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I have been so busy lately that I haven't had time to BLOG!!! It seems that summer brings more chores and somehow more animals. We are up to 4 horses, a donkey (that is totally cool), 6 goats, 10 geuineas ( actually not sure how many of those are left, one of the dogs decided she likes to eat them), 6 dogs, 2 hens and a rooster. Not only are my days filled with chores and children but now my wonderful husband gets a discount at work so we have fencing and building happening as well.. I put a garden in this year for the first time. Some of it is growing and some not. This soil is so bad I can't imagine why anything would grow.... I am still trying to get the grass and tree's going as well. I am still doing school with Brand since he needs to start 2nd grade in August. Yes we are about a month behind schedule. Of course all the other kiddo's do school as well just not as much as Brand.. My Dad had heart surgery last week in Phoenix and is doing well. He got released from the hospital today and now it in a motel/apartment for this week. Something about he can't leave the valley and go to higher ground or his lungs may burst.. Yikes for sure... He is filling much better now that he is out of the hospital though. Shiloh had her appt with the eye doctor a few weeks ago and she can see 14ft now. Praise GOD!! She is legally not blind anymore. Yipee.. Although the dr. did say that if she were 16 she could get her drivers license. Now that is one scarey thought... They give licenses to people who can only see 14ft.. OMG!!! LOOK OUT NM..... The coolest thing that I have done in the last few weeks in milk a goat. And I must say I was ALMOST good at it... LOL... Now I gotta get me one....... Brand is a professional milker also... He was pretty proud too.. What a kid.. Well this is kinda ramblin', but just needed to catch ya'll up on some of the happenings going on at the sturzoo.... I promise to be better in the coming weeks... I have taken some cool pictures recently so will start my saga again soon. The kids are always cracking me up, in more ways than one... God Bless!!