To the Region and Beyond...

On Sunday we met my parents at Fair Oaks Farm (exit 220 off of I-65). We took the tour in a beautiful air conditioned bus. They took us through one of their 10 dairy farms. What we saw was amazing! They had about 3000 cows in one farm, which are each milked 3 times a day. What a life a cow on the farm has, lie around on a sand bed, wait in line to be milked, get milked (8 minutes on the "merry-go-round), and then go back and lay down.

After the tour Ry, Jen, and my parents watched a cow being born. Kate and I were walking around outside. Ry enjoyed playing on all the different things: jump zone, maze, and the all time favorite motorized John Deer Tractor.

On Tuesday (our 8th anniversary) Jen, Ry, and I went to West Beach (Part of the Indiana Dunes). We had a blast, except for Lake Michigan being cold. Ry took another attempt at running down a sand dune. He bit it, but did not eat the sand! Ry played so hard he fell asleep on the way home.

To top it all off we stopped by Albanese Candy Factory. WOW, what a place. If you are ever on Rt. 30 (east off of exit 253 on I-65) I reccommend stopping by. Not only is there affordable candy (gummies are their specialty), it is a great place for viewing. They have videos you can watch and windows you can look through while candy is being made.

Kate hung out with my mom and enjoyed her grandma time. Kate also had her first sucker. She went to town on her cotton candy, and also enjoyed her cream soda sucker.

It is hard to believe that we did all that in 3 days. It was a blast!

New Adventures!

Since we last wrote you we have had a few major changes.

1. Ry took his first major spill and got a nice scrape on his arm. It is still bandaged up. To his credit he got back on the horse and rode 3/4 the way around our block with me only helping him past some cars sticking out to the sidewalk.

Ry also rediscovered the slip and slide. This bring back fond memories of playing running bases in the backyard.

2. Kate is getting better at walking around. She can now steer her walking aids (mini bus, grocery cart, and some other contraption).

We also have Kate using utencils! She gets awful messy with yogurt.

3. Jen sanded down our bathroom cabinets and painted them chocolate brown, and I (with Jen's help) framed our mirror. It looks like a totally new bathroom!

4. We are deciding on new paint colors for our playroom.

5. I had a great time in Denver at the conference I went to.

We are looking forward to going to Grandama and Papa Skura's this next week. We are going to Fair Oaks Farm, The Dunes, and who knows what else? I'll guess you'll have to read the next post to find out.