Hay day~

After the guys finished with hay around the farm here, and after our noon meal was over, my dad asked me if I'd come along and help with the hay on Fern's ground--seeing as I didn't have work in town today. :)

So, that left Mother with cleaning the house and preparing a feast and all, but the hay needs to get put up when the sun is shining.

AND THE SUN WAS SHINING TODAY! If you live in ND or read others' blogs from these parts, I'm sure you already know it was a hot day here on the prairie. When we were heading west to the hay field, we passed these cattle that were enjoying the pool of water in their pasture...
Andrew took off from the field we were at to head to the next field, as he was through with cutting afore mentioned field. :)

While our dad baled hay on the south side of the field, Jacob and I worked together to get the hay bunched; loaded; hauled; dumped and stacked up into a pile by an approach to the field.... Jacob drove the tractor all day,

and I drove the old faithful truck--piled high with 10 large square bales--close to the stack and dumped them off into a messy heap.

Later, (around 7:00)when Dad had to quit baling on account of the hay being too dry, he took over bale-stacking and Mom came and got Jacob and I to help with chores and with finishing some things in the house. Dad said there's now a total of 195 bales in that stack--many of which Jacob and I hauled in today and some of which were hauled up there yesterday...

What wonderful back-savers tractors are!

I had more pictures I wanted to share, but I've tried 3 times to load them and they just won't load. Perhaps I'll have time/desire to post more tomorrow? We'll see...

There's excitement in the air, in Jacob and Mother's air anyway, as it was decided today that they shall go to Georgia for a few days to take a class on a special farming technique. We children have never traveled very far, and my mom hasn't really either, so it's all very new to all of us. They reserved a little cabin at a place near by the farm where the class is; sent in their registration to the 3-day class; and now just need to book a flight for the end of July!

There's more excitement too, in that my mom's cousin may be coming to visit us for a few days next week. She hasn't been to the Dakotas for many years, and would like to visit family here and help us prepare for Grandpa's auction sale. (Her mother and my grandpa are brother and sister.) She still isn't sure if it all will work out or not, but I hope it does, as I know my mom and her have a lot in common, both being home school moms and health conscious and such....

So, that's what's happening around here.

And now, it is once again time for sleep. ~