Field Trip!

A call for help went out among the Hemmeke brothers to get the straw baled on the farm a few weeks ago. Steve tossed a few bales into the mow (ok, an elevator helped a lot), and the kids and I cheered the workers on.

Owen helped Steve and Grandma stack straw bales, but it was short lived as the baler broke down. You have to understand, that's like predicting snow in January. Steve's brother Ken tried all his mechanical wizardry to make it work again, but to no avail.


Grace pretended to direct the crew on Aunt Emily's cell phone. Or was she ordering pizza?



Isaiah was happy to just revel in all the John Deere glory around him. And he got a candy bar to boot when we visited some relatives who live across the field. You can pick just about any field in the area and we have relatives living by it!

Here's another of Steve's brothers - Cal - with Owen on the tractor "bringing in the sheaves."

And the parting shot of the 5.9 of us - no matter how many bales I tossed, that baby wasn't coming out!!