A day to be outside!

It was another oddly nice January day here today, and we (well, most of us anyway, Andrea was watching a wrestling tournament in Eureka, and Janelle was desperately trying to defeat Voldemort in Lego Harry Potter for the Wii) took advantage of it and spent some time outside.  The chickens have been very happy since we moved them out of the mud into a more grassy area.  Emma put on her sweatshirt and boots and went nail collecting with Daddy's cool magnet.  There are a lot of nails laying around close to the house from our roofing project, and she enjoys finding them with the magnet.

Next she went to hang out with the chickens. She's almost tall enough to undo the latch all by herself!

She really wanted them to come out of the coop so she could try to catch them, but those wily chickens were onto her.  They hid in the coop most of the time, with only a daring two coming out to join her.

David (and his helper Pita) made the most of the dry spell and mowed the grass.  I can't say mowed the lawn because really, it's not lawn.  He breezed through the front yard, which we've kept up on, but the back was not so easy.  It's been ignored for a month or three, and was pretty tall and wet.  It took him about an hour and a half to mow what we fondly refer to as 'the back 40'.  It sure looks better now though, and he's glad he got it done.  Now it can rain, rain, rain!

I don't know what it is, but I really enjoy watching him mow the grass.  I think it stems from back when we were dating.  He would go to his great-grandma's house and mow her grass for her, and I would go with him, visit with Grandma Clara, then watch him mow.  I still love to do it today.

Not that he slaved all day!  He did get to go have some manly man time shooting guns with Andy.  He had a blast, and I really hope they do it again.  Apparently, men and shooting ranges go quite well together!

Tonight we went to the FFA tri tip dinner.  It was good, and I got to visit with a lot of people I knew.  A co-worker/friend brought her family and we all ate together.  Good times!  Tomorrow Dad is coming to our house for dinner, Mom & sister are out of town.  I haven't figured out what we're having yet, but tomorrow I am going grocery shopping, so anything is possible!  I also get to have coffee with an old friend that I don't get to see often, and I'm really looking forward to it.  Also on tomorrow's agenda: Sunday school, laundry, football, and family time!