I almost skipped crane day

For months there had been plans for a new building to go up at the farm. The boys were super excited because that meant a crane would be coming. They told me it was going to be the best day ever.

They waited and waited and were always asking dad when he thought the crane would come. He really didn’t know. And then one evening Joel told me that the crane would be there the next day. Of course it was our Bible study day and everything within me wanted to not tell the boys about the crane and hope they forgot about it. Haha. Anyway, it was a little break that I looked forward to every week and, don’t tell the boys, but I could think of a million other things I’d rather do than watch a crane all morning.

But I knew I would crush their sweet little boy hearts and I just couldn’t do it. Instead the morning came and I announced that we were skipping Bible study because it was Crane Day! We went and picked up donuts, took them to the farm and watched the crane all morning. Because if you are going to spend your morning watching a crane you definitely should eat donuts too.

In between watching, we wandered around the farm together and we actually had a lot of fun that day.

Isn’t that how it usually goes? When we take time to just stop and enjoy the ordinary things, those are the moments we end up cherishing the most.

I never want to forget these little boy years of watching cranes and tractors for hours.

When seeing their daddy brings such excitement. Always the biggest smiles and the cutest waves.

When just being together watching a crane is better than anything else we could have planned that day.

Griffin wears his cowboy boots tucked into his jeans every single day. He is coming out of his shell and growing in confidence. Seeing that cute dimpled grin is my favorite.

This is so Levi. I think the whole day was worth it just for this picture. His first tooth gone and the biggest grin. This boy loves life.

And Jakey. He found everything possible that he could get into. He loves the farm. Probably the most out of all three boys (which is hard to believe because they all love it!). He gets so excited when we drive into the farm and would spend all day with his dad if we would let him.

Boys are so much fun.

 

These boys are growing so fast. I know someday I am going to wish that I could just spend the morning hanging out at the farm with these three cuties. I’m going to wish that I could go back to ordinary moments like these.

And to think, I almost skipped Crane Day.

(Crane Day was back in March, but these photos were too cute not to share!)