shareneh said:
I think God wanted you to have the second calf to call the first one home.
I said this exact same thing this morning! We went out to do the bottle feeding and I told DH that if we had only bought his, we'd be out a calf right now. I told him having the one I wanted helped because it called it back in.
shareneh said:
That is such a funny story. I love how your family works together.
Thank you, that's a wonderul compliment. It wasn't always this way. I was a young spoiled brat when DH and I first got together and I had to do a lot of growing up over these last 10 years we've been married. Especially if I wanted my family and marriage to work! It has all been worth it, even during the hardships.
Few things I forgot to put in my original posting about yesterday.
1) When the calf got away from us, we already had the gate open to the pasture area.
2) House wasn't unlocked yet, and I had 5 kids plus another calf IN the van....
3) Took off after calf and ONLY remembered that I left the gate open AFTER we were all the way over a hill from our property.....
It was when I realized number 3 that I stopped giving chase on the calf and yelled at DH that I had left the gate open and the kids are up there still and more than likely, goats are out!
I had charged back full speed towards the house (I haven't run that much since I was in track in Jr. High! We're talking 16-17 years ago!) and soon as the yard came back in view, I see five goats eating off our 1200 pound round bale, and my children are LEAPING back in the van. Poor kids!
I couldn't unlock the house because DH had taken off after the calf with ALL the keys in HIS pocket. I used some grain to bribe the goats back in the gate and then I found some rope, told the kids to sit tight, and trotted across the field where I had seen my DH last chasing the calf. By the time I caught up to him, both he and the calf were in FIL's yard, which is how FIL found out we needed help LOL
I gave them the rope and at this point the calf charged back across the dirt road to our house, so DH and I took off on foot down the paved road parrallel with where the calf was running. That's when we lost sight of him and couldn't find him.
Not only was I upset over the calf, but I was upset with myself for losing all collective thought and taking off without realizing I had left the kids in the yard. When DH and I got back to the house we immediately unlocked the house, got the kids in and settled. I am so thankful that my oldest is a big helper! She took charge and fixed up a snack of crackers and cheese to keep her brothers occupied while we were looking for the calf. When I came in from helping to check on the kids, she was changing the baby's diaper. She is such a good kid!
) It will probably be on a Friday when we can go to Roger's flee market. Then my mom (and possibly brother too) would be coming with me because DH can not take to many days off. My mom and brother lover to go to Roger's.
The smaller calf laid down in front of the kids on the bench seat in the back and the bigger calf was in the middle of the van behind the two front seats. Bambi the goat kid was small enough to ride on a lap. 
start laying their eggs in March. 
Funny girl! 
