Saying Goodbye to the Jacobson Farm

The first weekend in May, Capri and I traveled to Williston, North Dakota to visit my grandparent's farm. It will be my last time seeing the farm and it was Capri's first time seeing it. Heartbreaking.

I wish Capri could grow up with the experiences I had there-- riding horses, playing in the basement, checking on cattle, sledding, shooting gophers, fishing, 4 wheeling, ect.

My grandparents are selling their farm because of the oil boom that hit North Dakota. The town is no longer a small quiet town. It's now a busy, dangerous place. That land around the farm isn't recognizable any more because of all the new oil rigs and man camps. It's sad seeing the little town being chewed up and spit out.

But it was good seeing my cousins that I haven't seen in years. It's sad living in the south when all your family lives up north and you never get to see them. But it's so good when you finally get to see them again after so long.

Here's our trip in pictures:


We got to see cousin Sara at the Minneapolis Airport
while waiting for our next flight. LOVE her. We
almost didn't make it back through security.


My grandparent's house



Capri found a buffalo


Picking flowers outside of the house


Checking out the horses.


Kid size bench


Cousins are fun


Ara checking out the old Chevy


Old combine


Old wagon


Sami and Capri on the wagon


Grandpa and his prized tractor


The sky looked HUGE


Old tractor and you can see some oil rigs in the background. :(


Cousins reading to Capri


My uncles getting loud (I guess that's where I get it from)


Playing spoons. It got really intense.


Making ice cream.


Capri took this picture of Sami


Capri was having too much fun and zonked out.


Chatin' it up at the cabin dining hall.


The only group photo we managed to get after half
the people already left. :/





Another old combine.


On our way back to Bismarck there were
TONS of wind turbines. It was really neat.

Hopefully we can get the whole family back together again soon. We were missing 4 cousins so hopefully next time we can all make it.