This weekend we headed to Massachusetts to visit my dad and family. We also came in for my dad’s Air Force pinning ceremony (more on that in another post).
There was lots of loud family gaming.
Including Apples to Apples!
Andy even found time to play some video games.
Ben wanted to play xbox with the big boys too.
Ben also watched Elmo with Aunt Gabby (who he called Goby the whole weekend).
We also went hiking as a family.
There was a really cool set of paths that went through a reservoir in their town.
A friend’s brother died in a motorcycle accident last week. His wife of 3 months is now a widow. His sister is now an only child. Family grieving. I just don’t understand.
The video is kind of weird, but the song is beautiful.
We went to Springdale Farm with some friends this week. I was trying to think of how to describe it, but their website does a pretty good job. Springdale Farm is operated by Heritage Christian Services and owned by Monroe County. Springdale is a premiere agricultural education facility open to the public, and serves as a day program site for adults with developmental disabilities, who care for the plants and animals, maintain the beautiful farm grounds and welcome over 40,000 visitors each year.
Ben loved the petting zoo.
The goats and sheep pooped everywhere, but they were cute.
The petting zoo portion was only $1/kid and the rest of the activities we did were free.
There was a really cool tractor kids could sit on too.
I think the boys liked it more than the animals (even though David looks slightly concerned here).
Yee Haw.
After the petting zoo and tractor, we walked around the farm for a bit.
We saw pigs and horses. You could also go in the milking parlor to see cows, but we didn’t do that this time.
Finally, we headed to the duck pond to feed the birds.
Ben asking for more bread to throw to them, he really got into it.
We also played on the playground a bit before heading home. It was a really fun morning spent with friends!
This weekend we went to a beach on Honeoye Lake with some friends. Their little boy is Ben’s age, so it’s always nice to get together with them because the kiddos can do the same things. They don’t exactly play together yet, but there was some shovel and rock sharing going on. Not from Ben…but David was a pretty good sharer :)
