Live it up!!

One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Jim Elliot, "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you know to be the will of God for your life". Well, we know God's will for us right now is to be here in Castroville living in the country. So, we've been trying to live it up here. We've done crazy things we'd never do in the city...kittens, hens, and now...goats. Yep, we did it! Michael went to the store this morning to get some milk, and saw an ad on the community bulletin board about someone giving away 4 pygmie goats. He came home and had Jeffrey google them to find out about them. And then a couple of hours and a trip to the Uhaul to get a trailer later, Michael, the boys and Katie went to pick them up. They had a fun time wrestling them at the guy's house where we got them. They brought them home and let them go out on the property. We'll see if they stick around. The boys said that Michael said that if they start butting the old cars that are on our property, then we'll have to get rid of them. I REALLY hope they leave the cars alone, for lots of reasons. They are really cute, but they do stink. They go everywhere together. Kinda like Jonathan and Jeremy do when Katie and Celleste are around! :-) Their names are Goliath, Jeb, Jesse and Billy. Right now the goats are in the front yard eating the tall grass!! Yippee!!!
Jonathan, Jeffrey and Jeremy getting Goliath into the trailer.
The boys loading more goats on the trailer.
Here's the guys on the trailer when they got home. From L-R: Billy, Jesse, Jeb and Goliath
Here they are heading out toward the grass in our front yard.


It's such a hoot! I still can't believe we have GOATS!! What's next??!!