Monday night’s storm brought us anywhere from 1.1″ to 2″. But no hail or tornadoes like they had predicted!
We woke up today and the field is dry, the humidity is low and we are ready to roll! Anthony and Austin came out first thing and got everything ready to go and started running. I came out around noon with the boys after I got our daughter all situated and Kadin was done mowing the church.
See, our kids are little entrepreneurs themselves. Cami saw that a friend of ours needed a babysitter for the summer, so she contacted her, said she would watch him and even decided the price on her own. Kadin has been helping mow the church yard. Then, they all come out and help run equipment afterwards! Busy kids! But if they are busy, that means they aren’t getting into trouble right!?! Ha!
I had to leave to take Kadin to catch a ride for his baseball game tonight. I come back and my husband has taken over my combine while Howard is now driving truck. So, I am just enjoying being a passenger in the combine tonight. Which is fine with me because I have had a cramp in my neck all day. I was having to turn my whole body back and forth to watch the header. That was interesting.
Our youngest, Keagan (9), has been driving grain cart for a few years but today he finally got to unload on the go! Boy was he excited! He is already a pro. We took a video of him and he grabs his drinks and swigs it down without missing a beat. He is a farm kid through and through. If the big people can do it, then so can he!
After we moved to another field, my mother-in-law (Cindy) and I were in the drive talking. We see a weird looking cat come out of the barn. I thought it was a raccoon but she wasn’t sure, so we kept talking. All of a sudden, 5 or 6 baby raccoons come running out of the barn and start climbing and playing. Wasn’t quick enough to get pictures but that was the most excitement we had today and that was fine by me!
They were still cutting when Keagan and I left the field at 10:45 pm. They will finish filling up trucks and head in for the night. So far the fields have been making in the mid 50’s (bushel per acre). Which is pretty good for dry land wheat in the Oklahoma panhandle!
With the high temperatures for the next few days, it should be pretty steady cutting.
1. Be ready to go at the drop of a hat...sometimes without a lunchbox.
2. Has removed the word impossible from her vocabulary!
3. Can hold a baby, take care of a toddler and drive a tractor or combine all at the same time.
4. Must be able to cook for a crew - large or small.
5. Must be able to read minds.
6. Must be able to banter with a parts man until he realizes you DO know what you're talking about.
7. Must be the entertainment director for those rainy days.
8. Be a wife, mom, friend, helper, cook, problem solver, taxi driver or extra crew hand at all times.
9. Can handle the call that makes you react, "You need what? When?" Dropping everything you're doing to make it happen.
10. At the end of the day say, "I really do love this life".
