mother's day in oregon

We spent a very quick weekend up in Oregon for Mother's Day. It went by way too fast. Here's some pictures with the people we love...

This was an attempt at a picture of all of us (minus Dale) out for a great brunch! When we told Dale we were going to come up, he made all the arrangements for the brunch! Such a thoughtful guy...thank you Dale!

Gramma Jody also came down! It all worked out so great to be able to see both of our moms on Mother's Day! 

We even got to see Auntie Jan at the tail end of our visit!

muffins with me

I got to have muffins with my sweet girl the last morning of preschool before Mother's Day. She also made me the adorable frame and cute cowgirl picture you see below !

phoenix ranch

One of my homeschooling families told me about a local sheep-shearing event and open house at a ranch in Vacaville. The Phoenix Ranch rehabilitates animals and offers educational opportunities, which I thought was pretty cool! So we decided to venture out to their open house!

Right at the entrance we were greeted by this pot-bellied pig. 

We explained to Addie the sheep was just getting a haircut. 

Addie was eager to ride the horse.  

Our little urban cowgirl!

Poor Liam hardly gets any pictures when he's in the pack, so I gave Kevin the camera and had him take a picture of us with the birds. 

Then we were just calmly observing these birds, when one of them made THE loudest squak! Liam just about jumped out of the pack! I think the rest of us jumped too. We were hysterical afterwards. 

These chicks were for sale and it got us thinking... in fact, when we got home we looked up the city ordinance for having chickens but it doesn't look good. Bummer.

They have matching hair! Hee! Hee!