I love spring....I'm just not ready for it....

This past week has been a little tougher than I'd have liked. The suddeness of spring always seems to get me - like a deer caught in the headlights. Within one day the sleepy routine of winter is over and all of a sudden Ladger's time is completely absorbed in preparing for seeding. He's been cleaning seed and most evenings he doesn't come in until bedtime and I'm on my own. Add to that the music festival, teaching music, preparing for leading worship and I was busy. But I'm starting to adjust to the new demands of spring and just as I do, the week is forecasting rain and I look at the window and it's actually snowing. That will put a halt to things for Ladger for a few days.

I'm not wishing for this miracle.....

The boys went out to the car before I did as we headed to AWANA this evening. I got in and knew something was up but.... I didn't see anything amiss so I started out. Isn't it funny how two boys can look so mischievous and adorable at the same time? Or so I was thinking until I spotted it....the dead mouse in the car. EEeeeekkk! Rory said he was praying for that mouse; that it would come to life again, "Miracles happen you know!"

AWANA boat races

This is Rory's boat that he entered in the boat race at AWANA. He was so excited when his boat came in first in the race. His prize was a big easter chocolate and as you can imagine, it's gone.

Spring is coming!!

This past week has been super busy. It was the first week back to school (normal routine) after the spring break plus it was our missions conference. We went with the boys Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evening plus Ladger and I went Saturday morning.

We enjoyed it very much. First of all, it works to bring the kids because they've got child care for every session. And that's such a huge blessing to us. And then the speakers were excellent. I love the emphasis on missions the Christian & Missionary Alliance have and it's been particularly important in Swift Current as our senior Pastor has been a missionary and is now planning to head back to the mission field. In fact yesterday was his last official day as Senior Pastor here and we will miss him a lot.

So today, it's back to normal except that music festival is starting this week (two weeks earlier than last year) and I've got two students singing on Wednesday. Once that's done, we'll be starting to get a lot busier with preparations for seeding.

In the next day or two, Ladger will start cleaning the grain he's planning to use for seed. And then it'll be a big job to get the seeder ready. We always have to wait until the snow melts away enough and this past week we went from being solidly in lots of snow to having most of it melted away. It's amazing the difference a few days can make. I actually can believe spring is on its way now. And with spring comes the busiest time of our year. (I think it's even busier than harvest in many ways)