What we've been up to lately

It been awhile since I posted, so be forewarned this is going to be a bit long! We've been enjoying the last days of summer break, and here's some of what we've been up to lately...

We went to an organic farm not too far from here, the kids enjoyed the farm atmosphere and we got to taste lots of organic yummies.

Walking around the farm there were chickens everywhere, the kids had fun trying to get as close as they could...



WesLee discovered a hen in a dark barn who we thought must be sitting on eggs...because she didn't get up and run away even with us right next to her.



We checked back a little later, sure enough there were 3 eggs...she must have been taking a little break.



We saw a mama cow with her new baby calf...



We were allowed in the fields where the cows eat (they're truly free-range, grass fed) When it was milking time, the cows just sort of lined up and herded in, eager to be milked. They wandered around everywhere til milking began. As you can see, this made the kids a little nervous, but the cows were very gentle and the kids later ended up petting them.



While watching the yogurt being bottled, one worker thought he'd surprise the kids by spraying water at the window we were looking through, it was pretty funny and made us all jump.

One of the best parts was eating my delicious smoothie. They used honey to sweeten it, no sugar, but it was sooooooo good. Gotta do that at home!



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We drove to Fort Wayne to hang out with Matt. He's been spending time there training for Verizon's anticipated field strike. He normally works in an office managing business accounts for Verizon, but if the strike happens, it's a good opportunity for him to make extra money, since they pay really well to those who cover for the strikers. But the down side would be that he'd be gone to New Jersey and New York, and only come home every third weekend. We’re waiting to find out if the strike will happen or not.

Someone took this picture of Matt learning how to climb poles for strike duty. He's now doing it without the ladder, I’d like to see a picture of that! It definitely builds the muscles! :)



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In Fort Wayne, we went to a place called Science Central, the kids had a blast there with tons of cool things to see and do! They got to launch rockets, inflate and lift a hot air balloon, lift and drop parachutes, build all sorts of stuff, make huge bubbles, play the foot piano, see and play the inside of a piano, design water damns, have a dry “water fight”, funny mirrors, moon bounce simulator, create a mini-tornado, give a pretend tv weather forecast and lots more. We are definitely going back to do the rest sometime. Here is a slideshow of some of the pics:



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We went to Fort Wayne Historical Railroad Society where we got to ride on a REAL full sized train! (A first, even for me) The awesome staff let the kids explore the engines and coaches… Jacob and WesLee have always loved to play with trains, so this was a huge hit for them, I think especially for Jacob.






This huge train engine reminded us of the Polar Express!



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We went to the Firefighter Museum and got to learn about the history and development of different kinds of firetrucks...the sign said not to climb on the trucks, but the museum guide told the kids to go right up and test it out!




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We went to the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, our kids always love any zoo. The funniest part was when Faith happily started to wander past the rope in the aviary, because she wanted to get a closer look at a big, white, exotic bird...I got her to come back, but she kept crying about the bird. Well, the bird must have felt the bond too, because all of a sudden it flew up, swooped down and landed right next to her on the fence, she was absolutely delighted! We also thought it was interesting how there were many peacocks chasing eachother around the whole zoo. Those pictures are in here along with a few others from the zoo:



Well, I'm sure that is too much for one post, but I wanted to catch up a bit, guess that'll do it for now.