Life in Iowa

I have been back on the farm for six days now.  It is so great to be home.  I miss the mountains for hiking but I have been busy in my flower beds when possible and have planted all my flower pots to try to brighten up the landscape.  They have forecast rain practically every day but we have lucked out the past three days.  It should be dry enough today to till the garden and get that planted but it is looking rather threatening outside as I type this so that may not happen!  My plan is to put in a much larger garden this year.  We eat a lot of vegetables and I will spend a lot of money on gas driving to grocery stores from the farm!  It just makes sense to have them close at hand....and fresh!

Thursday I am departing for Peoria.  I cannot wait to see Drew and Kayley.  I am going to help Megan with some things in her house and then on Sunday afternoon I am packing up the kids and bringing them to our farm for a week.  They are excited about that and so are Grandpa and Grandma! Mark has not seen the kids since January.  I pray the weather is good that week because they love the outdoors and like to ride the golf cart, lawn mower, etc.  I am going to try to fit their bikes in my car but that is questionable.  My trunk is small because of the hybrid battery compartment so they probably won't fit.  I am hoping Andy will find a way to get them in the car.  :-)

The kids will also be having a blast on a wonderful gift from Uncle Milt!  It is a combo water/jumping inflatable yard toy.  It arrived here yesterday. It looks huge with plenty of room for jumping and splashing.  It says it is equally fun with or without water so even if the temps are not good for swimming they can have fun jumping this visit.  Thank you, Milt!

Blast Zone Pirate's Bay Inflatable Water Combo

 

Looks like fun, right?  :-)