Lambs!!

Yes, you read that correctly! We have Lambs! Why? For no reason at all. Maybe we are crazy?

We waited  a little while to post or blog about them because we wanted to make sure they were going to survive a few weeks first.  So many resources warned us that there was great potential that our lambs would not survive, so we held off on posting about them.

Since we moved to our little piece of land with enough grazing room, we have thought about having some kind of grazing animal. Hubby talked about getting goats, but as we have researched it and prayed about it over the last year or so, goats don't seem like a very good fit for our family. From what I understand they eat everything, and lets be honest, I don't always make the kids put all their yard toys away.

A friend of ours posted about finding a home for a couple bummer lambs and it seemed like they were a better alternative!

Of course, as I always do, I have wasted hours researching how to care for them. Understanding that lambs are fragile, we have taken our responsibility to care for them very seriously. We started out feeding them every 4 hours, then every 6 hours then every 8 hours and now we are working toward larger portions every 12 hours. We have had very few issues and things have run very smoothly so far.

All of that said, we have had them for long enough to put their cute little furry butts outside! As you can imagine, they LOVE being outside!

Since we never do anything half way, our family spent the day Sunday building the cutest little "Sheep Shed" for out little lambs! Of course, it's darling and we couldn't be more thrilled! What a fun family experience.

We turned all of this random wood, into a fun, adorable family project! 

We were brave and actually drew out what we wanted and made our own little plans. We have never actually built something like this from scratch, so we were pretty cautious! 

Boy did we learn a thing or two!

We made a list of every cut and took our time measuring and cutting every piece before we got started. After we had each piece cut and ready, we started to assemble the sheep shed.

Everyone needs a pic of a baby with a popsicle... 

All the cool kids have tool belts...

The littles made balance beams while power tools were used! 

After the frame was assembled, we moved it over to where we plan to keep it. One lesson we have learned well over the years is; if you build a heavy project, build it where it stays, or you will have a heavy immovable object in the wrong place.

Coolest stapler ever..

They are very excited about their new house... I just know it.

Painting with 6 kids is not the best idea... They had fun though :)

Almost done!

First night outside!

All done!!