Does anyone else remember that George Straight song? Well, anyway our last play group outing was to Heartland. It is a unique ministry that also includes a dairy that makes milk & cheese. We took a guided bus tour of the Heartland campus. I especially enjoyed this part, it was super interesting. The girls loved riding on a bus.
Grace & Sophia (one of her buddies)
We stopped at the goat barns to see their milking & baby goats. The girls jumped right in and loved this. Here Faith is working up the courage to pet the big goats.
My happy baby (have sling-will travel).
Feeding the goats wasn 't necessarily part of the tour. But, my experienced little farmer bent over and scooped up some of their feed out of the trough so she could feed them.
Checking out the cows being milked. Did I mention my mom went along again? YEAH!!!
In this picture you can see their unique "merry-go-round" system of milking. We had checked out several books on dairy farming at the library so the girls were very interested in seeing the cows being milked. The creamery (where they make the cheese) is being remodeled so I was disappointed we didn't get to see it.
After the tour we ate at the Solid Rock Cafe. It was yummy and the girls loved their big glasses of fresh chocolate milk.
