Long Weekend

So I think I'm almost caught up to real life with my blog posts. This one is from the long weekend. It was the weekend we always went to Windsor for Jason's Dad's birthday and everyone decided that we should still get together out at Jason's brother's farm. His brother just finished a huge renovation on his old farm house and it was a great excuse for us to all get together and see the "new" house. We decided that we would all plant a tree for his Dad on his brother's property & John surprised everyone by buying 2 trees that would flower in May...one for his Dad & one for his Mom who also had a birthday in May. Beautiful idea and a beautiful day! The kids always love it out at Uncle John's farm and they love getting together with all their cousins - 10 of them between the ages of 6 and 12!!

One of the things I love when everyone gets together is that the cousins mix & match who they play with. It doesn't matter age, gender or which family you belong to, everyone gets along!

Hannah especially loves it at the farm. Here she is in her element! Toad in one hand, cheesies in the other, covered in mud!

There was quite a bit of toad catching going on!

It's rare we get a photo of Jack with a true smile on his face...this may not look like much of a smile, but if you know Jack well, this is him REALLY happy!

Everyone got involved in the tree planting. Every kid took a turn digging, every kid helped bring water up from the pond and every kid got their hands right into the mud!

The setting, weather and mood were idyllic! The day couldn't have been more beautiful.