Antique Days

Today we took in antique days with my family. It was a lot of fun and we all came home with nice rosy cheeks! It was a beautiful, blue sky day!

Camilla's souvenir, a homemade shingle!

We started the day by watching the tractor pull. They had a whole field of tractors waiting to compete. You start at one end of the track hooked up to a trailer with a weight on it. As you pull the trailer, a weight on the back moves closer to the front making it harder and harder to pull. The competition is all about distance, and who can go the furthest before they stall out! I couldn't believe some of those tractors were still running they looked so old! Near the end you would see them with both front tires off the ground as they slowed to a halt!

The awesome conductor!

Mr. Stannix took his little girl for a train ride twice around the loop. The little antique train sure could go!! Camilla had fun waving at everyone as they drove around.

 Look at these two romantics!

 Uncle Chris

Camilla loved Sparky! She ran up to me and said, "I gave the teddy a hug!"

Alas, everyone tuckered out and it was time to head home!

For dinner we enjoyed smokies over the fire and good conversation.

Camilla picked flowers for us all! Gramma got the biggest ones!

 Mr. Stannix looked pretty hot in my Dad's hat. It kept distracting me when we were playing horse shoes, and my Dad and I lost to Chris and Mr. Stannix.

I finished off my evening with a giant bowl of fresh raspberries drowned in half and half and covered in sugar! My favorite!! Then we all had a soak in the hot tub and got ready for bed!