Petal Tractor Pull

On Sunday of the Mascoutah homecoming there was a petal tractor pull and Amanda and I decided to enter the boys. The Future Farmers Association puts the event on and the winning distance from each age group gets a toy tractor. The boys all gave it a good go, but there was a glitch in the pull system. They had fun anyway!!

Carson was the first to go out of our group. He made it an entire 3'11''.

Hayden was the next to go out of our group! He had fire in his eyes and made it an entire 26'


I wish you could see his face clearly. It was hilarious.

Seth gave it a good round, too.



Carson got a second chance but still didn't make it over 7'.


Afterwards, Hayden and Carson had tickets left over from the night before and couldn't wait to jump in the ball pit.

The Mascoutah Homecoming

Every year we head out to the Mascoutah picnic which is always the first weekend of August. We usually set up our chairs early in the morning so that we will have a good spot for the parade. After the parade we usually walk around the picnic, let the kids ride a few rides, listen to the band and get a bite to eat.


Here is the boys waiting patiently for the parade to come by, candy bags in hand.

There are always a lot of tractors at the Mascoutah Homecoming.

The boys checking out the 4-H exhibit.

Here was a relay type sled race that we watched for a bit. The girls on the sled had to ride it down to the other end of the rink, stack several bales of hay, and then get back on and ride it back to the starting point.

At the end of the night, Grandma Bonnie bought all the kids snow cones. What a way to end the evening.