Sugar Bend Farm

Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated

8:35 AM, 2008-Jul-18 .. 0 comments .. Link

Yes, I realize it has been a while since I posted...But life has been happening. I have been working a lot and when I am home, I am to exhausted to think. Today is my day off this week and well, I am still to tired to think to much about this post. So I just wanted to post something to let anyone who is still reading this know that I am still alive and kicking! Just not kicking so high as of late. This having to get up and go to work everyday thing is crazy! I can't imagine why anyone would want to do it!

On the home front: Kiddo's are doing good. Lauren has a couple of photo shoots coming up. Megan is as usual, being very entrepreneurial. And Noah, little mister Noah, has been growing and expanding his vocabulary and his imagination by leaps and bounds! Andrew started a new project and the drive is much shorter than before, so our gas bill should drop. That is a great thing! As I said earlier, I am working...I have another week and then I will go back to the usual schedule. I will be so happy to go back to one day a week...I think I will celebrate.

We are still trying to plan a vacation. And Andrew and I are trying to plan an anniversary trip and then we are planning to take Noah to see Thomas the Tank Engine when it comes nearby. So the summer is just getting going for us. When most people are wrapping up theirs and going back to school, we will be getting our fun started.

Camp Meeting is starting the first weekend of August, so we will be busy with that for several days. Several people we know from Louisiana are coming up for that, so we will get to visit with old friends.

Of course birthdays are also near. Andrew and Lauren in early August and Noah in September and then I will turn the big 42 in November. Oh I can't forget Daphne's wedding in October, so we will be making a trip to Louisiana.

Whew! I am sure there is something else, but right now, I can't think of what...

Anyway, just to let you know, I am still here and do have more to say, but this is my one day off and I need to catch up on the laundry, dishes, floors, toilets, tubs..................well you know the routine.

I will leave you with a quote, well other than the one in the title.
I am back...I decided to leave you with a poem instead. Several years ago I discovered Billy Collins. He was the US poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003. It was during that time that I found some of his work in the library where I worked. I loved his wit and the way he thought. It reminded me of some of the quirky thoughts I have. Only his are much more articulated than my own. Which explains why he was Poet Laureate and well I am not!!

Anyway, this poem is one of my favorites of his, it is so very true. I have reached the age where this really reminds me of my own battle with trying to remember things. I hope you enjoy it.

Forgetfulness

The name of the author is the first to go

followed obediently by the title, the plot,

the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel

which suddenly becomes one you have never read,

never even heard of,

as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor

decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain,

to a little fishing village where there are no phones.

Long ago you kissed the names of the nine Muses goodbye

and watched the quadratic equation pack its bag,

and even now as you memorize the order of the planets,

something else is slipping away, a state flower perhaps,

the address of an uncle, the capital of Paraguay.

Whatever it is you are struggling to remember,

it is not poised on the tip of your tongue,

not even lurking in some obscure corner of your spleen.

It has floated away down a dark mythological river

whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall,

well on your own way to oblivion where you will join those

who have even forgotten how to swim and how to ride a bicycle.

No wonder you rise in the middle of the night

to look up the date of a famous battle in a book on war.

No wonder the moon in the window seems to have drifted

out of a love poem that you used to know by heart.

~Billy Collins~

Job stuff...

8:41 AM, 2008-Jun-30 .. 0 comments .. Link

It has been a while since I updated. Seems like June has been a busy month. I have been working more than usual. I have trained on another route and substituted on that route a couple of days. I am going in today to train on the case on a route that I have had to carry twice without training. I am going to try to learn the case so I can be used on that route also. Not necessarily my idea, but that is the way it is going, so I am just going with the flow.

My job is one area that I completely turned over to God. Not that I haven't in other areas also, but the job is one that I just allow Him to handle it. I am torn about working outside of the home. I struggled for years with the notion that I should be working, having a career, and being a "super woman", having it all; great career, kids, husband, and the great life that all that was suppose to offer. But I have also struggled with the feelings that I needed to be home with my kids.

It wasn't until around the age of 38 or so, and the birth of my son, that I let it all go, and realized that I didn't want that life. I truly wanted to be a stay at home mom. But it was also around that time that we really needed the extra income boost. We had decided to stop traveling with the company that my husband had been working for and settle down in Arkansas. So my husband took a job locally, which meant less pay, lower bonuses, fewer benefits and perks.

