welcome 2009!

wow! already the new year! where has the time gone?

we haven't wasted any time jumping into new things for the new year. i may have mentioned before that cassandra joined 4-H and chose a boer goat as her project. well, we picked up her lil goat from my friend liz's house today. liz is her 4-H leader and has been my friend since 8th grade. so cassandra's goat is just adorable. she has a red/brown head, neck and a white body. she has long floppy ears. her face is just precious. she already loves cassandra. she "maaaaaaaa's" at her when she sees her. savannah is helping cassandra halter break her. her name is holly and she is almost 3 months old. she's 42 lbs and should be around 80 lbs at fair time. we read up on the breed and apparently the femals max out at around 225 lbs. YIKES! so much for a "lil goat" i guess. oh well, i loved big sheep so it's no surprise we ended up w/ a big goat.

cassandra will be showing holly at the maricopa county fair in april. she's got a lot of work ahead of her but i think it is work she will really enjoy.

other than that, we've had a lovely winter break. i am sad to see the girls go back to school on monday. at least i can say we have less than 2 months until we go to disneyland and another break from school! the kids are still loving their toys and gifts from santa. mostly they have loved just being home together and playing together.

we went to zoolights at the phoenix zoo tonight. it was gorgeous! we try to go every year. we missed last year because alyssa was only 6 months old and we opted not to take her out in the cold. everyone loved the lights and holiday music. alyssa walked most of the zoo which was pretty impressive. that must have been why she was asleep before we got out of the parking lot to come home! tomorrow we are relaxing, playing with the goat and then going out to dinner for my bday. i know it's early but my bday falls on a weekday and no point in trying to cram it in with everyone elses busy schedule. we are going out for mexican food and shane said he's making my cake. as long as it's all chocolate with candy cane ice cream that's a-ok with me!

ok, i 'm off to bed. i hope everyone is doing great and i promise i will post pics of christmas and cassandra with her goat soon!

xoxoxo
susan