Our new Goats

Good Morning! We have been right out straight around here. I planted a row of peas Saturday, and the boys and Scott went turkey hunting. Timothy shot a 15 lb turkey. I should have the picture tomorrow. You all would not believe what I have been doing with my children. Let's just say it doesn't take much to make me happy. It involves a barn, a shovel, a truck, and a whole lot of stuff 4 cows left behind :0 My flowers and garden will be very happy this year! I was so happy because my dirt is very poor, and my garden didn't do too well last year.

I am finally posting the pictures of our first and second trip to Mapleshade Farm.


Here I am trying too hard to milk this goat. I did finally catch on after 3 or 4 tries.

Timothy was a natural!!

Acelia had no problem at all!

Dean had no trouble.

David did great!

Scott had no trouble! I guess I was just a little nervous I was going to hurt her. Once I relaxed a little I started to get the hang of it.

These next few pictures were from yesterday!

A little buck kid! Cute as a button!

These are the twins that were born right after our first trip. One of these is for sale.


This is Lance, David's goat. He can not wait to bring him home. We need to spend a lot more time with him, learning all we can before we bring him home so we will both be happy.

This is my goat Paper, she is so sweet. I took her for a little walk yesterday, and she was so good.

This is Ginger Snap, we are going to call her Ginger though. This is Acelia's new baby. I love the black boots she is wearing.

They bonded very nicely. I think Acelia is very excited. We can't wait to go again.

Hope you all have a great day. It's raining here, and I am thankful , I can get some house work done!

The Barn

This morning we were very busy pulling this old barn down. There is alot of pictures here. We are thankful to have it on the ground with no one hurt :)

I was amazed and saddened to see all the HAND work that went into this big barn. All of the beams were done by hand. AMAZING!!

Even the pegs that hold it together were by hand.

This is the beginning of the fall......



The old barn is finally at rest on the ground and Scott and the boys can start to tear it apart. We were saddened by it though. It must have been a great barn in its day.

Father and son talk over the plan to start tearing it apart and numbering the boards. We hope to rebuild it sometime next year if the Lord is willing.

What A Day !!!!!!

Finally the snow is gone and good news!! The ground never froze, because we got so much snow so quickly it just insulated the ground. My plants are coming up like crazy!! The section of little rocks off the right side is my blueberry bushes. There are three there soon to be four. They are coming along pretty good. I have to prune them though.


This is the view from the opposite end. I started laying black plastic and mulch down last fall, but ran out of money and time! :) I am hoping to finish this year.

This is Acelia's frog that has been waiting all winter to come out. As you can see he is very happy and thankful for the warm weather! We all are!!

My tulips are starting to come up! I planted 100 around my flag pole. They are so pretty when they are all in bloom.



I found this bit of color coming up. They are so sweet and pretty!

I cant remember what this is. I think it is my bleeding heart. I'm not sure though.

While I was busy in the garden, they guys were burning the brush Dean cut last summer. We will be doing this all week. They have one pile going good!

Now they have two going good!!

This one was the biggest. We worked till dark. We were all dirty, smokey, and tired. When we looked around and saw all the hard work we all put in, and all we accomplished we all felt really good!

Well I am out of here to rake and clean the yard some more.

Have a great day!!

Our New Additions

Well I don't have any pictures...............Yet! This morning our family got up bright and early and went back to the goat farm. We are getting three goats! Paper, who is a female yearling, and a new baby!! :)The baby is one week and 2 days old, and cute as a button. We are so excited! David is using his own money and buying Lance as his personal pal ! They will be great together! We couldn't find the camera in the car so we didn't get any pictures till later in the visit. We all had a really quick try at milking a goat. Lets just say I'm glad everyone else can milk!! I did do ok, but definitely need some more practice! :)
I'll post some of the pictures once they are all downloaded on my computer!
Have a great weekend!

Twelve Pillars of Biblical Womanhood

Acelia shared the Twelve Pillars of Biblical Womanhood with me last night. It comes from the Vision Forum 2008 Father Daughter Retreat. It is a beautiful yet simple piece of cardstock with the image of a mother and daughter on the front with the twelve pillars listed with scripture.