We thought we could handle the reduction of pay, but didn't factor in all the other losses. Such as loss of a company truck, that also included insurance paid, GAS paid, all upkeep paid for by the company! Wow! When we had to buy another vehicle for Andrew to use for work, add to insurance, buy gas and pay for upkeep, that was a lot! Then at the same time, our oldest daughter got her drivers licenses! Was that a shock. She was added to our insurance also. It doubled!! Then add a third child, which as an infant required formula, diapers and all the other things babies need.

So all of this was unplanned for expenses that we didn't factor into our decision. But here we were and so we had to do something. I had prayed for years that God would provide me a job that I could do without being away from my family full time and long hours, but would provide enough extra to make a difference.

One night, while awake worrying about what we were going to do, I was on the Internet and thought, "Hey, I think I will check the post office and see if they are hiring part time. I signed up to take the test. I prayed that God would have His way in this situation. I went to take the test. A few weeks later I got the results, and I did well. A few days later I got a letter to come for an interview. I prayed again for God's will. I was given the job on the spot. I was told to go to training for close to three weeks. I again prayed God's will, and the training went well. I began to pray God's will in advance for the job placement and the right situation. I was placed in a great post office with great coworkers and supervisor.

I took each step at a time, and told God that it was all in His hands. While others fret and fuss about this or that, I say my job was given to me by God and it is in His hands. Recently there were changes made because route count was low this year. Many of the routes got changed from a K route to a J route. Among other things, a K route means the regular works 5 days a week and has a sub 1 day. On a J route the regular works 5 days one week and 6 the next. Meaning the subs only work every other week. The route I work is one of the only ones in our post office that wasn't affected. I am still working every week.

So I felt that was God's hand. I have been working at the post office over a year and a half, in November it will be two years, and in that time, we have had three supervisors. But I am not going to stress or worry. I go to work, I do my job to the best of my ability. I know that God gave it to me, if it is His will, He will move me or keep me there. My faith is in Him. He is my boss. I do my job unto Him, not for the supervisor, or the post office, but I am in service to God, even on my job. I have placed it into His hands, and accept His will in it. So when something happens at work regarding my schedule or my placement, I know it is His doing. And that makes it easier to accept the changes that take place with my job.

So far, He hasn't done me anything but Good! I know He will not fail but guide me in each step. Who knows where it may lead. When I took the job, I didn't think long term. And I still don't think to much about it. But if for instance, I am still there a few years down the road and a full route comes available, if it is His will, then I will take that step at that time. But for now, I am just doing what I am doing and letting God open the doors and with His help, I will step into them and follow His lead.

Well this isn't want I had in mind when I started this post, but it just ended up here. So for today I will leave it at this. There are other things I wanted to post about; the cake decorating class Megan and I are taking, photo's of recent happenings, the one year anniversary of my Mawmaw's death, and other things, but today this will have to suffice. I gotta go do some dishes and laundry and cleaning before I have to go to work at noon.

Old hippie revisited

2:40 PM, 2008-Jun-23 .. 1 comments .. Link

Maybe I need to clairify my previous post on the old hippie comment. I didn't mean that we are seeking the values of the hippie movement. I just meant that the hippie movement was a counter culture movement that went against what main stream America expected us to be. The hippie's chose to free themselves from the constraints and expectations of middle class America. Choosing instead their own paths. We as a group of homesteaders are chosing a different path from what main stream America embraces today.

Our society encourages us to become consumers and not producers, followers and not leaders, people who are taught what to think and how to live by the media, ie..television, hollywood, and mainstream liberal media organizations. We as a society are expected to accept their advertising and liberal opinions as the gospel. But we are chosing instead to think for ourselves, be producers of our own goods and food instead of relying on the government and big business to provide for us.

Many of us are rejecting the notion that only schools can education our children, chosing instead to education them ourselves. We are rejecting the notions that we must all live in cookie cutter houses in suburbia, with manicured lawns, flash"y" cars and a need to keep up with the latest fashions or fads. We aren't seeking after consumer goods that are pushed down our throats by big business We are refusing to believe that happiness and sucess comes through having more, or bigger and better...ie., through spending, seeking and keeping up with the Joneses.

