oh happy day

hey...just wanted to say happy easter to each of you! this morning at church, there was this discussion going on about grace, and it was so great. the reality of the grace that Jesus introduced is overwhelmingly unbelivable. it doesn't add up in my head when i try to sort through it and figure it out. but man, there's just nothing else like it.

may you begin to (or continue to, or be re-awakened to) realize the grace and peace that are yours....

barnyard surprises

this one is dedicated to kari:)
so i was out in the barn today, cleaning up a bit...which included "mucking". haha, mucking. it's a good word to add to your vocabulary if you haven't already. it basically means cleaning up horse poop. so, i was mucking in the barn, when i came across an unusual looking piece of poo. at a second glance, i noticed that it had feet. what? that was about when i realized that it wasn't at all a piece of crap, but instead it was a dead mouse, all curled up. ewwww!
love you, sis :) and just for you, i decided not to add a photo to this entry.

meanwhile, back at the ranch...

while some friends are off to a nice, warm, sunny place...i get to hang out with their horses, dogs, and cats. it's great! doing the chores, feeding all the creatures, the smell of the barn...i absolutely love it all. really, i do :) there's something fun and satisfying about getting up in the morning, and going out to the horses that are neighing for some food.

so here's the crew...meet the horses: winnie cooper, captain, franky, and becca. meet the dogs: muffin and wallace, as in william wallace :) and the cats: moonlight, ivy, and pumpkin. even though cats aren't my fav animal, i decided that life as a farm cat could be pretty sweet. i was watching ivy pounce all around the gigantic stack of hay, and it just looked like so much fun! and they climp up in the rafters and jump around from here to there. they don't have it so bad :)

transition

alright, so i know it's been awhile since i last blogged. i guess i've been getting used to life back in rockford. i'm not gonna lie. it's kinda weird to be here. not quite sure where i fit in and what i'm gonna do here. but i'm glad to be here just the same. oh...and i have a freshly painted apartment that is just about ready for me to move into :) stay tuned for some photos on that.

we made it...

a little over 2700 miles later, my mom and i returned to rockford. it was such a great time together on the open road. the grand canyon...hanging out with friends...hiking in arizona to watch the sunset...reading ted dekker...memphis bbq...beboppin' to carrie underwood...eating way too much fast food...snow in new mexico...dairy queen...and toad suck park. (haha, we didn't actually stop to enjoy the sights of toad suck state park, but did you know that it actually exists somewhere in the middle of oklahoma?! we're still laughing about that one.)...and much more.

thanks for driving with me, mom :)

and now i'm learning how to transition back to life in rockford...