We are NOT on vacation anymore!

Where have I been? I can answer that with a million places....soccer, concerts, preschool field trips, running kids to church etc etc. but I will just say that I cannot and should not bore you all with details. It has been, in a word, chaotic since our return from vacation. Clint has been thrown into the hectic schedule of spring in Iowa and I have begun my daily prayer for just enough rain that he can have one day off every two weeks. We were lucky, last weekend we managed to have a weekend TOGETHER at a 40th birthday party in southern Iowa. All thanks to the almost 2 inches of rain we had received two days before it. I guess we are thankful for the little things.
Have I mentioned how pretty spring in Iowa can be though? I mean when you stop to really look at the farmers in the field and the green grass and the lilac bushes? It can be beautiful. I know I complain and I mean I really complain.....about the mud and the dust and the smell of newly overturned dirt (can you say allergies?) but it can be pretty and sometimes you just have to take the time to notice it.
Clint and I have seen each other all of maybe 20 minutes in the past 4 days. Kind of a hello/goodbye type of relationship. He leaves for work at 6:30 and does not get home until 10pm or after... and I leave for work on Mon-Weds-Friday at 4:15 and get home in time to meet the kids bus. But in all the hectic rush rush of things I do appreciate the fact that we have jobs... we have parents here to greet and say goodbye to the kids and we have an opportunity to live where you can really appreciate the whole beauty of spring planting in an agriculture state!

So in new news.....in order to help the kids with what they want to do....I have made a leap and gotten my first fishing license! They want to go fishing- and since dad is busy...well I will suck it up. I got one but have informed the kids it was with the condition that I do not have to touch the bait- the fish ANYTHING having to do with the sport. Too bad it is going to be cold this weekend or we would go but there is plenty of summer left.
Nate has had a call from a local farmer wanting to hire him this summer (when did he grow up??) and will be starting weight lifting this summer in prep for football. Ty has been running his wheels off in soccer and Addie and I attended an enlightening field trip to Godfather's pizza together yesterday (in case you are wondering a whole preschool class DOES fit in a walk in freezer!) Our life continues to go in a normal and frantic way and we are missing vacation and dad until his schedule lightens up again.

A stop to see dad in his "tank farm"

So from our family to you take time to enjoy the spring and stop to smell the lilacs! We may no longer be on vacation, but are looking forward to the upcoming summer break we hope to receive.....