Harvest

Yep it’s that favorite time of the year. Temps finally dropped (although forecast says they’re going back up to 89d next week), and we’re loving this cooler weather. We’ve had our two days of harvest hassle, where every kid gets to ride in the combine, tractor, grain truck, and semi. Yeah it’s kind of a hassle, but I wouldn’t miss it for anything because it’s a beautiful time of the year and it’s a blessing to get a tiny slice of the harvest season which many kids (and adults) only get to watch from the road.

So we do the hassle.

- - - and school - - - well, the books get put away for a few days. We just call it a field trip .

Oh – and Ben has been driving the tractor with the augur wagon all week. He’s up early to do a healthy chunk of school and then off to the best kind of work a kid could want – driving something big. Gotta love it.

A few px from last week - - -

Kiowa fell asleep outside like this - - -

and, because it was 90d outside, she slept inside awhile like this - - -

and we’re not sure if she was awake or sleeping when she was like this awhile - - -

but it sure was cute!

Hot weekend brought out the Monopoly board awhile.

Others didn’t mind the heat so much. Actually some others really seem to like heat. Like 2000d heat. Presenting Jesse’s newest furnace - - -

“Forty bales” from CIT.

HA!! Try more like 97 bales!

Saturday evening was really unique since we just had Josh. After a Mexican supper with Echo & Kiowa, Levi finished harvesting and joined us at DQ.

Kiowa wasn’t too sure about this log!

Meanwhile, five kids were at TYG, and A. Joyce took Sarah and Jewel with her to spend the evening with some pretty sweet Kieser cousins.

Girls had a blast!

*thanks for the pictures AJ*

Monday evening we zipped up to the field for a bit of harvest fun.

Tuesday after we sang with the residents at Restmor we had a few special friends join us for a *hot* picnic.

Nick caught an amazing shovelfish in our sandbox.

Finally time for rides!

Josh with Ben - - -

Suppertime.

Little Miss Big Eyes could hardly tear her eyes away from

this - - -

Jewel with Jesse.

Too far away for a crisp picture but I like it anyway.

Really Kiowa was so happy – just so busy looking she couldn’t manage many smiles

Until she discovered how much fun a pile of corn is!

*thanks Echo for sharing these px*

Kaitlyn sure enjoys babysitting these sweet little guys – and we’re all glad she brought them out here yesterday.

Initially Kiowa wasn’t sure what to think when Echo gave Clay a snuggle,

but I think she was ok with him pretty quickly!

It’s calving season here on the Kaiser Ranch, and several trips a day are made to check for new calves and on the two healthy black bull calves so far.

Beautiful sky last night.

This morning Cason wasted no time in finding a few cats to love.

Love that smile