A List

1. I played organ in church yesterday.

It went pretty well...they're a forgiving bunch at church, so they just overlook the mistakes.  It's nicer that way...much less pressure! Adina came with me, Clarence went with Matt (to check cows and play softball).  Adina wanted to put lip gloss on for about half the service.  It's the only thing that kept her sitting still.  Otherwise, she was ornery and kept jumping around.

2. Matt played softball yesterday. 

It was a beautiful day for a tournament.  They played four games (I was there the whole day (after church, that is) and only really watched him hit like 3 times) and won the tournament! Great job, guys! Almost everyone showed up, so they had plenty of guys, and they all played well (at least, that's what Matt told me. :) )

3.  We visited the Woodcarver's Festival at LB State Park. 

It was fun...I bought some homemade soap, some ceramic cups, and an apron for Adina.  I love the park...being out there makes me want to go camping. 

4.  We visited the museum.

Matt and Mark (Nikki's husband) had never been there.  Nikki, Nathan, and I grew up going there all the time with my grandparents.  They were both very involved in the museum and writing history for our county, and they wanted to share that with us.  Clarence had a lot of fun looking at all the old things (especially riding in the train!) and gathering hay (old clumps of grass). 

5. We went home, I brought the kids to Nikki's (Adina to play for awhile, and Clarence to spend the night), and Matt and I fenced for a couple of hours.

Our fencing consisted of tying up a corner (we have five railroad ties in the ground, in an L shape, with telephone poles horizontal making them meet; then, we tie them together with barbed wire.) and stringing one wire (for a quarter mile - that's how far a roll of barbed wire goes).  We're working on fencing in our two quarters right by our house.  Our land comes out of CRP this October, so we want to bring the cows home this fall and be able to let them graze on all the grass before winter.  It would really cut back on hay for the start of the winter.  Also, if we get it done now, it'll mean less work next spring during calving and seeding, which is better all the way around.

6. It rained last night.

That means Matt wasn't able to get up and start cutting hay like he was hoping. Instead, he went to town to sign up to hay disaster CRP (meaning we can hay fields we hayed last year instead of only fields that haven't been hayed for three years;  this is a good thing because they hay is better quality, we know the spots where the fields are rough and where it's wet), run get some parts for the tractor, and stop at the grocery store to get me three boxes of peaches.  When he gets home, he'll probably fence some more.  I'm sure the kids and I will go out at some point and try to help. 

7. Adina's wearing black Sunday shoes today.

She's darling.  She carries those shoes around like they're really cool, so I decided to put them on her.  It took me awhile.  Her feet were arched (kinda like the stepsisters on Cinderella when they're trying to fit their really long feet in the glass slipper; this was Adina, only hers were too chubby for awhile...until I used my finger to open the shoe up a little more and stuff her feet inside them).

That she is even wearing shoes is significant because she usually doesn't like them.  She does today, though.  I think it's the shoes.  She likes dressing up and looking fancy.   They don't really match her outfit...they're a little too dressy, but we're not really all that fashion-conscious around here. 


Have a Happy Monday!! Enjoy the beautiful weather!