Can I just take a moment and say what a blessed man I am. God has placed his hand on me and given me a beautiful, healthy family that I enjoy spending time with and pursuing their passions as well. Our typical week looks something like getting up around 6:30 every morning (after several interruptions of sleep from Baby Presley during the night), working 45-50 hour workweeks, shuttling both boys to different fields and coaching baseball 4-5 nights a week along with every Saturday, trying to fit dinner in somewhere in all of this and then bedtime stories and in bed by 11 to do it all over again the following day. Somehow, someway, Laura has even been able to train for her first half marathon. Don't ask me how she did all of this, but we managed...and wouldn't trade our crazy/hectic life for anything else. All that said, we went to Nashville for the weekend (separately...Grayson had an 8:00 game Friday night that the boys and I stayed for and then drove up, arriving around 12:30 Friday night/Saturday morning). Laura did AWESOME and I am so proud of her for her accomplishment, only 8 months after having Presley. I'm not an exercise guru by any stretch (you can look at me and tell that) but the allure of running one of these is definitely on the radar for next year. Nashville did it up right, with 40,000 participants. It was a lot of fun to see everyone amped up for the race Saturday morning as the sun peaked over the Nashville skyline. We finished up the race mid morning and then spent the rest of the day celebrating our big boy, Grayson, who turned 7 this weekend as well. We had dinner at "The Aquarium" Saturday evening, which he loved, and then took him to Bass Pro to get fitted for a 20 gauge, which is what he wants for his birthday. The doves and ducks better watch out this coming fall! A great weekend spent with family and enjoying all of God's blessings.
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Had a great weekend in Natchez with family and got the opportunity to go up to the farm on Saturday for a little work. Dad and I got the Tractor Shed Field, Owl Field and the Landing Strip sprayed with a mixture of Roundup and 2,4D. That should knock back all of the Fall mix that has been planted since September. We'll give it a couple of weeks and get the ground prepped for putting our Summer plots in. Dad picked up 14 bags of RR Soybeans and a couple bags of Milo on Friday. I'm considering renting the no-till from Devinney in Jackson to see if we can drill it in to help with weed control. We normally don't have much volunteer growth until we break the seed bed, at which time they flourish. I've got a couple weeks to decide what we'll do. Also got to enjoy an almost complete (how long have I been calling it that) camp. Apparently my phone decided to take terrible pictures of everything while I was there Saturday, so please forgive the quality of the photos. I also found an old roadbed while looking on Google Earth one day and was able to walk it out. To say I'm excited, both of the location on the property, as well as how it looked when I walked in there is an understatement. I will likely pull the pecan ladder and place that stand on the roadbed. I've already got a tree picked out. Being able to see more than 40 yards in the WRP is an accomplishment. This will allow me to see 100+ yards in a couple of directions, which should give me a great place to catch the big one slipping in and out of his bedroom. Access is very easy and I can slip in and out quietly. I'm looking forward to getting the stand hung and staying out until October. Next project is to get our millet and milo planted for dove season. I hope to do this early June. A few pictures are below.
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