Track Meet

Last night was a perfectly beautiful night for a track meet. After a long winter....

From the National Weather Service: 

On March 27, a record seasonal maximum snowfall set at Dubuque. A record snowfall of 76.2 inches was set at Dubuque this season. This breaks the old record of 75.7 inches in the winter of 1961-1962.

We have had a bit more snow since.

And lots of rain.

But amazingly, even though it ha

s recently got up to the 70's and we have managed to not have snow for almost three weeks now, there is still snow in some ditches up near Farley. Just 15 miles or so away! And I hear that there are still large drifts back in the limestone bluffs up at Seth's parent's farm. Honestly, it is almost May! I have never seen snow last this long!

There is nothing like a nice record snowfall year the first year in your house!

That saying, last night and tonight were gorgeous evenings. Last night after work I took Jaren to his first junior high Track Meet to see his "cousin" Laura run. She ran the open 200 and the 4 by 200. She placed third in both. Jaren enjoyed seeing the girls run "fasss" and was very excited when the starting gun went off. He clapped for the girls when they finished their races. But most of all, he wanted to go out and run with the girls on the track.

Tonight we went for a walk. Well, Seth and I went for a walk, Jaren ran the whole time. He would find a crack in the road and stop, sit there for a few seconds and then take off running. You could just see it in his little head "Ready, Set, GO!"

I love Spring! It brings out the best spirits in everyone.