Wordless Wednesday... A Day in the Life of a Farm Kid

What I Love (at age 7 1/2)

I found this the other day in Kaylee's bed while I was changing her sheets.

So Sweet...



My little scavenger

Boys are so different from girls. 

Don't get me wrong, Kaylee loves to collect things...

stickers, notepads, beads, bracelets, and anything related to horses. 

She's my little packrat.

But Jacob, well... I'm constantly finding rocks in the bottom of washing machine.

This week, Jesse shelled the beans behind our house. 

So Jacob's been busy collecting what's leftover.

Here's a small stack of walnuts he found from a tree on the other side of the bean field.

He's got a seed sack full of walnuts out in the shop...

Two weeks ago, Jesse shelled corn down the hill and across the creek,

here are the leftovers that Jacob found...

He takes each ear and shells it by hand into another box...

(this is a mouse-infestation waiting to happen by the way!)

And finally, here's his stash of nuts in a pocket of his backpack

that he's picked up while he waits for the schoolbus in the morning.

What can I say... he'd make one heck of a squirrel!

Labor Day Weekend

Had a FANTASTIC Labor Day Weekend.  Went up to mom and dad's and on the way through Indy, we stopped at the Indianapolis zoo.  It was such a beautiful day.  Granted the zoo was insanely busy, but still managed to have a really good time.

Jesse & the kids

The walruses

Underwater viewing of the dolphins (my favorite!!)

Kaylee & Jacob checking out the giraffe

Found these monkeys perched right up on this rock. 

Couldn't help but get a picture of them!

My girl checking out the prairie animals.

We spent Saturday night at my mom and dad's and

then headed up to my Uncle Max & Auntie Kay's cabin

at Yellow Lake for a family get-together. 

Kaylee with my niece Abigial                          Anden playing with blocks

The menfolk chatting ~ That's my Uncle Max, Uncle Steve, and my Dad

            My Mom with Abigail                    Anden with my cousin's daughter June.

Kaylee & Jacob playing a mean game of badminton

with my cousin Liz & her boyfriend BJ.

Happy Birthday Aunt Debbie!!!

 ~ The whole crew ~

That's Uncle Max & Auntie Kay up front (two of my favorite people.)

Wordless Wednesday... Following in Daddy's Footsteps