Berry Picking

Wish we had some human-edible berries to pick, like blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries, but for now Jenna enjoys picking juniper berries. She feeds them to the llamas and goats who eagerly eat every single berry all gone.

Fresh Air

One of the reasons we moved to the country is so that our kids could have plenty of room to run and roam outside, and not spend all of their time indoors. Now that winter is over and the temps are getting warmer, my kids spend alot of time outside, especially on their basketball court.
How many kids are lucky enough to have a llama and goat audience?

Jenna is often found playing among and with the goats, sheep, and llamas, too.
Jenna with our Boer wether, Pepper. He adores Jenna and likes having her around.
When dusk falls, my kids are still outside squeezing every last moment of fun playing outdoors.
This is the way life should be for every child.....and adult.

Kite Flying

With all the breezy weather we've had, Jackson and Jeremiah are having a ball flying their kites. I love that we now have the space to fly kites safely on our own land, too. Jackson is the most focused on kite flying. He seems to like anything that flies or can be controlled with his hands or mind. Which explains his love of rocketry, too. Both Jeremiah and Jackson enjoy getting their kites up really high in the sky, though.

Jackson & Jenna and the kite. Jeremiah in the background playing with our dog, Zuni.
Jackson pleased as punch to see his kite riding a thermal.
Looking up at the kite.
Cataleya, our female llama, and Luna, our female angora goat checking out what Jackson is up to.
Our neighbor's 3 horses not quite sure if that flying thing in the sky is going to swoop down and eat them.
The kite flying high over our house.
Annie, Scout and Nadia watching from a safe distance.
Catlinite, our male llama joins the viewing audience, too.

A Ranch Romance

Just in time for Valentine's Day....a little Ranch Romance!

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Ranch Romance

Ceramic Llamas? Chickens?

For the past few months, we've been participating in some ceramic classes our local homeschooling group has been hosting. We've really enjoyed the creative outlet and trying our hands at painting some fun tiled artwork for the house, too.


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Here are my tiles. Of course, our two llamas, Cataleya and Catlinite grace the tiles. I was honored during one class to find that a young girl in our group decided to create her own llama tiles, too.
A picture of all 3 of the tiles I made during the classes.
A close-up of the chicken tile I painted.
Jackson & Jeremiah painted these two creative tiles.
And here's Jenna's swirly, magical tile.

Llamas and Dog Walking

John enjoys taking our German Shepherd Puppy for walks up in the pasture when he lets the llamas out in the morning. Zuni seems to enjoy the walks, too. And the llamas are very curious and like to follow them both around.

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Morning Chores

Now that we live on a little hobby farm and have critters that need daily care and attention, our whole family enjoys pitching in to make sure our animals are happy and well-cared for.
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Jackson & Jeremiah take turns letting the llamas out of their pens in the morning and helping me settle them in to their pens and feed them at night.
Here's Jackson talking to the llamas as he lets them out to forage the field.(Click photos for a larger view. I never remember to use my zoom feature)
Whoops! With Jackson trying to keep up, the llamas spied me at the other end of the pasture, and are running full fling towards me to say Hello! What a funny sight it is to see two long-necked, big banana-eared, fuzzy creatures running straight towards me. It's like watching cute aliens racing to greet me and take me off to their planet. I'm sure I'd join them, too!
Jackson gleefully trying to copy the llama's galloping dance. One happy ranch kid!

I'm a Llama Mama!!

Yes! They've finally arrived! Check out Laughing Orca Ranch with the link below for all the exciting details!!
Llama Mama!!