All that to say, I have taken lots of pictures and jotted down on scrap paper several memories with the hope that in the near future I may actually catch up my small piece of the world wide web. :) But for now, I had a quick, quiet moment (I got up at 4:30--so unlike me!!) and thought I would post some pictures I had previously uploaded here, but not published.
Zack left for college two weeks ago and I took pictures of him with our kids before he left. The kids miss him a lot. He sought out ways throughout the summer to spend time with them. My oldest boys really look up to this young man. He is hard-working and thoughtful. We love you, Zack!!
Ricky did this train on our little Etch-A-Sketch and I was impressed. I spent a fair amount of time with an Etch-A-Sketch growing up, but never produced much on it. Ryan recently did one that made our jaws drop, but that is for a later post. Good job, Ricky!
Ryan is our resident artist. :) He loves to draw, and we love to be impressed with the final product. His siblings often go to him for help with projects. This recent drawing I especially loved and thought Grandma and Aunt Sarah might enjoy seeing. I love the detail and thought he puts into his work. His drawings are especially enjoyable to me as I cannot draw anything at all. That is not a talent this child got from me!
I want to praise God yet again for a working washing machine!!! I love this appliance and do not like living without this convenience. I would not ever want the "good old days" as this machine is one of the things I would have to live without and what is so "good" about that? ;)
Maine saw AMAZING amounts of rain this summer! It has been THE topic of conversation over the last three months. The rain stopped a few weeks ago, but it was too late for much of the garden produce to survive for many of us Mainers. Not much survived in the garden, but the potatoes did! And God knows that if I could only pick one crop to survive our personal garden this is the one I would choose. We harvested a lot of potatoes over two days and we think they taste great. Thank you, Lord!
And one last thing to share for now...when we returned from RI and walked into our house we were greeted with chicken feathers. Our entire kitchen was filled with them...EVERYWHERE! If you have read our post very long you know there is a "chicken" that gets loose from time to time around our church and makes an appearance. The chicken is never seen, but the evidence of his visits always are.
When we arrived home it was literally minutes before church had to start and we rushed in, dropped off our stuff and headed out the door to go to church and re-unite campers with their parents. I never took pictures of the kitchen as we first saw it as there was far too much confusion to think of such things. The next day as we were still finding and tossing feathers I finally remembered to grab my camera and get a few shots...
And this is the sign we found on our door when we got home...
Beware "chicken"... we know who you are and we know where you live!!!
Hope you have a wonderful day! I am off to go read my favorite blogs and then plunge into my busy day ahead. I look forward to spending my day with the ones I love to serve.
And besides--my quick, quiet moment is over. By 5:30 I have two kiddos up already!
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