We had to cross this...
To get to this....(Mom & Jack's place; fondly referred to as "Cock Hollow")
Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits...all can be found here on the farm...
The baby chicks were a huge hit with the little ones...
Caleb, my nephew, loving the hunt of the egg...
My older nephew, Daniel, showing off his "hunting" skills...
The grandkids (Mom & Jack's..not mine..lol)...notice my son doesn't have an Easter basket...much to kewl to actually use a basket...
Blake & Mallorye enjoying the country life...
My Aunt Donna after being "egged"....
So, we finally made it to our kids who were staying with my mom for a few days. The flood waters are horrible and the river is still rising. We ended up going about 30 miles out of our way just to find a way into town.
To spite the rising Black River, the kids had a blast at my mom's...they gathered eggs, helped feed chickens, and even witnessed how we get the chicken to the table...Yes, we had Elvis & Priscilla for dinner. It's nice to get these citified kids out to the country every now and again. Mom & Jack have 32 baby chicks right now and some baby rabbits...not to mention all the other critters...ducks, geese, chickens, roosters, dogs...the list goes on.
The also enjoyed an egg hunt complete with 2 prize goose eggs (had to explain to my sister what a goose egg was...hilarious). The winner received 2 gold coins. The kids loved it. Well, mom & Jack had a surprise for us big kids...and sent us on a Treasure Hunt complete with riddles to find the next clue (5 clues in all) for 15 gold pieces! I admit, I wasn't very good at this, but I tried.
We had lots of food and FOUR birthday cakes!! My Aunt Donna & Kenny celebrated their birthday on March 22, Angie's was March 23, and mine is tomorrow...March 25. The kids also had made confetti eggs and egged each of the birthday bunch. Too funny!
It was a great day spent with family...the flood couldn't dampen this families spirits!
1 comment:
Looks like you had a wonderful time - yay for you!! Your cleaning and purging looks to be doing fantastic too, I need to get some of that done. Next century, maybe :)
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