Catching up

I am looking out my window this morning and watching the grass turn greener by the minute. While running the trail yesterday and avoiding the flood waters I also saw purple violets spreading themselves across the ground like a fresh spring comforter. And of course, the true sign of spring....the sight and smell of worms offering themselves up like a buffet to gluttonous robins.
It is Sunday morning and I should be going to church somewhere but after Albone's recent post on Church and barbeque sauce I am more confused than ever. Do I feel like spicy this morning or sweet? Sweet Baby James at least has a biblical name but I am not sure when services start. Either way I will probably get grilled.
It is just me and Carden this morning, Colleen and Shane took advantage of spring break and headed south to Arkansas where they are visiting Brandon at Harding. They went to church already this morning and Colleen called me from services just to let me hear the singing..."Awesome God" and it was awesome.
It has been a long time between posts and a long time since I have read any blogs. I have been pretty much buried in studying for securities licensing, which I passed last Thursday. Plus, this year I had to fill out three different FAFSA applications since in the brilliance of our family planning (or lack thereof) I will have three kids in college or grad school this next fall. So, of course that means doing taxes first which is always fun and coincides with March Madness or is synonymous with it. It all has something to do with brackets and I hope I didn't get them confused, since I had one eye on the computer screen and the other on the TV. If my 1040 comes back because I claimed Bill Self as a dependent rather than myself, I will know I should have focused on one or the other.
Oh, plus we went to state in wrestling. Shane, our eight grader, was the regional champion and ended up making it to the semifinals in State, finishing seventh. The top six earn a medal so he fell just short, losing in overtime or he would have secured a possible third. He had a great season, finishing 32 and 9 overall and his team took second. Now he gets to eat again, which he has been doing quite well. I bought him a summer sausage to take on his trip and I doubt if it made it out of the city limits!
Well, maybe I should get going this morning. Please keep my Mom in your prayers as she undergoes a heart cath this Tuesday. She will probably need valve replacement so I might be headed for Missouri in the next few days. Her heart is 78 years old as of Friday so hopefully things will go well.

May you be blessed by the warming sun on your face, the vibrant colors of spring in your eyes, the smell of new born flowers in your nostrils and the sounds of love struck birds in your ears.