I thought I would share them with you:

Twelve Pillars of Biblical Womanhood

1. An Image Bearer ~ Genesis 1:26-27

2. A Woman Not a Man ~ Genesis 2:21-23

3. A Disciple ~ Deuteronomy 6:7

4. A Member of the Church ~ Act 2:49

5. A Demonstration of Unfading Beauty ~ 1 Peter 3:4

6. A Helpmeet ~ Genesis 2:18

7. A Trustful and Submissive Wife ~ Ephesians 5:22

8. A Keeper at Home ~ Titus 2:5

9. A Domestic Entrepreneur ~ Proverbs 31:10-31

10. A Fruitful Bearer of Children ~ Genesis 1:28

11 A Teacher of the Next Generation ~ Ephesians 6:1-3

12. A Godly Mentor ~ Titus 2:3-5

As you can see from the picture above they had great weather, sunny and warm :) Everything here is melting so fast. I'm thankful :) Maybe I can post a picture of my flower garden by the end of the week!!

Have a great day!

Home Sweet Home

Scott and Acelia 2008

Today my family is rejoicing for the return of Scott and Acelia. God kept them safe on their trip, and blessed their time together. I look forward to showing off all the pictures they took,(111 to be exact) and sharing some of the new things they learned that we will be applying to our life.

For now, they are very glad to be home, and in their own beds :)


Please pray for my husband and our family as he starts his college courses through The Masters College. This is a big step for Scott and our family, but we hope it will take our family and our knowledge of Gods word to a new level.

A Trip To The Goat Farm

Well, I'm still having trouble with my slow dial-up. It took a long time to "tag" someone else, and I gave up. Sorry about that. I did hear that someone saw on the news that the state is trying to get DSL state wide for everyone. I hope this is true. It is very frustrating when it keeps jamming up.
I know I was suppose to keep that going, but I couldn't, sorry.

Thursday the boys and I had a busy day. We went to Pizza Hut for pizza, and then bowling. I tried to plan something fun for us since Scott and Acelia were away :) We then went to a goat farm. We are planning on getting a milking goat, and wanted to see some and buy some milk.

These goats are so sweet, and the milk was great. I am very excited to have one and be able to have the fresh milk and cream.

The dark colored ones are Alpine's and the white are Saanen.

I am not sure what I would like to get for goats. The Nubien goat milk is very good for butter, which we would like to have. The Saanen are big milk producers which is what we also want.

This little guys name is Lance. He is quite the character!

See what I mean. David loved this goat and wanted to take him home.

The only thing that went wrong with our outing is Timothy got really sick with a flu thing. He has asthma so I was really concerned. He had a fever and a nasty cough. I think he is on the mend now though. I'll be happy for the warmer weather.

Hope your weekend is going great!

I've Been Tagged !

Hello everyone, I've been tagged by Diannee to list 10 reasons why I blog, so here goes :)



1. I subscribed to Seasonal Delights, an online magazine, and loved it. On the side page it said "Visit Kelli's Blog" I did, and loved it. I found myself visiting it everyday. That made me want to start my own blog, and sharing our family story with others.



2. I enjoy learning how to do different types of crafts.



3. I love to cook, and have made several recipes that I found on different blogspots. I also love sharing my favorite recipes with others.



4. I am inspired by the decorating ideas of others.



5. I am encouraged by the daily devotions from the Bible.



6. I love to see peoples gardens blooming and the seasons changing in different parts of our country (especially when we are under snow! :)



7. It is a great way to show others in my family, who live in other parts of the country what is going on in our lives.



8. I enjoy meeting new people, and making new friendships.



9. I get new ideas about homeschooling from other, and am able to pass them on to others.



10. I enjoy learning how to save money and am inspired by the different ways homemakers around the country have done this. My husband is happy too :)


Ten Reasons Why I Blog.1. Mel Avila Alarilla 2. Traci 3. Tina 4. Dianne 5 Kerri Please copy the tag and add your name on the list of those who have done this. Please do this to increase traffic in our respective blogs and tag as many as you can.



I've tagged Terri & Crew

Father Daughter Retreat

It's been awhile since my last post. It's my computers fault, I couldn't connect to the blogger dashboard and "create a new post". Everything is worked out now....I'm Back!! :)

Well I saw Scott and Acelia off Wednesday morning to Georgia! She was so excited to go. She was changed by the experience last year, and couldn't wait to go again. She met some nice girls, and is hoping to see them again. This dress and shoes are a gift from my mom. Acelia will be wearing them to "High Tea" on Saturday.

The lace around the bottom is so pretty!

My mom also bought her some fancy socks to go with her dress. I wish I could be there :) I demanded.....I mean asked Scott to take a ton of pictures. :)

I have been boiling sap and made 3 and 1/2 quarts of syrup! I'm so excited about that.

The boys and I visited a goat farm today, we had a lot of fun and took some pictures to post tomorrow.

Hope you had a great day!