Sunday, July 24, 2011

A Visit to Grandpa's!

Finally, we made it over to my Dad's house in the Uinta Basic.  We'd actually never been there before and he's lived there for a few years.  That's terrible!!!  So its been a much anticipated trip for all of us.  Let's just say my kids were in HEAVEN!!!  They didn't want to go home and all week Mackenzie has been telling me that Grandpas is the coolest house EVER!  Why, you ask?  Well because there are horses, tons of raspberries, blackberries, every type of berry imaginable, and chickens galore (well actually 110 hens exactly) in which you get to go collect eggs every day.  Oh, and lots of other cool stuff like an enormous garden, trees to climb, and a fire pit where we made smores right out the back door. 

I know Mackenzie wishes she lived on a farm!  Collin is kind of a clean freak and didn't like the dirt in his toes and the chickens kicking up the dust, but he still thought it was cool there. 

Lots of Firsts:
First time on a horse!


First time on a boat!  She loved it!

He was a little scared when we went fast.  And notice the huge life vest?  We lost his on the ride over.  But we didn't lose his fishing pole!  So we were anchor-fishing off the boat, and next thing we know Collin drops his Lightning McQueen fishing pole in.  I saw it about 4 feet under headed straight for the bottom, when my Dad dives to retrieve the precious thing before any of us could even blink!  He got it all right, and came back up with his sunglasses still on his head, hat still in tact, wallet still in his pants, and swimming with his steel-toed boots!  Good thing we saved that darn pole!!!  He said he had to give the kids a good memory...I honestly don't think he even took second thought, its just the die-hard fisherman in him!

And we did catch a few fish!



1 comment:

Heather said...

Hey Steph- Your dad looks really good. So much fun for the kids! I'm glad they got to see him. Miss you!