Fall is Here Again

Well hey friends! Been a while!

Updates:

Sold T-Dub Livestock Bangin' Rooster, out of Woodlandstar Doll, in May to a great family who will use him as a breeding buck.

The goats did the Utah County Fair and did great!! Considering, it is a very small show... shhhh. They had a wether show, which is very unusual for dairy goats, but Quigley won Grand Champion wether and Rusty won Reserve Champion. I won Reserve Champion in showmanship and Maple won 2nd in the the costume contest. She was a honeybee and my mom was a flower patch. :) She was so cute!! Well Quigley ended up winning BEST IN SHOW! Over the other does! Very unconventional, but he is a nice goat!

Chickens are all laying well and the garden is producing lots of good stuff! I'm canning and drying a lot of food and have found an awesome dill pickle recipe. It's sooooo good. :)

Ian Tyson is my new hero of all heroes. I read his book about a month ago and I think he and I are kindred spirits... he just doesn't know it. Yet. ;)

Took Doll, Oak, and Maple to the State Fair. They did ok. The amount of Nubians was much lower this year than normal. So obviously my girls lost to Katy Beukers does, as usual, but each generation is doing better! Maple is much better than Oak, who is better than Doll.

Doll was bred to my buck, The O-Y-Knot's Bang-A-Rang, just last week. So we'll expect late February babies from her. Just waitin' for the other girls to come in heat now.

I just started training to do rodeo queening from my awesome friend Ashlee Coombs. I will be competing in some reining shows next spring to get practice for Miss Strawberry Days Rodeo in May. I'm so excited! If I don't win that one, I imagine I'll try Miss Lehi Roundup, maybe Miss Fiesta Days Rodeo, Miss Rodeo Utah... we'll just have to see how it goes, but I am going to win something! I've always wanted to be a rodeo queen, ever since I was little, and now I finally have the chance. I'm gonna make the most of it!

~TW