Sunday, July 4, 2010

Down on the Farm


Friday afternoon we traveled to Hillsdale to hang out with Brian's sister, her boyfriend and a bunch of their friends & kids. The new boyfriend lives on a 450 acre farm...not kidding! It was amazing and the boys were filthy from head to toe and loved every minute of life on a farm. They explored, rode bikes, jumped on the tramp, swam in the lake, took a tour of the property in a 6-wheel jeep ranger, played with dogs, and even went to a rodeo!

The Farm: gorgeous views that stretched as far as the eye could see in every direction!

Friday night rodeo: cowboy lassoing a cattle

Another cowboy wrestling a steer

Take down!

Sam was inthralled by all the action, while Carter was more interested in...

...trying to escape to pet the horses!

Later that night we had a bonfire, made smores, ran around with glow sticks and did sparklers too...
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The next day, the kids had hours of fun in the dirt

went for a boat ride

Sam got tossed into the lake

Ryan and Sam loved jumping off the platform


Even Murph swam out to join us...silly old dog!

Ah, what a day!
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The day before we left, Sam helped me make some festive holiday cupcakes...




everyone enjoyed eating them, especially Carter!


HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!


2 comments:

Mom said...

Looks like a fun time. Love your decorated cupcakes.

Jen said...

I love the cupcakes and it looks like the boys had a great time with all the fun activities. Love summer! Great memories!