Apparently Katie had seen someone drumming, and had decided to make herself a drum kit and try out the role.

  

The next day Grace took me on a tour of the farm. There are more horses than before, but Daisy is still the best horse.

  

The cows are a lot bigger than I remember them being last time I visited.

The old chicken shed is now Katie's playhouse.

  

The goats are still in the same pen, and still a big stop on the tour. Right now there is one in milk production. Dean (milking her) agreed to take care of the farm while the family was away at Teresa's wedding.

     

Animal predators aren't much of a problem for the chickens any more. The cage is doing a good job of keeping them out.

  

Ants are the big problem now. Apparently they steal eggs (meaning empty the shells) and kill baby chickens stuff like that. My sister is looking for a good way to get rid of them.

They still have a death row for the roosters that are waiting to be eaten. They still move it around every now and then so that the soil amendments don't get to be too much in any one spot.

     

The rabbit hutches are retired for the moment, just sitting out of the way.

It looks like they are much more of a BBQ family than I remember them being.

     

Sandy is as friendly as ever. One of the things she does inside is get down a blanket when she wants to sit on it. Before my sister realized who was doing it, her daughters got in trouble for leaving blankets scattered around. I gather they professed innocence and blamed the dog. Tonia didn't believe them until she caught Sandy red snouted (in the act).