My view of a hippie has less to do with the 60's movement that involved free love and drugs, but more to do with an attitude that we don't have to keep the status quo, and live like everyone else is living. That we don't have to change with the times, the old ways can still be good ways. We don't have to embrace the ideals and lifestyles that are shown us in the media, but rather we can chose our own paths, our own way of making a life. As long as that way doesn't go against God's principles for living. Because many of us are seeking the right path that God has ordained.

Many of us grew up with the idea that we needed to be a two income household, so that we could provide more for our families. But some of us realize that we as women can't really have it all, that was a lie perputuated upon us so that we would earn more, pay more taxes to the big government and spend more money making more big business rich. Some of us discovered that while attempting to have it all, something had to suffer, usually our kids, and families, and marriages...And we discovered that we could survive on one income and that the family unit could function in the way God imagined.

To me an old hippie is one that still embraces his/her convictions and beliefs even though the modern world wants him/her to believe that those ideas are outdated and ignorant. An old hippie is someone who still lives the way they believe is right in the face of opposition and ridicule. One that feels out of places in this crazy world we are in now. Someone who has lived and learned and sees value in the small miracles of life and the world that God created. Not someone to go off on tangents, in the way they think or believe, not swayed by popular opinion or public opinion. Someone that has seen enough of life come and go, to realize that it is all temperal and vain. Knowing you must have an inner compass and an inner thermostat, not relying on the thoughts and opinion of others.

So when I posted about being an old hippie, I just meant that we as homesteaders and homeschoolers are creating a new counter culture that is going against what we are told is the normal way of living in our modern society. We are finding our own way, chosing to think for ourselves and letting our hearts guide us down that path. So with that in mind, again I post this link to "Old Hippie." (You will have to pause my playlist on the side bar so you can hear this.)

Old Hippie

8:30 AM, 2008-Jun-23 .. 1 comments .. Link

For some reason this song by the Bellamy Brothers has been going over and over in my head. When I think of the lifestyle that many of us are seeking, I think about a group of people that's forming a counter culture.

We are seeking a different path. A path that goes against what modern America seems to have become.

Although I don't agree with all that this song is about, it makes me think about seeking our own path and searching for the way things were and how they should be again.

Here is a link to a good version I found on you tube, if you are interested in hearing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhxc1ZysPXA

I haven't learned to post the video to my blog yet, so you will have to follow the link. Sorry. I also have it on my play list if you want to click on it there. It is the Bellamy Brother singing it there.

Eggs, Eggs, and more Eggs...

10:35 AM, 2008-Jun-16 .. 1 comments .. Link

I sure have been missing my hens lately. The last week or so I have been craving eggs. Boiled eggs mixed with mayo, mustard and a little sweet pickle. That is how I make egg salad. Anyway, I have been eating egg salad everyday. But they are store bought eggs and not my farm fresh eggs that I use to enjoy from my hens when we had Sugar Bend Farm. I am hoping that we will soon find the place we are searching for and be able to have hens again with fresh eggs!

Birthday's, trips and such...

3:27 PM, 2008-Jun-11 .. 0 comments .. Link

I haven't posted in a few days due to being very busy. Updates on the happenings are: My baby girl just turned 13!! I can't believe that she is already a teenager!

Friday, June 6th was her birthday and we decided to surprise her with a trip. She has always been into American Girl dolls and last year they opened an American Girl Boutique and Bistro in Dallas so we decided to go, before she got to old to want to go. So I got someone to cover for me at work Saturday and Andrew took off on Friday and we drove to Dallas for the weekend.

Noah having fun by the pool at the hotel

Megan, Noah and Andrew cooling off in the pool

Megan and I got up early Saturday morning and drove to the American Girl store and had a girls morning out.

Megan with her loot.

The girls of the year

We picked Andrew and Noah up at the hotel and drove out to Grapevine Mills outlet mall for a little while.

Noah enjoying a carousel ride

What a surprise to find a Thomas the Tank Engine store! Noah had a blast!

We had planned to go to the aquarium on Sunday, but decided to go visit with some cousins who live near Dallas and plan another trip back to the aquarium and Six-Flags in a few weeks.

Noah and Nikko

Beverly, Rick, and Nikko

After a nice visit with Bev and her family, we drove back down town and got out and walked around Dealey Plaza and the area where President John F. Kennedy was shot. It was very interesting and had a sacred feel to it. Maybe that was just me. Anyway, all in all it was a great trip. We all enjoyed ourselves and it was nice to get away.

