Chopping Corn

It was a glorious day yesterday when Todd was chopping corn so Rachel and Sarah decided to "help." They spent 3 hours with Todd playing in the silage pile. Jordan and I brought brownies out to the field and she was able to ride in the CAT with dad. As you can see, the farm dog was very hard at work sleeping in the back of the 4-wheeler.

Visit With the Schultes!

We took a trip to North Branch, MN to visit Todd's cousin, Brenda and her family. The girls had a great time playing with Abbie! We were able to visit and apple orchard where we took a hay ride, picked our own apples and fed some animals. We also had a birthday party for Todd's other cousin, Lori when we returned from the apple orchard. I even had a couple hours of "kid free" shopping! It was a wonderful and relaxing visit!

First Day of School

Rachel began 2nd grade this year! Here are a couple of pictures of Rach on the 2nd day of school. The first day was pretty wet and cold so we decided to take this picture after school on the 2nd day. If you don't remember, Rachel brought this tree home in the spring of her Kindergarten year. I am planning on taking her picture in front of it every year until she graduates from High School.

Rachel is enjoying 2nd grade so far. She has the same teacher she had in Kindergarten which is nice because we already know the way Mrs. Sorenson runs her classroom. They did not split the class this year so Rachel has 24 students in her grade.

Sarah starts pre-school on Sept. 17 so we will have pictures of her next week.

Harvest

Harvest is in full swing at the farm. Todd is harvesting the wheat and I am harvesting tomatoes, beans, lettuce, cucumbers and corn from our garden. Here are a few pictures of Todd combining, the girls waiting in the pick-up and Jordan helping wash up the beans.