What a week for the family! Last week we welcomed Bea's cousin Kaleb into the world and yesterday we celebrated her great-grandmother Irma's 100th birthday! My big brother Travis was here for the birthday festivities and Bea had lots of fun playing with her Uncle T. It is always a whirlwind of activity when Travis is home. Somehow his vists always coincide with particularly busy times at the farm. Travis and Dan went over to New York to pick up our seed potatoes. Yesterday there was a bit of a potato cutting party, with both our dads, Travis, and the apprentices Cheryl and Aliyah cutting up our spud seeds. Bea had a blast climbing on the hay in the barn, making trips up the mountain and spotting elephants!
The cows are eager to get out into the pasture, but we are waiting for there to be enough grass. The sheep got out yesterday and had a high time grazing around. Coco was not happy about staying behind in the least. Patches is much more mellow. Coco is the boss, chasing Lulu around and bellowing when she doesn't get her way. We missed Patches' heat one more time. We always think it is too early and wait for stronger signs, but then we end up missing our window of opportunity. Maybe next month....
