Springtime on the farm . . . happy days. : )

The Weekend

Josiah had fun digging a campfire hole in the backyard. He and Joy toasted bread over the fire, slathering it with butter. Mmmmm, good!

We were blessed with a wonderful Easter. The morning worship service super-abounded with prepared music selections, including a twelve-person ensemble singing "Before the Throne of God Above" (you can listen to a short clip of it HERE).

An after-dinner game of "SEQUENCE." This was a rather new game for us, but we really enjoyed it!

Aunt Marlene and Jessica "strategizing."

Our dear Auntie "KK."


Monday piano lessons for a couple boys from our church.

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ON THE HORIZON: I have a deadline of this Saturday to finish a Christian Ethics course. In addition, Daniel and I are preparing for a special concert for a church Senior's group at the end of the month. They have a wonderful pipe organ, so I will be accompanying Daniel on the organ part of the time, as well as playing an organ solo.

Outside, April showers are steadily falling, accompanied by 35 degree windy weather. One of those bone-chilling days. I believe soup is on the menu for the evening. : )

Our Cute Little Kids: Part 3

No, we don't really have blue-eyed kids...it's just the camera!

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Exciting news for Beulah Land Farm! Our very first mini-LaManchas arrived this morning! (Mommy LaMancha + Daddy Nigerian Dwarf = Mini-LaManchas)

Because Nigerians have ears and LaManchas don't, mini-Manchas have very small, elf ears.

Both bucklings are adorable. This one is particularly striking.

First breakfast. : )

Smiling for the camera. : ) Note the ears.

The happy mommy.

Our Cute Little Kids: Part 2

One of Feliz's striking kids.

"You put your left foot out..."

"...and you shake it all about..."

Stellar's cutesies.

Our Cute Little Kids: Part 1

We have fourteen new adorable kids--eight doelings and six bucklings! And there are more to come within the next couple of weeks...

We are already starting to get requests from goat-lovers for breeding stock, so call soon for details on our animals for sale. Also, visit www.blfgoats.com and look for updates on 2009 kids!

Here is one of the newest little additions to BLF. I can't "get over" how cute he is! He has the most white of any bucklings that have been born on our farm.

Mommy and babies.

We'd love your suggestions for a name!

Here It Is, Folks...

Since the last post, NINE new kids have been born on Beulah Land Farm, and there are several more to come!!

They are all "terribly" cute (and some are REALLY small), and are now in the few-day-old stage when they start bouncing! Mommies and babies are doing well, and when our camera returns from Missouri on Sunday, I will be SURE to be snapping some really cute pictures and posting them for ya'll!

Meanwhile, on Saturday, my grandma and I were given the opportunity to attend pianist Emily Bear's orchestral debut concert with the Rockford Symphony. For a seven-year-old, she is amazingly musical, following the orchestral nuances with great maturity. She debuted with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488. And as a special bonus, I got to see her teacher and mine, Mr. D., whose family had brought him all the way from his Milwaukee rehabilitation center.

"Discernment is not a matter of simply telling the difference between right and wrong; rather, it is telling the difference between right and almost right."

[C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)]