Hooray!! They are finally here!!
Meet Nancy and April.....
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| This is Miss Nancy.... |
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| And...this is Miss April!! |
It took a couple of months for us to prepare for their arrival, but they are here now and filling our fridge with lots of yummy goat milk!
In preparation for their addition to our farm family, we had to install fencing and a goat shed. That was a job!
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| My sweet neighbor came over and used her tractor to dig our corner post holes!! |
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| Okay, so her tractor is a bit larger than mine is!! |
After digging the holes for all of the corner posts we went to work installing them. After we set the first post, we decided to cover the post, fence and entire goating endeavor with prayer! So we each wrote a verse, note, or prayer on the first post installed.
Then, as a family, we prayed over it.
And now we were ready to roll!!
Some of the holes needed widened, so there was still some grunt work to do!
After getting the holes ready we added river rock to help level the posts. This is followed by an alternate pattern of concrete and water until the hole is full.
We put our 8 foot posts 3 feet into the ground to increase the sturdiness of the fence. Goats are known for being fence escape artists!!
Then it was time to insert the posts and level them. William, Emi, and Brianna did the digging and pouring while Kalli and I were in charge of leveling.
Tori was in charge of taking pictures and taking care of the house for that week!! She is not an outdoor kinda gal!! :)
We were so blessed that William was able to take off work for the week to install the fence. And it took almost every minute of that week!
It was dirty, hard work.....
And we were exhausted at the end of each day!!!
But spending the week with cuties like this....
And this....
And these.....
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