We decided to rid ourselves of the sprinkler job for one night and headed up to the VanDyke farm in Eden on Friday. It is definitely my style of camping - running water, bathrooms, and an entire house of stuff in case you forget anything! Ryan came up with us too, and after we got the fire and tents set up (we have a rediculously complicated tent, you'd never know it by looking at it because it is nothing special) we cooked our tin foil dinners, fresh peach cobbler (YUM) and homemade ice cream (double YUM). The kids loved the ice cream experience and made salt stew in the ice cream maker after we were done with it. It was an interesting experience to get Avery to sleep in the tent - she was SO tired by the end of the night as she has had a cold for a few days, but she kind of went crazy right before bedtime and find some extra energy. She was climbing all over everyone, talking loudly, and just avoiding sleep in general. It only lasted about 15 minutes though, and she calmed down and slept like a log the rest of the night. It got quite a bit colder than we expected that night, so I was glad to have the two little ones all cozied up with us to stay warm! Some of the highlights from the trip:
-Uncle Lee's garden at the farm - not much to look at, but an amazing amount of great food growing in there - the best green beans I have ever tasted!
-Ollie riding the motorcycle and shooting the BB gun with his Daddy - good ol' male bonding at its best.
-Leaves starting to change color up in the valley - BEAUTIFUL!
2 comments:
I love having the family farm to go to for a quick escape! It is such a neat place!! It was good seeing you guys last night even though it was so quick.. I am still in need of a GNO though, you and my mother need to plan it! :) Love ya
I love the farm I haven't been in 3 years!! Way to long.
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