Colorado Adventure-- Fun with Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bill

I love those precious Kindergarten numbers!

Mark with Aunt Nancy


Isaac the cowboy!

Green and yellow are Eli's favorite colors!

Bailey caught a fish! Uncle Bill helped bait the hook.

Mining for treasures!

We had a chance to spend some time with Mark's cousin Nancy and her husband Bill (a.k.a. Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bill) while we were in Kansas City. They work part time at the Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead, which is a really cool place. The children were able to do a lot of hands-on activities, which they loved!

They started with mining for precious jewels. The each got a bag of dirt-like stuff, and they rinsed it with water to uncover some treasures. I think this was a favorite for a couple of the girls. I liked it because we read about the gold rush in history, so it kind of felt like school!

The highlight of Eli's day was getting to peddle a little tractor around a track. He chose one of the green and yellow ones of course. While he was busy riding a "Deere", the four older children rode a horse!

Next up was fishing! Each of the children got a fishing rod and a bucket of fat worms. I was a wimp when it came to baiting the hooks, so I stuck to taking pictures. I almost swooned when Aunt Nancy told me that if I pulled the worms into pieces they could fish longer. She is quite a woman! Bailey, Anna Grace and Eli each caught a fish. It was quite exciting.

When the worms were all gone, we headed off to feed the baby goats. Each child got a bottle of goat formula and went into the pen to feed a baby. Isaac loved this part. Anna Grace was a bit intimidated when all of the baby goats charged her, trying to get to her bottle of milk. They were quite the greedy little things!

We ate some yummy ice cream, went on a hayride, played on the playgrounds, saw a one room schoolhouse and saw lots of neat stuff. It was a wonderful day! Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bill are truly a blessing!