Pope County Wrangler's Club 2010 Spring Horse Show

Super fun day!

Easter Egg Hunt With FBC

We had a great time at out Church Easter Egg Hunt Picnic!

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An Easter to Remember

GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

Bob Manry and ClaireAnna after her Baptism.

New Kids on the Block

This is Brook. She was born here two years ago and just had her first kids tonight! Ted and the girls were lucky enough to get to the barn just as she had the red one and got to watch the birth of the black headed one. I was at the grocery store. :( Brook is half dairy, half Boer. Her little doelings are Kelly (red) and Carrie (black headed). They are 1/4 dairy, 3/4 Boer. Brook is being such a good mama! So cute!

Kelly

Kelly and Carrie and Mama, Brook

Got Milk?

I know, call us crazy, but yes, we got some more goats! This time, we've purchased a trio of purebred, registered Nubian dairy goats. This is Allie. She is a yearling that is possibly bred to kid in July.
Allie

This big Mama is "CJ". She is a two year old who has weaned off her kids and is still being milked. We will have to milk her twice a day for a couple more weeks to dry her off.
She is very friendly.


Kate, Allie and CJ
This little guy is our buckling, Jasper. (Claire's been watching Twilight!) He is only 2 months old and will be bottle fed another month. He is intact and will be our dairy buck. He is not related to Allie or CJ. Isn't he cute!

The girls milking CJ.

This goat stand makes it easy because we don't have to sit or bend to milk her.

Claire is going to try her hand at making Goat Milk Soap. Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas!!! Haha!!!

Turns out, C.J. was positive for CAE, a disease common in dairy goats that causes hard bags and poor milk production, among other symptoms. We sold her for $25, a loss of $175. It was a hard lesson for ClaireAnna to learn since she had grown very attached to C.J. Allie and Jasper were negative for the disease so we will keep them. From now on, we'll have all our dairy goats tested for CAE BEFORE we buy them!

ClaireAnna's 9th Birthday!

ClaireAnna celebrated her birthday with a party at Russellville Dance and Gymnastics Center. She had 15 of her friends come and play in the gym, have cake and open gifts. It was a great party and ClaireAnna had a wonderful, fun time with her friends.

DAYNA

Daddy was in charge of pushing everyone around in the...um...I have no idea what this is called! But it was fun!

This is called "The Pond."

Cool cake, man!

Thank you, everyone!

From back to front, left to right...

Olivia, Erica, Nicolete, Kristin, Harmony, CadieBeth, Kara, Kate, ClaireAnna, Sophie, Emily, Becca, Alyssa, Paige, Alex, Dayna

Homeschool Valentine's Party

ClaireAnna, Apsen and Kirstin

The kids all make a "box" to collect their Valentines in.

Dogs

Bocephus

Bocephus Bocephus

Shani Shani

Black Copper Marans

We bought some new chickens last spring that Ted just had to have. They are called Black Copper Marans and are rare in the US. These are not ours, but this is what they look like. We have 2 hens and 1 rooster. They lay the darkest chicken egg off all breeds. This week, we finally got our first eggs from them. The little creamy egg is from a banty.

Snow Day!

ClaireAnna made herself a little snow family.

Well, we've had 2 big snows in as many years. It's a real treat for ClaireAnna. We don't always get a snow big enough to play in like this! Josh took her over to Lily's Dad's place and they all had a fun time. Here's Claire getting her first ever snow tube ride!

At this point, the inner tube had started to deflate and snow was kicking up over her. She says she was completely blind and just holding on!

Here she is giving Josh the thumbs down sign.....SLOW DOWN big brother!

Look at ClaireAnna's hair balled up with snow!

Giant Snow Man with an afro.

Josh built himself a thrown of snow.

Josh and Lily