Reed Ranch- Cute & Tasty

Friday April 13, 2007

All week we had been planning to go to the drive inn. It opened this weekend. When Asa got home on Friday he was tired and didnt want to go. I immediately made him a latte and got the girls all hyped up so he wouldnt say no. Getting the girls hyped up didnt take much because they were already so excited to go. After the latte kicked in we were on our way at dusk. I packed dinner for us and snacks and we headed 2 miles down the road to the drive inn where we saw Meet the Robinsons and Wild Hogs. After the first movie I put Quinlyn in her car seat and she fell asleep right away. Addisson soon fell a sleep on her Dads lap. We got home about Midnight and transfered the kids to bed. It was a really fun time. Even though it was very rainy and cold.

Saturday April 14, 2007

Asa was off of work. He got up and started farm chores right away while I made breakfast. Soon he was off to the dump and I was vacuuming. It was a pretty nice day, 45 degrees F with not much wind. Lately it has been rainy and very windy so it was a nice break. We worked outside for most of the day. Asa worked on cleaning out one of the buildings. They hooked up the generator to see if it worked and used it to vacuum out the grainery building. It was a mess. He had 5 big garbage cans full of Oats and still isn't done cleaning it up. We took the Oats out by the pond to feed the wild life. We were stuck in the mud and by the grace of god we miraculously got unstuck after about 10 minutes. We really don't have any idea how we got out but needless to say we did. The girls played hard outside in the mud and were very tired. Plus they were up late the night before. At one point Addisson came and got us and said Quinlyn is stuck in the mud. We looked over and sure enough she was. She couldn't move. Both boots were suction into the mud. Asa also got stuck while trying to get her out. But he was able to get out right away. He had to lift her out of her boots and then pluck each boot out with his hands.

I was picking up trash by the Hay Barn. I got a whole truck bed full and I wasn't done. It looks better but it is unbelievable how much garbage and trash is around the farm. It keeps surfacing. Everything we do seems to just be cleaning up from the previous owners. Other than putting up fence for the goats we are just cleaning up. Asa and Grandpap did get the electric fence working for the goats. They are happy to be outside.

Sunday April 15, 2007

We went to a home show in Watertown. After lunch Asa and Cheryl went to spend the night in Syracuse and Asa and I drove home. On the way home we went to look at some of the lakes near us. It turned out to be an adventure. The kids were sleeping so we went down a side road off the main route. I knew there was a lake back there but never had seen it. Along the way we saw several lakes. We also thought we were going south but ended up going north. It was a fun game of lets see where this road goes and if we can get home with out going back the way we came. After two hours we finally made it back home. We even cheated and ended up having to look at a map. In some areas the road was washed out from all of the rain and the Indian River was flooding. We saw musk rats, ducks, turkeys, deer and grouse. It was quite fun. It is very easy to get lost back here for there is no mountains to indicate west.