These are photo's of Dealey Plaza and the building where Lee Harvey Oswald was said to have been when he supposedly shot JFK.

The wisdom of Garfield

9:50 AM, 2008-Jun-5 .. 2 comments .. Link

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Garfield. I use to have a couple of stuffed Garfield's that I kept in my car when I was young and single.

Anyway, I have always found his humor to be...well humorous!

Anyway, with all the heaviness of the world we live in, it doesn't hurt to occasionally find humor in things.

In fact, laughter doeth good like a medicine. Someone wise once said that and I would have to agree with him.

I have this cut out and put on my fridge and I laugh at it daily. Yea, I suppose I am easily amused, but it is so much the way I feel as of late! You know I am almost 42!

I found this one on a friend's mom's blog that also loves Garfield.

Chocolate junkie

10:27 AM, 2008-Jun-4 .. 0 comments .. Link

Dadgum you Ree!

Why did you have to post such a wonderfully delicious, delightful, decadent dessert like this on your site? And why did I have to try it? I should have just walked away and let it be, but no, I couldn't do that. Those tempting photo's you posted. You made it look so easy, and it was easy.

That is the problem, it is to easy to walk into the kitchen and pull out the blender, pour in those chocolate chips, crack four eggs, add some vanilla and salt. Then pour over that hot coffee as it blends...

The hardest part is leaving it in the refrigerator long enough to set. So I do it at night, and in the morning, when I get up...OH! there are wonderful dishes of goodness waiting for me. All I have to do is top it with ready whip, and enjoy!!

I guess that I am just a chocolate junkie and couldn't help myself. Now I want it all the time.

This is the second time in two weeks that I have made this stuff and have eaten way to much of it.

You sure do know how to hurt a diet!

If you want the recipe for this luscious dessert you can get it here. But don't say that I didn't warn you...It is addictive!

Coming late to the party...again

9:33 AM, 2008-Jun-4 .. 1 comments .. Link

I know I always seem to be coming late to the party, but have you seen this...

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto_movie080307

Tuesday Happenings

8:40 AM, 2008-Jun-4 .. 0 comments .. Link

Well, yesterday was Tuesday and you know what that means. Adventure...

Well, it doesn't always mean adventure, but yesterday we were up for an adventure so the kids and I jumped into our awaiting carriage...

Or what we like to call, "Our new toy" the fun mobile.

Away we went...We went to the Rock...

Little Rock, that is...

We went to the downtown Little Rock Farmer's Market

Since I have to work on Saturday's, I only get to go to the Tuesday's Market. But I suspect that Saturday is the day to go...

I had planned to take a photo of my favorite vendor, but got sidetracked by the fruits and veggies. Next time I will ask him if I can photograph him and his stand. It is actually back near the red truck you see here. I guess I am a bit partial to him because he goes to our church. But he also has great produce. And he goes out of his way to have the wonderful fig preserves that I love so much.

Then we walked into the River Market because the girls were thirsty and wanted a drink. We got there just after the lunch crowd, so there were a few vacant spots to sit.

They have recently redone the inside with new lights, decor and seating.
It was then that I spotted the two vacant vending spots on the right of the photo below. There are actually three, but one had a sign on it that something was just about to open there. It has been a long held dream of mine to have a small lunch style eatery. Or even a small family restaurant. Yes, I know, I am crazy, but this fueled my dreams...What if I could get one of those spots and open a lunch counter! The red one has a stove already in it. So it is ready...

But, for now, that is just a dream of mine, I don't really think that I could meet the demands of something like that right now. So, I will tuck that dream back inside my dream box and pull it out another time...

After leaving the market, we took a long drive in the jeep while Noah slept and we enjoyed the sunshine.

So all in all, the day was fairly adventurous; for a Tuesday at the Rock that is...

Latest Acquisition

5:45 PM, 2008-Jun-1 .. 6 comments .. Link

There is an antique mall/flea market just down the street from my house. I have been in there a couple of times and usually find several things I would love to have, but don't get because it is either too expensive or something I don't really need or both! But the other day I went in and found this chair that I just couldn't put out of my mind. I am usually the type of person that over thinks things before I buy or don't buy. I think of all the reasons that I don't need to spend the money, or say that I will come back another time and if it is still there, then I will consider buying it then.

