April 25, 2012

I can't figure out how to get the date to show on my posts. I have the settings in posts to post it, but for some reason, they aren't! Sometimes technology can be frustrating. For now I think I will title my posts the date I make them.

Most of today was great. The weather was gorgeous. I am starting to feel myself again. I worked on a pencil drawing at the park on Rum River while I waited for the kids. After we came home I worked on clearing sod off the garden plot. We have been moving it to the deep ruts in the driveway to fill them in. So far it's working great. Joel started it last week. I love driving around the property on our little tractor, wheeeee! I tried to start the charcoal in the grill for some pork chops I have been marinading, but when I checked on it later it wasn't lit. I tried to have Josh make German Pancakes so I could shower, but he had a hard time mixing the batter, so they didn't turn out so good. But we did have strawberry revel ice cream for dessert so it's all good again.

Tomorrow Joyanna is in a play that the first grade is putting on. The play is called "Go Fish". She will be a seahorse and even has a line! I made her a costume. I'm excited to see their play. Unfortunately I will be stinky like the grill and the onion rings I had planned on cooking tonight. I will have to sit between my in-laws and husband so that someone will sit by me.

I'm excited for the weekend. I will be done with my job and can focus my attention on my home, schoolwork, garden and children. Too bad Joel will be working too much to enjoy it with us. He will be working a lot of overtime hours in the coming weeks. But that is good for our family right now. We need it.

 This weekend we are also invited to dinner at another family's home. They have a few kids, and a boy Josh's age, they told us that they'd been praying for a family with their son's age to move in. The dad is our new veterinarian and in the bishopric and the mom is amazingly talented artist, teacher and pianist! I'm looking forward to getting to know their family better. 

In the meantime I am very much enjoying seeing all of the baby animals around the countryside. We have a neighbor that has five little paint foals, born in the last couple of weeks, and they are so little and so super cute! It reminds me of when I was a kid, watching the neighborhood for all the new little baby horses. I can't wait until we can have our own! But that is a way down the road, far in the future. But I'm so glad I have neighbors that are having them :)