The Herd That Matters Most

It's been an interesting and stressful week here on the farm. Monday's unexpected passing of our beloved dog, Tucker, has left an empty spot here in the house and to add more stress, I've been upset because I'm going to be in Flint for the MIAF (Michigan Alpaca Fest) instead of home with my son celebrating his 7th birthday.



I know Flint is only two hours away but the Saturday and Sunday are going to be long show days and Hubby is going to be home taking care of the farm and getting prep ready for the Alpaca Wonder Weekend, which is next week.

There's more guilt because it's been all alpaca all the time lately and I don't my kids to think that Mom likes the pacas more and I know that they have been wanting to do some activities that we haven't done because of all the prep it's taking to get through these two events so I promise you now, Brother Bear and Sister Bear, after the madness of the Alpaca Weekend and MIAF are over Mom will return to normal and we will do something extra special that doesn't involve alpaca. I promise! I pinky swear, Sister Bear.

Since I'm not going to be home this weekend, we ended up celebrating Brother Bear's birthday on Wednesday. My dad and sister along with my twin nieces came over for a Transformer/Star Wars/Bionicle Birthday Party. Of course, Brother Bear thinks he is still getting more gifts on his "real" birthday. Yikes! I can't win.

We had a great evening and the kids played great together and my dad had a blast watching his four young grandchildren play together. Those are really the moments to treasure.




For a Fiber Arts Update: I am still cranking away at spinning up samples of all my roving for the Alpaca Wonder Weekend along with knitting the alpaca scarf out of my spinning for a door prize. My darling Sister Bear is the Fiber Artist of the Week in the family though. Look at her use that drop spindle. She is having so much fun spinning. Of course now she wants to learn to knit so she can make something out of her yarn. I'm so proud of her.

With that I'm signing off. I have some alpaca to load up for show. If you're in Flint on Saturday or Sunday, check out the Perini Arena for the MIAF. Say hello when you stop by the Wonder Farm Stall. You can't miss me...or not avoid hearing me either :-)

As for this final picture, well...apparently...I've got nothing except to say that every picture I took had that smile. Who knows, he's a boy that's turning seven. Enough said!