Oh I am sooooo very behind here.  Sorry about that.  :-)

We actually got our first snow of the Season on Nov. 21st.  It was so pretty coming down out here around the timber.  I love the look of fesh fallen snow on the trees just as I do when you have ice on the tree branches...................so very pretty  I tried to  upload a couple pictures to place here but they were huge!  So if someone can tell me how to get them on here smaller I'd appreciate the help.  :-)

Well we have about 4 inches of snow on the ground here so far and have more coming tonight and tomorrow to the tune of 1-3 inches more.  Woohoo!  Although I do worry about all of our animals.  Thank heavens we have them so they are just budded up to the timber tree line which is to the North of our property so the animals are south of that and protected from the harsh north winds.  we are actually trying to sell our Pygmy buck.  We just dont have adiquate shelter for him for the winter and he is tearing the heck out of his fencing as he is trying to get to my Nubian doe whom is in the pen next to him!  LOL!   

Woohoo!  Autumn is officially here!  I just love "FALL"!  It is my favorite time of the year next to Christmas time.  I just love Ole Fashioned Christmas's.  :-)

We have been busy here around the homestead with finishing up some remodeling projects, repairs, as well as getting ready for winter.  We have lots yet to do around here as well.  We are wanting to get a roof on our chicken coop, winterize our area of the barn where goats head for shelter.  We also want to make a sloped roof storage area off our garage to park the lawn tractor in as well as our feed for the animals to free up some much needed room in our garage so that we can get the 4 wheeler in and out more easily without having to move everything out of the way each time. 

We are also wanting to sell our Pygmy buck (he is so loveable) as we just hate having to keep him isolated from our Nubian Doe and other Pygmy whether that in together.  So with winter coming we plan to sell him and possibly the whether as well and look for another Nubian Doe.

For exciting news, our 21 yr old daughter had her first baby on Sept. 22nd (wasn't due until 10-7)  She had a baby boy, "Peyton Lee" who weighed just 6lbs - 61/4oz and was 20.5 in long with a full head of blond hair!  :-)  Speaking of which, she is bringing him up here for the first time since being home, so I nedd to go get things picked up a bit around here!  :-)

Well it is finally "official"!  We are now "Lil' Creek Homestead".  :-)  This is our new Homestead name as well as our goat Herd name. 

We are so excited to finally have an official Homestead name.  :-)  It was a pain picking it out as several we wanted were already taken.  :-(  Atleast we have one now. 

My where does the time go???  :-)  I have been so busy with other things that I have not taken the time to write here.  Sorry for that. 

Well since I wrote last, our 4 baby Bronze turkeys died.  that sure was a dissapointment.  We don't know why, but they all died at once.  That morning they were fine.  The goats are doing well and such love bugs!  :-)  Tilda, my Nubian is so cute and loveable.  Murphy, my Pygmy whether is still so timid and won't let me get to close to him.  I dont know why.  Zander, my Pygmy buck is also very loveable.  :-)  I would have nevee thought I would have gotten goats (although I have always wanted minature ones) but now that I have them, I am glad I was able to get them.  We would like to begin raising them to "sell" in the near future.

The chickens are doing good, although we lost a cornish cross due to being pecked to death!  She actualy was in so much misery that my DH had to put her out of her misery.  We won't be eating her...............I never realized how brutal they could be.  :-/

A farm kitty just had 4 baby kittens today and we didn't even knwo she was pregnant!  She had 3 black and one yellow.  Dakota watched her have them for a little while.  Such a precious moment! 

I ment to update sooner but we have been a litle busy around here!  LOL!  We got 2 new baby Pygmy goats!  One guy was a little about 9 weeks when we brought him home April 28th and the other guys was about 10weeks when we brought him home on May 1st.  I named them "Zander" and "Murphy".  I will try and get a picture of them added here.  :-)  They are so cute!  We are now looking for a Nubian baby Doe so that we can raise "Kinders".  I will keep you all updated.  Also, I'd love any advice, resource help etc.  Please email personally.  Thank you!

I have not written in awhile.  I am very angry at myself for letting someone get to me so.  The last time I posted on here, someone, an "anonomous" person left a horribly insultive comment as to what "a fake" I am.  I have no idea whom, or why anyone would feel the need to do such a thing.  I am not perfect, non of us are.  Only our Lord God is.  Upon reading the nasty comment, I immediately changed my settings so that only my blog "friends" could read and post here.  Then the angrier I got....I mean, many of us post here to share our journey's in our Homestead life, which is a ministry to some to be able to read in those ventures.  I feel so betrayed.  Even more upset in the fact that I can no longer share my postings in that "open" manner.  :-(  

I just wanted to share that with you all.

I can't believe it has been a year since our House Fire here!  March 31st marked one year.    :-( We are still rebuilding from that.  I am just truly thank ful that Dakota and I were not hurt at all and that I got little Dakota out of the house in time.  It was not a total loss, but just lots of damages.

I know that I have said this alot but this past year truly has been a rough one for me and my family.  My FAITH is still intact!