Friends and Fun

Last night we went to a BBQ at the home of some friends. I am friends with the mom and SB is friends with one of the kiddos. A boy. They've actually had a mutual crush on one another for several years. There are 4 children in this family as well. They live out in the middle of the desert on a large piece of land so there was plenty of room for all of the kids to just have a ball. I honestly cannot remember the last time we've had so much fun with another family. The kids ran around, played, and generally kept themselves busy for 6 1/2 hours! I think they would have been fine for another 6. It was the grown ups who got tired! We got to visit with their donkey and chickens. The kids gathered eggs from the chickens. We ate hamburgers from a cow that had been grazing their land in February! We got to see the turkeys they are raising for their annual turkey butcher (which we have been invited to for years, but have never gone. I think we may have to this year). The kids drove a full size tractor on their own! They also got to ride in the bucket and sit there and watch fireworks. SB rode a horse bareback. They all climbed on top of a toy hauler and drank rootbeer floats and watched fireworks. We had so much fun. And no running after the kids to make sure they didn't get into anything so it was fun and relaxing for the adults as well!