The Remainder of Our Celebration Week-end

Later in the evening it was "time to go to the barn" - the words the grandkids love to hear.  Logistics was the next thing to be figured out.  We had plenty of offers to drive the Gators, but not enough Gators to accommodate 5 grandkids.  A solution was figured out.

When we stopped to open the gate for the horses, Jett and McKaylea decided to change modes of transportation.  We have lazy horses.  If they are in the pasture in front of the house and it is feeding time, they want Grandpop to open the 2 gates and allow them to just cross the lane to go to the barn to eat. That avoids them having to walk around and behind the house to the barn.  See what I mean about lazy?
Here Jett and  McKaylea are running to the pick-up to ride in the back with Mitch and Amberlea

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At the barn the kittens were the center of attention. 

The grandkids had to show their parents the swings and how they used the trailer as a teeter-totter.

The next morning coffee was enjoyed on the patio.   Emma and I were the first ones enjoying the patio.  We didn't know they had gotten up.  Needless to say, Grandmom got them their coffee (something the grandkids look forward to on the farm).  Their coffee consists of a little coffee, quite a bit of creamer and then milk to finish out.

Mitch, Amberlea, Melodi and Bryan prepared a delicious breakfast of waffles and bacon.  There were no left-overs!

The grandkids discovered 3 garden spiders around the house.  I had left them hoping they would help to stop the abundance of grasshoppers we have.  Mat and Jake wanted to take one of the spiders home (what better science lesson); however, parents thought a 7 hour ride with a garden spider would not be the best idea.  Wonder why????  Jett also wanted to take one home.  Quickly it was vetoed by his parents!
Jake looked up information about the spider on the Internet to see if it is harmful - it is not.  All 3 of the garden spiders stayed on the farm and did not make a trip to the urban area. 

What a fun, surprising and memorable week-end we had!