Many on here know my youngest dd is adopted and is special needs, she has many issues steming from child abuse as an infant--for years I have advocated for her--I have had to scream, kick and sometime throw a fit to get a doctor to hear me and get her the services she needs--Well I have also spent 7 years yelling at docs and trying to tell them something was wrong with dd's back--One said it was scoliosis and just watch it, well I have been watching it get worse over the years and no one would hear me--the last doc we had would not do anything because dd is on 'public' insurance do to  being adopted thru foster care--should this matter--no, but to her it did, she made a VERY rude comment--I swtiched docs immediatly--I told this new lady about the other lady doc and ask for some X-rays--she gladly did the x-rays because after examination she knew something was wrong--well, she and I were correct--dd has serious scoliosis--hers is not making the 'typical S' shape her spine is twisting--at her c-10 vertebrae it is 13 degrees and her lower back is at 20!!!! --20!!!--normal is 2 to 5 degrees!!!--I am beyond angry--I told them 7 years ago something was wrong!--She is now to old for a brace and we are looking at having to have a rod put in her back to straighten her spine--I am waiting for the appointment for the orthopedic doctor--have doctors gotten so cold to their patients and forgotten their oath of do no harm that we let children suffer?--What harm would have been done by doing some simple x-rays to see what was going on?--Now we ar faced with surgery!--back surgery at that--she is only 13!--*Sigh*--

If ya would, please offer up a prayer or 2 for this situation and that we are led to a team of good doctors that truly care about their patients and not just the insurance card--

~Kris

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DAFFODILS!!! Woooooohoooooo! That means spring time is here!! When we saw them yesterday all bloomed out I almost cried I was so estatic--I felt relief flood over me--Its been a very long hard winter for us and I am so ready for the reprieve that spring will bring to our farm--So much good is going on in our life right now--I will post about it more when I have more details--I just don't wanna say to much and then have it fall apart--so I will contain myself until I have more information--

Now to get my blog all done-up for spring--I am so happy I could dance a little jig!!!

~Kris

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For me spring has always been a time of new beginnings--everything is fresh and new--New farm babies are born and they begin a life fresh and new--New leaves on trees, fresh new flowers poking their little faces up to the sun--new crops in the gardens--ahhhhhh--so much newness on our farm--this year promises to be no different--I feel there will be much newness on our little farm this spring and one of them is going to be the way I deal with things--I tend to take things very personal and dwell on them--they drive me crazy and that is one flaw I really wish to be rid of--I do not like conflict and I tend to hide from it, well I have decided that this spring is a great time for me to make a new and fresh start in my own personal life--it feels good and refreshing to finally say "no more"--"I am done"--I tend to let people walk on me and treat me badly because I do not like conflict and then when I do say something all heck breaks loose and somehow its my fault--whatever!--So from here on out I am declaring to be 'drama free' and stay away from those that bring me down--We have chosen our simple life and we love it--While I am not perfect and make mistakes everyday I am a believer in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus--If someone in my life can't deal with that--so be it!--But I have vowed to change the way I deal with those people and no longer expect them to change the way they deal with me!!--It's time to start anew and just like those little flowers I want to look towards heaven for all my answers, my strength and my peace!--Its the simple things!

~Kris

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This is a great series--take some time to watch it!--

Watch The Rest:
Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7

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I have opened this dicussion from 'friends only" to everyone--I am hoping for some positive freedback--

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The past few months I have been on a personal journey--one that has shaken my very core--while I am not yet at the end of my journey I have done much soul searching--Some in my life have not understood my quest and I have been misunderstood and even told some very harsh things--One thing that keeps coming to my mind is this--All my life I have been taught we are not to question God or what we have been taught as truth(in my denomination)--I think many older people believe this--but my question is this--Wouldn't you say that when we question God we are admitting that we don't know everything and admitting that God does and those questions lead us to the truth??--Isn't questiong God a form of faith?--If we question something we have faith that it will be answered, don't we?--Does this make sense--I am so not good at putting my thoughts to paper--ummmm blog--sometimes--When I question God I am not saying I do not believe, but that I do believe and I believe he will answer my questions with truth--If you are not certain about a particular issue, lets say about wearing dresses only, should we not question God and ask him to guide us into the truth?--Is it wrong to question Him in this situation?--When we ask the question are we not humbling ourselves and admitting we don't have all the answers, but that He does??--When we stop questioning are we not saying that we know all??

Let me clarify that I am not meaning that I am questioning God's existence or my belief in God I am only questioning those things that I have been taught as truth that may or may not be truth--

Whats your thoughts??

~Kris

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It sure feels like it around here--I am LOVING this weather--highs in the mid 50's and this weekend we are going to be over 60 degrees and possible spring like thunderstorms!!--Yipppeeee!

I am going to take advantage of the beautiful weather today-- DD and I are going to head out and hit some thrift stores--woooohoooo--been awhile since we have done that and I am really needing to get out and enjoy the sunshine--Something about this time of year just makes me feel better and wanna be outside--

This evening I am hopeful to find the time to go out to the goat pasture and just enjoy our new babies--I just love holding them and petting them--We still haven't named them--trying to come up with the perfect name for them--

I will post more pictures of them soon--gotta run--have a great day!

~Kris

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After all the months of waiting they finally arrived--they were born Sunday the 28th around 2 p.m.--We are a bit dissappointed that they are both bucks, seems to be our luck around here and mama isn't quite as attentive as we like to see, but all in all she is a good mom--kids are doing well and are already running, jumping ,playing and loving the nice temps we are having here--Now to make the goat milk soap--woooohooo!!

It sounds kinda strange, but we are not sure if both bucks belong to the same dad--we had 2 males here--one was a nubian/ nigerian cross, he was black with a bit of tan--some may remember him from last year-- the little buck in the 1st pic is no doubt his--then we also had a black and white mini nubian here--when I first got into the barn I saw the white one and knew right away it belonged to the mini nubian that was black and white--but then I saw the other one and there is no doubt he belongs to the black one we had, he even had his daddy's ear deformity--so I did some checking with our vet and local breeder and it is possible, rare but possible that mama did get bred by both bucks and had kids by them both--I guess time will tell--each buck had different body build and so do the kids--we shall wait and see--Not that it matters but I have never had such completely different kids from one doe ,they even have different ear form--And I suppose they could be from just the one buck just very different kids-- :o)--the mama in the pic looks all white and black but she actually has some light brown on her and on the other side has quite of bit of brown--it has proven to be a very interesting kidding to say to the least!

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