I cannot believe it's possible to be so busy that I literally don't have time to sit for 10 minutes and update, but it's certainly been the case for the past week. We've had visitors, goat buyers, boarders, and friends stopping by nearly every day which has just been wonderful!

The rains caused Ed to think the pond might get a little water in it so he cleaned out the Tonka trucks and toy soldiers the kids had "drowned" in preparation. The first day of the heavy rains we got about 4" and thought it was a nice start. The following morning the pond was near overflowing! Overnight that sucker filled right up and just a few days later it's full of frogs making all kinds of noise and I even saw geese in it yesterday.

All the boarders were out over the weekend to ride and visit. We just have the best time with them all! I pulled in from running errands and saw that Joe had a saddle on Chocolate - the 4 yr old gelding who'd never had a saddle or rider - and promptly ran out there to watch. They moved him into the smaller front pasture and as we stood quietly we watched Joe gradually put weight on the saddle then check for reactions. After several minutes of this he finally swung his leg over and went for a ride. Although Chocolate fussed a little, he never once fought or even acted upset - just maybe a little concerned. It was totally awesome to see Joe work with him and I'm so glad he allowed me to hang out watching.

The lady came last night to pick up the boer goats and poor little Spot has just been walking in circles wailing as loud as he can ever since they left. I'm not sure if he's letting us know he's upset or continuing the racket in case they're lost and need his voice to find their way home. Either way, it's just heartwrenching to hear him. The boys weren't as upset as I thought they'd be as she pulled away but Kenny was a little broken up about losing Jane's brown kid. Lesson one on a farm is never get too attached to animals you plan to butcher or sell but that is just so difficult to do!

I talked with our farmer and we've decided to get pastures planted this spring so we can put the horses out a little next spring and summer. He's going to come in the next few weeks to get the seed in and asked if I'd ride along to sweep the driller. I agreed to do it although I have no idea what the heck he's talking about. Hopefully it won't be difficult.

We fly sprayed our three horses yesterday and Fire did not take it well. Rather than freak him out further we backed off with just a light spray and will treat him again. Midnight went so crazy that we just put the sprayer down and sponged him. As soon as the sprayer was away he let me get everywhere on his body and didn't seem bothered. I made sure to go back out several times in the afternoon just to talk with them and walk next to them.

Poor Ed's on vacation this week and has a list a mile long of chores to do - including getting the siding repaired on our Newton house so we can get it on the market this month.