Harvest at Grandpa & Grandma's

My dad is always optimistic and ultra reasonable when he speaks about the crops he farms. The weather will do what the weather will do and there's nothing he can do about it, at least that's what he says. So, this fall with cooler than usual temperatures in September and too much rain in October fall harvest has been off to a frustratingly slow start.

Tuesday night, after our family took pictures at church for the pictorial directory (always a good time), we drove straight to the farm for combine rides! It just so happened that dad finished up the corn and drove on the yard with the combine to switch headers as we finished eating our supper. Noah "helped" Grandpa switch headers and then he and I rode along for a couple of rounds of soybean harvest.


My dad, always quick with a smile for his grandsons!




Seriously studying the combine.





There's the header dad uses for soybeans and milo - it has a fancy name like flex-something-something-something. At our house it's called "milo header".














Getting ready for the header switch...


"Milo Header" on...




Getting the header ready to cut beans...


Waiting...


Cutting beans!