Good Times With Daddy

Each year we intend to go to the local Touch A Truck event and each year we miss it for some reason or another.  Touch A Truck is where there are all sorts of large vehicles – rescue vehicles, monster trucks, utility vehicles, and the like – for kids to explore.  This year I had to work, but Jacob took the boys without me.  They had lots of stories to share with me when I got home…mostly that they got to eat candy!

One side of this monster truck was jacked up on a trailer so amazed little boys could walk under it.

I’m pretty sure the military has rules about not wearing your hat crooked, but this kid always wears his hat wrong.

Just like his mommy…doing a good lameness exam on the fake horse.

Heave!  Ho!  Up we go!  UF vet med’s emergency preparedness group brought it’s true to scale and weight model horse so kids could practice lifting horses who are in trouble.

 

Another day, Jacob was fixing his truck but was having some trouble, so he got some help from his junior mechanics.

Bee boxes have more than one use!

Our babysitter is out of town some this summer, so Jacob took the boys on a big adventure with him one day while I worked.  He took them with him to sell his honey.  They love it anytime they get to ride in his truck and this was extra special because they were hauling a load on his flatbed.  The place that buys his honey is located in Lake City where my brother, Jesse, just started his job at the newly opened Volvo heavy equipment dealership.  They had just gotten their first shipment of equipment in, so the boys stopped in for some lunch and exploring.

Posing with some of Daddy’s honey crop.

And he got to sit in a semi!

Then off to have lunch with Uncle Jesse…I have no idea what Josiah is getting to look at, but I love that my brother loves him.  I talked to Jesse the next day and he told me how much he enjoyed their visit and wondered when he’d get to take them on adventures.

Poor Elijah was fighting fevers that day and not feeling so hot.  His bear was his constant companion.

The story I heard over and over from all involved was about the puddle of water the boys were throwing rocks into.  Apparently it was the most exciting part!  Jesse had dumped the water out of the bed to take it for a drive, but once they came back, the puddle held more appeal than the $300,000 piece of heavy equipment!  Jacob wants me to note that it burns 11 gallons of fuel per hour just idling.  I think that is supposed to be impressive :)