March Maddness

March 8-13 What an amazing week. We were blessed with amazing weather from Monday through Sunday. It stayed in the 60’s and even got to 70. Wow. to feel the sunshine was awesome. We tried to spend as much time outside as possible in the afternoons. Monday and Wed. I took Luke to taekwondo. He is officially a camo belt and excited about it. With it comes more advanced class, an hour long class with forms, board breaking, and sparring.  Luke was super excited to get his new sparring gloves. He wore them all the way home and took them off to go to bed. 

Taekwondo also comes with major time conflicts. His new class time interferes with AWANA and my bible study.  I weighed the options around for a long time and decided to make it all work. So, I will take Luke on Mondays and every other Wednesday. That way he is not missing out on too much class time and can still go to his AWANA on occasion. It seems the best solution for now. Soon he will be in soccer and we will be planting in the field. I hope he can enjoy taekwondo for the time being. 
Mark took a trip to St. Louis flying on a small plane out of Ft. Dodge. He went with a group to the Monsanto corn processing plant. The trip was all paid for and he was put up in some pretty fancy hotel suites. One night the guys went to a hockey game and one night they had a pass for an arcade. He enjoyed the trip. I was just happy to have him back home. I don't like him gone and traveling.
Thursday Jake woke up with a sore throat and I suspected strep. We tried the Ogden clinic and he did not have strep, just a sore throat. The rest of the day Jake laid in a lawn chair outside in the sunshine. It felt amazing out. I started walking for exercise and hope to jog soon. I also rode horses with Jayden a couple times this week. She has been riding nearly every single day. She just loves her horse. She had a friend over that hasn't ridden much. We sure do miss our Winnie! She was perfect for the beginners. Our other horses just do not do well for the beginners and it makes it so hard. 

Since it has warmed up, the snow has melted and things are thawing. In the field that means mud. Jayden did not realize that it was a mud mess. She took the gator out to dump a load of manure, when I could hear the revving of the gator. I looked out to see Jayden zipping around in the field, mud flying high in the air and never stopping. The closer she gets to getting stuck, the more gas she gives and the more she spins. I watched in disbelief just waiting for her to bury it. She kept going, spinning out and swerving throwing mud everywhere. It was crazy. She spun and turned and made her way out of the field. I even caught a bit of it on video. What a sight. Luke was standing high on a rock pile. He threw his arms in the air and yelled," That was awesome!" I have to admit it really was. That girl drives like a man going out muddin.