A Day In The Country

We headed to the tiny town of Comanche yesterday to visit Great-Grandma. Unfortunately, she recently had to move from the family farm into a nursing home. She was having a great day when we visited and her memory seemed fairly good. It was nice to see her and let the grandchildren get a chance to visit with her. Mckenna can be the sweetest girl when it comes to loving on people. If she is in a compliant mood then she will give hugs to anyone. I was so proud of her this past Christmas when we visited a nursing home and although she was hesitant and nervous...she willingly held hands and gave hugs to the attention starved seniors. In the same manner, she was very affectionate with Great-Grandma (despite the fact I doubt she remembers her from our last visit 16 months ago) and I'm sure she warmed her heart by Mckenna's request to sit on her lap.
After our visit to the nursing home we drove to the farm to explore. Brad's Uncle has a heard of cattle on the land so we went to say hi.
Mckenna literally said "hi" to the cows, and mooed, and waved.
It's dangerous terrain on the farm. Cow patties. Possibly snakes. Lot's of mysterious goodies that a 13 month finds fascinating and interesting enough to taste. In this photo Brooke was mentally debating her opinion of the tall grass...she sat there for several minutes deciding if she was having fun or wanting to scream.
Mckenna and her cousin Hayden enjoyed feeding the cows.