Summer Fun

This has been one HOT summer here in Mississippi and so glad we have a pool.  We built the pool in 1989 when Trae was 17 months old and normally in the summer time our pool water does not get very warm because we have a lot of shade around our house and the shade covers the pool.  The pool gets about 4 hours of sun a day.  The temperature of the water will run about 10 degrees cooler than other pools that gets a lot of sun.  This has always been just a little cool for me.  I usually freeze when I get in the pool.  BUT NOT THIS YEAR!!!!  Shade or no shade the water temperature in our pool has been just right!

We have so many fond and cherished memories when the boys were younger enjoying the pool.  Birthday parties, family gathering and holidays cookouts.  But as the boys have gotten older (Trae 22 and Tyler 18), they don't used the pool as much now as they use to.  They have their own agenda now...LOL.  

  

This is Trae......

This is Tyler.......

But some of our close friends from church have younger children and they have really been enjoying the pool........

Summer memories made with friends!!

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  1 John 4:7

 

Until next time...Have a Blessed Day!!!!

Our First Garden

We finally had a garden this year. For several years now we have wanted to plant a garden but have not had the time or took the time to do so. Earlier this year in May, Bill placed 4 cross ties in the edge of the pasture. I was so excited. We hauled 6 loads of dirt in to fill it (not fun). We then planted just enough for us to have fresh veggies to eat on...not an over abundance.


I don't have pictures of the actual building and planting of the garden, but I do have a picture of the garden in its producing stage....on the right end of the garden are the tomatoes. We planted 5 on 2 rows and they were way to close....they all grew together. Next to the tomatoes were the okra then the beans. The beans overpowered the okra on the left and the tomatoes grew into the okra on the right, but the okra is finally beginning to produce and grow taller than both. The cucumbers and squash are on the left end of the garden and the squash completely overpowered the peppers. We planted 4 different kind of peppers. After the squash died down the peppers began to produce to their full potential.



It has been so much fun having a garden and in another post I will show what we have harvested....oh and this is Spencer, our dog, he just watches from a distance and he never bothers the garden.....smart dog!


So as I was writing this post, a thought came to my mind. Are we, as Christians, like this garden sometimes? That we let things overpower us to keep us from growing to our full potential in our walk with the one who takes care of us: our Lord? It's amazing how simple things like this can bring our minds back to Christ!

Until next time.....Have a blessed day!

It has been a while.....

Well it has been a while since I have blogged. We have had a lot of things going on this summer. Over the next several days I am going to attempt to get caught up and blog about all those things we have done over the summer.

Our 'EMPTY NEST' is about to be here, with both sons at college, and it is a happy and sad feeling.

I will be back soon!