It has been very warm here the last few days and I don't like it at all. I'm not fond of the heat at all. It was in the high 80's the last two days and that's just too hot for me.

We got a rooster today to help protect the ladies. I'm hoping he doesn't mess with them too much, they are still pretty young (a couple of months old). We have lost a few though to our Jack Russell and they need more protection. We lost our entire flock last year to raccoons in a matter of weeks. We put a 6ft. fence around our whole area, an electric line around the bottom, and we lock them up every night in their home so hopefully they will only die of old age from here on out!

My oldest daughter (12yrs old) started selling her raw goat milk this week to some people from her uncle's work. She is selling it for $5 a half gallon and has between 1-2 gallons a week sold right now. She is very excited to start this venture. She started her first little business when she was 6 and has been going strong ever since. Her 4H fair is coming up in July and her meat goat is still pretty wild. She is trying to walk him every night but he cries like someone is trying to cut off a hoof with a spoon. Tonight she tried riding her four wheeler and walking him beside her. Her 4H leader for some reason thought this would help since he sits down and then won't get back up. He didn't like it any better. Back to square one!

My 9yr old daughter is very busy this week (as is her driver!) getting ready for her big dance recital this weekend. We have dress rehearsal late into Thursday night (9pm is pretty late for momma!) and two dance performances this weekend. I am very excited for her she has been working on her dance all year. We go to a Christian dance studio and I love all the music they've picked out. It's so nice not having to worry about what kind of music or costumes they will pick out for our little dancers.

Last but not least we found the strangest thing, a turtle. The same chicken killing Jack Russell was a little too interested in a big "rock" and that rock turned out to be a turtle. We think it was a western pond turtle and went ahead and released him. All the kids watched him walk around a little kiddie pool for a few hours and then we went down to the bottom of our property and found a marshy area and released him. He seemed to be very happy and dove under some leaves in a puddle. I hope we made the right decision and we didn't just release someone’s pet (although I can't imagine how a pet would get all the way out here?)