Driving Lessons/Hard Work/Bales

L on top of the stack. 

I love these pictures. 

My kids are growing up and maturing in so many ways!! 

We recently went out as a family and picked up a load of straw bales. 

If your a regular reader you already knew that :) 

Here is the rest of the story.. :)

We picked up the bales at the same farm we normally do.. but this time they were still in the field.. SO...

J got some driving lessons while Baby G slept soundly through out. She only woke at the very end.. while I was driving... to smile sweetly at the Straw Man who was getting a ride back to his truck. 

J did really well driving in the field. It was his second time driving ever and he was pretty excited! The peanut gallery (E, R and J3) egged him on from the backseat, backseat drove and pretty much enjoyed every minute of it. L was helping Papa and the Straw Man stacking bales as they threw them on the trailer. I was surprised to see he can move those bales pretty good, all that good food is turning into muscles I see :)  J drove down the field and then hopped on the bales for the final few before getting to ride the bales down the field to the road. Super fun  I was told but apparently they were a tad bit worried they'd have to ride home that way.. boys!! 

I wanted to make this saying into a reminding sign for me in the house.. and didn't realize until I'd saved it that I copied over the original.. that's ok I can share it with you :) 

That's 97 bales.. and we got two full loads.. so that's 194 bales on the floor. 

Waiting to be made into walls. 

That should do us for a while :) 

Thanks for reading.. my baby is home and my bed is calling me :)