we are huge fans of farms! in the past 3 days we have visited 2 farms and man, have we gone "hog wild" :) we first went out to the johnston's farm where they are self sufficient farmers who we admire very much! they had baby turkeys that we got to hold, one baby kitty that took to hazel and let her do anything she wanted to it...so hazel carried it around like a rag doll, they had milking cows and one bull (the leader) and we tried to have the tongue feel our hands but we were a little too jumpy for that. soon we found horses that all the kids rode bareback and only paul had the hesitation to get on...hazel nearly jumped on by herself and gavin acted like a natural! meg, the senior in high school, led the kids around and they eagerly followed for whatever she had up her sleeve to do next on this adventurous farm. this farm also had a big dog and with the wind nearly blowing us over...this night was amazing and very memorable. it's always good to catch up with old friends.
the next night we ventured only 3 blocks from grandma's house and found the gleason farm. they had a good homecooked "iowa" meal for us and then we visited all their steer (they USED to be bulls) and this was great to get right up next to them too, but the best part of this farm was they had a tractor that everyone got to ride in! gavin and paul even got to drive it and wow! now they are real farmers! grant, the little boy who lives on this farm, has a four-wheeler just their size so the boys fought over who got to ride the 4-wheeler the rest of the night. here again, great to be in good company. and visiting people with little babies is a highlight for our kids too as they seem to love all the new friends and want to "help out"
iowa is full of pollen and we are discovering we have allergies! super! even i, martha, who have never suffered my whole life, am now having the itchy eyes, stuffy nose, and sneezing. so we are all walking around acting like we have colds or something! i guess we have been away too long! this weekend we are up in northwest iowa with college friends, going to a parade, petting zoo, and fun fest...all for free! and my grandparents 85th birthdays (so that means lots of aunts and uncles and cousins), and even some old california friends will be seen! we will be away from our audubon pad for 4 days and when we are home it's a lot of cutting, gluing, grouting, with the mosaics. it is slow but pretty cool to be doing this with the old brother, clinton p.
time is going fast and 12 days we will be off for colorado springs...june 21...it's coming closer and closer and we continue to be amazed at the kids flexibility and good attitudes (for the most part :D) we have had more problems now in communication however...we got a huge bill from our cell phone company and they told me the wrong deal 2 times and then charged me for it...sooooo...what to do? we aren't quite sure but we will be texting from here on out. if you want to call us, you can do my mom's # 712.563.3128 but we hope to be getting on email again this week! sorry we can't be doing more...just know we are missing you all with smiles in mind! the fieldhouses received our passports so this is great and means we can really go to indo in august!
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Wow- you guys make me tired thinking about all you are doing. I hear ya on the allergies thing- I recently started doing a nasal lavage (sp) I will tell you about it later, but it is helping a little. Can't wait to see you guys again in a little over a week! Oh and one more thing... what does a guy have to do to make the favorite list? Homecooked meals? Trips to INDO? you name it! Peace out!
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