Fort Collins Petting Zoo/Farm

We went up to Martinez Farm/Petting Zoo over the weekend with Anne, Noah and Ethan.  

The boys had a blast feeding animals and riding the tractor.

 Torin wasn't afraid to feed the sheep and goats their oats.

 He said they tickled his hand.

 It was supposed to be in the mid-50s that day.  I think it made it to the high 40s by the time we left, so it was quite a chilly morning. 

 It didn't faze the boys though.  Their hands were red and cold, but they kept going. 

 Torin of course had to follow Noah wherever he went.  He has even picked up a saying that Noah often says.  He has been saying to Paul and I all week..."Hey, I need to tell you something."  So Noah you not only have a shadow, but a copycat on your hands as well! 

Siblings

New Year's Eve

We had the Weiland family up for New Year's Eve.  Ava does such a good job holding the babies.  Logan is pretty heavy for her to hold though!

Ruby

Without a doubt the best part of having Christmas at Aunt Karen's house for Torin was the fact that Ruby lives there. He LOVES Ruby and spent most of the day chasing her around.
We tried very hard to get a good picture of Ruby and Torin together, but getting a dog and a 2-year-old to sit still at the same time is impossible.

And we get mad when we have to take pictures with Mommy instead of Ruby. Yes, I rate lower than Ruby already. I thought that the 'mom isn't cool' thing didn't happen until age 12 or something. Sigh.We headed to the farm shortly after this for the Bartmann family Christmas, but alas we forgot our camera at Karen's so therefore no photos to show of Christmas there. Needless to say, the car was packed completely full with new toys, etc. It was a wonderful Christmas holiday with all our family.

Zimmer Christmas

We spent the first half of Christmas day at my Aunt Karen's house for the Zimmer family Christmas.
Daddy and Ella

Mommy and Logan

Grandma Herding helping Torin open his new CATERPILLARS!

Torin

Christmas Eve

"Hey, Torin. Look over here."
"No, Logan. Look this way."

"Ella, look at the camera."

"No, Ella. This way. Look at Mommy."

Good enough. Here are my parents with all of the grandkids on Christmas Eve. We spent the day opening presents and attended mass at the Cathedral (which is in the middle of restoration) that evening. It was a beautiful day.

Wheeler Fun

One of Torin's favorite things to do while in South Dakota is ride the 'wheeler' as he calls it.
He and Papa Pat were out riding as soon as the sun came up when we arrived Wednesday morning.

They even had to give Daddy a ride on the sled.

Which must have scared Torin since he refused to go on the sled at all the entire time we were home.

But he got some good rides in while Papa pulled all the girls on the sled.

He even got to ride Uncle Greg's new snowmobile. He thought that was awesome! And so did his Daddy since he got to drive it too.