We took some pictures just for Crystal to see while she is on the other side of the world. So if you are following our blog, too, don't mind a few extra personal things in here!
The girls spent one day before July 4th decorating our home a bit... (Anything but having to work out in that horrible garage with Mom and Sam! Ha!)
They made that wreath for the door, and below, they decorated the piano with what came to hand.
Carrie found a site that showed how to make paper origami roses! She folded these roses out of red, white, and blue construction paper. I loved them!
Corner of kitchen desk. Usually a catch-all, it was great to have the girls clean it off and beautify this little corner.
And they hung a flag out front.
Jonathan brought me home a July 4th bouquet of a red, white, and blue rose. And we had a red, white and blue breakfast on July 4th. It was the girls' idea. We had blueberries, red juice, and buckwheat pancakes with slices of banana and syrup. Are you getting hungry, Crystal, after all the cornmeal mush?
Oops, this is sideways. Sorry. Anyway, it is orange-flavor apple dumplings the girls made. Yum!
Blueberries waiting to be frozen.
Carrie's garden is thriving. We got some tender lettuce yesterday. You guys back east don't even try to tell me all the stuff you are getting from your luscious gardens. I know all about it. We play no comparison games whatever. Here it is all about getting a few salads and...
a few radishes, and we think we've done great!
Leftover old popcorn for the pigs. They didn't know what to do with it!
Jonathan called on his way home to tell me to look at the sunset. Then he and I sat on the front porch swing and watched one cloud swallow up another. And sometimes one cloud in our lives just swallows another, but if we have faith--there's a silver lining (or is it a golden glow?) to every cloud.
The boys come home from VBS and play in the sandbox.
All laid out in rows--like plans we have--neatly stretching before us, until God messes them all up and we are just a jumble, and learning to be flexible--
and learning to lean on Him.
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