ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>Shady Lawn Dairy Goats</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16915" name="GENERATOR"> <meta content="FrontPage.Editor.Document" name="ProgId"> <style type="text/css">A:link { COLOR: white; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:active { COLOR: white; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:visited { COLOR: white; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:hover { BACKGROUND: #000000; COLOR: white; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } li.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in} </style> <style fprolloverstyle="">A:hover {color: #009933; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold} </style> </head> <body text="#006600" vlink="#80FF80" alink="#006600" link="#339966" bgcolor="#003300" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 width="100%" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div align="center"> <center> <table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" bordercolor="#000000" height="324" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=746 border=4 nof="LY"> <tbody> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td valign="center" bordercolor="#000000" align="middle" width="787" height=324><font face="Arial" size="2"><img height="410" src="sl_logo5.gif" width=917 border=0></font></td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" nof="LY"> <tbody> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="763"> <table id="Table1" bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="1" bordercolordark="#000000" width=923 bgColor=#e2fee4 border=3 cellpadding="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5pt; PADDING-TOP: 5pt" vAlign=top borderColorLight=#009933 width=178 bgColor=#ffffff borderColorDark=#006600 height=19> <p><font face="Arial"><iframe border="0" name="I1" src="menu.htm" frameBorder=0 width=216 scrolling=no height=1809 target="_top"> Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.</iframe></font></p></td> <td style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../../Template%20File/dragonflymoonback3.jpg)" vAlign=top width=733> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">&nbsp;</p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <img border="0" src="sl_aboutus.jpg" width="292" height="49"></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><img height="62" src="leafbar1.gif" width=523 border=0><br> &nbsp;</font></p> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="85%" id="table2" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font size="2"> <div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="yiv536024298MsoNormal"> <font color="#008000" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Like many herds, ours began as a 4H project, really a pre-4H project many years ago. Despite the many changes over the years in my life, the goats have always remained a constant. After marrying Mike on July 12, 2003, the herd and the family once again grew and evolved. On the family end my three children---Dylan, Shanna and Chase were joined by Mike&#39;s son Garrett and then we were blessed in June 22, of 2004 with twin daughters Faith Michael and Hope Madelyn. Truly a &quot;yours, mine and ours&quot;. </font> </div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="yiv536024298MsoNormal"> <font color="#008000" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> In the barn, I had just 6 milking does and a dozen dry does those years ago, mostly LaManchas. Mike thought he would like Alpines, so in an effort for marital harmony we purchased some to increase those numbers. After a couple of years of the Alpines producing well, he thought Saanens would be a good idea and of course his father in law was there to fulfill that wish with two does from the des Ruhigestelle herd, so now had those as well as a few recorded grades to round things out for good measure. From 3 children to 6 and from 18 does to 60. It has been quite a ride. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="yiv536024298MsoNormal"> <font color="#008000" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Thank you to my wonderful and supportive husband who now likes the goats &quot;almost&quot; as much as me... I never thought I would say that about anyone much less a spouse. Without you none of this would have been possible! He is there to keep me grounded and sane and to take care of me and all of it when he has to. Mike was the one who insisted we go on official test, Linear Appraisal, and go to National Shows again. &quot;How is everyone going to know what you got without doing these things?&quot; he would say. I don&#39;t like to admit it too much, but he was right!! I would like again to thank my father, Harold Nation. I can always count on Dad if push comes to shove to come do whatever it is we need him to do, no matter what. Some other neat guys are Tim Vanzant, Luke Simons, and Kirt Schnikpe who were my &quot;peoples&quot; in the show ring in 2008. These guys are the best, standing long hours and working their tails off making our girls look good, never too tired to take in a doe when I have had too much! Tim has been helping me for years and has his &quot;own&quot; girls to show in our herd!! I know they handle them like their own and I couldn&#39;t do better. Tim always writes a nice ad in the UCN thanking Mike and I for our help at Nationals, he owes us nothing---sorry I am just now getting around to putting in print our thanks to him!! Even when Tim comes to &quot;just watch&quot; he will take a doe in for me, like showing <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #366388 2px dotted; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1303944139_0" class="yshortcuts"> Temptation</span> at NAILE in 2008 or any other show. Thanks Tim!