4th of July Fun

Even though it rained on the 4th of July and almost all activites in Yale were cancelled, we still enjoyed the time in Iowa hanging out with family. It's become an annual event we look forward to each year. Megan & I went up ahead of Ryan & Bruce. Ryan's team was in the KS baseball state tourney so they couldn't drive up until Ryan's team lost. They made it up on the 4th about 5pm after losing in the semi-finals.

Dad & Mom planned a tractor drive for everyone on Monday. They are experts at tractor drives and picked a great route. Megan decided she wanted to drive & Gpa took her for a test drive around the acreage first. Can you tell it was humid this morning after all the rain the day before - it was fogging up my camera!

Here's Bruce on his assigned tractor doing a little test drive too.

How many guys does it take to inspect Bruce's tractor? 3, I think! Haha.

Lining up the tractors - Dad wisely put Megan between Derek & himself. He had to help her once but she did better than I expected. She was on his cute little Ford that drives like a small car but you still have to shift it.

Bruce was between Derek & Tyler on his cute little Allis-Chammers tractor. For a town-boy, he sure loves these tractors & doing a tractor drive. Funny how Derek & Tyler are on bigger tractors than Bruce. He may be older but these boys are more experienced!

Ryan rode with Trey & they traded driving Dad's utility tractor which is new. This is the tractor Dad uses to actually work around the acreage. Dale was in front of Ryan & Trey and Tyler was behind them.


Mom led the pack on her John Deere and set the pace. Dad brought up the rear making sure everyone was okay. I didn't get pictures of them - Darn!

Deb, Amy, & Cooper rode with me in the convertible & we followed the crew with our flashers on. It was fun & someone mentioned making it an annual event. Good idea as long as Dad is up to getting all those tractors out & ready.

Thanks Mom & Dad for another fun year!