Mowing.

We finally got our new lawn mower.

It's a Ferris IS 3100.

It is huge and strong and really fun to drive.

(It is worth more than Todd's car.  Ha!)

I mowed yesterday and today.

It is SO fun!  The most fun I've had all year.

That baby goes fast and does awesome doughnuts. 

I may or may not have left a few tire tracks in our moist lawn from turning too fast.

I may or may not have mowed a significant length of time before Drew flagged me down and told me I needed to push a lever to lower the blades to actually cut the grass.

I may or may not have ducked below some low-lying branches and forgotten the roll bar sticking out above me.  Which may or may not have led to a largepine tree  branch getting lodged above my head for a few lanes of mowing- while I was being showered by pine needles and laughing at the thought of how I must look.  Maybe, I was unexpectedly rescued when another low-lying branch dislodged the original branch (about 5 inches in diameter) from my back.  Oops.

The weather is beautiful here.

I felt a bit like a working girl and it felt good.

Figuring out how to steer to get pretty lines is harder than you think- it takes SKILLZ.  I do not have great lawn mowing skills, yet.

But now I notice the lines as I drive past other lawns.

It was SO nice to spend some time outdoors while Ben was napping.

(My big kids followed me around cheering me on.)

(Especially after a doctor appointment today confirmed I do have a hernia... They will combine that surgery with the other one I need this winter.  Love-e-ly.)

I wasn't too sad Todd had to work late.

Perhaps I will assume the lawn mowing duties and assign him the laundry.  ;)

Life is good!