In One Hour...

Yesterday was the much anticipated fly to Papa's day! (Travis' parents, aka Papa & Grandma Hunsaker aka Ben and DeAnna, back in Salem, OR) Avery has been crossing boxes off the calandar every day for a month and a half. He was so excited he didn't go to sleep until about midnight, and then he got up and 5:15 (half an hour before our alarm was set, mind) and he was done sleeping. Ugh.

All told, the boys were really good on the airplanes. Carson was a particular concern, but he did great too.

So we arrived and couldn't have been there more than 5 minutes before Avery was jumping up and down to go see Papa's tractor. What ensued seemed like I could post a whole trip worth of activities, yet we'd only been there an hour!
After playing a little with Papa's tractor, Avery discovered another in the shop and the fun thing is it's a Branson 3510 just like Papa's!
Then it was off to the plane. It rocks and the wings make it a see-saw. Avery and cousin Alli were well matched when they tested it out.
Then Avery got to meet Aunt Katrina's horse... (Aunt Megan and her Vegas are in Canada right now)
Papa went and grabbed a hat for Avery and then he was a "real cowboy"
And then he could be a "real farmer" too! It's hard to see, but Papa gave Avery a long bit of grass to stick in his mouth...
Avery really loved that hat - gatta hold it on when running!
Poor Alli. She's used to being the only one here and it's always hard when Avery comes to visit since sharing isn't much required of her. In this shot Avery and Alli were racing at the tractor from different directions. You can see who won...
Okay, so I was loving the hat too... It just made for some fun pictures...
Avery is all about trucks and trailers etc. He was actually very excited just to come and see Papa's big trailer. That's the only reason I posted this, I just wanted to remember some of the simple things that were so exciting to Avery...
Carson was LOVING exploring so much space outside...
New toys! Apparently Gma bought this for Carson, but you can see who knew what to do with it. Avery took off on it and Carson was laughing and running along right next to him... until Gunnar (the dog) ran Carson down... Carson's not scared of him, but he's very (warily) fascinated by him.
And now the bubble machine! Carson had to be held to get at them because Gunnar loved popping them too and he was a little too rambunctious for Carson. No idea what Travis is scowling about...
And that wasn't even all...

The boys each got to ride on the 4 wheeler with Papa...

Avery got to check out the sand rails, but he had to wait until this morning to pull them out to use later today...

And the pool got set up.

What a busy evening!