we awoke with the sun....except there was no sun, just lots of clouds and a steady, heavy rain. the sheep arrived at 10:15 this morning, during the heaviest of downpours and we've been captivated ever since.

we stand inside and outside the fence, watching them frolic, graze and sit down in their abundant shade. my dad's been having fun all day coming up with clever sheep-related bible verses. he's cracking himself up. :)

daisy and violet joined us today as the first two livestock on our little hobby farm. although they aren't technically even related, we've named them after daisy and voilet hilton, conjoined twins who toured the "Freak show" circuit about 100 years ago.

when kenny and i started dating, he was doing the music for Side Show. we both fell in love with the music and have always wanted to name our daughters daisy and violet one day. three sons later, we've decided to use the names for the beginning of our wooly flock instead.

daisy is the white border leicester and violet is the dark brown romney.


when we all left them alone around 5:30 for dinner, they both stood at the gate and bleated. they missed us. rowan thought that was so sweet.



they love the pasture. the farmer who dropped them up (and raised their parents) said it was good pasture, and we could get away with a few more. we'll see....

the boys want so badly to feed them from their hands, but they're still learning to trust us. here's sawyer trying hard to be patient...


he also gave my mom some of his spun wool last week and she gifted him with his own pair of wooly (scratchy!) socks. these are all natural, not dyed wool socks. they're incredibly scratchy, if you ask me. :) i'm probably the only one in the world who loves sheep, loves knitting and spinning, but doesn't wear wool, or eat lamb.