Happy Birthday to Me! Goat Edition

 

Monday I turned 49. I was a little blue  with it being the first birthday without my dad.

Leave it to Omid to cheer me up. He found out about "Goat Grams" and ordered me a goat telegram for my birthday at work. Omid actually ordered the goat gram way back in August and kept it a secret until Monday! Omid let my coworker know of course, so I wouldn't leave the office when the goats arrived.

 

If you can't tell from the look on my face, I was soooooo surprised!!!!!!!!

 

GOATS!!!!!

The goat handler told me that Omid was in fact their very first customer! They were featured on KPTV and before the segment was over, Omid had called and placed an order!

Goats make me happy!!!

 The goat gram was the perfect birthday gift for me. I am still thinking about it days later! Word spread around campus and I had several people contact me asking about how they too can order a goat gram.

Nibbles and Om Nom

 

 Omid gets the Husband of the Year award for sure!!!!!

After the goats had left and I had to get back to work, I mentioned to Sandy that I hoped to receive some kind of sign from my dad. The very next second, Pearl Jam's Just Breathe came on the radio. I knew that was a sign. That song has so much meaning for me. It was one of the songs I chose to be played at my dad's memorial service and comes on the radio/Pandora/iTunes lots of times I think about my dad. Sandy couldn't believe it and we both in happy tears!

Fun gift from my friend Patty

 After work, we collected Lin, Ward, Jeff and Tammie and headed to Ilani casino for dinner and gambling. Lin won $352 at the slots and everyone else lost. I played roulette for the first time & lost my money the first round. I stuck to slots and lost there too!  Omid came out even at 21.

It was a wonderful birthday with so much happiness!

Goat Farm!

One of the fun perks of my job: field trips! On Friday, I was lucky enough to accompany a group of Kindergartener's to the local goat farm. Yay!! I had actually been waiting all year for this. My good friend & coworker: Arnita

Look at that smile! Love it!

This big guy was super friendly.


Kids!
It was all I could do not to smuggle one out.

These babies were just like dogs. They wagged their tails and loved to be scratched behind the ears.


Another highlight: a goat milking demonstration. I tried milking the goat and it was just as easy as it looked.

Look at the farmer...she was so proud of me. :)

You're hired!

I want to visit this place!

A friend of mine just went on a field trip to Conway Family Goat Farm in Camas with her Kindergarten group. They got to play with & hold baby goats. I was so envious! I am waiting to hear when this place is open to visit so I can hold a baby goat too.

**Update: Just heard from Conway Farms. They are not open to the public, but only for private events. If I can get a minimum of 35 people (at $5 a piece), we can schedule a visit to see the goats. If not, then I will just have to wait until August 4th (when I can tag along with a preschool group) or September 19 for their open house. The owners work full time outside of operating the farm & need to justify taking a day off from work to schedule a visit (which is understandable - but if only they knew how much I love baby goats!) - Pooey!