Day 7 in Missouri - later in the day

Day 7 in Missouri

I am so mad that I didn't take my camera. We went to an Amish auction in the morning. It was so fun. We came home with a car full of tomatoes, yellow squash, onions, cucumbers, and 1 canteloupe. Bidding was very exciting. The auctioneers talk so fast. It's like they're singing. At one point I put my hand on my face to brush some hair away. It turns out I had bidded for 10 boxes of butternut squash. Luckily, I was outbidded. It was so neat seeing rows of Amish horse and buggies. Grrrr, why didn't I take my camera????

Day 6 in Missouri

Yesterday we spent the morning riding horses.



We rode through this wooded area and up a hill. Then we tied up the horses and had a picnic.




At this point, I saw some teeny tiny little bugs crawling on Cam. There were a ton of them.



We had to take his pants and one shoe and sock off because they were embedded in his clothes. It turns out they were little micro ticks. They were the size of half a freckle. I'm not even exaggerating.



He had to ride home with no pants.



When we got home, I threw them into the bathtub. Afterwards we pulled handfuls of off of them. It was hard to distinguish between ticks and moles.

Day 5 in Missouri

Cam and Grandma mowed the pasture for hours. I love this picture. You can see my mom's dog, "Girl", riding with them.




This one's for you, honey. I miss you. See you soon.

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Day 4 in Missouri

Today we did much of the same. Here is the cute little Post Office here in Jameson. The population is 120 although I don't think that's accurate. I've never seen more than a handful of people here.



This is the "pop store". It is the biggest money maker here in Jameson.



This is the main drag. Only 1 building is occupied. I'm not sure if you can tell, but the road is gravel.



This would be James' biggest competitor. When I asked Jim Duly how many tires he replaces a year he smiled and, after doing a little math on his fingers, said "well, none".



We did go and play on the sand in the Grand river (which isn't so grand right now).

Day 3 in Missouri

Grandma has a little apple tree at the side of her house. We like to pick the apples and feed them to the horses.




Glori loves animals. I think Dolly is her favorite of Grandma's horses.



Glori worked really hard helping Grandma plant flowers and fix the garden.





Glori is giving Joy more loves. We also fed them corn husks and cobs.



Grandma just jumped on Honey to bring her across the street.



Cam earned a quarter carrying the branches to the tractor.




Then he dug a hole and buried some apple seeds.



They enjoyed running through the water hose. After Glori jumped in the water trough and had a ball.



This is my horse, Blue. Her name is actually Blue-eyed Joy because she has blue eyes. She is only two years old. This is why I look so huge. It is because she is so small. Either that or I really am that puggy. This was my first bare-back ride and on a 2 year old, I was scared to death. I'll definitely take a saddle over that.

Day 2 in Missouri

Here is a picture of the back of my mom's house.



Grandma wanted to put up a tree swing. We couldn't figure out the right knot, so Mr. Worley came over and helped. The kids enjoyed putting it up. Glori even went up the ladder. Don't worry daddy, she was completely safe.






This is Cam's favorite part of Missouri. He loves the tractor. Glori isn't so fond of its noisiness. But we all got on it in and rode through town to the "pop store", i.e. vending machine, to buy water. They don't put water in it anymore, so we had to get a lemonade. Now the kids are hooked.





We rode horses in the evening, but didn't get pictures. We'll have to get pictures tomorrow.

Day 1 in Missouri

Yummy, tomato sandwiches for breakfast.



Gloria is in training to run The Health Store.







Fun at the park.