Black Island Farms . 2012

Earlier this month, we decided to brave Black Island Farms again this year!  And...what an adventure.  Luckily, it worked out for us to be able to meet up with Kaebrie, Leighton, and London (and Jennika and Chris, of course)!  The place is definitely spendy, but we stuck to just visiting the Courtyard, where the boys could enjoy the activities.

An attempt at a shot of the boys together...
(Harvick, Jarrett, and Ryder)

Visiting the animals.  Jarrett especially enjoyed this part.

Making their way through the tunnels (playground tub slides placed throughout bales of hay).

Sliding!  This was quite the workout for Patrick and I...Ryder still needed a bit of help climbing up the rope, and, of course, Harvick and Jarrett couldn't get up to the top.  It was quite the assembly line effort!
(Jarrett on the top row, Ryder on the center, and Harvick on the bottom row)

Patrick sliding down with Harvick (left) and Jarrett (right) one last time!

Not sure what this is, but it is a giant storage container, with a simple hole cut out - the boys LOVED jumping in it!

Ryder, of course, wanted to ride the train (pulled by a tractor).  After riding, we met up with the girls - so he got to ride a second time with Kaebrie (bottom right picture)!

The corn box!  Jarrett, Harvick, Leighton (in pink), and London (in purple) all loved it (even if Jennika didn't!).

Sliding on the smaller slide!

An attempt at having the brothers slide down together.
(Jarrett, Ryder, and Harvick)

Ryder and Kaebrie!

Harvick fell asleep after being in the stroller for just a few minutes as we walked out!

After spending the afternoon playing, all TEN of us headed out to dinner together...and, yes, I did call ahead to ensure the restaurant would have FOUR highchairs...and, yes, we did get quite the looks when we clarified that the party was for TEN, including FOUR babies needing highchairs, TWO toddlers requiring kids menus, and only FOUR adults!  I did have my camera with me for dinner...but...all of our hands were a bit occupied!

Thanks Reed family for another great outing together...and, Ryder is still talking about coming to your house to play now...