Making Bread

This afternoon Harper and I got to travel out to the farm and take part in the yearly ritual of "making bread". This is the term that Harper gave to harvest two years ago. Well her and I arrived around 4:45 and she was initially reluctant to go with her Boppy on the Combine. Then miraculously she remembered just how much she loves cutting wheat. It is wonderful to see how much she loves being out in the field watching the machinery and getting dirty. She also got her first crack at driving the combine. She did a great job and had a blast in the process.

Vacation??

This week I am at the OSU basketball camp, it is definitely a bittersweet experience. On one hand I get to sleep un-interrupted all night. This actually proved to be impossible last night, I still awoke around the scheduled feeding times. I get to spend the week coaching the sport I absolutely love, but I am also missing the three people I love more than anything. So, we will see how the next two days go. I have the joy of having Travis Ford's son on my team, a team which is pretty good! I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at camp, coaching the ACC kids (3rd-6th graders) is pure fun. And not to mention I have been the camp champions for my age group for three straight years now! I am one lucky alumni.

Two Kids

I want to start by saying that I feel like I have been greatly blessed with my two special kids.  I also never expected two kids to be so hectic.  When you have one little baby you are up a lot during the night, but when they are sleeping you can be sleeping, but with two, it's no longer the case.  It seems as if as soon soon as Owen falls back asleep after his 5:00 a.m. feeding Harper springs out of bed at 7:00.  Another difference in having two kids is that Owen seems to be growing a lot faster than Harper did.  With Harper we had the time to just sit back and watch all of her little moments.  I feel like life is as busy as ever and Owen will be walking and talking way before I am ready for that.  I also believe Harper is secretly praying for her brother to grow up so that she has someone to play with, her pretend students are about to outgrow her class I think.  One thing is for sure, I wouldn't dream of having it any other way.