As the snow fell Mom and I decided that, to be safe, we would pen the two ewes with bags in a stall just to keep them out of the weather and give them extra heat with a heat lamp and a good wind block.
On the way to and from the barn last night Mom had a blast playing with Jethro and teaching him to catch snowflakes with his mouth. He ran everywhere with his head in the air and his mouth open ... After that he started chasing and eating snowballs. What a goof! The two were pretty silly to see.... Jethro prancing and Mom trying to taking pictures of the snow ...
I went through my tub of stuff and made a list for Mom to pick up tomorrow. Through the night Mom checked all the ewes. Making sure everyone was safe and doing fine. By 5am Mom was convinced nothing was going to happen and that we still had time. Lambing was planned for the end of February and begining of March. So we thought we had everything under control ...
Before Mom headed off to work she made me go check the Ewes one more time ... I was shocked to find this ...
I gathered about 4 more towels, a snack for breakfast and the phone Rang ... Mom said She needed help and to hurry cause we were up to Quads and to just bring everything I could carry. At first I thought Mom was kidding but she said it was no joke. I grabbed every towel in the house and headed back to the barn where Mom was cleaning the last of the babies...
You see in all the excitement this morning, I had something come in the mail today that was just as big of news as the Quads and it reminded me how Blessed I am to have all of you. There are people that read the blog and while they are silent most of the time, they too step up when it counts. I can't tell you how very thankful I am for that. I don't have permission to post on the blog about what came but I am sure that person knows what I am talking about. This is my Thank you to you and I am really thankful for what you sent. They will know who they are ... But if you need to know for sure it is you let me just say that I am thankful that their Father (God Rest His soul) loved horses as much as I do!.