Friday Fun and then it's off to the weekend

First off…I don’t know where you live in the world, but I hope you love your view as much as I love ours.

Oh believe me, my heart is stirred by mountain vistas and seascape sunsets as much as the next romantic…

but I can tell you honestly…

driving through the backroads of God’s country here in the Midwest often brings me to tears….

I was probably making a few farmers pause at the wheel of their planting gizmos yesterday as I stopped and snapped pictures…

but these freshly tilled fields of rich brown dirt framed by green edges dotted with dandelions…they speak life to me every spring.

What was dead and dried up has been turned over and soon little sprouts will make their way sunward…and I thank God for letting me live in the heartland of this country.

And speaking of heart-land…

I got to spend some time yesterday with those little people who take up a lot of real estate in my heart …

I celebrated Cinco de Mayo a few days early with this little hombre…

His mom texted me this pic with the head’s up that he was hoping Lola would wear her grey sweatshirt so we would match…

I may have melted into a puddle as I made my way to my closet to dig it out.

Because…

you bet I will…

After we feasted…or fiesta-ed…I guess…with the squirreliest table of the most adorable first graders on the elementary circuit…

I watched a rousing game of kickball….

and let me tell you…no major league sport has anything on the passion of a kick ball game fueled by spring fever.

I thought we were playing for some kind of trophy or championship but then the bell rang and everyone scattered like pixie dust to grab jackets and get in line for the water and potty station.

I stopped by the house, where I discovered this one has written a book…