The hayride

Going to Aunt Dot's house for the Christmas hay ride was always one of the highlights of the kids  holiday season.  Yesterday, four generation of family and friends from  ages 2 to 82 gathered up in Adel at the farm. There was always plenty of  food and family, friends and fun.What a delight to see the next generation out in the cotton field together.  Fishing in the fish fed pond where every cast produces a fish,  making everyone a happy successful fisherman , with a little help from Mark and Drew was great.  Boards games came out, as well the same old outdoor games that we played as kids......, hide and seek, playing in the hay and chase.  The circle of hand holding  during the prayer kept growing as we kept finding kids to come to supper.  We all ate way too much great food sitting all over the house.  Then came the main event..  The hayride.  Bundle up, grab all the coats and blankets we can find.  Grab a spot on the tractor pulled hay trailer and settle in and wait for Uncle Virgil to crank up the tractor.  The singing began as he pulled away from the house.  A good singing voice is not required as long as you sing loud and remember some of the words.  There was actually three hay rides. I short one around the lake for the smallest children and a few adults.  The second one, the longest, for the older kids and a few brave adults.  The last one for the rest of the family. A good time was had by all.  We would like to thank Steve and Cyndi  Uncle Virgil and Aunt Dot inviting us to share in this wonderful holiday family tradition.