We survived!

Claire, Congo, Rally the cows and I survived a whole week without Trever home! I know it's hard to believe, but the cows got fed twice every day and the house didn't burn down. It also didn't sell while he was gone which is a bummer.

Claire and I kept ourselves fairly busy while daddy was away. Monday night we cleaned the house (not that you could tell by Tuesday morning) and worked on accounting for Black Nugget Farms. Tuesday was an early day. We left the house a little before 7 and stopped by the Voelker's house to drop of a couple of bugs that we collected for Graysen. Then Claire and I head to Farmer City where we met Grandma Marge. Claire spent the day with Grandma and helped take lunch to the field.

Tuesday night we surprised our friend Amy. When she got home from class Claire, Marla and I were there cleaning her house! Amy and Ryan are expecting their first baby on September 29th and we can't wait!

I don't remember what we did on Wednesday. Oh yeah, we skyped with daddy in Texas! He had a later night than usual and Claire had an earlier night than usual so we didn't talk long. Claire was pretty excited to see her daddy though!

Thursday was another long day. I dropped Claire off at Miss Mary's house at 7 and headed for Farmer City. Then I headed toward Danville to scout fields. I got back to FC and towed a belt back to Piper for a grower. Then I had a church meeting at 5 and a meeting at the Extension Office at 6:30. I didn't pick Claire up until 8:30! That was a long day at Miss Mary's house, but we're awfully glad she was willing to help us out!

Friday was our last day of chores before daddy could take over again. We kept track of his airplane on the internet and couldn't wait for him to get home! Before he got home we tossed Claire in the bathtub...

And Congo joined her! He LOVES the bathtub! Then we put on daddy's favorite jam jams...

And Claire was soooo tired. But she stayed awake until daddy got home!!! She was sooo excited to see him!

Yesterday we went to the Illini football game. Kickoff was during nap time and Claire finally passed out in the 3rd quarter! After that she was a much better football fan!

Today Claire went on her very first tractor ride! Being the product of two farming families, I can't belive it took 15 1/2 months to get her in a tractor! I didn't get to ride along, but I hear that the tractor ride went much better than the ride in the combine with Papa Greg.

Then mommy played photographer for a while. She wasn't the happiest camper but I got a few cute ones.

The next few weeks are fairly empty on the calendar but between harvest and Trever starting a new job, we might have our hands full!