McKee Ranch...a little home to me

With the Fall season approaching us, I have been filling a little home sick. It's expected since it is our first "official" holiday seasons away from our small town roots of Tooele. It was a family tradition each year to attend the "Pumpkin Walk" in Stansbury Park. The tradition started years ago when KyLee's singing group would sing at the festival and even though KyLee only performed two years we kept going back year after year as a family. The Pumpkin Walk was a cute little craft/boutique festival that they held every year at the Benson Grist Mill. It had hay rides, a little hay maze and carnival games for the kids, great craft booths and always yummy food! For the past couple of weeks, I have been missing our little tradition so it was off to google I went to find something in Vegas that could satisfy my home sick sadness :-)
On google I came across McKee Ranch which wasn't to far from my house, so Cody, the girls and myself set out on Saturday for a little family fun. When we arrived we noticed that this little old man has turned his farm and ranch into a cute little pumpkin patch and petting zoo for kids. The admission to get in was $20.00 a family and the girls each got a bucket of carrots to feed the horses. Sawyer didn't want any part of carrying her bucket so she decided to put hers in this old beat up toy wagon that she found at the home made playground for kids. The wagon didn't push very well on the dirt so after awhile she gave up, but still refused to carry her bucket. We went over and feed the horses. Sawyer didn't mind standing by the horses, but she was not going to have any part of feeding them. KyLee got a little nervous at first also feeding the horses. She was actually holding the carrot and almost tossing it to see if the horses could catch it. Cody showed her how to lay her palm out and put the carrot in it and let the horses take it from her palm. What city girls we are raising! After the had a cute little area for the kids to enjoy some lemonade and crackers. My favorite part was the wheelbarrow that had a piece of fabric covering the inside of the wagon and it held a mountain of popcorn. There was an old coffee cup and you just scooped up the popcorn and put it in the paper sacks. It was great. After we enjoyed some snacks the girls walked around picking out their pumpkin and playing with the chickens that just roamed the area. They found a decent size pumpkin and then it was time to head home. We had a good time and it feed my little homesickness for now.