Great Grandma and Grandpa's

A couple of times we made it over to Great Grandma and Grandpa Boone's house. That seems funny to write since they are only my grandparents, but this is as much for my kids as for me, so they know them as their great grandparents.

We had a wonderful time visiting with them. First it was after church, having dinner with them, Grami Cretia, Reg, Kayleen and Libby. It was nice. The kids spent most of the time outside with Grandpa, Daddy and Reg as they found last fall's leaves to jump in, bury each other in, throw at each other and genuinely have a great time. They also spent some time on the old swing set (which was there before I was a kids, I believe... in any case, I swung on it when I was little).

After everyone else had left, we stayed a visited long. As we went walking a little outside, we stopped along the back bank as the train came through... clear down the bank and across a large (old) farm field. Let's hear it for cameras with great zoom! The kids loved to watch the train go by and to hear it too!

Later on, we stopped there as we passed through the area and joined them for lunch. The kids, once again had a wonderful time playing outside. This is where Gabi was throwing and catching with Bob when she caught her first base ball (it was actually a T-Ball). Still, we were all excited for her, and although I missed the actual catch in the camera, you can see how happy she is as she held the ball toward me just afterwards (but after taking it out of her glove).

Again, there was more time playing on the swing set... but the most exciting part... well, one of them... was going on a tractor ride. Grandpa has an older tractor with a little trailer attached. So, with Daddy driving, the kids all in the back (and Grandma with them), I took some pictures and then climbed in myself to down a little way down the hill and back up.

Daddy then took the tractor down the hill and around the corner to cut up a tree that had fallen down. He loaded up the wood and started up the hill with it. Gabi had gone in search of Daddy (in her sock feet), and found herself having a nice ride with the wood when she and Daddy got stuck in the sand part. It only took a few minutes to back up and then find a better place to come around... and just in time.....

The men had come to "spread" the lane and the yard so that the grass might actually grow in better! (It's a new house of only a couple of years) Although the smell is something we recognize, it's not something we are all too familiar with.... we gathered inside and watched for there! Peter was especially excited to see the truck.

Remember how the tractor got stuck in the sandy part? Well, this big truck did too... they have to do and get the tractor to help pull it out! But it gave the boys more time to watch the action!

Peter, being the natural animal lover that he is, found Remi any chance he could get, and then loved her and patted her! :) -- He also loved to go over to Grandma's shelved and pull off the cans of food and then reorganize it for her.

It was a lot of fun!