Friday, November 30, 2012

Thanksgiving on the farm

Jason's brother lives in Sacramento and they have a little farm.  Tons of land and really cool animals. (according to the kids the animals are really cool )
Jason's parents live in Napa so they are only an hour away.  Grandpa DeMille goes up as often as he can to help.  He told Jason that when he retires he will probably move to Sacramento and get his own little farm. 
Here are all of the cousins: Dane, Maren, Tyson, Taylor, Ian, and Hayden.
To start off Thanksgiving morning the kids participated in the first ever DeMille Dash. They each had numbers on their backs and started the short run in the yard for the little kids.
Then they did a run around the neighborhood.  It was exactly one mile.
Tyson went for a little bull riding after the DeMille Dash.
He fell off into the mud and was really upset.  Grandpa and Uncle Brandon convinced him to try again.
While waiting for dinner the kids made butter.  It was the highlight of Taylor's day, the girl is crazy about butter.
The kids had the best time at Thanksgiving and had so much fun playing with their cousins.  I think Tyson loved the animals best of all.  They were going to show him how they kill the turkey for Thanksgiving but I said No.  He would have come home and never have eaten meat again.  He's a little too sensitive for the rough part of farm living.  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!

2 comments:

  1. Thank goodness you stepped in when it came to turkey killing! I don't think I will ever be old enough to learn the harsh realities of farm life.

    The Demille Dash is a brilliant idea! Mostly because I love the name.

    How was Mimi's?

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