But the Dirt Bike is the Favourite!

Oh the Things You Can Ride!

Quads.

Go-Carts.

Gators.

Jeeps.

That is one bumpy ride and the kiddos loved it! :-)

The Galloways

Meet the Galloway's. My sister's family. More wonderful aunts, uncles and cousins.
Above is Bella and Kendall.

Uncle Spence. Or as Bella says "Pence! Pence!"

Carson.

Jordan reading Asher stories.

Aunt Sonya spoiling Bella.

Kendall (again) and Grandma Unzicker.

At the Farm - Part IV

Asher and Grandpa eating Grandpa's favourite snack....popcorn.

Bella loves Grandpa.

Grandma has the magic touch. She got Bella to take a nap in her arms (1.5 hours!)

At the end of harvest, Grandma and Grandpa gave Asher a toy John Deere combine. A perfect gift.

Bella and daddy reading Bella's favourite book.

You wouldn't believe how much Bella talks. I don't have any videos of it but she uses sentences! I have many witnesses to prove I'm not exaggerating.

At the Farm - Part III

Bella loves cows.

Picking Rock

Grandpa picks rock using his shovel and here, he is giving Asher some pointers.

Asher loved picking rock. (seriously)

Bella had to spend a lot of rock-picking time in the tractor but occasionally when the situation allowed for it, she got out there and held her own.

Leaf-Raking Operation

We raked leaves for grandma and grandpa and had quite the operation involving the riding tractor and red wagon.

Bella decides putting the leaves on the tractor seat would be better.

Asher "drove" the tractor pulling a wagon full of leaves and Bella was an excellent leaf weight.

In the video, I'm pulling the kids over the farm scale that we use to weigh real wagons full of grain.

Lovin' Fall

Asher is cleaning out the little red wagon Scott found is the obscure corner of grandpa' machine shed.

Bella playing in the leaves.

Cousins really are the best thing ever. Asher's cousin Jordan gave him his John Deere riding tractor that he has outgrown. Needless to say, it was a huge hit.
Thank you Jordan for you generous gift!

Harvesting with the Neighbours Equipment

Dad's combine was out of commission when it was important to get the soy beans harvested. So the neighbours rolled in with their BIG equipment to help us out.

You can barely see Asher and Scott up there! About three minutes after Asher got in to ride, he said "I want to do this all day and not even take a nap!"
(one day when he was with grandpa, he took a nap on the floor of the combine cab)

There is a buddy seat next to the driver in the combine so Asher got to ride in it with his daddy. But not so with this tractor. The kind man driving this tractor stopped and offered to let Asher ride with him but there was one catch. He had to go by himself. Asher didn't even hesitate! He jumped right in and later when I came to get him out, he just looked at me through the cab window and shook his head no.

The mobile factory.

Asher got to sit in two semi trucks.

Scott drove this semi across the field and liked it! He said he could drive a truck....as long as he didn't have to shift out of first gear. :)

The Harvest

Asher loved having meals in the tractor.

This is where we dumped the wagons full of grain into the bins.

Grandpa's combine.

Grandma & Grandpa enjoying a ride together. Aren't they adorable?!

Or as Bella likes to call it "Bine! Bine!"

In action.

There is Dirt to Dig Everywhere

Grandma & Grandpa had a sand pile....great for digging.

Abigail and Asher were planting seeds.

Fun at the Farm - Part II

Sitting on Grandpa's lap.

Walking Grandma's "Flower Row"

Behind Bella is where we dump the wagons of grain to transport it to the bin.
This is Bella's smile - meaning that if you tell her to smile, this is what you get. ...so you'll be seeing a lot of it. (lucky you, Davie!)

The two farmers.

Wheel barrel ride.