Dangerous Wonder

Jun. 17, 2009

Mother's Day and My Dad's Birthday

Well blogging friends, I have much to report, as the last month has been full of fun! We went to my parents house in Kansas to visit for Mother's Day and my Dad's 60th Birthday. What started as a 5-6 day visit ended up being 12! It was a wonderful time of relaxing on the farm and being with my family. The things I remember thinking was how quiet it was on the farm. The low hum of traffic in the distance that I tend to block out in suburbia was noticeably gone in the middle of the country! What a blessing! I hadn't been home in the spring for a long time and everything was beautiful and green. One morning, there was an amazing amount of mist and fog due to very cool temperatures overnight. I looked outside and saw this: It was a beautiful gray/green sea of wheat. It looked like I was walking in an almost black and white picture! It was just amazing! My dad's favorite dessert is apple pie, so I wanted to make him one for his special day. I just started using organic flour before I left for Kansas and was thrilled with the results in my pie crust, so I had to pick some up for this one. I think he enjoyed it! My grandma lives right down the road from my parents, so we spent a lot of time with her. She is 92 years old and still living on her own! I hope to be that spry when I'm her age! I love my grandma! I had been wanting to help her with her garden beds around her house, so my mission while we were there was to plant some perennials to liven it up. I had to do some weeding and hoeing to get it all ready, but in the end we had some nice flowers planted for her. The kids love playing outside and finding forts, making forts etc. The old one between two trees was no longer there, so they found a new spot to claim as their own. They were clearing old wood out and Papa even broke out the chain saw and helped them clear some more of the dead wood. They were sweeping and raking the floor like it was a sod house on the prairie! This entertained them for hours! Then they checked out the junk shed and found all sorts of treasures to use in their tree fort/home. It was pure treasure for them! Old frying pans, wheels to an old lawn mower, boards, old garden fencing...etc.! I remember my brothers and I doing the same thing at our grandparents house. It was so much fun! Here's my son relaxing on their "porch." One night we had a bonfire to burn all the deadwood from their fort. It was wonderful! Fire, bubbles, hotdogs and s'mores! This was a very productive vacation because of all the projects we completed! I helped my grandma with her garden, the kids made their fort, I helped my mom clean out some cupboards and part of her storage in the basement and we even did 2 full weeks of school while we were there. It's hard to believe, but I think we got more done in Kansas than we had in quite a while! The kids were so motivated to do their work and be finished for the day. It was wonderful! I also started making a dishcloth using an actual pattern while I was there. I had failed many times before in attempting this, but low and behold...it was working! I'm almost done with it. It's a real cute heart pattern. The kids and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay and can't wait to go back for another visit!

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