Thanksgiving on Grandpa's farm

For Thanksgiving, all my family took off for Perry to stay at Grandpa Hoyt's for the weekend. We released a soft shell turtle into the creek before taking off and then it was off to Perry. We arranged for my cousin Quint to come over on Thanksgiving day to snap a few professional pictures of all of us. (Thanks again, Quint! Your so talented!!) We planned on everyone wearing fall colors and with careful planning and some last minute shuffling it all came together and we looked like a colorful family tree! After a delicious Thanksgiving lunch we all watched Luke dive into his belated birthday cake! Aunt Katie made Luke a Drumstick cake and he seemed to really like it! Then we took off on the buggy and go cart to go feed the cows.
We rode over to the pond to see what the gators were up to. The next day we took a few tractor rides and saw off the Kimbles, Baileys and the Pitts. The house got a little quieter and Mom and Dad were ready to watch the kids for us on Saturday for the Rivalry game (UF vs FSU.) After 7 years of Gator victories, our streak came to a close. We headed back to Perry, slept in the next day, took the kids for one more trip out to feed the cows hay and cookies and then headed home. Grandparents are the best babysitters and our kids loved the extra time on the farm with them! As we pulled into Gainesville, we trotted over to pick out a Christmas tree. Wil and Elsie wore their Santa hats while we picked out the prettiest tree. You should have seen how helpful they were on the way home. They held onto the twine that held the tree to the top giggling all the way home!