Over the weekend, we drove to Ohio to Uncle Bob and Aunt Jan’s farm for the annual 4th of July family get together. It’s a pretty awesome gathering of first cousins all the way to second cousins once removed, and Bob and Jan’s property is gorgeous. It’s a hobby farm, but they do grow corn, wheat, and soy, and they raise cows and chickens, and occasionally they’ll have other animals. I think they mentioned that while their kids were growing up they had goats and Jan recently got some gorgeous and adorable ducks. They also have the requisite cats and dogs.
Needless to say, Evie loved it all. She requisitioned most of the adults to take her around to see the animals, specifically the barn where two of the cows were hanging out, but Uncle Justin and Cousin Bob were the two most frequent playmates and tour guides. Her second favorite thing to do, outside of visit the barn, was to swing. Everything else she did at least once, but going to the barn and swinging were the two things she went back to as many times as she could.
Like I said, it was a pretty big gathering. Most of the people we saw when we were there five years ago were there again, so it was good to see familiar faces and to reconnect. And apparently it was one of the few gorgeous days they’ve seen in a long while -lots of rain -so huzzah! It was also not too bad in the way of heat and humidity.