</font> </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="yiv536024298MsoNormal"> <strong><font color="#008000" size="2" face="Arial">Year 2008 brought about many changes in our life. We were trying to rebuild our home from the fire of 9-12-07, which fifteen months later is still not ready to move into. All eight of our family are still living in the one room dwelling that we have that is the size of a two car garage. We sure never thought it would take so long to build a house! So many challenges to survive day to day in an environment like that. I must say despite this living arrangement our children have still been the best! Making good grades, never any behavior problems and always helping out on the farm. Sure we have our moments, what family doesn&#39;t? </font></strong> <font color="#008000"><strong> <font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It amazes me when there are such genuine good people in this world as those that donated and sent personal items for nearly a year for my family. The goat community can be so supportive and fantastic. Sometimes you just think about the negative things that happen or you hear, then you are put into the situation we are and so many come to your aid. A not so gentle reminder of the good! In August of 2008 we also started the new endeavor of selling our milk to a cheese maker, so the number of of animals increased a great deal, from 30 milking does to 80. </font></strong></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="yiv536024298MsoNormal"> <strong><font color="#008000">The herd has once again taken a major change of direction as we go into 2011. We are back to a relatively small herd again, just over 20 milking does. We lost our milk contract---without warning I might add, Sapori d&#39;Italia just did not show up to pick up a tank of milk on Monday morning. So I will not support be too kind in the things I have to say of this particular cheese maker any more! That left us in quite a bind so a lot of animals were liquidated as we could not support 150 head of goats with no income. It has taken a while to wade through who to keep and who to let go of but we have made some very difficult decisions, sold some great animals and brought in some exciting new genetics. We want to thank the few remarkable, <span id="lw_1303944139_1" class="yshortcuts">true friends</span> that stood by us and supported us through this long process!! When you are down you learn who your friends are. We feel that Shady Lawn is on the edge of a new rebirth and are excited about this....so watch for the future!!</font></strong> </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="yiv536024298MsoNormal"> <strong> <font color="#008000" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Sometimes it is hard to see and hard to feel, but yes we are truly blessed!</font></strong></font></b></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <font face="Verdana Ref" size=1> <p></p> <p></p></font> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font size="2"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17); FONT-FAMILY: garamond,new york,times,serif"> <div> <div id="doc3" class="yui-t1"> <div id="bd"> &nbsp;</div> </div> </div></div></font></b></font><font face=Verdana size=2> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p></font><font face="Arial"> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p></font> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:shadylawnfarmgoats@yahoo.com?subject=Inquiry from Website"><font color=#3e3e00><img height="121" src="sl_email.gif" width="167" border=0></font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="index.htm"><img height="106" src="sl_back.gif" width="129" border=0></a></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="index.htm"><img height=130 src="sl_home.gif" width=137 border=0></a></font></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><font face=Arial size="2"><br>&nbsp;</font></p><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <center> <p>&nbsp;</p></font><font face="Verdana"> <p><font face="Arial" size="1">All contents property of <a onmouseover="window.status='Ask a question, or give us feedback'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' '; return true;" href="mailto:shadylawnfarmgoats@yahoo.com?subject=Inquiry from Website"><u><font color=#008000>SHADY LAWN FARM</font></u></a><br>Web Design By <a onmouseover="window.status='Visit Hoof &amp; Horn Farm - Specializing in LaMancha Dairy Goats'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=' '" href="http://www.hoofandhorn.net"><font color="#008000"><u>HOOF &amp; HORN FARM</u></font></a><br>Logo Graphic By <a href="http://www.sapphire-designs.com"><font face="Arial" color=#008000><u>SAPPHIRE DESIGNS</u></font></a></font><br> </font><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#008000"> <font color="#008000">Web Site Maintained by: <u> <a href="mailto:admin@sweetgumminis.com?subject=Web Hosting"> <font color="#008000"><u>ASHLEY CAPPS</u></font></a></u></font></p></center></font></blockquote></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></body></html>