Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Camping at the Farm

This past weekend almost the whole Bullard clan (my mom's family) went to 'the Farm" to camp. My uncle, David, owns the land and it's in Gadsden where my grandad grew up...it's actually his old home place. We had 15 people in 4 campers along with 4 motorcycles, 3 four wheelers, and two golf carts to keep us entertained. We also celebrated my cousin Clara's 10th birthday over the weekend.
Connor recently got a new motorcycle and enjoyed getting the feel of it. This bike is a "real" bike with a clutch and a kick start. He's really gotten the hang of changing gears with a clutch. We thought it would take him a while to get use to it, but he took right off. I don't have many good pictures of him because he was never still. Between the motorcycle, 4-wheeler, and golf carts he was always riding or driving something. He had a blast riding with all the other kids (and adults) while we were there.

Ella LOVED riding the 4-wheeler and the golf carts. Someone had to ride her almost constantly. She liked riding with her uncle David and uncle Keith the most because they would ride her fast. She had such a good time and stayed covered in dirt most of the weekend. I did manage to get her to let me take a few pictures of her on the old front steps of my grandad's house that he grew up in. I also took some of her in the old fireplace. All that is left of the house is the front steps, the fireplace/chimney and the old well.

Almost everyone took a turn on the motorcycles. Clara learned to ride Connor's old bike (center-right). Paige learned to ride my bike (Bottom-left, bottom-center). Of course, David (center-center) rode his bike and Keith and Andrew did as well. My aunt also rode my bike (bottom-right) and Connor's original tiny bike too. I have some great pictures of Jamie on the kiddie bike with a little kids helmet perched on top of her head, but she threatened me so I wouldn't put them on here. All in all it was a GREAT weekend!!!



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