Thanksgiving in CO

Last Monday, Greg, Paton, and I drove from our home in UT to my parents home in CO. The weather right at the very beginning was pretty poor, but we made it! I had to take a picture of the McDonalds in Evanston, WY. It was by far the most shwanky fast food restaurant I had ever been to-complete with flat screen TVs in the bathrooms! Above is Paton in the children's play area. At each table in place of seats are leather saddles-not plastic saddles, but leather saddles!

We were very thankful for the car DVD players. Below is Paton using the headphones while watching a movie. He didn't really need them on the way there, but on the way back the wind was so ferocious, that it was hard to hear anything!

Since moving out to property that has land, my parents have spent the last few years raising poultry. One year Dad raised turkey that grew to be too big for conventional ovens! Chickens are their more regular project. Dad has several hens he raised from chicks in order that he might collect their eggs. Paton absolutely loved going to the hen house with Grampa to collect the eggs. Around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, Dad would let the chickens out to roam the yard. How much fun it was for Paton to chase the chickens!

It's interesting to view technology and its advances. Below is Paton coloring the conventional way. And then yet another method of coloring is on the iPad--the mess-free method! By now, Paton is pretty good at navigating through my parents' technology.

Grammy and Paton taking a walk...

Sorting eggs with Grampa...

You know you're out on farmland when sandboxes are filled with chicken feed! Paton loved playing in it!

Dad smoked a turkey for Thanksgiving....so yummy!

Our spread...

Family time...

Coyotes frequent my parents' property in search of rabbits (there are many of them), but they also pose a hazard for their two pet dogs. One, Griffin (their Jack Russel terrier) was attacked and almost killed by a coyote. So when Dad and Greg got whiff of them near, both men turned into our mighty hunters.

Paton was still recovering from a nasty winter flu/cold, and below he's about ready to fall asleep rather early into the evening.