Life on the farm

Life on the farm....
     Well all I can say is that life on the farm is awesome for so many reasons.  I love that my boys grow up in the outdoors & around animals, with plenty of room to explore & just be boys!  I've usually got a few stories to tell about my boys, lol, ok a lot of stories.  However, this one makes me very proud of them and also reassuring to me that we are doing what we're suppose to be doing with a house full of boys.  My boys are approaching manhood quicker than I'd like to think and this story shows it.
     Monday we woke up to lots of snow & no school.  I wouldn't say it was a snow storm but in the country it was definitely snow!  So we decided to get about mid morning to go play in the snow with some friends.  They've got a great place with a few trees & wind block.  We're up on a hill with very few trees and not much wind block...the wind was blowing that day.  As if it doesn't blow in western Oklahoma? Ha!  Anyway, we make it out our drive and to the road when I realize, no way can we make it the 1/2 mile on the east/west gravel road to the north/south paved road.  Now for those of you who don't know much about country life, the wind usually (notice I said usually, not always) blows out of the north or out of the south.  So the wind blew snow into tall drifts on the east/west road.  So I've got 4 boys loaded up with our snow gear on & no where to go!  So we decide to drive trough the pasture past the really deep drifts....yes we made it out without any problems!  This was my oldest son's idea and yes I listen to their ideas, sometimes they have really great ones.  So off we went to play in the snow.  We had a successful day and by 2pm in the afternoon my 3 year old was past ready to go home.  The snow began to melt with the raising temps and now most of the snow was just wet.  So back home, on that east/west road, I thought I bet we can make it through the drifts still across the road.  After all we're not that far and we could walk if we have to.  So I put my Expedition is 4wheel drive high and give it hell (that's a clovis-ism).  And what do you know...I got stuck!  So my boys walk up the hill to the house to get the RTV, shovel, & chains.  Yes they thought of those on their own, I was just thinking come get me & my 4 month old baby & my 3 year old.  So the big boys at the age of 11 & 8 know how to hook up my car to the RTV with a chain & how much snow to shovel around the tires to pull me out.  Yes, they worked together & pulled me out.  Wow!  I'm just in awe of my little offspring taking care of me.  I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts...afterall they're going to get married someday & have their own families to take care of.  And that's as it should be, so I'm going to enjoy all these moments while I can!  So they get the chain off & we go back through the pasture & make it home just fine.  All while I'm thinking just how lucky I am!  Thank you God for giving me these amazing, wonderful, strong, loving, inquisitive, smart, & resourceful young men.  I hope I can bless them as much as they've blessed me.
     Farm life isn't for the weak.  But it's an awesome and amazing way of life.  I've never lived on the farm til my husband said about 10 years ago I want to raise our kids on the farm.  At that time we only had 1 child.  I thought sure why not.  With some hesitation we moved & all I can say is it's an adventure.  An unbelievable adventure that I'm so glad I get to be apart of.