A Beautiful Sunday at Simply Country

Today was a picture perfect spring day here in our mountain town. We spent the afternoon up at Simply Country enjoying the fresh air and watching the goats play. Then as the sun set we enjoyed a scrumptious grilled salmon dinner followed by strawberries served on top of angel food cake. Nothing could have been better . . . being surrounded by family enjoying each others' company, being entertained by the kids plus the frolicking animals running this way and that way over the hills, and then topped off with a delicious meal! I mean, there's nothing that could have made this day better!

To start our late afternoon happy hour we enjoyed Ken's homemade grilled tomato/jalapeño salsa that we learned to make on our trip to Puerto Vallarta . . . there was nothing left of it by the time happy hour was over!

Murray gets along pretty well with goats. He'd love to chase them but he's always called back and he lets them go their merry way.

The goats don't hold still for long, so it's hard to get a good picture of them. Notice the "rose bush" at the left of this picture? Last week it had loads of new green leaves on it . . . hmmmm . . . seems the baby goats are learning there's other types of food besides milk in this world! Next week they're going to do their grazing in the upper pasture because Jen has plans on planting some summer flowers in this part of the property.

They just love investigating every inch of the yard . . . and rarely hold still.

After playing all day they finally took a "time out" and climbed up on the chaise lounge.

This little one is Cover Girl's daughter April. She is the most petite of the four baby goats, and she has the sweetest personality too. She let me hold her for the longest time and almost fell asleep on my lap. . . so soft and snugly!

KL is so good at milking the mamas two times a day. Here Cover Girl is finally getting the hang of being milked. She hops right up and settles in to the task at hand.

And Destiny, the queen of Simply Country's dairy goats, gives a couple gallons a day, besides nursing one of her babies.

The day ended with grilled-to-perfection salmon, asparagus, whole grain rice, and strawberry-topped angel food cake.

Life is good!