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Two nights ago, right after school, the kids and I hit the fields to get their combine rides of the harvest season! And yes the kids are still in their school uniforms!

We hit the field with my Uncle and Cousin's and their hiredmen at about quarter till 4 pm and stayed out till about 8:30 pm. I grabbed what pictures I could but I even went on a ride or two! Felt like a kid again especially since I hadn't been in a combine since I was my kids' age and they weren't as fancy as what they use now!

1. This is Coltin coming down out of the combine because he heard over the radio before Nick (the guy driving the combine) stopped that it was Supper time!

2. The kids eating in the back of Great Auntie's work truck!

3. The men eating picnic style on the ground!

4. Short lil woman near the big guy in a green shirt is my Auntie and the guy in the green shirt is my Uncle. This picture is a nightly harvest ritual or it is just a nightly ritual for the hiredmen. It is a coin gamble game. I have no clue what the name is called but if your on site and you have a quarter your playing! This was Auntie giggling over all the men getting all excited.

5. This picture is midflip of one of the times they are gambling. Okay I had an altermotive of snagging a specific butt shot! And trust me it isn't the flat one! Heheheh who needs to buy a calandar of hot men when you can take unsuspecting pictures of men around you and make your own!

6. This grumpy looking man is my Uncle. My mom's second oldest brother. He and I were on the way over to the farm to unload that rig behind him into the bins when his wifey, my auntie, radioed out and said she was 2 miles from the field with Supper. So we stopped, got out and walked back over to where everyone else was at. I love his shirt! It is so my uncle!

7. This is a view of the combine heads getting the corn from within the combine

8. This is a combine view of the combine unloading the corn into the grain cart

9. This is a combine view of another combine harvesting. If you look closely at the top of the combine you can see the corn being pulled into the combine

10. The grain cart unloading into one of the rigs.

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mamajo on

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Thanks for sharing these with us Ni. Your kiddos are just precious!

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niassa on

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Yvw and tyies. I know a lot of people are like so what harvestin pictures but I don't think these same people realize how hard these farmers work during the spring and fall! These guys start their days before the sun is truely up (minus any rain or mud that is) and are out till way past dark! The only time they do get to see their families is if their spouses or partners bring themselves and the kids to one of the fields. My cousin Joe had 3 of his 4 kids there till after supper and then he had 2 of the kids there with him. My cousin Brian's boys are in Jr High and Highschool so he doesn't get to see them that much because they are busy with school and he with Harvest!

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mamajo on

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Many ppl never give a thought to where thier food comes from except the grocery store. W/o ppl like your friends and relatives you've shown here, a whole lot of folks wouldn't eat! They need to be made aware and give thanks to the hardworking ppl who dedicate thier lives to this.

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mollyrosemond on

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niceee.

a little too old though, personally. lol

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niassa on

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LMAO he actually is in his early to mid thirties! But he does look older then his age doesn't he! I personaly enjoy the butt!

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mollyrosemond on

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lol, yeah he deff looks older than that!

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niassa on

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NOw your looking at the one to the right with the white tshirt with the Nascar on the back right? Cause yes he is the one I am talkign about. I will admit from the back he looks older but I swear he is only in his 30s!

And hey you gots problem with older men

Shame Shame girl! Older men have been somewhat trained up! It only took me about 5 years of hardcore trainign on my old man to get him to where I needed him at! And he is almost 9 years older then me!

The rest of the time I am trainign him up to where i WANT him at!