Visiting Grandma and Grandpa

The week before last David had to go to Atlanta for a week for some training for work. Instead of sitting around the apartment the entire week, the kids and I went home to see family. I really miss being around my brothers and sisters more, so I really enjoy the trips we get to take when we aren't going for a big holiday or something, but rather just to get to "hang out" with my family. Cailin got sick the last two days we were there, but overall it was a nice visit.

My parents have six chickens, and while I was there, my mom got a HUGE lot of day old bread (not good for people to eat) to dry and mix with the chicken food. The problem was, she needed a way to dry it all before it molded. So, she filled up both dehydrators, but still had way too much bread left over. It was going to take forever to dry that much bread. Her solution? Lay a bunch of bread out on the trampoline to dry. It was a bright sunny day, so the bread was going to dry pretty quickly. The problem? Kids+a trampoline covered in bread= this:

Never in my life have I been in a bread fight before, and it'll probably never happen again, but it was sure a lot of fun.

Also while we were there, we went to the lake to feed the ducks. Katie fed the ones that were on the grass...

...while Cailin fed the ones in the water and watched Sam fish.

Elijah was scared of the ducks at first, but warmed up to what we were doing after he figured out he was allowed to throw stuff. I can't believe how fast this guy is growing.

I'm not sure what happened here, but Elijah started yelling at the ducks "No, Ducks!" followed by a long jumbled sentence I didn't understand. Whatever he was yelling at them about, they better not do again.

Even with kids throwing bread in the water and all the noise we were making, Sam still had success fishing! Way to go Sammy!

Just F.Y.I., fish can pee. This one wet all over my hand when I was holding it so we could get the hook out to set it loose. Very, very gross.