Sounds like your weekend was fun -- the kind of healthy, at-home fun that is the best kind anyway. :)

whoops! meant to make that comment on the other blog entry. oh well, you know what I'm talking about!