07/04/2025
Whew!! What a week! Buckle up this is a roller coaster!
As most of you know, we were on our way to getting a Valais sheep program up and running when we lost our barn and all our babies were inside. A few months later, we had someone reach out and offer us 5 girls to get back on our feet. We couldn’t believe it. We were beyond excited and thankful…the catch: they were in Colorado.
We decided to make this wonderful gift happen so on Monday we packed up and headed to Colorado! Now there was A LOT of planning that took place the last several months to make this possible: we needed dog sitters, a farm sitter and a bigger trailer! As most of us with farms know how hard it is to find someone trustworthy to care for all that happens on site, we are lucky enough to have met someone who farm sits and has her own farm too! And though it’s impossible not to worry, Nicole Holland (who also runs a rescue Holland Pack) knows that things happen and she cares for these animals as if they were her own so my worries were very minimal!
Then my mom, Tammy, took Zaylee for us and Hazel visited her friends and family with PonyLane Ranch & Rescue Inc. What a HUGE help!!! We also got lucky and found a heck of a deal on a 16’ trailer that will get used frequently here! So off we went.
The first day we stopped at Bryan’s parents to spend the day with them! Marylin and Mike fixed a wonderful dinner and getting to see all their new landscaping was amazing! Tuesday we make it into Kansas but not too far until the truck breaks down and we need a tow. It was a pretty big roadblock on our plans but two great things came from this: we met THE BEST mechanics in Topeka, Kansas and we explored the zoo and the cute city park with a train ride! That night we just enjoyed the hot tub and some tv
Yes yes it could have been a lot worse but the way our year has been going I was just over all the issues.
This mechanic got us up and running the next morning and off to Colorado we go! We made it the hotel just before sundown but we both were beat and went to bed. That next morning we had the absolute honor of visiting an amazing fiber farm who also has horses! I was in heaven! Davis Family Livestock is a family owned education fiber farm….MY DREAM! They are the nicest people and we got the full tour. I soaked up every second.
We thank everyone who made this possible and who has helped us get back up on our feet from the fire.
Please help us welcome MABLE, FREYA, FUNNY FACE, PANDA, and LUCKY to our farm! More about them to come too!
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