Life on the Farm

We went to Wheeler Farm on Wednesday. Gk loves cows ever since we went to Holly & Garrick's farm. He was so cute with them, he was trying to nuzzle & love them.

Gk gave the goat a kiss! I tried to get him to do it again but then I thought better of it. There was a chicken out and Gk would chase it to me and then I would run and scream because I was scared! Gk's laugh was adorable, he was rolling! The chicken was taking shelter under the stroller while Bentley was fast asleep. I was too scared to go near the stroller. Gk got it out for me though. I think we had quite the audience!

We ate lunch and played around some more. It's nice being really close to so many fun places to take these kids! I am so grateful I can stay home with them... but we don't really stay home.

5th in Lewiston

I think we invited ourselves up to Lewiston this year! It is SO much fun and it's tradition (although I do want to try out Lander one year too!). We woke up the kids and packed them in the car, we hoped GK would fall back asleep because he'd been out so late all weekend, but not a chance. We got there JUST in time.

The parade was awesome, not too long but TONS of candy! All the girls on the floats were beautiful, Anthony hooked up GK with a shirt that would fit the poor kid.

(I had made GK & Bentley matching shirts w/o trying them on. Gk's said it was a 2T/3T, well he was sporting his bare midriff! Lesson learned!)

We went to the carnival and waited 45 minutes (I'm sure I'm exaggerating) for a pony ride.

GK Loved it!

Then we went to the red, white, & blue party. It was a blast & there was so much good food. GK had a blast in all the blow up toys & balls. Bentley slept the whole time!

Jenn & Patrick tried to teeter totter, but she's no match for Patrick so Brandon hopped on to help and we all heard some cracking of the wood and Patrick was off that thing before you could say "Liberty"!

We all headed back to Anthony & CeCille's for a much needed nap. Even Yogi took a nap.

Then on our way out of town we stopped at the farm to give Trevor his birthday present and check out the cows. Gk was so funny. Brandon took him into the pregnant cow place and GK was "casting the demons out". The were totally shy of a little 2 year old boy! We walked over and saw som

e more cows and some horses too.

But I think GK's favorite part of the farm was when Garrick brought out the tractor. I wasn't sure how he would do. He loves to look at them but he gets kinda scared. Brandon went with him and said he loved it. GK cried and ran after it when Garrick was putting it away.

Thanks Hall family for putting up with us again! We just love your family!

Play Time!

Since we have moved we are a lot closer to many things that we love. With the baby coming we tried to do a lot of things just the 2 of us. We went to Wheeler Farm and saw all the animals. GK is really good at knowing which animal is which. His favorite thing there was a tractor/back hoe (Snort) which was the only tractor you couldn't play on. Poor kid was really sad.

We also went on little hike. I was thinking of going on the quarry trail, but with the water so high I didn't want to get any where near it. Of course we made it a few more times to 7 peaks. But I don't like taking my camera there too much. We've had a lot of fun though.

Got Chicken?

On Saturday we had a super busy day! We were running around all day like a chicken with it's head cut off. We started building a chicken coup with Patrick's friend Mike's help. Patrick had to work too. We even went to Kentucky Fried Chicken with Brandon & Jenn, and then bought some chickens too! I really haven't been feeling the whole chicken thing but Patrick & GK Love them. GK wouldn't let go of the box when we were driving home. They are living in the garage right now because they are pretty stinky and loud but they are a lot of fun. I need to get a video of GK saying "chickies" It is so cute!

The Farm & The Hunt

It is now a tradition that every year we spend the first weekend in November up in Beautiful Lewiston. Jenn is from Lewiston, her parents are so gracious to let us crash there. They are so generous to share their home with us. They also feed us such good food. We are so spoiled! Brandon and Patrick get to hunt on some farms because of Jenn's Dad. So we really get the royal treatment.

On Friday night we had dinner and they boys had to run some errands (hunting license & making sure Brandon's workers had everything they needed) so Jenn, CeCille, and I got our craft on! We Mod Podge'd some wooden blocks for Christmas!

I didn't wake up early enough to see the boys off before they went hunting. Jenn went to get her hair done and Cecille and I took G.K. to the farm. It was so much fun. G.K. and I loved it. The cows were so cute. I just love cows. I think we have a special bond because I don't eat them and they can sense that. Jenn's brother owns a dairy farm so there are cows that are babies, pregnant, and milking. Garrick was so sweet to answer all of my questions. I had a lot, my only experience with farming is on Farmville on Facebook.

These are some of the best behaved kids, and some of the smartest I've ever met. They taught me a lot about cows. I never knew what a heffer was, only you didn't want to be called one. They were so cute with G.K. showing him everything. I think a farm is a great place to grow up. They are really hard workers.

The cows were kind of scared of G.K. but the horses were really friendly. I was holding G.K. up to them and he was petting them and even put his head on the horses nose. It was so cute. He pointed to the horses eye and said Eye. Usually what he says is so random but he know what he was saying.

We went back and met up with the hunters who had seen a lot of bids but only shot one. CeCille made us a yummy lunch and Patrick and Brandon took Kyle out to go shooting. I think was as much a treat for Patrick and Brandon as it was for Kyle. They shot a few targets but Garrick (Jenn's bro that has the farm) needed some pidgin's "taken care of". So they had a blast! Boys love to shoot things. Jenn and I played with a marble game for at least an hour. It was really a lot of fun, I think I need to write to Santa for one.

On the way home we went to Firehouse Pizza. It was so yummy, and of course we all ate way too much.

We had a great weekend! Thanks everyone for being so hospitable and welcoming us again!

Last Squeeze!

We have been trying to squeeze out every last drop of summer. I am so glad we have too because it is getting real cold real fast! On Monday we went to Farm Country with Adrian and her little beauties. It was a lot of fun, we've never been before but I'm sure we will go again. They really had a lot of animals and it was so cute!

Then for F.H.E. we went with Jenn & Brandon to Donut Falls. It was getting dark when we started but it was still really fun! The leaves were so pretty, I wish you could see them in the pictures.

On Tuesday we had some errands to run but we drove up South Mountain to enjoy the scenery. I couldn't help take a few pics of GK while we were up there. I just love this green fence!