My dad and the goats

My dad was here all last week and we had just the best time together!  He had been in Vancouver for a pastor's conference and hopped on a plane and came down for about 5 days.  The boys and I picked him up at the airport and we all headed straight to a goat farm in Sebastopol that was having their spring open house.  Mark's parents met us there because they are about to get a few goats themselves for Arista and wanted to check out everything.  We all had a BALL!  The boys were a little hesitant at first but it maybe lasted 2 minutes.

waiting for papa to get out of the plane- they were so excited!

dad flew right into santa rosa which is so great because you can go right out and watch the planes land behind this fence.

look at that smile on my dad's face!  isn't it just the greatest?!  :)

LOVE this picture!!

nibbling on jake's shirt- probably left over french fry grease :)

this was taken in the, for lack of a better word, "maternity ward"- all the goats in the barn were either pregnant or had just had babies within the past week.  i bet there were about 70 goats here!  dad got to test his mad milking skills.  and i didn't go near it.  i figure that i've "milked" enough over the past 3 years that i didn't need to test my skills :)

What a fun afternoon.  We got home and I thought the boys would crash but they attempted to, and succeeded in bringing out every toy that they have ever had to show their papa!  Jake would say, "cwose you eyes papa.  i have something to show you.  you aren't going to believe your eyes!"  Loved watching the 3 of them interact!  The last time they were together was over Thanksgiving so this was an extra fun trip!