05 - Banida Idaho

I was five years old when we moved to Banida. Dad had bought a 160-acre farm 12 miles north of Preston. Banida is full of more memories than I can share at this time. It was a time of learning and growing. I helped my Mom and Dad on the farm and did chores and played a lot. Here is an excerpt from Moms journal, “One day DeWayne brought home six baby pigs…. Shaun helped with the feeding and when he was older his responsibility was to water and feed the sows. That was a big job for a young boy but he did a great job…. one time water was coming into the field where we had just baled straw. I had to do something fast so Shaun and I took the pickup and headed for the field. I put Shaun behind the wheel and I loaded up Straw. Shaun was only five years old driving for the first time. He kept putting on the break and I would go flying. He soon learned to do it more slowly, and of course, he could hardly reach the pedals. We did get the straw off in good time."