Alpaca Excitement

   David and I have been tossing around the idea of getting alpacas for a few years now. It was usually in a dreamy sort of state like, "Someday, when we blah blah blah, we will get some alpacas! It will be so fun!" Well, the blah blah blah part did not happen but we are getting  alpacas anyway!!!!! Maybe the blah blah will happen later, who knows?
   Recent yard renovations have left us with ample space for housing and grazing a small herd and we are going for it! Last Monday I took a trip up to Blue Moon Alpaca Ranches in Woodland UT. This was the 6th place I visited and by far the best! Linda(owner) really loves her animals and takes excellent care of them. She had two fiber male boys that were available for sale and I loved them right away. But after some deliberation, we decided that they would be happier if we took all four yearling males born on the farm last year. This meant I would be taking one of her favorites. After promising to love him well, she agreed. We now have FOUR boys coming to live with us in just THREE more days!!!! I estimate I am about 15x more excited than David, and he is excited! The kids tell everyone their alpacas will be here on Monday and are having a great time thinking up names for them. First they were going to be named after the planets, then great composers, now we are on to favorite characters in books. And it seems their current names will become their middle or last names? I will keep you posted. For now, some pictures of our boys!