Farmin'

Last week the kids and I went to help in the garden with Mom and Dad at Grandma's house in Caswell. It was an all day adventure! The kids had fun riding their bikes on the dirt paths, through the fields and through the yard. They also had fun driving the tractor. Even our 7 year old Madison got some driving education from Papa. She did good after she almost threw everyone out of the trailor by lifting up on the clutch too fast. But come on, she is only 7. She'll get better!!! No one was hurt. Kind of reminds me of the times I almost killed my brothers on the tractor and trailor. Especially the time I pinned my older brother Keith under the trailor. Aaahhhh...good times. haha These are the brave souls that opted to ride in the trailor with Madison at the wheel. My kids and my brother Keith's kids.

Jamie is a natural driver. She gets lots of practice on our lawn mower. She really does a good job. Dad is a good teacher too.

We saw so much corn that we were just really sick of it by the end of the day. We worked as true farmers do - well, okay not quite they would be up at 5am. We worked 9:30-6:30 doing 40 quarts of corn. We really only did a tiny bit of the garden work compared to everyone else that has been working all summer watering, weeding (yuck!!!), watering, planting, watering, pulling, watering and canning. They really haven't been blessed with as much rain as we have here in Eastern NC. But it has provided enough to store some food. As Grandpa Aldridge would say, it's better than eating snowballs!!

The kids and I had a good time on our vacation. Some people go to the beach, amusement parks, water parks, etc. for vacation. We go to Farm!!! And it is was great!!!