Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Mother's Day at the Farm

This past weekend was truly beautiful - we were able to spend the day outdoors on Sat. as the weather was perfect! We journeyed to the farm to see Nana and Papa and the menagerie of animals. The kids went for pony rides while the girls (Rachel, Naomi, myself and the two babes) went to Jordan and Shannon's to see their new digs. It was neat to be able to go back in time to see a home that I remembered from my teens when I babysat for the Lutes. The home was as I
remembered it except that it seemed larger in my youth. It's funny how much things change even when they stay the same! Perspective is everything! It was nice to see all the work that Jordan and Shannon have put into the house making it their home; they were even gardening as we pulled up in the driveway. Oh, my little brother's all grown up!
Posing on a log in the back field

When we got home we ventured to the back forest on a walk with the kids. Rachel had set her mind to taking a walk to see the trilliums that she knew would be in bloom. We had 7 of the 8 kids in tow (Ethan was busy collecting steel along the railroad tracks with Daddy and Papa - about 800 lbs of it!) and they were all good for the walk.Look Ma! No hands!
I had cuddled (aka trapped) Emma in the snuggli for the walk as I didn't want to worry about running after her or having her trip through all the horse poo in the back fields. She was a good girl!
Daddy follows in Emma's footsteps
After the walk, we finished up the preparations for dinner and ate our first meal of the year outdoors! Some people complained about the mosquitoes but they didn't bug me at all (poor Noni got 5 bites on 1 foot!). It was also nice because Uncle Joe and Bubee joined us for the evening. Uncle Joe enjoyed showing us some of his old family pictures on his ipod. Very cool.

I think that all of the family enjoys it when we get together because there is always an abundance of homemade goodies! Who doesn't appreciate a treat now and then, right? Ahh, the beginning of a summer of family memories!

3 comments:

horsecrazy dad said...

It was a great day at the farm. I love having you all out here. And the joyful sounds of all the kids happily playing together is the best. And was quite surprised to see how much metal we amassed from the railway trax in a space of a mile.

Canadian Princess said...

I thought I read this already, but itseemed that you updated it b/c I didn't remember all that you wrote... Wish I was there!

Mama to my Bunch said...

Love your blogger ID Dad! Yes, it was a fun day and I'm glad that the weather was so much nicer than this holiday weekend.