April, 2018

Celebrating Easter was a lovely way to start the month of April - although it was windy and COLD! So, the Epp cousin Easter basket/egg hunt happened inside the big machine shed this year. :-)

 April also brought the start of a new sport for our family. Noah started track and at the first track meet he competed in long jump, the 100 meter hurdles and the Medley relay.

 I always thought the best part of track was hanging out with my friends, I think a lot of kids still feel that way.

 The chicks we added to the farm were just as cute and sweet as they could possibly be.

 The weather was anything but sweet.

 Ben and I have a soft spot for Middle-Eastern food and one weekend we really tackled it by making chicken shawarma, tzatziki and falafel. Oh me, oh my, maybe we should make that again this weekend!

 Finally, the weather (and soil) warmed up enough for the farmers to plant corn.

 And I started buying plants!

 These were my fun finds at the Kansas MCC Sale.

 More track meets! Levi lucked out because most of the track meets were at Goessel this year so he could just walk down the street from his school and join us.

 After the first meet, Noah started doing triple jump instead of long jump, and ran the 200 meter hurdles instead of the 100 meter hurdles. The medley relay team got first at most of their meets, which was a lot of fun for him!

 The chicks got kinda ugly and awkward,

 and we finally got the garden started.

 I bought more plants, even though it was too cold (still) to plant them.

 And we got the boys a membership to Pine Edge Golf Course (my uncle's golf course) so the boys have enjoyed playing golf quite a bit this spring - even when the weather doesn't seem quite right for it...

 In true farm-family fashion, on the way home one evening, Ben stopped the car to check on a corn field. The boys eagerly hopped out and followed him. So he showed them how he checks on the corn seed and, good news, it was sprouting!

 More track!

 And, after a couple years, we finally got to enjoy eating asparagus out of our own garden this spring!

 I went with a couple friends to George's French Bistro in Wichita and just loved everything about it. The space is gorgeous, the food was amazing and we had such a nice evening together!

 Now this looks like golfing weather!

 It's hard to tell, but my mom and the boys were laughing so hard together about something happening in the backseat of our car that I just had to take a picture. I love hearing them laugh together!

 And....more track! :-)