The past week has been so hot and dry. It was very good to awaken to the sound of gentle rain on the windows. My joints don't like the drop in barometric pressure, and require an extra round of Tylenol to combat it, but it's tolerable now. The garden will be happy and the grass will grow in places it hadn't before. It's all good.
Yesterday was Father's day. The day started with a phone call from Wendy... wishing her Dad a happy father's day. Wendell and I were able to go to church together finally. The perfect start to a Sabbath day!
Paul , Amy and the kids came in the evening for a visit, picnic, and some good fellowship. Paul is our official "grillmeister" and really does a great job at that. He also set up our campfire ring and got the fire going for later on. The soil was so dry and loose from the previous day of leveling the area, and no wind meant no chance of the fire getting away from us. (smile)
While P3, Daniel and Joyce rode their bikes all over the yard and driveway, David spent his time in the dirt.. tossing it in the air and yelling "BOOM"!! He has quite the imagination. Hot dogs, burgers, baked beans, chips, and then cake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream......mmmmmm! yummy!
Later, when the campfire was just right.. we toasted marshmallows and made s'mores! That has to be the highlight.. It's been too long since we did this- and the fire was just right.. the marshmallows were perfect!
While I was cleaning up this past week, I found 12 boxes of sparklers.. so we took about 4 boxes and used the tiki torches to light them.. the kids loved it!
John and Mandy bought the torches for the upcoming picnic.. and filled them with citronella oil to keep the bugs at bay.
There seemed to be a number of mosquitos last night- they weren't biting, but were sitting on my arm pretty often. I finally went inside to avoid them.
So Wendell had a pretty fine day.. and went to bed a little after 8pm.. he was really tuckered out.
I wanted to get up with him this morning to read JJ's blog. It has so many memories of her dad that she posted yesterday. Really sweet! Unfortunately, I slept through the time he was up and by the time I got up, he was going out the door and had no time to look.. we'll try on Wednesday when I'm off for the day.
We both feel so blessed by our children and their children.. What a joy it is! How we thank the Lord for every one of them.
Remember to pray for us.. God is so active in our lives and we rely on Him.
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