Field Trip to the Farm

This month in school the kids are learning about The Joy of the Body. This last week, they learned about "good foods" and "sometimes foods". Carrie grew up on a farm in Idaho, just outside of Preston, and her parents are still there. She arranged for the kids to go to Grandma Iva and Grampa Niel's farm for a day. It was the funnest field trip I have ever been on.

We drove up there friday morning and got there around noon. Her dad met us down the road from their farm, and showed the kids what wheat looks like before it is ground into flour. He showed us how to hull the wheat by hand, and he had a bucket of it, that the kids got to touch, and taste. It was quite yummy!! Then it was back in the car and up the canyon, which was absolutely beautiful!! Their farm used to be a dairy farm, but now it is just used as a "hobby farm". They had the most beautiful garden I have ever seen. Her mom won for fabulous tomato's at the county fair this summer. When we got there, Caleb showed the kids the ropes of his grandparents farm, where the horses were, and where the swings were, and all the other fun, kid places to check out. Grandpa Niel helped the kids pick fresh veggies from the garden. They picked; cucumbers, zucchinni, squash, and corn for our lunch. The kids got to husk the corn themselves, and Carrie's niece ate an entire ear before it was cooked. While Carrie and Gina cooked lunch, I helped Iva and Niel with the kids. Iva did 4-wheeler rides, and Niel did horseback rides. The kids were in heaven.

They jumped on the trampoline, and swung on the tree swings, and ran their little hearts out!! Carrie had brought up some chicken and she put it on the grill, and then Gina, who was a chef before she came to Utah, cooked up the squash and zucchinni. They boiled the corn, and cut up some tomato's and cucumber's. The kids could have eaten that corn all day and been just fine. We had a yummy lunch, and then Grandma Iva picked a few fresh Watermelon's from the garden and we ate those for dessert. The weather was absolutely perfect, we had a nice breeze and the sun was out as well. Before we left the kids played on the huge stacks of hay and then Grandpa Niel would clap his hands twice and the kids would jump off into his arms. We ended when the kids started fighting and crying, but all in all we had a great time!!!

Thanks to Carrie and her parents for a wonderful day!! Thanks to Gina for making such yummy veggies!!!

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