You will never believe what we did today!!!!! It was quite the adventure, that is for sure. Grandma, Grandpa, and Great-grandma Pogue all came down for the weekend. Mom and I did our usual trips to town to get some shopping time in. When we left today, Grandpa said “I can watch the boys.” O.k. Sounds great, they will like that better than girly shopping time. So off we went. (No this was NOT the wild adventure.) You would never guess what we saw when we pulled back in the driveway a couple of hours later!!!!!
Way back in the trees we saw the crew. We had to chuckle a great deal and say “Oh wow!” Wanna see?
Everyone was back in the trees. They had Great-grandma back there too! 83 years old and traipsing around our six acres. Or at least being chauffeured around the property. Ross had the tractor out today to get some mowing done after he and dad cleaned up some limbs that were still down from the ice storm last winter. That led to taking they boys for rides up and down the driveway. His brain is always spinning… Full of ideas of all kinds… Great-grandma always talks about how she would love to go walk back there to see those trees, but she is not able to do that. So in the past he has taken her in our little S-10. Today he saw the neighbor’s wagon and thought to do this. It made her day!!!!!!
The old days adventure comes from the fact that there were 4 generations being pulled in an old wooden wagon by an antique tractor. How did they get Great-grandma in? Hmm… Not really sure. Haven’t asked at this point. ;) All we know is that she was loving the ride. I saw her grinning from ear to ear.
At this point I think I told her she was going to be famous. “What???” she asked. “I am putting this on the blog,” I replied. =)
The boys were all having a great time too. Riley and Braden love to do stuff like this. They are always up for an adventure.
But we are not done yet! There is more. For anyone who has not been to our place, The Trees is a 3 acre area at the back of our property. You have to go through an old pasture, past the old barn and barn lot, and into the little “woods.” Those of you who know my mom, also know that she is not all that keen to experience too much nature up too close and personal. She has come a long way over the years, but still prefers the civilized mowed yard space over more wild spaces. Yes, we even got my mom in the wagon to take a lap around the tree trails. And, of course TanMan has to get in on the action. I snapped a couple pictures and climbed up in the back of the wagon. Off we went through the tall, green pines.
Uh, Oh!!!!!! We are experiencing a little setback. We had to stop in the very back corner. As far away from the barn or house as you can get, we stopped. The tractor stopped, as in quit going. Putt, Putt, Putt, sputter, sputter, nothing! “OOPS!!!” says our driver. “I’ll be right back. I know what that means.” And he walks off. As he passed me I heard some muttering and mumbling. Something about “this always happens way back here as far from the barn as I can be.” Hmmm… Experience. 
Everyone sits in the wagon patiently waiting for his return. Great-grandma is laughing. Braden could take no more. We lost him many yards back. Poor tuckered guy. Riley is just patiently waiting. He has seen this before. Even happened to him on his little 4-wheeler. TanMan is just loving being with everyone and taking a ride, even if the wagon is not moving now. Check out that wild hair! Remember, the wagon is not moving right now!
Ross returns… Gas can in hand! It is full. Now our minor malfunction will be fixed and we will be ready to roll again. Look at that grin. He takes these times in stride. 
He told me this evening this must have happened a half dozen times before. You would think he would learn his lesson. =) He did check the fuel level before he fired up the old Case again. Everyone was perched in the wagon patiently waiting. Not like anyone was in any hurry to walk all the way back to the house.
We did make it back after the refueling stop. On the way back, we had rearranged seating a little. Great-grandma told me, “This has been so much fun! But I don’t know how I am going to get down from here.” I just replied, “The reverse of how you got in. You climb down.” Now mind you, I still didn’t know how they got her in. Just so you know, we documented the dismount from the wagon. Truck ramps cannot only be used to load and unload ATV’s, they can be a ramp for 80+ year old adventurous ladies to climb in old wagons. Great-grandma was not harmed in the making of this adventure. She came out in one piece. I imagine she might talk about her adventure for a day or two. We all had a good time. 
She has taken to the boys and follows them wherever they go. The other day they had her running all around our six acres. She was one tuckered pup. She did her best to keep those little puppy legs moving so that she could stay right next to Riley and/or Braden. She usually picked which ever boy was leading the way. By the second trip back in the trees, I gave her a bit of a break to ride in the bottom basket of the stroller. She fits right now, but won’t for long. She liked it but at the same time was not content either. She could not see those boys then. Every time she bailed and caught up with the leader of the pack.
Riley helped us pick out the name. I had a list of some that I liked and planned to show Ross. Well… Riley decided the other day that he wanted to ask to take the puppy outside for a while while the other boys napped. He had been calling her Anastasia because that is what the girls from the family that had her picked as a temporary name. Well… He came over and said, “Mom, can I take (Long pause)… Can I see your list of names?” Looks at the list. “Nova. Can I get Nova’s leash and take her outside for a while?” I told him we had to talk to dad and decide on a name as a family. He just said that he was calling her Nova until then. Well it stuck. =)
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