Monday, August 22nd after getting home from Bear Lake the Saturday before, we headed up to Idaho. My parents had called and said the corn was "on" so we packed and drove up to help pick, cook and bag the corn. Since I have time off still, we thought, "why not?" Though the drive is a little longer, especially when you have to stop and feed the baby, it was still fun to go up and visit. We left Monday afternoon, and got there by dinner/bedtime.
The morning before leaving to Idaho. Nyles put his slippers on Carter :)
In Idaho; typical view of fields along the way. Nyles kept asking if we were in Idaho yet, and he didn't think we could be in Idaho unless we were at Grandma and Grandpas place. Silly kid.
Nyles watching the movie "Cars" while driving.
He would only watch a few minutes, then go back to playing w/ his toys.
An ice cream cone after stopping in Jerome for gas and to feed Carter.
Carter at Grandma/Grandpa's house finally!
Grandma Hegerhorst reading to Nyles a bedtime story.
The next morning we decided to get the corn started. Steve, my dad and Nyles went out to the field and picked the corn. Instead of just picking the corn, they actually husked it while on the stalk, which make it so much easier for us to get cooking the corn (one less step for us). Great idea guys!
Nyles helping pick the corn out in the field. He thought it was so fun!
Beautiful corn ready to cook.
Ready to get started.
After the corn is cooked we cut it and put it in freezer bags.
We ended up bagging over 100 quartz size freezer bags of corn. Each bag contained about 3 ears of corn or more. We would cook up what they guys brought in, then later they'd go pick more. We did this 4 times that day. My mom cooked the corn, then we cut and bagged it. I used the electric knife and my mom used her regular knife. Steve helped a little, and Pauline later when we she got there. It was a busy day, but we're glad we went and got it done. We'll be thankful to have yummy corn all year long! Thankfully we have a deep freeze to put it in and a house for the deep freeze too :)
Steve wanted to show that he bagged some corn too ;)
Pauline showed up that afternoon. Her kids were ready to get out of the car needless to say.
Pauline, Ezra, Charlotte and Nyles playing on the swings.
Nyles and Ezra taking a bath that night.
Wednesday, we let Nyles play for a while, picked some veggies from the garden, visited Great Grandma Valere Hegerhorst, then headed back. Nyles was going to have his Preschool Orientation on Thursday w/ his new teacher at the new elementary school and we didn't want to miss it.
Charlotte petting the cat.
Nyles fishing.
The beautiful farm.
Grandpa Hegerhorst driving the tractor, bailing the hay.
Charlotte, Nyles and Ezra taking a ride and watching.
Now taking a motorcycle ride w/ Grandpa.
Nyles, Grandpa, Charlotte and Ezra.
Over at Great-Grandma's house to pick some veggies from the garden.
Grandpa Hegerhorst getting some carrots out from the garden.
Nyles showing the octopus carrot.
Some tomatoes from the garden.
Beautiful sunflowers.
Taking a ride back on the motorcycle.
Nyles, Grandma Hegerhorst and Carter.
Carter did really well both on the drive there and back (he slept most of the way), and he did great while there (sleeping most of the time as well and not being fussy while awake). Having his cooperation definitely helped make the trip easier on us and we got the corn done more efficiently. Thanks cute Carter!
A fire we saw while driving home, on the Idaho side.
Fire trucks and crew that came to fight it while we drove by.
Nyles thought it was awesome to see.
It was a fun, busy, short, yet successful trip. Thanks mom and dad for helping us get some corn. We really appreciate it. And thanks for having some fun w/ the grand-kids. They love coming up to visit Grandma and Grandpa on the farm as do we! Love ya! :)
