Hayride 2012!

The kids had a blast!

Not sure what this face is -- at least Conner cooperated!

Katherine kept sneaking the snack mix!

My sweet girl

Paula and Martin

Apparently Baylor and I are solving the world's problems.

This cracks me up -- the girls with a whole bag of chips!

We had the perfect day for the hayride! The weather was great.  We worked in the yard this morning before we got ready to go to the farm around noon.  We had planned on Mom watching Katherine this afternoon while we went to get everything set up, but she was having no part of that.  She was having no part of that.  She was ready to see BopNene!  It has been a couple of weeks since we have been up there and with Paula's recent eye surgery she was supposed to be low-key this past week.  It is hard to be low-key with two crazy kids running around!

We had a great turnout this year -- over 30 people were there.  We had some first timers again this year which is always fun.  Since the soy beans have not been harvested yet the hayride was actually on the road this year.  Paul took a back road to keep out of traffic.  I actually liked it better - not near as bumpy!  The kids had fun pointing out the cows and horses.  The chili and s'mores were good as usual!  Luke and Conner were a little rambunctious, but that was to be expected.  The boys were far outnumbered this year.  Luke, Conner and Brady were the only boys!  Well, baby Henry but he is not old enough to be stirring up trouble yet.  Paul and I said if we had thought about it we should have planned to camp tonight because it was so nice.  That is on our list to do before it gets too cold.  We think Luke would love it!  It has been a long time since I have camped but know I would enjoy it, too.  We have even talked about renting a little pop up camper one weekend.

All in all, it was a great day and night for everyone!