Wheat Harvest '11

This harvest season marks a year of firsts.

This is the first time wheat has been harvested this early in all of Grandma's 85 years. The drought took its toll early.

The first time to live on our place and watch the harvest through the kitchen window...



The first time for G to be an easy sidekick... He rode all day pretty much every day. He literally cried tears of joy the last day because he thought that it was all done, just to be pleasantly surprised that there was a half day left. I wish I would have had that on video.



The first time the guys had a driving range to wait out the dew drying out so they could get to work...


The first time the forgetful camera lady remembered to get a generational picture during harvest...



The first time to watch our cows eat green grass all year....they've been cut off from behind the house since the wheat matured. Talk about happy campers...all that grass is just about gone!



The first time that the girl that writes this blog has posted twice in one month in a really long time...

Kidnapped

by life.

I stole that line from the Pioneer Woman...she said it somewhere and I could totally relate. Life has been so busy, but a fun busy!

I'm not even going to try to completely catch up the blog right now, but maybe sometime in the near future. Now that we are getting closer to summer, some activities are starting to wind down and I can see that there will be more time for stopping to smell the roses soon.

In the mean time...here are my two little athletes...


I've been coaching C's soccer team and Justin has been helping coach G's t-ball team. Super fun times. G is hilarious to watch. He moves as slow as molasses around the bases. Not sure what that is about because here he is hunting eggs...

Maybe we should put eggs around the bases...there's an idea.


This has not been successful, but he sure has had fun trying...

The training wheels are a little bit cumbersome out here in the country, so this boy is going to have to get with it and learn how to operate on two wheels.

Then....we lost another tooth. She went around like this for almost a week so I had to put an end to that...


She is NOT a fan of getting a tooth pulled, but I must say that the "after" is much better than the "before".


Spring has sprung and we are enjoying living in the country!

This picture cracks me up because you can just see the mischief in that little boy's eyes. Definitely a true reflection of who he is. :)

We hope you are all having a great spring! Pray for rain!!