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Nieces and nephews
Cold weather means a grumpy husband having to do chores in the arctic air and snow. His mood can be changed depending up on who may be helping him that day. With the kids, it doesn’t change much because they are a bit grumpy about having to be out in the cold frigid air (or the roasting temperatures of summer) as well. When the nieces and nephews visit, however, everyone’s mood changes significantly. All of our nieces and nephews live in town. Not in our town; they are spread around the Midwest and California in larger cities. Last weekend my college-age niece was able to come and spend a few
days with us. Since she earned her driver’s license a few years ago, she’s visited the farm every once-in-awhile for a little mini vacation. We love having her and her friend at the farm. The boys get to spend time with an older cousin, and they get to do fun stuff that we normally don’t do in our day-to-day farming operations. On the flip side, she gets to do things that we normally do every day ... and they are fun for her! In the summer time, and during the fair, she pitches in walking the cattle around, washing them, and helping feed them. I have several photos of the city girl leading around the boys’ calves during the last couple of fairs and cat-
tle shows. They also like to take the four wheelers out and roam around the countryside for the afternoon. Unfortunately, the air was so brutally cold last weekend that they all weren’t able to take them out. The little kid was thrilled when school was called off on Monday. The clan went bowling for the afternoon for fun. At some point during the day, the kids also discovered that the creek was frozen and the cattle didn’t have any water, so they all spent some time outside trying to fix that situation. What could have been a tiring, cumbersome task turned into an adventure. I think they all had at least a bit of fun, until the little
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kid decided that he wanted to jump into the creek that they had just broken through. That wasn’t a
very good idea, as I believe he ended up sopping wet. Luckily, I didn’t know about it until I got home from work. My nephews from the Chicago area have visited us during the last couple of summers too. They also love riding on the fourwheelers and helping with the cattle chores. Because we have to the chores every day, I don’t think we look at it as an adventure. But, that is why we have nieces and nephews, to get us to occasionally look at farm life from a city person’s point of view. Then, we all remember how blessed we are being able to live on a farm with fresh air. That is, until they go home and the snow starts blowing again.
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