Over the summer at the beach we met a lady staying there with her grandkid and family. She invited us to this free festival they and their friends in the area put on at their farm for friends and family. They all pitch in, helping the kids with pony rides, bringing AMAZING desserts to go along with the Carolina barbecue, and other fun that you'll see. The kids loved the cow train and rode at least three times!
Nicole was so tall that she went straight through the hay maze without taking a wrong turn!
Jake got a toy water gun out of their prize bin and wouldn't let go!
Climbing piles of hay...
The kids rode ponies for the first time! All of the families were so kind and some of the kids were helping on the pony rides. Jake just enjoyed sitting still on his pony.
Mike was thrilled, grinning ear to ear. He was also stiff as a board and kept slowly tipping to one side and the lady helping had to push him upright.
Nicole was loving her ride! She couldn't figure out how to get on and swing her leg all of the way over, but she'll get it :)
The kids and I kept making sheep sounds to lure the sheep over for a pet, but apparently my "baa" was not authentic enough to get more than a strange look from the sheep. Jim and I decided we want our kids to have pet sheep someday. Not sure how, but we want to have that happen.
The kids got some feed for the donkeys and they sure liked eating it! Jake fed the donkeys the food piece by piece, enjoying all of the attention.
Then we took a ride on one of the wagons they had running out to the fields. Our cowboy looked just like Santa :)
We got into the wagon and as we rode into the fields we got to meet some new friends and everyone knew each other and usually related somehow. Jim and I enjoyed being a part of a big southern family for the day.
They had these huge draft horses brought out to till the land and give the demonstration on how things were done long ago. These horses were as tall as we were even as we sat in the wagon. Pictures don't do justice to how beautiful and magnificent they were.
Sitting behind those horses had to be one dusty job!
Some of the girls were riding their horses around in the corn fields.
More beautiful horses!
The cow train...again :)
There was a big "do not pet" on this stall. Wonder why? :)
We took this pic of one end of the area set up with tables and food. Hundreds of people were served the barbecue and desserts. There were tables full of the most amazing dessert collection I have ever seen. I could have spent all day just sampling the amazing cake, pie, cookies, brownies... Local musicians entertained with bluegrass and folk music and some square dancers even performed. We had such a fun time!
Nicole is all into "bff"s right now. She made this card for me at church telling me I was her BFF. I put it on my mirror as one of my sweetest treasures.
Here's the final product of Nicole's entry. The theme of the competition is The Magic of a Moment, so for Nicole in her mind there is no magical moment to compare with being able to pet a unicorn (she is convinced they exist).
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