But for some reason, I just couldn't get this chair out of my head. When I got home, I told Andrew about it and I called back down to the shop and asked the guy if the dealer would consider an offer. He said their policy was that they couldn't call the dealer if the price was under $100.00 but he could give it to me for ten percent off the listed price. Considering that, the chair would be about $4.00 more than what I was planning to offer for it. So I ran back down there in Andrew's truck and snatched it up. It is wicker, or rattan and wood. It is in great shape and much heavier than I thought.

I cleaned it up, purchased a couple of pillows at Target. I love it. It needs a touch up here and there, but has that great worn look that looks relaxing and inviting. It is officially my new sitting place.

More Goodwill hunting...

8:25 AM, 2008-May-29 .. 1 comments .. Link

I was at Goodwill again the other day. They get shipments on Friday's, so I usually try to hit them on Friday and walk around while they unload all the loot. Just hoping to be the first to happen upon a treasure. So when I walked up to go inside the other day, this piece caught my eye. It was sitting there, in plain view, in the window for everyone to see. But no one was looking at it. Of course, it intrigued me to no end. When I walked inside and begin to inspect it, I realized that it wasn't actually an old piece, but a new piece made to look old. And the price was $15.50. So I left it. Before leaving the store, I walked back over to it and looked it over again. But $15.50! It was more than I usually allow for one item, unless it is something really grand. I mean come on, it is Goodwill after all. A place of bargins and low prices. And I really didn't need this, Truthfully, I didn't even know what it was actually. For that matter, where I would put it, or what I would do with it. So I went home empty handed.

But it kept calling to me...I searched the internet trying to find something like it. But I had no clue what it was called, or what it was used for except to look interesting.

I finally gave in and drove back to the store, and there it was, still waiting in the window. No one else even seemed interested in it. But I was on a mission. It was to be mine. So I bought it. Paid $15.50 and carried it home. Now that it is here, I still don't know what to do with it, or how best to use such a piece. So if anyone out there has a suggestion, please I need some suggestions. If you know what it's called or what it could be used for, I need to know. I need to be able to justify giving $15.50 for---something---that I don't know how to use. So for now, it sits high atop my hutch along with a variety of baskets, large and small, waiting to be useful, waiting for me to understand why I was so attracted to it, why I needed to pay $15.50 to bring it home with me.

Pots de Creme---yum!

8:52 AM, 2008-May-28 .. 1 comments .. Link

I made the most delicious and delightful dessert the other day. I got the recipe here. It was so easy. The only thing I will do different next time is pour the coffee much slower so there won't be the froth-y-ness on the top.

New Life

8:00 AM, 2008-May-28 .. 0 comments .. Link

There has been a nest with eggs in my hanging ivy on my front porch, and a very nervous mamma bird that flies away every time we open our front door. Yesterday my husband saw little heads poking up from the nest. I caught the mom gone and grabbed my camera. They are all sleeping soundly.

But my poor ivy needs some watering. I have hesitated about watering it. I didn't want to disturb the nest, so I have slowly poured water in the back side, hoping not to scare the mom away, causing her to abandon her babies.

In other news, I am slowly coming back from the abyss of illness. The dr called Noah in a new perscription yesterday and I got him started on it. Hopefully it will kick whatever he had in the rear! Poor baby! He has been sick for over two weeks. I have been self medicating, and can see a change this morning in the way I feel. So hopefully in a day or two, I will be completely well!

Don't you just hate being sick? But more than that, I hate seeing my kids sick. So please continue to pray for us that we will both be back to normal really soon. Noah loves going outside and has been begging to go out for several days. Poor Baby!

A Sickie Weekend

7:51 AM, 2008-May-26 .. 2 comments .. Link

Well it is official...I feel like Cr*p! I don't normally use that word in my everyday speech, and as you can see, I couldn't bring myself to spell it out. I suppose it goes back to my upbringing. When I was growing up words like that weren't used in our home. We weren't allowed to say things like ain't or shut-up. They were considered curse words in our home. So it still rubs me the wrong way when I hear someone say something like that. But that is the best description of how I feel this morning that I could express.

