free rides

The next series of pictures were all within a minute.  It was too funny not to post all of them!

Hannah pushed Lucas to the other end, then watch what followed:

It is not a two-seater!  No tears or fighting, just kept trying over and over. 

Bulk Bins | beans arrive

After four months, we got to see if everything was going to work to unload and store the beans until customers are ready for them to be treated and go back out our door into their planter. 



That is one big conveyor.

Cross your fingers...

A sigh of relief = a happy daddy!

Everything went smoothly on truck #1; there are approximately sixteen truck loads. 

Ethan.  Best employee award!

He might be a big, strong farm boy and busy working daddy...

but never too busy to help his little princess with her shoe. 

Bulk Bins | the crane

It isn't everyday that a crane shows up at your Dad's office.

Lucas watched in awe and excitement as this huge piece of machinery maneuvered these large bins.

When they were all done, Mark invited Lucas to check out the crane up-close-and-personal. 

Mark and Papa Steve have been friends for a long time and are on the NP fire department together.  He is also the husband of Lucas' preschool teacher, Miss Deb.

This is actually a look of fear more than excitement. 

He liked it, but he was scared to be up so high and all by himself. 

Lucas was so excited to tell Miss Deb all about it when he arrived at preschool!

Bulk Bins | setting the bins

Back in December we started a new project for Perry Ag Services. Four very large deliveries arrived the week before we went to Las Vegas.  This was a big project and Brent was so excited to see it come to fruition.  Rightfully so, as he poured so much time into the research and planning for this project.  On this day in early December they were setting the bins - this was only halfway through the project. 

The crane lifted the bins and set them into place.   Each bin only took about a half hour to set. 

Hannah went to daycare and Lucas and I went to watch before taking him to preschool.

Lucas, Steve, and Brent watching the crane.

Even though it was a mild winter, there were still some very cold days early in the winter. 

Mark has an interesting job, climbing to the top of  all sorts of things that the crane lifts!

We mostly stayed inside the van and watched in the warmth.

Look at that grin and dimple!

Remember, this is small town Iowa and seeing a crane at work usually causes a few neighbors to wonder what is happening.  There were a handful of onlookers on this very quiet gravel road.

Checking it out.

Lucas wanted to see inside, too. 

I love the look on Brent's face because I see his smirk... he was excited for this part of the project to be completed. 

A lot more work to be done on this project. 

I played...

on hay bales when I was a kid.  Big round ones.  Jumping from bale to bale, climbing all over them and doing our best to race across them without falling off. 

When Brent was a kid he played in the timber.  Climbing trees building forts, he spent hours and hours playing Army, shooting things with his BB gun.   

Our kids play on pallets of seed. 

fun at the park

We love to play at the park.  We are fortunate to have a few park options, even in a small town.  Lucas was really excited when we said we would invite Jonah and Charlie to go with us.  Joy!

Peek-a-boo.  I see you!

Look at that fuzzy hair!

Snack time.

One of the boys referred to the tic-tac-toe board as the "x-box game." 

Watch out for alligators!

It started to sprinkle on us, so that ended our afternoon at the park.  But it was so fun to watch the boys play and interact.  It didn't hurt that they were burning off some energy, too.