Field Trip!

2007 trip with Maxeys

This week the girls are on spring break and we have enjoyed the (finally) nice weather.  We have spent a lot of time outside playing, and yesterday we picked up Papa Bear at work and headed a local farm for some fun.

The last time we went was in 2007, on a very hot August day.  The weather was very nice this time around, and things were a little different.  Cagle's Dairy is now Cagle's Family Farm because they recently stopped milk/dairy production, which meant no milk sample at the end of the tour.  Instead, we got to help plant some cabbage and got a bean planting project to take home.

  Let me show you what we did!  First we went through the "cattle" tunnel under the road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 picture of cattle tunnel

Next, we went over to the animal petting/feeding area.  We saw a skittish calf get a bottle of milk, then fed some cabbage to some sheep.  There was also a funny black pig, some turkeys, 3 ducks (Aflac!!), and some roosters and chickens.

there was a big nest of duck eggs

milking demonstration

feeling the milking machine that feels like a vacuum cleaner

dumb camera wouldn't focus correctly

hayride

border collie herding sheep

the dog also herded the cows and brought them next to us

we fed the goats

demonstrating why all 2 yr olds should wear overalls

learning how to plant cabbages

After the tour, we went to eat at Bub-a-Q - yum!!  When we went to drop Papa Bear off at work, we went in for a minute to say hello to his co-workers.  Goldilocks told everyone about our trip to the farm and how the dog 'grounded' up the cows. ha!

what do I pick?

This morning I paid $24 for $40 worth of personalized kids merchandise from Lima Beans kids.

  My problem is their stuff is all really cute and I don't know what to pick - HELP!

I'm leaning towards personalized water bottles or personalized plates...or maybe a lunch box?

What would you pick?

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more Christmas

Every year, we celebrate Christmas with my dad's family.  Here is the annual group photo, which is always an adventure to make.

Christmas!!

 We celebrated at home...

 at the grandparents' house...

and we ate birthday brownies!!!

Goldilock's birthday

 We had to postpone Goldilock's birthday party because she had a stomach virus, but we managed to have it in January, right before we got snowed in for a week.  All of her church friends came over for a princess tea party and had cake and "tea" with real china teacups. 

Before and After

 

During Christmas break, Goldilocks finally decided she wanted to get her hair cut - 

no more tangles!!!

We are going to send her ponytail to Locks of Love

My Family

by Mama Bear

Today over at Kelly's Korner its Show Us Your Family day!

I love my family!  It all started out with my parents and big brother.  We were a pretty normal suburban family.  My parents grew up in this small town, which had grown a bit by the time my brother had arrived.  It was not uncommon to run into an old or current friend or distant cousin as we were out.

  I need to work on scanning some more of my old photos!  Here are some OLD pictures of me with parents, grandparents, great aunt and my brother

 

We had a lot of fun taking summer trips, and many summers visited my grandparents who lived about an hour from the beach.  I was blessed to grow up in a Christian, loving family led by parents who truly led by example. My dad worked for the local water dept all of my life (still does) and is a mr. fix-it.  My mom cooked homemade meals every night, teaches SS at church, and plays the piano sometimes at church. (she was the church pianist when I was in the womb)  My older brother enjoyed playing sports growing up and I watched him play a gazillion basketball games.  He and my dad were the sound Guys at church and eventually he got a degree in sound engineering. He got married this past October!!

Here we are today, plus some new members. 

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