A Taste of Country Life

 We got a little taste of country life last Saturday when we got to go visit my Uncle Brian and Aunt Lisa's place!

They have 4 dogs and small herd of fainting goats! Yes, your read that right- fainting goats!

(Keep reading we will get to that part later!)

As soon as we pulled up the long drive way and put the car in park the kids were out of the car and running around like wild Indians, as my Papa used to call me and my siblings when we were little!

But Milo was the wildest! Milo and his cousin Leo just took off and found a mountain of dirt to dig in right over Indy's shoulder in the picture below and down the hill! We didn't see them for a long time and when we finally called them in they were covered in dirt and smelled like the wild out doors mixed with sweaty little boy smell! And they were happy, oh so happy! The kind of happy that made me wish I had my own piece of land to let the little boys be free and wild everyday!!

We all know how much Indy loves dogs! She was in heaven with all the well behaved big dogs my Uncle Brian has! They were so sweet and lovable! It almost made me want to scoop one up and take them home with us. (I said -Almost!) 

 We had the best adventure going to see the goats! These goats were the sweetest, little creatures! (Well everyone but Milo thought so. He couldn't get past the fact that their pupils are slanted horizontally and to him it was creepy!) But the girls and Nash loved them!  We came down to the first small pasture with the male goats and they came to the fence and were bleating and looking cute and my Uncle suddenly yells at the top of his lungs "Blah, Blah, Bloo, Blah....!!! and most of the goats scurried away but one of them fell for it and fainted! Its the funniest thing! Now, I really don't endorse scaring animals for my own entertainment but I was just a witness to it and it was hilarious! 

 My mom found some beautiful mazanita branches she took home!

This was the girl goat pasture and  we spent a lot of time here! There were a lot of baby goats and my Uncle Brian told the kids he would give a dollar to all the kids that could catch one!

All three of the girls caught at least one! It was so much fun to see them be out in the wild running free with animals! They were all so happy there!

Nash was loving it but he wanted to take his shoes of and I wouldn't let him and he was sad... Sometimes being a kid is tough!

They have such amazing views! This one is of what I think I heard was a casino just over yonder! :)

Beautiful Northern California.

It was the perfect Saturday! The only thing missing was my JuJu! We celebrated her life while we were in California and it was hard to say good bye. This visit reminded me that Juju is still with us everywhere we go, we just have to take her with us in our hearts! I thought about her a lot and how much she would have loved to see the kids enjoying this time at Uncle Brians. 

And my Uncle Brian was so good at honoring his parents lives by making his home as welcoming and fun as my Papa and JujJu always did for me and my siblings when we were kids! I am so happy my kids got to experience it on this day! I am pretty sure we will make it back for more!