Crazy Month!

This past month was absolutely crazy. All the lambs were born, foals were born, piglets and ducklings had to be housed, garden had to be planted. We went to San Diego to get David and sent him off again. And then Caleb, Joshua and Gsbriel are in baseball, which is almost every evening, between the three teams. Actually it is all great fun.

Plants are growing, lambs are doing very well, and the duckings and piglets are so cute. We had two foals born but one was a Dummy Foal and after milking out his mom, Rose, and feeding him for a day, he died when we tried to insert an IV to hydrate him. Heartbreaking. We named him Cola, because he was very interested in my Coke. Watching Rose recover from his death and a rough birth, was hard, she really mourned her colt.
The Malaika, or Malley for short, delivered and little filly. Lulu, Swahili for Pearl,is a palomino paint, and was up and tearing around in minutes, stomping her foot when the milk wasn't there fast enough. She loves to play in the rain.

We only lost one lamb. His mother, Rosebud, also prolaspsed, but is doing well now. So we have been very blessed.

Our visit with David was so wonderful. He was here for two weeks and it was so wonderful that it was
really tough to have him leave. He is Squad Leader now, at Pendleton and it sounds like his men love him. This Friday, they have a ten mile hike, in full gear and he says he is hydrating efficiently so that he will do well.

I love spring, we are surrounded by miracles, new life and green! Here on the river, we are blessed with alot of greenery but as the summer moves along, we are reminded that we do live in a desert.