Funny Farm Rescue

This week of vacation we also visited a local animal rescue farm. There are a lot of animals, many which are free of can be reached and petted through fences. I took Rudy and his friend Jaedyn and they are already making plans to go back and volunteer.

Touching a turkey's tail (the turkey never even flinched).

Noisiest birds in the world.

A skunk (it's sprayer didn't spray).

It had been raining for several days so was very muddy, which the pigs loved.

The skunk

A huge steer

The skunk

The turkeys

There were a number of dogs on the farm and some of them loved to catch balls and frisbees, so the boys had fun playing with them.

Snoop Dog (an old, sick, slow dog who was so sweet).

Socks. This was the only horse that was free to roam. It was quite a surprise when it first came walking up to us.

Condo Kitty- it's a rare cat that will sit in Rudy's lap!

A donkey

A goat

More fun with dogs

Some of the other horses (right before one tried to nip at Rudy)

Epic Nerf Battle

A local friend organized a nerf battle at our town's park today. In preparation for it, Rudy used some of his birthday gift cards to buy a new nerf gun and extra bullets. He, of course, dressed for the part, too.

Starting to plan strategy.

The battle begins

Rudy and Brennan went over to the other side of the pond in order to sneak up on other groups.

reunited with the rest of his group, they headed into another battle.

Towards the end we were able to get the kids together for some pictures.

Silly pictures, too

A close up of Rudy and Brennan aiming at each other and Jaedyn stuck in the middle.

Andes Christmas

Sunday was Christmas with all the Andes. First order of business: get a cousin picture.

Then began the great opening of presents. Once all presents were unwrapped, the kids starting opening some. Here are the main Lego builders in the family.

Bill bought a few cans of Make Your Own Snow. The kids (minus Max who was asleep) enjoyed playing with it.

Paige decided her dolls would enjoy playing in the snow.

And then came the karaoke. Chris and Patti brought their new karaoke machine. Lucy and Paige definitely enjoyed it the most. Some members only watched or sang along in the background. (Lucy knows and sang most of the Taylor Swift album).

Bill chose Don't Stop Believin' by Journey.

The kids were happy to sing along even if they'd never heard the song before.

The adults put their names in a bowl and Bill and Patti were chosen to sing I Got You Babe (but not the Cher version :) )

Once we'd had enough karaoke, the kids used the microphones to tell jokes. (I think I got each of them on video telling one below. Some jokes were funny. Some made no sense.)

The girls

Me, Dad, and the boys

If these uploaded correctly, they are proof of some of the craziness that went on during karaoke and joke time!