Farming

We are really excited to do some small scale farming with the boys, but as most of you could probably have guessed, neither James nor myself know very much about farming.  So, we take every opportunity to learn as much as we can before we get going with this new venture.  Today we had the opportunity to go and visit with an older couple here in Virginia who have cows and chickens.  They took us out to the cows where the boys got to feed them corn.  It was really fun to see Jacob just run around helping and working without hesitation.  He didn't let those big cows intimidate him one bit.

Jacob and Michael trying to convince the cows to take the corn out of their hands.  

Joshua convinces the bull to eat right out of his hand.

We had a lot of fun feeding and learning about the animals and how to take care of them.  The boys would have stayed all day just watching and feeding the animals.  It was a great trip and reminder that farming is exactly what these boys need! 

Hanging out with the chickens.