Farm Life

Stephen finally got a taste of what harvest is like. We drove ten wheelers, we rode in semis, we picked clods, we picked potatoes, we rode motorcycles, we threw clods at the porta-potty...harvest really is fun!

Friday night I drove Kelsey's truck while she went on a date. It was really fun to get to drive again. It's been a LONG time. I got in the truck and went blank. I forgot the shifting pattern, I forgot how to turn on the belt, I even forgot how to turn the engine on! It was pretty pathetic. Everything came back in a hurry though. When you are under time constraints, your brain magically functions!

Saturday was a slow start in the morning...at least, slower than usual. We awoke to a beautiful sunrise on a very cold morning. Stephen got some awesome pictures!

Saturday we began by helping Kory and Charisse can spaghetti sauce. Doing it with Charisse gave me a lot more confidence in being able to do it myself next year...I think I can, I think I can.

Here is Krystal, Karli, and I finally entering the field. Technically that is a one person motorcycle, but when you are really cold, you cram as many people together as you can to keep warm.

Here is Stephen watching how to load the truck. Every time I would tell Stephen about harvest, I think that he got bored. When explaining harvest, it doesn't sound too exciting until you get to do it.

We can't forget Kory! He's loading Mom's truck. She got a new truck this year! She's very excited because now she has bunk beds. Kory had to experience the awesomeness and so he drove her truck to the dump.

Stephen and I rode into the dump with Kory and Charisse. This is us sitting on the top bunk. It was really cool. No one under 18 is allowed at the dump and so when Mom brings Karli with her she hides her on the top bunk and no one sees her! The windows are tinted so you can see out, but no one can see in. Sneaky little Karli.

While at the dump Kory went through the same process I did with the semi. He forgot too! See, it's not only me. Eventually he got backed in and unloaded.

We ended early on Saturday so the guys could go to the priesthood session of conference. Before they got ready Stephen wanted to go on a motorcycle ride. As soon as he got on my Mom's bike, Emmett hopped right on. Stephen was a little surprised, but very excited. Stephen wants a dog SSOOOOO bad! This is Stephen and Emmett and Charisse and Kory!

I got on the back of Stephen and we drove off. After riding for a minute, the bike was acting really weird and wouldn't go very fast. Stephen stopped and Emmett jumped off. He looked at us and said with his face, "You weren't going fast enough." He then started to run in front of us and then looked back as if to say, "Let me show you." I'm serious! That is exactly what he was thinking...you could tell.

After the guys left for priesthood, the girls had chill time. We had so much fun! Grandma came over to just be a part of the gals. We were chatting it up and laughing, while Grandma kept complaining that she couldn't hear a word we were saying. She didn't want to hear what we were saying anyway...

When the boys returned, we met Kelsey's beau, Nathan. After a brief introduction, we began a rousing game of Sardines...in the dark of course! Mom and Dad's house is no big enough to play with the lights on. Just to let everyone know, I was the best hider. It took everyone the longest to find me. People would come into the bath room, where I was hiding, and leave again without even noticing me. It was great fun. The best part was when Mom was the last person to find me. Stephen was second to last and so when she finally realized that she just yelled, "STEPHEN!!" It was really funny. I think that she was nervous that all of us were going to jump out and scare her.

When it was Stephen's turn to hide he barricaded the door we were counting behind. He thinks he is so funny. We had to shove through a whole bunch of chairs and pillow cushions.

The next morning we awoke to this:

A TON OF SNOW!!! It was falling in huge flakes and was not letting up. We had our traditional omelets for breakfast and then Stephen and I, along with Krystal and Shane drive home. Before the drive home Shane did this...he is wearing shorts and a t-shirt. The picture is blurry because I zoomed a lot because I refused to go outside in that weather. Bbbbbrrrrrrr.

ThANkS MOm aNd dAD!!!! We had fun!