Working Together

Sometimes you just need to be thankful for what doesn't happen. As Mike was backing his dozer off the lowboy near Blakesburg the uneven highway shoulder caused him to slide off the beavertail. Mike pushed himself down in the seat and rode it out.

Several hours later he was back on his tracks with little damage.

About mid week we had a strong wind come through and blow down some corn.

 This is a neighborhood east of Oskaloosa. This family lost 30 trees.

 Friday Brian, Ezra, Elliott, Gideon,John, and I cleaned up an uprooted tree on my parents property.

 Saturday afternoon Josh, Gideon, John, and I cleaned up a couple of loads of tree branches on our local Christian School property.

 Jan and I like to go on Ranger rides and look at crops. We seldom know where we will end up. On this particular ride we ended up at cousin Stan's. His grandsons had helped him clean up his tractors.

Along with the storms and strong winds have come some welcome rains. It looks like there will be corn to harvest. Our crew all worked together to prepare the cornheads for fall.

 We had a good crew unloading hay in our landlord Jerry's barn.

 BJ and Cassia's kids latest addition is a bucket bottle buffalo.

 We worked together at Becky and Brian's and got some fence in for their bucket bottle calf.

 Of course everyone helps out including Harris.

 Becky inherited awesome cooking skills from her mother. I think we all ate three meals there.

We had these guys last weekend while Becky and Brian helped with a wedding in Missouri. They came along for our weekly visit with Rosie.

I got up early this morning for our weekly visit and had no internet. So after several cups of coffee, a visit with Mike who came by, and checking in on Jan after a lightening storm, we finally were able to blog after the weather settled down. Have a great Sunday.