Late Night Harvests, Jam & Dermatologists

Collin has been SO busy on the farm the last week or so. They have been trying to finish second crop hay as well as harvest all their barley. I have spent many hours riding with him in the combine, and fallen asleep a few times as well. 12 and 1 AM is way too early for me.

See that suicide bird? It has just been hanging there the whole time. And it disappeared for a while so we thought it fell off but then yesterday when we were cutting Col turned on the windshield wipers and it came back down haha.. Poor thing. It's just hanging from some wire stuck.

If you have never ridden in a buddy seat in a tractor you're not missing out on anything. They aren't very comfortable for very long. Sometimes I end up on the ground because it's more comfy. On top of them not being very comfy Collin is always sweating up a storm while I'm freezing. He usually lets me have my way, but when he has the air blasting I'm always thinking to myself what in the world I'm doing sitting in there freezing to death on the ground or in a foot by a foot sized chair with a plastic back. Then I remember that I love him, and if I'm not out there with him I won't see him for the day because he is too nice to wake me up when he gets home from being out late.

We always play the guessing game of how many more passes we have left until the field is done, and at what exact time we will be done. Collin always beats me by a long ways. I always guess like 15 or so more passes and he'll guess 30 and be dead on. I guess that's what happens when you've done it for so long. Needless to say, I'll be happy when we can go back to just moving pipe for a couple nights before we end up doing third crop hay. That will be here before we know it, it always is.

I made some rasberry jam thanks to my awesome mother-in-law. She is always so giving of her rasberries. My grandma had some huckleberries in her freezer she had picked and let me have a little to put in a batch. I seriously love jam. This year I did all freezer jam, which is a change for me because the last two years I did cooked jam as well. I can't say one is easier than the other because they both take a little time, but aren't real hard.

We both went back to the dermatologists for head to toe mole checks and they took two biopsies from EACH of us.. yeah I know we are gonna be poor after that doctor visit. We will hear back on results in two weeks or so, and when I hear back I'll probably write more about why you should wear sunscreen and all that fun stuff. It scares me that they keep finding things... DON'T TAN! WEAR SUNSCREEN! Seriously I say this all the time but I mean it. It's NOT worth a tan. Learn from my mistakes! I won't quit saying this because I just really want people to stop tanning and roasting their body like I always did growing up.

We have also been going through my scrapbooks.. Enjoy this picture of me. Haahaha. Goodnight. 

A glimpse into our everyday life

When I married Collin I knew our summers would be different than most people's. We wouldn't be doing something fun every weekend, or spending every night going on walks, bike rides, etc. Summer for us is a different story. 

I can't tell you the number of times my hopes have been let down because something came up at the farm, or pipe didn't go exactly as planned. Or we missed out on things with friends and family to take care of the farm. Yes at times it can be the most frustrating thing to not know what time we can plan things. Most days in the summer we see each other for two hours before he has zonked out for the night. He's gone before I'm up, and  home hours after I am usually. Col will tell you I complain more than I say I am thankful.. :/ because I do. 

But to be honest I can't imagine my life any other way. 

I can't wait for the day that we have kids who get to tag along side work with their dad just like we both did when we were kids. Or the day we get to have a home of our own. There are so many things to complain about and look forward to, but i think I forget to stop and look at all the little things we have now. Actually, they're not even little things, they are the big things! 

So today I am posting something different than is usually seen on my social media. I'm not posting the perfectly posed pictures or the moments at big events for everyone to see, I'm showing you a glimpse into our every day, always eventful, but kinda boring life! Because these are the little moments that mean the most!

I could go on and on because I'm always taking random pictures, but you get the story. 

Andrea