Last weekend we made a quick trip to Quincy. We hadn't seen Kevin's side of the family in a while and there was a short
lull in the apple and pear harvest so they has time to visit. It turned out to be a great little visit. Clara had so much fun being a farm kiddo. We drove into Quincy Saturday afternoon for the annual Farmer Consumer Awareness Day. Grandpa Murray was working at the
Rotary booth and there was lots of activity for Clara to take in. We watched the tractor pull, pet animals and looked at the nice crafts for sale. Grandma Carol got Clara an adorable hand made back pack for Clara to wear and we also had to taste some of the cool treats!
Scout & Daddy looking cool
Clara running away with the ice cream cone she and Daddy were sharing.
Later in the day we headed to Auntie Sherri & Uncle Todd's house for a BBQ. Clara is
tickled to be with all of her cousins. They are all such a GREAT group of kids and Scout is lucky to have them to look up too. She is already trying to mimic what they do. For example, Clara is such a shoe girl. She sometimes insists that we put her shoes on when she is still wearing footed PJ's, but this weekend when all of her cousins were running around barefoot, she was then insisting on having her own shoes off too. We were also surprised that she took to the pool as well as she did. Kevin tried to get her to go in back in July and she screamed. This time she not only wanted to go in, she only wanted to be held by her cousins in the pool. WOW!
Hailey
Zane (who started kindergarten this year)
Clara & Taylor
On Sunday morning, Daddy took Clara on her very first tractor ride. Last year we set her on the tractor, but this year he fired it up and they went around the orchard. We couldn't quite tell if she loved it when they were going around, but as soon as they got off she ran back over and wanted to ride some more. It was pretty sweet.
Clara also helped herself to a tomato from Grandma Carol's garden and started eating it on the spot. It was so darn cute although not easy to get it away from her. She had eaten about a third of the thing before we finally did!
Seeing how much Scout loved the tractor, Grandma took Clara on the mule, something that all of the
grandkids have been a big fan of at some point. She loved this too!
Before we left Quincy we went out and gleaned apples and pears to take home. Clara found interesting ways of entertaining herself while we picked. She loved playing in the dirt. At one point Grandma Carol mentioned something along the lines of, "I am surprised she hasn't put it on her head." Guess where Clara's very next fist full of dirt went...yep, right on her head! We also had a hard time keeping her from trying to eat fruit that had already fallen off the tree. One of the rotten pears we pried from her hands was extremely nasty! Luckily she ended up pretty content getting to gnaw away on her very own apple.
Last weekend we made a quick trip to Quincy. We hadn't seen Kevin's side of the family in a while and there was a short lull in the apple and pear harvest so they has time to visit. It turned out to be a great little visit. Clara had so much fun being a farm kiddo. We drove into Quincy Saturday afternoon for the annual Farmer Consumer Awareness Day. Grandpa Murray was working at the Rotary booth and there was lots of activity for Clara to take in. We watched the tractor pull, pet animals and looked at the nice crafts for sale. Grandma Carol got Clara an adorable hand made back pack for Clara to wear and we also had to taste some of the cool treats!
Scout & Daddy looking cool
Clara running away with the ice cream cone she and Daddy were sharing. 
Later in the day we headed to Auntie Sherri & Uncle Todd's house for a BBQ. Clara is tickled to be with all of her cousins. They are all such a GREAT group of kids and Scout is lucky to have them to look up too. She is already trying to mimic what they do. For example, Clara is such a shoe girl. She sometimes insists that we put her shoes on when she is still wearing footed PJ's, but this weekend when all of her cousins were running around barefoot, she was then insisting on having her own shoes off too. We were also surprised that she took to the pool as well as she did. Kevin tried to get her to go in back in July and she screamed. This time she not only wanted to go in, she only wanted to be held by her cousins in the pool. WOW! 
Hailey
Zane (who started kindergarten this year)
Clara & Taylor
On Sunday morning, Daddy took Clara on her very first tractor ride. Last year we set her on the tractor, but this year he fired it up and they went around the orchard. We couldn't quite tell if she loved it when they were going around, but as soon as they got off she ran back over and wanted to ride some more. It was pretty sweet. 
Clara also helped herself to a tomato from Grandma Carol's garden and started eating it on the spot. It was so darn cute although not easy to get it away from her. She had eaten about a third of the thing before we finally did!
Seeing how much Scout loved the tractor, Grandma took Clara on the mule, something that all of the grandkids have been a big fan of at some point. She loved this too!
Before we left Quincy we went out and gleaned apples and pears to take home. Clara found interesting ways of entertaining herself while we picked. She loved playing in the dirt. At one point Grandma Carol mentioned something along the lines of, "I am surprised she hasn't put it on her head." Guess where Clara's very next fist full of dirt went...yep, right on her head! We also had a hard time keeping her from trying to eat fruit that had already fallen off the tree. One of the rotten pears we pried from her hands was extremely nasty! Luckily she ended up pretty content getting to gnaw away on her very own apple. 
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