:: Chores Are No Fun In Below Freezing Temps ::

The last of the Christmas decorations has been cleaned up and packed away.

More snow fell all day yesterday and left us completely covered in a beautiful white blanket.

Well, beautiful as in if you are looking at it from the warmth of the house windows.

Chores at these temps are seriously no fun.

It's negative 19 with the wind chills right now and is supposed to be colder over the next few days. 

While I'm so thankful for water heaters, they just aren't keeping up which means we have to break ice and water all the critters twice a day. 

All of the livestock have plenty of warm straw to snuggle down in.

So, So thankful the hydrants haven't frozen up.

Here's to all the real farmers out there who do this day in and day out at a much larger scale. My little hobby goat farm is some hard work, so kudos to you all!

The yard and the unkept landscaping doesn't look quite as bad all covered in snow.

Wishing you all a warm & safe Happy New Year!

:: First Snow ::

I was awoke this morning by a very excited little girl, who was jumping up and down exclaiming that it had "snowed last night"! It didn't take her long and she was bundled up and outside with the dogs to play.

The boys were off with Aaron checking their trap line, so Ella and I did the morning chores and captured the beauty of the first snow.

When there's not enough snow to find a big hill, you improvise ...

This is Macy's first snow and she was loving it! The goats, were not too sure & stayed inside where it's warm.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

:: Baby Goats | Farm Therapy ::

Man, has a lot of things changed around here since my last post!

I've been recently struggling with some stuff and have been trying to find something that I've been missing or that I need to help me emotionally. I realized; I miss taking pictures of our farm and blogging about it. I want need to document more of US & more of what I love. I long to get back to documenting our everyday. I miss how my scrapbooking blog used to push me to document those things more often. I need that therapy.

Today, I start with an update of our newest little goat babies.
One of our does Thelma, surprised us with Quadruplets on December 4th, (which apparently is pretty rare).
She had three girls & one boy (NOEL, JOY, HOLLY, & YULE).

She is a good mama, but unfortunately, one of the littlest ones (JOY) didn't make it & another we are bottle feeding (HOLLY). The other two remained with Thelma and have been doing great! HOLLY has been spoiled and nursed back to health in our living room as well as our heated barn. She has been pretty well spoiled.
Over the last few days, the December weather has been amazing & has allowed HOLLY to spend her days outside with her mama & brother & sister. She is loving it!

Her brother & sister are enjoying the company & surprisingly Thelma has been tolerate about "kid-sitting".
Meet NOEL & YULE ...

YULE was born with a slight case of what's called parrot mouth (an over-bite), but has no problems with eating or nursing. Isn't he so cute!?!?

I'm in love with brown little NOEL & her white sock markings. She's energetic and loves to bounce & play.

Well, that's the "tail-end" of today's post, but I'm hoping you'll join us here again in the near future!