A Farming Finale

Today is a big day for our family. First of all, it's Daisy's birthday. Three already! How did that happen? But more about that later... 

The other big thing about today is that Scotty's grandpa is retiring. For the past 43 years, Grandpa and his brother have owned a local produce company. Scotty grew up working on the farm and still helps out there every summer. Even Nicky and Daisy have done a fair share of work on the farm (you know, like playing in the dirt, picking corn and tomatoes, and hitching rides on the tractors). 

Today was the final day of operation for the produce company. The very last harvest was yesterday evening, so we took the kids out to the fields to be there for the bittersweet event. 

Our first stop was the tomato field with Grandpa:

Nicky, Grandpa, Daisy, and Scotty on the tractor

Tomato crates a-plenty

The picking crew

A phony bite (Nicky hates tomatoes!)

Tractor love

Grandpa

Then we were off to the corn field with Uncle Fred:

Hitching a ride in the corn trailer

Daisy was a little "iffy" at first

A round-bellied bystander (it's me!)

Scotty at the corn field

One of the corn trailers

The last stack of corn

Uncle Fred

We're sad to see the farm come to an end (especially Scotty), but we know that the time is right. These 'ole boys need a rest!

"Good-bye" says Grandpa

"Good-bye" says Uncle Fred

Now it's time to perfect our own corn-growing skills. Yikes!