We have had another exciting weekend ... our first garden tractor pull of the year. Garrett is getting hooked to the sled with some last minute instructions from Dad. He did great, I think he smiled the whole way down the track. He came in 9th place. This is the tractor Dustin pulled last year, we changed the name from Mr. Green Jeans to 2 Horse Down because it is only an 8 horse motor and the other tractors in this class are 10 horse.
Dustin was up next on his new tractor. He pulled in a different class than last year. He now pulls in the 1050 class. He finished in 13th place with very little assistance from Dad. Dustin enjoys tractor pulling almost as much as football. For those of you who don't know, this is the body of the Cub Cadet we got from the Centralia Hasekamps. Alan has been working like a mad man building it right up to the last minute. Dustin has named this tractor Malfunction, although we all hope that never happens!!!
Finally, on Sunday, Dustin became a teenager. We had a small get together with a huge Subway sandwhich and a Happy Birthday cookie courtesy of Aunt Sara. We gave him a digital camera and he is taking lots of pictures now.