Out and About

Lattin's is a fun place to go hang out for a bit. We mainly go to feed the ducks and goats. They also have a country store where they make and sell a number of pastries. I usually get the apple cider donuts.

Riley has a lot of fun here. We love spending time with the cute farm animals ... and I especially love the slow pace of farm life.

Jacob and I personally love ducks. As a matter of fact he's so set on buying a few from this place and have them live in our backyard. Only one problem though ... our backyard is not big so I don't think that will be a good idea.

I'm sure these goats get fed but every time we come here they behave as if they are starving. They push each other and quite hard too so I make sure that the bullies are the last ones to get some feed.

Can't help but giggle as the goats eat out of your hand. Their little lips tickle as the nibble.

Given that Lattin's is in Olympia, which is about a forty minute drive, we make sure we find other things to do so we can make it a day. After we left Lattin's we stopped by a park and let Riley play for a while.

We got home just before dinner. Nathan's birthday had been a few days ago and as part of his birthday present they also choose the restaurant of their choice. Nathan likes to go to The Spaghetti Factory so that's where we went.

Looking at my kids I can't believe how much they've grown. I think Sydna and Nathan look so much alike. They both work at the same place and even customers have noticed the similarities. I think it's interesting at how much their faces have changed though. When Sydna and Nathan were little they looked so much like me. They had a rounded forehead and a chubby nose but now their foreheads and noses have changed and as they've grown I think they are looking more like their father. Sydna gives Jacob a hard time and tells him that if her nose ends up looking like his that she'll get plastic surgery, lol. They both have a similar sense of humor so he knows that it's all in good fun.

When we lack proper time for simple pleasures

of life, for the enjoyment of eating, drinking, playing,

creating, visiting friends and family, and watching children

at play, then we have missed the purpose of life. Not on

bread alone do we live but on all these human and

heart-hungry luxuries.