The Grow's House

I have this really amazing friend that used to live by me but last summer she moved away.  Not super far, but far enough that I don't really get to see her too often.  They purchased a house with a lot of land and a bunch of animals.  She invited us to come visit during a random Monday that the kids had off.  It was great because I was trying to figure out how to keep them entertained and it worked out great because we were able to make a whole day of it. 

 One of the big reasons we went up was because their goat had just had babies and they are such cute little things.  The big kids really loved them.

 Nellie was by far the most interested in the goats.  In fact she spent her entire time down with the goats loving them and holding them.  All the other kids were off doing stuff after a few minutes but Nellie spent literally the entire time there besides eating, and we were there well over four hours!  This is a picture of her with Jeff.  He was her favorite and she even got him to sleep in her arms a couple times.  It was so fun to see Nellie love something so much.

 Annie kept finding random things to play with.  It was really nice because the kids were so entertained I almost didn't have to worry about them.

 There were a few other families from the ward there, and Lizzy's best friend was there so she was very happy and I barely evens saw her the entire time.

 This picture kind of kills me because seeing Annie be the one in charge and driving the truck was too funny.  Good thing the battery was almost dead and was driving super slowly. 

 One of the definite highlights was getting to ride the horse.  Annie was beside herself excited and had a hard time waiting her turn.  She let everyone know that she was the next in lie to ride the horsey.  She wanted to be on him forever and when she had to get off she cried.  It was sad, but seriously so cute.  She had to wear the cowgirl hat and she made sure  I wore it on my turn too.

Russ wasn't brave enough to ride by himself, but he rode with me and had a good time.  I am so glad we made the drive that day because it was such a neat day for all of us.