The farmers and their equipment have been putting in long hours this week. There are still several more days of harvesting to go and we're all thankful for a day of rest today.
Friday evening we were excited to have Erica and Rylee come out to join in the fun.
When we got to the field Erica and Rylee were riding in the combine - which meant we had time to kill while we waited to eat supper. Levi was super excited to have Rylee around and had a hard time waiting to see her. First he threw stalks of wheat and some weeds at me,
then he laid down on the road to "sleep" for a while.
Thank goodness Rylee got off the combine not long after that so we could eat! My family does not have the tradition of stopping to eat a meal together at the field. My dad eats in the combine so he can continue harvesting and everyone else eats when they have time. So this time, the women and the children ate supper beside the field. Ben joined us when we were nearly finished.
PIck-up truck picnics are pretty fun!
Looks like he's actually driving doesn't it? He wasn't, I promise.
The tractor and grain cart are in this photo - you just can't really see them because of the dust.
Thankfully the fields that were cut that evening were on a quiet dirt road. The only traffic we dealt with were the trucks hauling the wheat away and the vehicles from our own family.
That allowed the kids to run around and have a great time playing.
The only trouble was the dust, lots and lots of dust.
The kiddos even played hide-and-seek in an alfalfa field. It made the adults itch just watching them!
Soon it was time to head back to the farm (and get out of the dust). Levi and Rylee might fight like crazy, but they also truly love each other.
The evening ended with the kids catching lightening bugs at the farm. Rylee had never seen lightening bugs before and it was hilarious to watch her chase them down. The perfect evening to a busy harvest day.
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