PIGS!!

Saturday we got to go pick our pigs with the other cottages. It was lots of fun and very interesting. Joshua loves watching the pigs but didn't want to get close to them. He really doesn't like it when the pigs squeal.Here he has fallen in the grass. As you can tell for the picture above, his pants were filthy by the time we left from him falling several times. I definitely knew on Saturday we live on a farm!
Emma, who is a ham within herself, was loving the pigs. She is so cute!
The boys and Madison choose in order of highest level (something the boys have on campus) and then also grades. Since Madison isn't apart of the levels system she still got to be put into the mix with her grades. She got to pick second out of the 10 people picking b/c she has straight A's!!! She choose a York pig. Here she is petting her pig!
This is a better picture of Madison's pig--Jeremy! I know, you are probably thinking I miss typed the pig's name but no, his name is Jeremy. Madison originally named her pig Sara. Then we told her she had a boy pig and Sara probably wasn't the greatest name for a boy pig. So then she thought she would tease her daddy and name it Jeremy. After, of course, Jeremy and her had their silly battle, the pig's name still remains Jeremy. She is so funny sometimes!
The pig Emma is petting is a Blue Butt pig. Blue Butts are mixes b/t Yorks and Hamps (I am learning pig talk--can you tell?!). This is Emma and Joshua's pig. I still have no picture of Joshua with his pig, or any pig for that matter, b/c he won't get close to them.
In all, we have 5 pigs so far at our house. We have three Blue Butts, 1 York and 1 Hamp (A Hamp is the pig Joshua is looking at in the first picture.).

I wanted to add these pictures of the girls with the horses we have. Our cottage is the cottage that takes care of the horses. Westview has 8 horses. Our kiddos LOVE them!!