Life on the Farm

On Saturday, Brady called me from work and asked if I wanted to go Utah for the weekend. Since it was Conference, he didn't have to be at meetings for church and he has Mondays off so it seemed like perfect timing. I hurried and cleaned the house and packed up the car and we left as soon as he got home.
My grandparents live in Hatch - this itty bitty blink and you miss it kind of town in southern Utah. Just outside of town, they've got a 100-acre farm & ranch complete with cows and yaks. They've recently started selling the yak meat and I've been in the process of making a nice little brochure for people that might be interested in buying it. Brady had been to the farm a couple of times, but we had always just gone up to the cabin and back and I wanted some pictures of the yaks for the brochure so we all hopped on an ATV and went exploring.

 

 He LOVED throwing rocks in the pond and watching them splash.

 Exploring the farm

Ringing the dinner bell with daddy

 

Walking through the hay fields to find Grandpa Riggs

Brady really wanted to take a boat out on the pond but I refused to try a canoe with Emerson so we rode a paddle boat but it didn't last very long. There was a leak in the bottom and then it started to rain. It was a fun 2 minute ride though.

 

Yakkety Yak

Peek-a-boo in the hay

Trying out Uncle Robert's Red Buggy

Coming home, the trees on Cedar Mountain were BEAUTIFUL.
We miss out on all the fabulous fall colors here in the desert.

 It was definitely a short trip, but lots of fun! Can't wait till we can go back. There's just something about slow-paced family-based life on the farm that is absolutely perfect :)