What a wonderful weekend!

We went to Marion Lake on Saturday to take the boat out and meet and friend with her daughter. It was a perfect day for boating, if just a tad windy for my taste. The boys are over their fear of swimming in the middle of the lake so several times we just turned the boat off to drift and all jumped in. Darren practiced his diving, well really it's still in the knee first stage but getting better! We tubed for just a little bit and only sat on shore long enough to make some sandwiches. It was just a perfect lazy Saturday.

Ed did manage to get another panel of the large double stall in the barn set. The dirt is so dry and rock-hard that he actually broke a post hole digger! He kept adding water to the hole and letting it soak in, finally getting it soft enough to dig down. I didn't want him out there too much as it was 102'for most of the afternoons and that's really really hot inside of a barn!

I've been trying to get up earlier in order to appreciate doing chores in the 70' weather rather than the 90's as it is around 10:00. I've gotten my duties down as efficiently as possible and can be completely finished within an hour. Naturally, if I didn't spend as much time talking and playing with the animals if would take even less time, but what fun would that be? How often can one enjoy conversing with a crazy cow in the middle of a pasture? Sometimes, she's the best listener around. And I can't forget feeding the goats hedge leaves. They just worship me when I head out the to tree and will knock down any child with feet not firmly planted on the ground as they run out to greet me.

I'm feeling a little girlie today and will either unpack soap-making supplies or paint my nails. It's a toss-up.