Labor Day Activities Galore!!

This year our Labor Day week was full of fun filled activities. None of it required tons of work but loads of fun!! I'd say one of the biggest hits was the Gator. Usually if I'd look at the window it was going somewhere. Another big hit was our new travel trailer. I didn't take tons of pictures of it but the kids had fun watching a movie in it while having snacks. Papa gave airplane rides on about the only wind free day we had! Most of the time it was like hurricane winds with heat!! One day we took the travel trailer to the Salt Plains Lake for a trial run to see how it would work. It passed with flying colors. The shower outside on the trailer was awesome to get sand off and the air conditioner sure was nice on a hot day. We also enjoyed digging salt crystals at the salt plains. Eric and Shawn use to go there for field trips when they were in school. It is quite interesting really!! We went to the lake and had fun in the COLD water!! We were actually quite surprised at the temp of the water!! Weird!!

On top of the fun, Carrie and I froze apples, put up applesauce, made apple butter, 3 pies, and dehydrated apples. Pies didn't last long at all. We sent a box of apples home with Theresa and also Carrie. I'm sure all the apples will be great this winter. I know Theresa has had her crockpots busy making apple butter too. We even had time to celebrate my 60th birthday which was a total surprise and also had family pictures taken here at the farm. I thought they turned out really good!!

I forgot to mention K-Girls big achievement!! We went out to Aunt Colette's to ride since Blackie is getting tuned up out there! She rode for the first time all by herself!! Wow, big achievement! and I rode on Babe next to her! Was fun seeing her smile and enjoying the same things I grew up doing!!

K-Girl and Sherman

Shawn and K-Man working on a wetland at the lake!!

Carrie and the girls at the spillway at the same lake.

Salt Plains after digging the salt crystals.

In the camper.

My birthday party! ;)

Konnor and Papa after adding his footprint to the concrete at Artie's hangar.

Konnor's first hunting trip = looking for doves!!

Our little man on the Gator's jumpseat!!

Eric and Theresa after picking more apples!!

Katie loved the Gator too!

Moose getting in on the action pulling apples off the tree. Emmy's waiting on one to fall so she can have a healthy snack!!

You guessed it - on the Gator again! We start them driving very young here on the farm....

and the video is of Konnor getting his footprints in the concrete where all of the other K-counsins handprints and footprints are!! Very special time!