My Life As a Farm Girl: Ten-ish on Tuesday

1. I finally got my new running shoes in, and I love them! They are a smidge brighter than I thought they would be, but I still love them! I ran some in them yesterday, and it went pretty well, minus some random knee pain towards the end. I *may* have hit it a little too hard yesterday, which means that I'll have to ease back up a little bit, but I'll adjust accordingly. Otherwise, I'm in heaven!

2. Of course, last week was Holy Week and we had our rent-a-priest, Fr. Creider with us. All of the masses went well, and without too much excitement, besides the fact that they took forever and provided some late nights for everyone. Such is life! Like always, the creation story was the highlight of the vigil mass. We had a small practice session that morning that was semi-chaotic. It was somewhat debatable how well everything would go at that point, but, as always, the kids pulled through! (I said lots of prayers that nothing catastrophic would happen...maybe that helped?) My favorite moment this year was when my cousin's 1.5-year-old daughter gleefully discovered the live bunnies! It was adorable! The whole thing was beautifully done, and brought tears to my eyes. My not-so favorite moment was when I had to transport a cage of baby ducks to the back of church. Summoning some intense courage, I gingerly toted it to the back without hyperventilating! Good times!!

3. Our family had a fun little Easter celebration on Sunday. In a miraculous turn of events, the weather was beautiful, which meant that the boys didn't have to be cooped up all day and we could have a real Easter egg hunt. We had a lunch of smoked ham, harvest potatoes, grilled asparagus, carrots, and pistachio salad. The dessert side was completed by a fruit salad, the famous chocolate pudding dessert, and a banana pudding poke cake inspired by one of my Pinterest finds! Yum-o! The egg hunt was great, although I had to play some intense Red Light, Green Light with the boys so the Easter Bunny could sneak in, if you get my drift. Now that all of the boys (well, not so much Cole...yet) are more active, we have had to be more creative about the hiding process. What used to be a small-ish front yard & back porch hunt, has turned into an almost all-encompassing farm hunt. I can only imagine what it will be like in about three or so years!

4. The good weather this past weekend helped my dad to make some significant progress on his barn of a century. Jeremy brought over a Sky-Trak from his work, and my dad borrowed another one from a guy who did some work on the concrete pad. By the end of the weekend, they managed to get about half of the beams up, with most of the perlins attached to said beams. I think when the beams are all up, my dad will have a contractor come in and essentially finish the rest of the building, which, I hope, will take much of the stress off of my dad, who is already strapped for time most days.

5. Not that this counts for much, but I am really disappointed with Oklahoma's weather right now. We had seventy-degree temps with a nice breeze, and I was able to comfortably wear shorts all weekend. Today, I had to wear my winter coat, gloves, and a crocheted head wrap so I didn't freeze. It did rain, so I can't be too upset, because the wheat really needs it, and it has helped dull my allergy problems. Still though, it is generally miserable outside right now. I think it only bugs me because I had the taste of spring and it's temporarily back to winter-like conditions. Supposedly, the warm weather will be back on Thursday or Friday, so I'll hold out a little more hope!

6. Enough about my crummy feelings about the weather...time for good news! Guess what I'm doing tomorrow...I'm enrolling at OSU!!!!!!!!!! Hooray!!! I am super excited for tomorrow, and only hope that I have a great day. I can't wait to actually meet people who I could potentially see in my classes. Maybe I'll make a friend out of the deal...maybe that expectation is too high? Okay, maybe not, but still. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I guess the crazier part of all of this is that I am a mere two-ish years away from graduation and looking for a "real" job. Woah! CRAZY! Say some prayers with me that tomorrow will be a good day, because I need all the help I can get! :)

I honestly have nothing else to really mention right now (shocker, right?), SO... I'll end it with some pictures of my adorable nephews from this weekend!