Meet Buster....

aka "Butter" as Camden calls them. One kid is named Buster and the other doesn't have a name....yet.

Camden's Pappy is borrowing a goat. The deal is that Pappy borrows the pregnant goat and delivers the kids (the baby goats). Then, when Pappy's sheep have baby lambs, the Mommy's goat will have enough milk for the kids and baby lambs. When the kids are weaned, Pappy takes the kids back to the original owner. I'm not sure how good of a deal this is, but Pappy thinks it is a great deal. Borrowing the goat for the milk is cheaper than buying baby lamb formula (or milk replacement as he calls it). I don't know, what do you think?

Camden was not interested in the goats the first day they were born. He was content looking at them from afar, but when my dad scooped up one of the kids into his arms, the kid began to cry. Then Camden began to cry. But, after a few visits, Camden has become fond of the kids and enjoys chasing them around inside the pen. The kids enjoy jumping upon on him and Cam thinks it is so funny.

On Christmas, Pappy delivered two new baby lambs. We're not exactly sure if Cam prefers "eep" over "goats."

Here are a few photos of Camden playing with the kids after they were born and feeding (or "feed eep" as Camden says) the Momma lamb before her new babies came.




Oh, and I want to mention how thankful we are to Pappy and Nana for the coveralls, coat, and hat. Without all the "gear", Camden wouldn't be able to play outside in the cold.

Scrapbook Challenge

Ever since I have began scrapbooking (back in 2006), I have dreamed about submitting pages to my favoriate magazines - Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbook Etc. Well, I finally feel confident to take the plunge and give it try. So, here are a few pages will be submitting to the Creating Keepsake gallery this month. Wish me luck - I'd love to have a page or two published and hopefully win some free scrapbooking products to experiment with!

Oh, and I want to mention that if you are a scrapbooker and haven't heard of Project Life or Project 365, you should check out Becky Higgins' blog (www.beckyhiggins.com). This will be my first Project Life experience and I'm so excited. I'm already planning all the photos I will take to include in my 2010 album!

Note: The images you see are photographs of my pages. I haven't figured out how to shrink 12X12 sizing down using a 8X11 scanner - if you know how, please help!

Moving Dirt.....

it doesn't sound all that exciting, but to us, it is!

After renting a home for nearly 3 years, we are more than ready for our own place. I am ready for a little color and personality and Austin is ready for some garage room. We must continue to be patient as it will still be another year before have our own place, but at least we are making progress.

For our patch of land, the survey is complete and by mid-January, the dirt should be in place and ready for a basement hole.

Here is a glimpse of the progress..............