Spud Harvest

Spud Harvest was the greatest thing ever growing up.  It was two weeks where we didn't have school, so the farmers, and students could work out in the fields and harvest their potato crops.  My parents were both teachers, so they took advantage of their time off, the cooler weather and the non-touristy time, and took us on family trips during this time.  As we got older, our family trips died down, and my older siblings worked in the spuds.  I never did.  That's why I loved it.  It was a 2 week vacation for me.  

Well, now that I live in Texas, we of course don't get spud harvest, but our family in Idaho still does.  So we got some visitors, yay!!!  Ashton, Grandpa and Grandma McArthur came to spend time with us during their spud harvest.

Jeter had a baseball game the day after they got here. Grandpa was so excited to watch him play.  I loved to see how excited he was to watch him.  He kept telling Les to get out there and take some more pictures of him.  Well Jeter was first up to bat, then maybe 2 others hit, then it started raining.  We all huddled in the dugout with the kids, in hopes that it would blow over.  

It didn't blow over.  It only got harder.  It was pouring by the time they finally decided to cancel the game.  I felt so bad for Blayne and Les.  They were so excited to watch Jete play.  At least they got to see him bat.  Anyway, we booked it back to the car in the middle of the downpour, cuz it showed no signs of stopping or even letting up.

We looked like "drowned rats" according to our husbands.  They wouldn't let us go change, or go back to the house.  So we went shopping, out to eat, and all around town for the whole day like this.  Fun times.

One of the days they were here, we snuck Jete out of school for half the day, and went to this driving range called Top Golf.  I would never consider myself a golfer, but it was so much fun!  It didn't really seem like a driving range.  We had our own little booth with couches and tables and we ordered food and had a waiter come and refill our drinks the whole time.  It was a pretty sweet set up. For the actual golfing part, you played a game against the others that are with you, trying to hit it in certain spots.  

In this game, you try and get the most points.  Looky looky who turned out to be a golfer!

Yep, that's me with the highest score.  I won!  I was pretty proud. 

We ate at a bunch of yummy places and had so much fun spending time with them.  It was a sad day when they had to go home.

Until next time, whenever that may be, we love you Blayne, Les, and Ash!  Thanks for spending your spud harvest vacation with us!!!