We got to spend the weekend up on the farm with Kyle's family, and what a hoot it was to be a part of vaccinating the cattle! Back in his woo-ing days, Kyle treated me to a couple of vaccination weekends, and his rugged farmer boy looks mixed with cow snot, blood, and poop certainly won me over :). But Piper has never been privy to this messy but interesting weekend. Hadley assured her that it was really fun, as she 'helped' with the vaccinating last fall while Piper was in potty training boot camp. 
It made such an impression on Hadley last fall, that when her preschool teacher asked her to tell a story about something fun she had done in the past (for her spring conference), she told of her special vaccinating weekend.
All of the girl cousin helpers - Paige, Sydney, Hadley, Piper, & Ava
With the real farmer of the bunch, Grandpa A, who turned 70 last week!
Kyle, Sydney, Kara, & Paige busy straddling fences, and corraling cows into the vaccinating chute while Ava & Hadley look on.
Despite a bit of wind, it was an absolutely beautiful day and the rain held off until just after they were finished. The rainstorm, much to the girls' delight, even produced a brilliant rainbow!
With the vaccinating complete, we got to spend Sunday finishing up a few farm chores and then checking out all of the animals with the cousins. That's a brand new baby chick!
For some reason, Piper really had her heart set on petting a calf. Thankfully, Uncle Frank takes such good care of his long horn cows, that he was actually able to bring one in for her to touch. Pure joy and wonderment on her face. She is still talking about that brand new baby calf.
It was a lovely weekend! And such a treat for the girls to spend time with their cousins on the farm.
(Hayden, Ava, Piper, Hadley, & Sydney)
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