{"id":449,"date":"2018-06-27T23:39:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T06:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2018-06-27T23:39:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T06:39:41","slug":"alpacapalooza-and-now-we-do-know-how-to-build-a-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Alpacapalooza!  And, now we DO know how to build a fence!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the song I referred to in my last post&#8230; this is one of my all-time favorite bands and probably my favorite song right now.\u00a0 It IS our life!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0NypAKltBWiqDArlFbkG5W\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaaaaand it happened!\u00a0 We not only learned how to build a fence, but we actually built it!<\/p>\n<p>ALPACAPALOOZA (our work party to finish the fencing for the alpacas!) happened on Sunday!\u00a0 We had a bunch of helpers and we&#8217;re so grateful.\u00a0 It&#8217;s amazing to us, still, that people will come miles and miles, give up their weekend days, to help us with our dreams and plans and goals.\u00a0 They WANT to do hard labor to improve our property and just be with us!<\/p>\n<p>Our awesome neighbors Jim and Randi helped along with our friend Rich, who lives down the block, our very good friends who are like family, Lacey and Kelly came and even brought a friend we&#8217;d never met who WANTED to help, and my brother &#8220;Uncle Tiny&#8221; (my baby brother, who is anything but tiny!), plus Carson and me and the kids all pitched in.<\/p>\n<p>Carson and I (mostly Carson) had put all of the posts (wood in the corners and t-posts in between) in the ground, and installed the gates<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-464 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-19.19.43-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-457 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.31-e1530153525831-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The plan was that we would get the 700 feet of five-foot, nonclimb horse fence stretched, hammered to the wood posts, and clipped to the t-posts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-456 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-23-18.50.26-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carson and I were outside getting ready starting around 8 am.\u00a0 Others started to arrive around 9:30.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 960px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-449-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-09.16.28.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-09.16.28.mp4\">http:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-09.16.28.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s &#8216;Ol Blue getting all warmed up!\u00a0 Ol&#8217; Blue was pivotal in getting this thing built.\u00a0 We used Ol&#8217; Blue to move fencing around and we attached Jim&#8217;s come-alone and wire stretcher to the bucket to stretch the fence to make it tight and secure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-516 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.12.11-1-1568x882.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.18.47-1-1568x882.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It started slowly as we were trying to learn and get into a groove.\u00a0 Jim took the lead because he&#8217;s done it before.\u00a0 The rest of us were trying to follow his lead and figure out the best way to use our tools &#8211; we bought a couple of fancy bending tools that were supposed to help with twisting the clips around the t-posts but only Uncle Tiny could figure out how to make them work at first&#8230; the rest of us were using pliers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-483 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-10.20.57-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eventually we figured out that it worked best to work in pairs &#8211; one on the inside and one on the outside of the fence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-525 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.11.28-1-e1530158374424-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-626 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-11.48.39-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-654 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.18.25-1-e1530165879934-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-641 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.25.40-2-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the teams MAY have gotten a little (a lot) competitive toward the end&#8230; there may have been words exchanged! (ahem&#8230; #hillsisters)<\/p>\n<p>We had pizza and beer, chips and cookies, and lots and lots of water!\u00a0 It felt really hot in the sun for awhile.\u00a0 I kept thinking that we were getting to &#8220;the shady part&#8221;&#8230; but it turned out not to be shady when we got there!\u00a0 Some of us MAY have been sore and tired the next day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-633 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.14.16-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-656 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.30-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-662 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.57.22-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-745 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.40.07-1-e1530167073511-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-758 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.41.43-2-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-752 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-13.43.27-1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-759 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-14.43.51-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-661 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-15.54.52-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But we did it!\u00a0 The fence is all up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-774 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.58.04-4-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-775 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.53-2-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-776 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-24-16.57.52-2-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are some finishing touches for us &#8211; we need to finish the shelter, and smooth out the areas where we had to remove plants like rhododendrons that can be poisonous to animals, but we are so close to done done..\u00a0 So close!!\u00a0 And we&#8217;re really getting excited about having our girls here!\u00a0 Even Carson said he&#8217;s excited tonight.\u00a0 YAYYYYYY!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Big big big thank yous to all who helped physically in person&#8230; we literally could not have done this without you! And to those who cheered us from home, we appreciate you&#8230; we feel the support and love, and it helps more than you know!\u00a0 I have a feeling our alpacas are going to have a lot of visitors in the next few months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the song I referred to in my last post&#8230; this is one of my all-time favorite bands and probably my favorite song right now.\u00a0 It IS our life! Aaaaaaaand it happened!\u00a0 We not only learned how to build a fence, but we actually built it! ALPACAPALOOZA (our work party to finish the fencing for the alpacas!) happened on Sunday!\u00a0 We had a bunch of helpers and we&#8217;re so grateful.\u00a0 It&#8217;s amazing to us, still, that people will come miles and miles, give up their weekend days, to help us with our dreams and plans and goals.\u00a0 They WANT to do hard labor to improve our property and just be with us! Our awesome neighbors Jim and Randi helped along with our friend Rich, who lives down the block, our very good friends who are like family, Lacey and Kelly came and even brought a friend we&#8217;d never met who WANTED to help, and my brother &#8220;Uncle Tiny&#8221; (my baby brother, who is anything but tiny!), plus Carson and me and the kids all pitched in. Carson and I (mostly Carson) had put all of the posts (wood in the corners and t-posts in between) in the ground, and installed the gates The plan was that we would get the 700 feet of five-foot, nonclimb horse fence stretched, hammered to the wood posts, and clipped to the t-posts. &nbsp; Carson and I were outside getting ready starting around 8 am.\u00a0 Others started to arrive around 9:30. There&#8217;s &#8216;Ol Blue getting all warmed up!\u00a0 Ol&#8217; Blue was pivotal in getting this thing built.\u00a0 We used Ol&#8217; Blue to move fencing around and we attached Jim&#8217;s come-alone and wire stretcher to the bucket to stretch the fence to make it tight and secure. It started slowly as we were trying to learn and get into a groove.\u00a0 Jim took the lead because he&#8217;s done it before.\u00a0 The rest of us were trying to follow his lead and figure out the best way to use our tools &#8211; we bought a couple of fancy bending tools that were supposed to help with twisting the clips around the t-posts but only Uncle Tiny could figure out how to make them work at first&#8230; the rest of us were using pliers. Eventually we figured out that it worked best to work in pairs &#8211; one on the inside and one on the outside of the fence. Some of the teams MAY have gotten a little (a lot) competitive toward the end&#8230; there may have been words exchanged! (ahem&#8230; #hillsisters) We had pizza and beer, chips and cookies, and lots and lots of water!\u00a0 It felt really hot in the sun for awhile.\u00a0 I kept thinking that we were getting to &#8220;the shady part&#8221;&#8230; but it turned out not to be shady when we got there!\u00a0 Some of us MAY have been sore and tired the next day&#8230; &nbsp; But we did it!\u00a0 The fence is all up. There are some finishing touches for us &#8211; we need to finish the shelter, and smooth out the areas where we had to remove plants like rhododendrons that can be poisonous to animals, but we are so close to done done..\u00a0 So close!!\u00a0 And we&#8217;re really getting excited about having our girls here!\u00a0 Even Carson said he&#8217;s excited tonight.\u00a0 YAYYYYYY! &nbsp; Big big big thank yous to all who helped physically in person&#8230; we literally could not have done this without you! And to those who cheered us from home, we appreciate you&#8230; we feel the support and love, and it helps more than you know!\u00a0 I have a feeling our alpacas are going to have a lot of visitors in the next few months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[55,8,25,43,49],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_6727-scaled.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}