Valentines Dinner

Corbin & I have really enjoyed a weekly College Group that we get with on Thursdays.  Several people from our church & from the surrounding colleges meet for dinner, worship, Bible Study & talk time.  It provides a neat opportunity to grow closer to like-minded, mature people our age. It was proposed that we should gather at the Old Spaghetti Factory for Valentines week. 

So, after picking up a friend, we met at our church so that we could carpool to the restarant.  We enjoyed some talk time waiting for everyone to show up, then after praying, we loaded up into various cars & drove over to the restaurant. It took awhile to find a parking space, due to having to pay for a parking space & the first spot we found, the machine wasn't working.  It was rather cold, but pretty with the snow falling.  When my brother & another young man decided to move the car, I walked over to the restaurant with the rest of the guys.  We were shown downstairs into a large room with several tables.  It was really comfortable & the food was so delicious!  There were enough people to fill two big tables & a couple smaller ones.  I got to sit with Bob & Jeannie, who lead the Bible studies during college group.  It was so nice to get to know them better!  When we got back to the church, Matt entertained us by doing several card illusions.  He sure knows how to do them well! 

Baby goats

Joy did kid first, but due to one dying in utero, both bucklings died, since Joy went into premature labor.  I ended up taking her to the vet to help.  I think that I could do it now, if I was put into the same circumstances, but it was helpful to watch the vet deliver preemies.

On March 14, Hazal & Amani were racing to see who could kid first.  It would seem as if one was getting closer, but then the other would try to prove that she was the closest.  This carried on all day, until 7:30, when Hazal decided to really get down to business.  She had a doeling & buckling.  Both super easy births & healthy babies!

A few minutes after she kidded, I checked on Amani.  She was going to be pushing soon, so I moved her into a baby barn.  The first kid, a doeling, was breech, but was born ok.  The 2nd kid was born quickly & normally & the 3rd presented with just a head (the front feet were back).  He was born fairly easily despite the malpresentation.  All babies are doing well!