June brought our little backyard farm closer to completion!

The major construction of our “barn” (as Blake calls it!) was done.

It turned out SO great!!

We still had the inside to finish, so work on that would continue on.

The fencing was also completed, including a beautiful wooden part by the gate.

We took Eliza and Tate on date night on a Friday night early in June to purchase all of the things we needed for the goats and for the hens as well.

We had dinner out first, and finished the evening with ice cream, of course!!

We spent most of the evening at Farm and Fleet, which was a very successful shopping adventure!

On a Sunday, June 11th, I got a surprise text from the wonderful people we were buying our goats from saying, “Would you like a goat delivery this evening?”

I asked my hubby if we could be ready in 30 to 45 minutes, and he said SURE!!

The whole family was here that day (it was Sunday, remember?) – so David (and River!) and Blake jumped into action to get the fenced area secure for the goat babies’ arrival!

We were SO EXICTED!!

It was a beautiful day that day – the perfect day to have our new babies arrive!

Lane, Tate, and Eliza especially have worked SO diligently since our goat babies arrived to earn their trust and friendship!

It has been the SWEETEST thing to see.

They were so scared of us at first!

Now the goats come to us when we arrive at their gate instead of running away.

They like to be held, will eat out of our hands, and bleat at us if we are in the yard not giving them attention.

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!

Lane, Tate and Eliza are usually out at our little red barn in their pjs and muck boots every morning before they do anything else!

They are taking such great care of everything.

Blake continued to work endlessly, it seemed, on the little red barn.

He insulated the inside, covered it with plywood, and painted it.

Then he built the fence and gate system inside the barn to keep the chickens and goats separate.

We do not want the goats to eat all the chicken feed!

It turned out SO AMAZING!

Pretty soon we were ready to go and pick up our hens from Kayla!!

Kayla had ordered new laying hens this spring, and told me I could get ten from her.

They arrived at their farm at the end of May, but they had kept them for us until our building was ready.

They are beautiful hens!

We clipped their wings when we got them home so that they will not be able to fly over the fence once we let them out in the grassy area.

We will keep them in the building for a few weeks at first to teach them where to lay those eggs!

On a Thursday evening we headed over the the farm to get our hens out of their coop and bring them home.

It was SO MUCH FUN that evening and after the hens were all settled I literally leaned into my hubby and cried.

I was so, so happy to have animals again!

Just like the farm!

We have missed farm life so much.

Some of our hens are already laying and we are up to six eggs a day!

It is SO fun to gather eggs and feed and water the hens!

We are also enjoying our goats more than I even could have imagined.

Their personalities are so incredibly cute!

Blake still has work to do on our little red barn as he finishes the door that will allow the hens and goats to go inside and outside.

He just cut the hole for the door this weekend, and the goats jumped right up into our little red barn for the first time with no hesitation!

I thought that last photo was pretty funny – when there is a will there is a way!!

I wonder if she knows she can just get the food from the tray on the sides instead of putting her whole body in the feeder?

Silly hen.

Next time I talk about our animals, Lord willing, our little red barn will be completely finished!

It is close!

We are enjoying our little backyard farm so very much and love sharing the joy of our goats with any visitors we have!

Dreams do come true!!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!