Life on the Outskirts of Heaven Family Farm

08/09/2023

Yesterday was a busy day!

All 4 boys (Snoopy, Bandit, Cookie and Kian) went to their new home. They aren't too far away, have a beautiful pasture and barn and even a new friend who is a livestock guardian dog! She is the sweetest and they were all snuggled up together by the time we left.

When we got home our trusted farrier and his sidekick were waiting for us and all three big boys got their feet done. Lots of fun conversations and tips in the form of Popsicles and off they went to the next job.

Next it was time to get our two new ewe lambs in a smaller space to work on getting to know each other. Little B has named them Sugar and Spice, and let me tell you... they are ALL SPICE! Whew we got quite the workout just getting them inside, and we had to catch our second wind to get halters on them! (You can still see the bug eyes on Spice even though she was standing nicely) ot will take some time but it will be well worth it.

We found a home for the last kitten, they will go be a barn cat at the same farm the boys are at!

That's all for now, but today is another day 😎

Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

03/17/2023

Silver giving birth!

03/15/2023

Everyone got a haircut on Monday, and Silver is due to have her babies (I hope more than one!) on 3/15. I'm not so sure she will have them tomorrow as she's just not looking quite ready yet, but she has baged up!

But then again Sweet Pea baged up almost 6 weeks before she had the twins 🤦‍♀️

03/07/2023

Second 5 minute video 😁 for some reason it wouldn't let me put both in one post 🤷‍♀️

03/06/2023

For those of you who just want to watch 10 minutes on the farm... there's some cute moments in here 💙💙💙

03/04/2023

Friday night party in the barn!

02/28/2023

02/23/2023

This is Little B and Cookie. I've taken to calling him Cookie Monster and crossing my fingers he doesn't know what monster means 😅

02/21/2023

I went back out to check on Sweet Pea about 7:30pm and found her with one little boy already on the ground. I picked him up and lead her into the stall I had ready for her and it wasn't 5 minutes later she had boy number 2.

I called John and he and Bristol came out to see them. Bristol and I made sure both lambs got their first milk and mama got a bucket of nice warm molasses water.

We hung out with them for quite a while and talked about what to name them. I had already decided I wanted every baby born on this farm have their name start with "KTS". My mom was called Katee and she would sign her paintings as such, and at times she would shorten it to KT's - for Katee's.

On the 25th she will have been gone a year. I'm trying to not go down a hole again but the emotions have been really heavy lately. I know where she is and she's watching over us all, and that I won't quite ever get over it. I miss her so much, and I know she would have been so excited for these little ones. I think my grandpa would be pretty tickled too.

The black and white was born first and he shall be known ask KTS Bandit. The brown and white shall be known as KTS Cookie.

Many many more pictures to come, and remember: we still have two more mama's to go!

02/01/2023

Update 1/31

01/25/2023

I think we still have a ways to go before we have babies 😕

(Looks out window again)

Nope. No babies yet.

01/24/2023

Haha! I swear they just followed me home honey!

01/20/2023

We have some really exciting news! No, no babies yet, but we do have a new girl!

Her name is Silver and she actually comes from the same farm that Brett, Lucy and Sweet Pea came from.

Ready for the extra surprise?

SHES PREGNANT!!! 💙💗💙💗

She is bred to an F3 Valais Blacknose ram, Due date 3/15/23

01/16/2023

🍼 Baby watch 1/15

Uneventful weekend so far, but you never know what the morning will bring.

Pictures to document what the udders look like tonight, checkered flags to protect the innocent 😉

As you can see Brett couldn't care less, he sure loves the ramp up in the food that the girls get!

01/13/2023

Oh my goodness!

What a difference a haircut makes! Major shout out to Darkside Shearing for taking such great care of my little herd and for all of the great advice and information. And an educated guess on baby due dates 💙❤️💙❤️ True professional!

01/12/2023

Baby watch 1/11

We are inside tonight because the girls get haircuts tomorrow and they need to be dry.

01/12/2023

Live baby watch 1/11

01/11/2023

Good morning! No babies yesterday or this morning 😁