Sugar Beets

Sugar Beet harvest is in full swing here in Idaho. The days are busy and long. Kenyon is digging not too far from the house so Korbin has gotten to ride with him a few times. Then it is straight to playing harvest when he gets home! I don't claim to know a lot about all this farming, but I'm trying to learn.
Before the beets can be dug, they have to chop off the leaves and scalp the top of the beets. Then the digger can come and take them out of the dirt and up through the machine and out a boom to load a truck. They have a few semi's and quite a few 10 wheelers. The semi's tend to get stuck a lot easier because of the weight of the load. It hasn't been too wet so that has helped. The days are getting shorter and colder. We have had good weather here, so that is nice. Beet harvest will go into the beginning of November. For now we have long working days, lots of trucks on the road, dust lingering where truck traffic is heavy, and mud. The next vehicle we purchase will not be black.............:)
Weston is on the move. He is not crawling yet, but army crawls/scoots very well. It keeps us on our toes. Trying to keep the floor cleaner as crumbs, dead flies, ect. go strait into his mouth!! I don't have any pictures of the beet dump yet and hope to get some very soon~
All for now!!

Testing out the step

Scooting

Scalped beets......the white parts are the top of the beets

Pull tractor (notice the huge rope in back)

Pulling a semi through the mud

On the way to the dump with a load

Kenyon loading a truck

Three diggers waiting for trucks to load......Kenyon's digger in front

Sugar Beets
With dad at the John Deere Tractor and Beet Digger

OCTOBER

SO........It's been a while! This last summer has been quite busy:) We moved to Idaho in June and have been going ever since. We moved the second week in June. We got to our new "home" on a Tuesday and left Friday to catch a few days of Parma Convention. We got to see Ryan and Malia and quite a few others. We left from there to get "the last load" from Nevada. Came home on Tuesday, had a few days and were off again. We went to a couple of weddings the next few weekends. Kenyon's cousin Chyla got married in Park City, Utah over the weekend of July 4th and we spent our holiday there. It was beautiful. We got to see tons of family and some great fireworks.

Kenyon started in on farming right away. It has been fun watching and learning about how the farm operates. He has very long days as it is time to harvest. Grain came first and now the potatoes are close to being finished. Next.....sugar beets. The boys and I have made a few trips since. The first to California and Nevada. We spent some time with Ben, Tam, and Dawnita. Then to Nevada to take care of a few things and spend some time with our friends. We came home for a few weeks and then up to Seattle to see baby Kalia. Shane and Suzanne had their little girl. We spent most of our time hanging out with Ryan and Malia and of course little Kamea! We had a blast....then had to come home.
Got home and started to can. Peaches, pears, jam, corn, and soon apples! We have kept Great Grandm
a Clarice and my cousin Shauna very busy. Life here on the farm has taken some time getting used to, but don't feel sorry for us.....we love it!!! Here a few pics of our journey. Hope this gets you up to speed and I hope to keep this more updated:)Isaac loving Weston
Korbin with his trophy from gymnastics
Goodbye to the old houseMoving in
Ryan, Kamea, Kenyon, Weston, and Korbin at ParmaKorbin and GracieCombining with DadRide with great great uncle Wayne
Just like the old days! She offered.....Our boys
Seattle Aquarium with the octopus!

Farming alreadyPutting up corn with Great Grandma and Shauna

Peaches. Yum!Found this "friend" in Grandma Pam's flowers
(Striped garden spider)