I should have more pictures to share but I don’t. But what I do have is a video that Taylor put together for the All Aboard Wheat Harvest. She and Jim had an uneventful trip (a good thing) to Shattuck, OK and back again.
Tonight, the thought of leaving is pulling on the ‘ole heart strings! We’re TRYING to get out of the house tomorrow – sometime. It’s such a struggle getting everything you’ll need to be away for 100+ days. Trying to remember everything and hoping what you’ve forgotten will be easy enough to purchase down the road. I’ve worked pretty steady for the past two days. Tomorrow will be spent pulling the loose ends together and walking through each room one last time.
Happy 2 month birthday, Eli!
Tonight, though, we had everyone here for the evening and had supper together. So easy to forget that things will be different after tomorrow. I will miss my little guy! He’ll be nearly 6 months old by the time we get back this fall. And, when I look out my kitchen window this fall, I won’t see Dorothy mowing her yard or tending to her flowers. It just won’t be right. Change…always hard to make the “new normal” feel comfortable again.
Having fun tonight while attempting to get a picture with the “crew” for All Aboard Wheat Harvest. Thanks, Mom, for being our photographer!
Jenna won’t be here when we get back in September. Her new job will have her out and about with farm shows until the end of October. A crazy whirlwind of events in store for her the next several months. Yep, the winds of change are blowing pretty darn strong right now. Tomorrow (sometime) will be the beginning of 2013 wheat harvest for the Z Crew. What it has in store for us will be worth stopping back here for, I’m sure! Prayers are welcome! 🙂
Change is hard bt so rewarding 🙂 Happy harvesting, Tracy! May God richly bless you-all and may he preotect and keep the Eli and the rest of the family at home!
Sorry, protect and keep Eli and the rest of the family safe at home (Phew, can you tell I just woke up?)
Gosh, Melody, guess we’re both sort of out of it. I just saw this note. Wish I would have seen it when you posted it. Thanks for the encouragement!!!
Thank you, Melody, for your words of encouragement. Telling the two older girls and my “little man” goodbye was much harder than I anticipated. I hope the time away from each other doesn’t seem too long!!
Can not wait to see where the “wind” takes the Z crew this year!
I’m SO GLAD you’ll be taking the journey with us!
Me TOO! I am very excited to read your updates! !
Hope all your travels are uneventful. Can’t wait to see what the summer has in store.
Thanks, Anthony! I hope it has more in store for us than it looks right now. Guess we’ll soon find out!
Tracy, you are a good woman! And, today we talked about the little Wheatie with the Lemmenes Custom Farms shirt! He is fortunate to have a grandma love him like you do! Remember change is what brought the little guy to you! Hugs and safe travels!!
Aw, Lori, you’re such a wise woman! You’re RIGHT! Change IS what brought him to us. It’ll take a little while to get used to the new “normal”. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend!!
Z crew…I had such a fun evening…many memories of years past..while I drove back home..and a few tears as well…PLEASE all of you..look twice and once again…while driving those huge “rigs”up and down the roads…..and remember this…You’re all in God’s care..Let him have all your worries and cares,for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you…I will miss you all….BE SAFE…..love and kisses XXXXXOOO … mom / Gma Barb
Thanks mom! It’s hard to leave the driveway without the full crew (and keeps getting harder each year) and I know they miss being with us too! You be careful this summer too!! I love you.
That new dodge looks sweet! Did it replace the red and white dually? Harvest is coming fast here. I’m getting anxious to climb back behind the wheel of the big best
Sorry, posted by accident to soon. I’m ready to climb behind the wheel of the big beast again. Have a safe summer and harvest!
Yep, it replaced the red/white dually. No one will know when we’re in town now. 🙂 Have you gotten behind the wheel yet? We got rolling right away but now we’ve run into 15% moisture.
No, not yet. Finished gettin’ the combines ready yesterday and serviced one of the semis today (since we only need one this year unfortunately). Might test some tomorrow. I think it will go, if not it’ll be pretty close. But we’ve got a wedding to attend tomorrow so we gotta work around that. Wait and see testing may get pushed to Monday.
Have fun at the wedding? Anxious to hear how things roll your way with test cutting! 🙂