It all started out as allergies, I suppose. Noah and I both were sufferning from seasonal allergies and then it turned into sinus, and sinus infection. I suppose mind did also, I took him to the dr and continued to self treat myself. The dr put him on an antibiotic. After a few days, he broke out into a rash! An allergy to penicilin! So he was taken off the antibiotic and put on Zyrtec, with instruction to bring him back if he wasn't better after the weekend. Well he isn't and I am definately not either! He started running a fever again and feeling like me Cr*ppy! So much for a holiday weekend.

We were suppose to go to Tennessee the weekend to a family reunion. But events that took place a Andrew's work prevented us from going. He had to go in and work some today. They are trying to get this job finished and have a deadline to meet. So people had to work over the weekend to get it done. He had to go in today to make sure it got done and to direct the next steps in the process.

I have to say, that due to the way I feel and the way I assume Noah feels, it was for the better that we were home over the weekend. It is bad being sick, but worse being sick and away from home! Or having to travel while sick!

So, unless something changes drastically today, Noah will go back to the dr tomorrow and try another antibiotic to rid himself of this infection. And I suppose I may break down and go to the dr also. I don't think I can deal with this much longer. I just hate going to the dr...it makes being sick even worse to have to go to the dr's office, sit and wait; because you always have to sit and wait, and wait, and wait!!! Then to have to go to the pharmacy and wait for the meds. Not only that, but you are around other sick people when your immune system is at its lowest. So not only do you have what you originally went to the dr to get treatment, but you now bring home germs from other illnesses! Now your germs are throwing a party and inviting all manner of germs into your home! Maybe that's just me and my phobic tendencies!

Anyway, I suppose today will be spent just hanging around the house taking meds every few hours and feeling like, well you know what!

Hope everyone has a safe Memorial Day!

The cute things kids say...

4:47 PM, 2008-May-23 .. 1 comments .. Link

While lying in bed last night, with he sound of thunder in the background, Noah asked,

"Mommy, does funder (thunder) make bubbles?"

You silly boy! We both laughed.

I just love my little boy blue!

Kefir Grains

12:39 PM, 2008-May-21 .. 0 comments .. Link

I got my grains!! Kefir grains, that is...

Thanks to Jennifer at From Fields and Gardens. I already have a batch started.

I have been drinking store bought kefir for some time now and am looking forward to making my own. I first read about kefir a couple of years back in a Hobby Farms Home magazine. I was intrigued and wanted to try it. Anyone have a story about their first experience with Kefir, I would love to hear about it.

Question about homemade yogurt

1:14 PM, 2008-May-19 .. 3 comments .. Link

I made my first batch of homemade yogurt and put it in the fridge to cool. When I tasted it, I have to say, I was a tad bit disappointed. It tasted more sour than I imagined it to taste. I know that homemade yogurt taste different from store bought, but my question is; Is it normally more sour or did something go wrong?

If you make yogurt, I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions that you may offer.

Thanks!!

Yogurt making, strawberry pickin and more...

9:38 AM, 2008-May-19 .. 2 comments .. Link

I made yogurt yesterday! I used the yogurt makers on a batch of goat milk yogurt. I just placed them in the fridge to chill, so I can't wait to try it!

Thursday the kids and I went 25 miles or so north of us to a U-Pick Strawberry patch to pick some delicious strawberries! We had a great day. You won't see Lauren in any of the photos because she was the self appointed photographer. That kept her from actually having to pick strawberries!

Noah is learning the fine art of strawberry pickin!

Here he is trying to decide whether he wants to pick or eat them

Beautiful summer bounty

"I helped my mom pick strawberries...."

Lost in the strawberry patch

Here I am!

It started to drizzle rain, so we had to call it a day on the strawberry picking. Noah is taking an antibiotic for his sinus infection, so I figured we better keep from getting wet.

"Wow! Can I drive the tractor?"

After leaving the strawberry patch we drove a little further north to visit Ms Karen at Calm and Gentle Farm to get some fresh goat milk.

Noah was trying to catch the horse so he could ride, but the horse had other ideas!

Instead he decided to try to befriend the baby goats.

Farmer Noah on the prowl

How precious!

After getting our milk we said good bye to Ms Karen and the goats and headed home to enjoy the strawberries. Here are a few that made it home!

Megan about to enjoy the sweet, fresh fruits of her labor!

We had a great day and are now enjoying the strawberries and milk. I used the milk to make my first batch of homemade yogurt. I can't wait to taste it topped with the fresh strawberries...

Yummy, summer is such a delicious time of year!