Thursday, November 12, 2009

While Nana and Pa are away...

Last weekend Nana and Pa took a much deserved vacation to Ohio and Niagara Falls. (They went to a wedding in Cleveland and then traveled with Great-Aunt Rosalyn and Great-Uncle Bruce to NY to see Niagara Falls) Little did they know that it would STILL be harvest season in November! They made the decision (like three days before they were supposed to leave) to carry on with their trip and leave the farm in OUR hands. And by OURS I mean Aunt B and Uncle C, but we helped as much as we could!Dad and Uncle C (which Austin learned how to say while we were farming) loading the planter (maybe it's a drill...plant corn, drill wheat? or is beans? Oh heck, I don't know...)with wheat.Our trusted supervisor was always near by. I swear he was taking mental notes of things to report to Nana and Pa.
Dad getting ready to put the tractor and disk away......but first Austin must go for a ride. I'm sure our neighbors appreciated hearing the tractor horn over and over and over again. The worst part... getting him out of the tractor!It was then time to load the beans into the trailer...Money, money, mon-nAY!Aunt B did an excellent job of unloading the beans. There's no doubt in my mind that I would have had them all over the ground. It was finally time to get some wheat in the ground!Mom and Austin making sure everything is done right..."You think it worked?"
We missed Nana and Pa, but we sure had a fun time farming!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

11/11

November 11 is a special day for us. Nana and Pa celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary and Aunt B celebrated her 24th birthday!

Happy Anniversary, Nana and Pa! Happy Birthday, Aunt B!

&hearts, Austin

Wordless Wednesday: Spying on the Neighbors

Sunday, November 8, 2009

We're falling for fall!

Mother Nature has kept us on our toes this year! We went from summer to winter in a matter of seconds. Then it seems liked we had moved to the Northwest with day after day of rain. We were finally able to enjoy some fall weather this weekend. (Okay, maybe it was more like summer with the 75+ temps on Sunday!)

Playing in the leaves reminded me of our favorite fall song on Nick Jr.


We hope you're enjoy your fall while it lasts!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Halloween Recap

What a fun night (and day!) Halloween was! We kicked off the day with a trip to Sparta to visit Grandma, Grandpa and Great-Aunt Sissy. Austin loved all of his treats and we loved the chili lunch!
We hit the road again after nap time. Our first stop was to "Aunt" Julia's. Then we were off to the Hentis', Great-Uncle Freddie's, the Gregson's, the Woods' and the Thies'
We ended our trip at Nana and Pa's, where Aunt B and Uncle C were also waiting for us. Thankfully Nana had dinner waiting because we were all starving!
Everyone was tired after such a fun, treat-filled day!
All treats, no tricks for our little man!