We were matched with a new International friend a couple weeks ago. He just turned 18 and he's from China, near Beijing. Last weekend we took him to the Farm at Prophetstown. They were having an old-fashioned corn harvest, you know, harvesting corn without a combine. It was Ray's first time to a farm. The boys had a great time, although they said their favorite thing was all the barn cats. Hudson was initially freaked out by the cows (there was one hungry mama cow mooing loudly into the barn) but then decided he wanted to try milking a cow.
Brooks did not want to milk the cow, but then later said he would next time we go there. Brooks is really enjoying learning how to read. He's been working on it quite a bit at school. We are happy that fall is here. It's one of my favorite times of year. Last weekend I made a big batch of applesauce, 4 batches of apple pie filling, and a batch of baked apples (for waffles) with around 25 pounds of apples. Now if I could just get my hands on some canned pumpkin...
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