What do farm kids do all summer?

I grew up on a small dairy farm in the era when we still had to physically walk beans to cut weeds. While I loved summer break because that meant county fair, it also meant work. And today I find myself in conversations with friends and parents of my children’s friends about what the kids will be doing over the summer. Then it hit me one day when I was texting with a group of friends who are also all farming, how different our lives are from the majority but yet how my kids will look back with a grateful spirit for being raised working hard and playing hard. So, here my friends is a glimpse into our farm kids’ summer.

Planted Sweet Corn and Watched It Grow

Played with the Pigs

Summer swim meet

Wrote a Pen Pal and Mailed the Letter

Biking During the Columbus Triathlon

Placing in the top 3 of the Columbus Youth Triathlon

Another Swim Meet

Did I Mention Sister LOVES Swim Meets?

Watching Corn Grow

Walking 4-H Pigs

Finding Wild Bunnies In the Yard

4-H Project Work

The Girl and Her Dairy Calf

Showing Dairy in His White Clothes

Showing His York Barrow Pig

Excitement After Winning

Fun In The Greased Pig Contest

And that gets us till mid-July. So, what do they do? Head to more fairs…

Off to Illinois to Watch Cousins Show

She Loves the Fair

No, Really She Does

Country Walks Near Our House

And then my boy had a big weekend…

Another Swim Meet… The STATE Meet

The Brickyard NASCAR series

What are your kids doing this summer?