We went to Idaho this last weekend (I’m sure Becky will write a post about it). If you know the setting, the situation may not seem as strange to you. But anyway, I saw something there that made me excited.

A Pet Goat!!

That’s right, a pet goat. It was a pygmy goat and it was so cool! We were at Sara and Brad’s house (they were getting married which was why we were there) and their next door neighbor had a goat as a pet. It was just like having a dog! I got so excited that you can actually do that! And the pygmy goat was the perfect size. I hadn’t realized it before, that I could have a goat in my back yard like a pet like they did. It totally made my day. Since Becky and I can’t agree on what kind of dog we would want, if the desire for a pet ever came from our kids, we decided that we’d get a goat (as long as we get a saddle or something so the kids can ride it, is what Becky says).

If you know me, you know I love goats (unless I only told Becky, but Becky knows and she still loves me). There was a goat farm on my mission and one goat in particular, Cookie, was just as friendly and playful as a puppy. So I made a movie about Cookie when I got home from my mission. Cookie is the white goat in the video. So this blog is a note to myself that when my kids start asking for a pet (like a dog or something), we’re totally getting a pygmy goat! (P.S. Here’s the movie about the goats on my mission. It’s worth a watch)