The kids were great at keeping the secret, and they tried really hard to distract me while she was being led to my window, antlers and all.... 
Perhaps one of my favorite parts, was that her friends came out to support her; no small feat considering the extreme heat and all the waiting involved!
....but wait is what we all did: she was supposed to show at 6 p.m., but ended up showing close to 10....! She was really patient, waiting with Luci in the small pen. She really appreciated her friends' company!
Luci placed 6th in the aged doe competition, but if it had been showmanship, Maura would have won hands down, she is really good at it, and getting better : )
The kids have been spending long hours in the goat pen, getting to know and bonding with Remy's new LaMancha baby as well as walking with and practicing showmanship with Luci ~ getting ready for State Fair : )
And there's plenty to do inthe goat pen besides feeding and caring for them, like climbing trees, hugging, feeding them your sister's hat... or just sitting there and talking to them, like a saw Remy do one morning...he was having a very animated conversation with Bud & Little Pea.
Then she showed Bud, who placed third in the wether class....
Here she is getting ready to go in the ring with Lucinda....
...and proudly showing her Grand Champion Flag....! Luci went on to receive a Best in 
....so, am I proud of my country girl...? You BET.....!
This little beauty was born at Sassafras a few weeks ago, and when I say little, I really mean tiny....! He is unusually small...!
He was born out in the pasture and his mother at first wanted nothing to do with him, she refused to even acknowledge his tiny existence : (
...so of course, he had to be brought into the barn and bottle fed, and loved. Here you can see his size compared to our Floppa (who is now 2 months old)
His mother eventually came around and reclaimed her baby, he is now back in the pasture and growing steadily....oh yeah, and his name is Coca~Cola!
Lucy Goosey left today ~ As you might recall, she has been with us for quite some time. We found her injured and with her feet tied up last fall and after her recovery she just stayed with us, with the sheep, following them during the day and sleeping with them at night. We had a few scares, when on several occasions during the past few months, other Canada Geese would fly overhead, honking.. sometimes she would take flight, briefly, only to return a few moments later, and we would all exhale, not even realizing we had been holding our breath.... We had all hoped, expected her to stay with us forever... she was part of us.... until this morning.
Per his own request, I took Remy to the Eye Doctor...things were getting blurry, he said... He had glasses made about a year ago but he seldom wears them, partly because he is always running, jumping, climbing trees, chasing sheep... 
