Our pioneer day...

Our ward had a pioneer day activity last Saturday. We had a good time. It was quite sunny. Some relatives of people in our ward have a covered wagon, and horses, and brought them for the ward to ride on. There were also games and other activities available on the field as well.

The first couple pictures are of me helping Duncan to get a kite up in the air. It wasn't very windy, but with a shortened string, as Duncan ran, the kite would get airborne. Then a small breeze started to pass through, and we were able to let out some string for the kite. Liam enjoyed running with the kite too.






Here are some pictures of the kids in the covered wagon. They ran the wagon around the ball field, so it was a pretty good sized loop. The kids liked the wagon, and rode a few times.

Other than the horses pulling the wagon, they also had a "pony" for the kids to ride. Duncan was in line pretty quick to ride the horse and loved it. Liam was a little further back in line, but waited very patiently and looks like he snuck a little pet on the mane either before or after his ride.

The activity wasn't hugely attended. It was the usual crowd of very ward active people. The nice thing about that is we all get to hang out and have a good time pretty regularly, and if the rest of the ward shows up, that's great, but if it's most of the usuals, we still have a fun time. There was also a ton of food, so that helps any get together be a successful one.

Speaking of food. The activity had hot dogs, so that works for us. The kids just don't have the bun (though Duncan did want one, but he understands), and there was jello which they can have, and watermelon, and potato and corn chips, so the only thing we really had to bring from home was some cookies. Liam also got a little sad that he couldn't have cheetos. He saw other kids eating them, and that's always tough to tell them they can't have it when it's so close and other kids are eating them. So it was ultimately good for all of us because they're learning that even if it's right there, they still have to refrain, and it was good for us to deal with that. It may sound funny, but the more practice we get in those types of situations, the better we'll all be at handling them.

Anyway, yeah, a fun time. Later that day we went to my nephew Andrew's 1st birthday party at the Foutz compound, and had a great time there as well.