And the adventure begins...(Sort of)

Tomorrow the kids and I will be getting into the car, and driving two hours to see the cows that we are buying. I was going to leave it to Aeryn to announce the purchase. But she is a bit behind in her blogging. Do to a connection through a friend we found two young heifers, one who is due to have her first calf in April who were for sale. They are beautiful!.

We have been to see them once already and Aeryn fell in love. I have to admit so did I. I can already tell that I am going to have a fondness for the two year old, Roseanna. I have decided that I really like big red cows. She just looks like she needs a hug. I can not wait to see her calf. This cow is going to be the start of our beef herd and nothing could make us more excited. I just look at her and see all of the possibilities and happiness that she offers my children. 

 This next little girl is Lola. She was six months old when this picture was taken. Aeryn has developed an affinity for big black calves. I guess that should make our herd look interesting. Red and black all over the field. Lola reminds Aeryn of Big Mack which is why I think she likes her so much. She also has the potential to be a really sweet calf. However it is going to require a lot of work. Aeryn got Big Mack when he was a month old and started him on a halter. Lola is quite a bit bigger. As a matter of fact I am pretty sure that she is now the size that Big Mack was when we took him to Cheshire Fair. This is going to be her Fitting and Showmanship animal. I am such a proud mamma right now. Aeryn is such a determined little girl and she really has her heart set on this.

Aeryn is also realizing that getting ready to bring our animals home is NOT an easy task. We started putting up fencing a couple of nights ago. It started with a trip to Tractor Supply with Jay, to get fence materials. I had no idea what I needed to get so I told him to just throw what we needed into the shopping cart. Then Aeryn thought it was a good idea to ask WHEN we were going to work on fence. Needless to say we left Tractor Supply, picked up Alex and went to work on fence. It was a great evening and quite a learning experience for both of us. As someone who has never strung electric fence before it was quite interesting. A bit easier than barbed wire fence.

Aeryn will have more to say about our adventures and we have also added a third author to our blog. AmberMae! She will be blogging about her experiences with farming as well because her Amazing Auntie bought her a pig for Christmas. The pigs were born two weeks ago and she is very excited to see what happens. Watching her and Aeryn oooh and ahhh over the video that was posted of the new born piglets was fantastic. So be looking for posts from her as well. (As soon as I get her set up with a blogger account.) It will be a good experience for her to chronicle the life of her pig "From Birth to Bacon".

~Michelle