A Lifestyle with Meaning

This summer has been full of routines with the alpacas.  On Wednesdays, our friend Trudy meets with John and I to plan which accessories she should knit with our alpaca yarn.  We now have a store in our loft and it is changed weekly with each new scarf, hat or pair of mittens that Trudy brings to our farm.  All products can be seen on www.alpacashackloft.com.  John enjoys these meetings and is always willing to show our visitors the loft and how we spin our yarn.

We were featured in the Farm Bureau paper for the month of July.  John was happy to pose with the alpacas for a picture, but couldn't answer the complicated question of what he liked best about the alpacas.

We have changed to feeding our animals with bags that hang on the fences.  John looks forward to filling those bags and often asks to "stay and watch 'em" even though we plan to go to Mc Donald's for lunch!

Yesterday our son, Matt, came to do the dectomax innoculations.  John has been anxious in the past, but now he is comfortable with being a part of this.  We fill the syringes and get everything ready.

All in all, at the age of 39 (soon to be 40 in October) we feel that we have made a wonderful choice when it comes to a lifestyle with meaning for all of us!