Spring Winter Wonderland

I recently posted all the things I loved about spring and ice, snow and sleet wasn't on that list for a reason. However, I must say I was anxiously anticipating the foot of snow the weatherman had been talking about for days. As usual, the weatherman was wrong and I was disappointed. We did get eight hours worth of freezing rain, sleet and rain on Friday and it finally turned to snow Saturday morning. We probably had less than 4 inches of snow on top of all the ice. We were lucky that we only lost electricity for a very short time.
Yesterday we headed to the big hill in Augusta for sledding and about fifty other people had the same idea. We had a complete blast and before we knew it we had been there for over two hours. I'm very pleased that we actually had one decent snow to have some fun in this year. But now that all the snow is melting away I'm completely ready for Spring.



Ryan and his hunting buddy, Andy.

Ryan and Andy's son, Jake.




Going down the hill was much easier.

"Porked"

Last Saturday Ryan, Madelyn and I spent some quality time out in the pasture. Ryan was preparing the hunting box and feeder for turkey season, Madelyn played hard and road the 4 wheeler and I just did what I do best, look pretty (right mom and dad?). Madelyn and I started wrestling around and I pushed her down into a cuckleburr (sp?) patch. We refer to the illusive cuckleburrs as porcupine eggs. When Madelyn got up her clothes were covered in "eggs." She said "mama, I just got porked." I started laughing and looked at her with a confused look and she said "I just got porked by porcupine eggs." Then it all became clear to me. So if you are ever in Augusta be careful not to get "porked".

Spring

Spring is my absolute favorite season and here are just a few of the reasons:

* The smell of burning pastures
* New baby calves
* Blossoms and Blooms



* Talking with my dad about when the first killdeer and buzzard will show up.
* BBQs
* Hanging out with friends on our deck with the chiminea going and a beer in hand.
* Wrestling season is over.
* Our wedding anniversary
* Ryan bringing home big fish, that will later be a yummy meal.

* Watching Madelyn play t-ball
* Planting flowers and tomatoes
* Madelyn getting excited about hearing the ice cream truck even though it comes by every evening.
* The chirping of happy birds
* My Birthday
* A cute fellow target practicing in our back yard.

* Mother's Day
* Spending almost every evening outside enjoying the great weather.
* Morning runs that are warmer than 25 degrees
* A lil' girl getting ready for turkey season.

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Spring Break in CG

Madelyn was in Council Grove spending time with her grandparents, Aunt DeAnn, Uncle Terry and her cousins from Friday until Tuesday afternoon. She had a great time getting to see everyone and managed to bring home some new clothes, puzzles and toys. We are still working to reprogram her spoiled rottenness (I know that probably really isn't a word). We greatly missed our girl and we are so glad she is home but we are very thankful that Madelyn has awesome family she loves to spend time with.

I guess her grandparents wore her out, because this is what I saw when she arrived home.



She had her daddy's baseball cap covering her eyes, but when I finally got the camera to work right she had pushed it off her face.

So Long Derby, Introducing Pearlie

My precious Derby finally had enough of my crazy driving and gave out last week. Of course this had to happen when Ryan was at state wrestling in Salina and I was in Wichita, 35 miles from home. Thankfully a co-worker felt pity on me and gave me a ride home. Derby has been a great car and will leave me with many precious memories. We brought her home in 2001 with just over 28,000 miles. She gave out in 2009 with almost 189,000 miles. She has been through a nasty hail storm that broke out the windshield and left many scars. She survived being rear ended by some nut in Wichita, and by me and Ryan in the driveway (the huge dent in the side occured in our driveway). She has seeen many places in her day and has carried many people, but my most precious memory is bringing home our baby girl from the hospital.
If luck will have it Derby will be up and running again in the near future and at that point I hope to find her a new owner that will adore her as I did. If you know anyone interested let me know. She is a real gem; a diamond in the rough.





I wasn't much in the mood to car shop because I really didn't want to replace Derby. I let Ryan do the researching and was pleasantly surprised with the results. I test drove a 2006 Grand Prix and decided she would be a fine work car. She has some big tires to fill but I think Pearlie is up for the challenge.

Augusta highlight

Augusta has a very nice park and walking/bike path that Madelyn and I frequent in the warmer temps. Last week Madelyn and I took advantage of the warmer weather and went for a walk/bike ride. I walked Jack (or more like he walked me) and Madelyn rode her bike. About 1/2 way into our walk the wind changed to the north and it became quite chilly. We had to cut our walk short and head to the house. Madelyn didn't even get to play at Play Park Pointe and that is usually the highlight of her bike ride. I'm sure we will be going back again soon with spring quickly approaching.

The view on our walk




Madelyn and Jack, our wonder dog. He is short but makes up for it in weight.

Thank goodness for this convenience. It is inevitable at some point on our walk Madelyn has to use the bathroom.