Many thanks to Butler Machinery for a wildly successful and entertaining Open House and breakfast last weekend! Naturally I was there with my little towheads to enjoy the food and lots of big machinery on display in a heated setting.

Big machines ranging from generators to excavators, construction equipment and farm implements were all available for big kids and little kids to explore and enjoy. Fun packets were given to the kids, which include really cool little foam bulldozers! Vroom.

What better way to start your day than at the controls of giant yellow machines, just imagining the enormous sandbox you’d need to play with them. These machines seem big to me, so they must be enormous to five year olds!

Pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, served with smiles. The lines were long but moved quickly. Of course I ate first before stopping back to take a quick photo. A man’s got to have priorities, and after a good long session lifting my boys in and out of various machines’ cabs, food was at the top of our list.

These tables were packed with guests when I arrived, one more sign of the event’s success. Once we had our breakfast, it was off to explore more big machines before sneaking a quick photo before the end of the Open House.

The staff I’ve talked to are very excited about their enormous expansion, which hopefully will be done very soon. I imagine business is good with all the construction going on in our state, and it’s wise to grow along with it. Even better is the hospitality shown to the community, and the resulting smiles on all those kids’ faces! Thanks again for a breakfast experience that will be tough to beat.