It feels like it has been a long week already and it is only Tuesday. I picked up Gauge on Saturday morning. So far he has been a great dog. Just a really big puppy! I brought Kara and the kids out to meet him Sunday evening. They loved him as you can see from the pictures. He seems to know that he needs to be gentle and calm around Christopher and Cayden. That's great and why I bought him. His previous family did a great job socializing him.

One of my ewes gave birth to a little ram lamb yesterday. I knew she was getting close but I was still surprised to see him out there with the flock. I don't know if it was just being a newborn or not, but he seemed a little weak. I tried to move him and her (the flock) to a more protected part of the pasture but I may have done more harm than good. I tried to lead the flock while carrying him in my arms. Unfortunately, Chris was with me and was distracting/scaring the sheep with his running and jumping. As a result, the ewe got disoriented and kept going back to the spot where I found them. It took me 3 hours to finally get both of them back to the shelter next to the house. I left Gauge nearby for protection but I am not sure if the mother stayed with the lamb or not. The only reason I persisted in moving them was because I saw coyote tracks and scat in the back pasture where I found them. I hope he made it but I am not confident he made it through the night. This whole adventure (as Chris called it) made me think about what God must think about us and we are at risk of being attacked by the devil.

On another note--it has been a somber few days. Uncle Charles passed away Saturday morning (while I was picking up Gauge) of bone cancer and my partner Nick's 3 yr old son passed away yesterday after battling a rare aggressive form on cancer. Micah was such a sweet child--loved the farm and spending time with his dad. Life doesn't seem fair sometimes. My prayers are with both families...