Where have you been!?!?

Where have I been you ask?!?!

Well a few weeks ago gma and mommy took me to a farm. Great gma Stark was kind enough to talk to one of her neighbors who said I could come and have a combine ride. Remember how much I like tractors and farm equipment!!!??? When we first got there the first ting we saw was the milk barn. We got to go in........it was funny because gma had no plans to go muckin around and she had her flip flops on!!! Must be she has forgotten what farm life was like!!!! :)

I was really curious about these really big cows! One of the farmers asked me if I wanted to touch one of them and I was really excited about the prospect!!

I touched one.....and that was good enough for me!!! Gma said I couldn't get away fast enough and arched my whole body......hey, I am still just a little guy ya know!!!


Mommy and me watching the tractors on the DeHaan farm. They were the nicest people ......ever!!! Unfortunately the big cutter wasn't working so there was no ride in the fields. So, I got a personal tour of the farm!

With a little prodding I did get to climb up into the cab!!

One of the first things I found......by mistake......was the horn. Scared me a little but I got over it quickly and just enjoyed the view!

It was way cool up here...and Frank liked checking out his big brother!!

Mommy and me on a beautiful day!!

Next up was the tour of the tractor barn. It was way cool. Farmer Josh showed me some of the equipment for cutting.....when he walked away I made sure to remind him that he needed to close it up!!!

I was asking him all about this hose and before he told me it was from the manure spreader, I MAY have touched it!!! OH, well!

Next up was the feed storage area. Some very interesting things were kept there!!!

Frank was pitching in and helping. Gma said she was really shocked because up until today it was VERY important that he remain CLEAN!!!

We got to check out all the different feed storage areas. There were bins of different grinds of corn, and even one with old bread...it had cinnamon bread and tortillas in it too!!! Then he showed us a bin with some minerals in it!! We were able to pick up hands full of it!!

Now it must be noted that I was tricked here!!!!!

The farmer first told us we could smell it and that was not so bad. Then he said we could taste it, if we wanted and he put a wet fingertip into it and tasted......

I DID NOT see this and went for the entire handful before anyone could STOP me!!!

YUCK!!!

The farmer was a little shocked.....he smiled and said "WOW".....Really wow, how about poor kid, or some other words of concern!!!

As you can plainly see.....my MOMMY was very concerned about my WHOLE mouth being filled with minerals.

THANK GOODNESS my wonderful gma was along to help me clear out my mouth....she is sooooo awesome!!

Then I spotted Otis.....well it may not have really been him but he sure did look like it! Otis is this really cool tractor in one of my story books!!

We were pretty dusty after crawling around in the feed and the farmer helped me clean up with the air compressor.

I asked if I could use it to clean up Frank!!

Next up we checked out the calves....or baby cows as I like to call them!!!

They were pretty cute!!

The work on the big machine continued and before we left I went to offer some advice . I also suggested that they needed to dust it off!!!

One last look before we had to head home...Great gma and gpa were watching Haven while we were gone.....little did we know that we were going to be gone for more than 2 hours!! Thank you ggma and ggpa!!

I had a GREAT time and send a Big Thank You to the DeHaan's they were so nice and friendly!!

I am supposed to pass along a message for gma....she said she is going to make sure and update this blog on a more regular basis!!!

She has a lot of cute pics to share!