Farm Festival

This past Saturday we went to a farm and pioneer festival at Historic HanleyFarm in Central Point, Oregon. It was a beautiful sunny day and the whole family had a great time.

We started off with candle making first and made the perfect candle for Avery's 5th Birthday 

 Next was off to the wheat grinding/sifting station. Avery loved turning the crank. Then we made dough and they had volunteers grilling it up pita style with cinnamon and butter to top it.

They had a laundry station showing all of the work and skill it took to wash clothes in pioneer days. This was Avery's favorite activity. 

My favorite activity was watching the girls sit on the saddles and try and lasso some bull horns. It was hilarious.

Kelly's favorite activity by far was the "milking station". She is a natural milkmaid. 

she loved to"cluck" at chickens and "oh bah-bays" and the new goats 

We had such a fun experience on the farm learning new pioneer skills and stepping back in time. They had other activities like horse shoes, butter making, good local food, volunteers in period clothing, and amazing fiddle players. I didn't get much of a chance to check out the historic farmhouse on the property but look forward to visiting Hanley Farm again.