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The Unimog has arrived! As the title suggests it is quite a large fellow. Abrahm has dubbed him Otto, and is thoroughly enjoying our latest acquisition. I think Abrahm has logged by far the most seat time so far, and he is more than willing to tell anyone and everyone anything they would like to know about Otto. We have not put the truck to use much so far, but we have big plans for the near future. It is kind of hard to put the truck's size in perspective, but its tires are quite a bit taller than Abrahm and as you can see in the pictures the sides of the bed are higher than my head. Otto does need a new set of tires which of course I cannot go down to the local tire shop to procure, so I have been searching the internet for tires that will do the job and not break the bank. At the moment I am also waiting for a local eaxcavation contractor to come and help me get the loader out of the back of the truck. We have discovered that one of the benefits of having such a tall truck is that you can use it as a platform for picking apples that are too high off the ground to reach any other way. Once the loader is out of the back we'll be able to put a ladder in the back and reach even more!

We have plenty of fall projects going on around here as well. We need to set up some fence for the cows that we will be getting in early October. We were offered a few cows from the fellow that we buy grain from and after a brief inspection we were completely sold on them. They are a cross between Scotch Highland, and Black Angus. They do not have horns anymore which is just fine with us, and they are very mellow which is great since I'm sure that Abrahm will want to spend a fair amount of time right in with them. He is quite the little farmer, often reminding us about various chores that we may have forgotten, and doing what ever he can to help. All reasons that we wanted to make a life like this.

Samuel is continuing to grow and change. He is quite a happy and mellow little guy. He loves to laugh already, and is beginning to reach for things which of course also means he's sticking any item he gets a hold of in his mouth. Both he and Abrahm are enjoying another extended visit from Grandma, and I think she is having a good time even though she is either occupied full time with the boys or preserving food for us. Not exactly a restful vacation I guess.