Summertime!

SUMMERTIME is in full swing! It has FLOWN by! It's been such a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the joys of the season! Making memories... some of the most precious memories of my childhood are from summertimes 25 years ago.

GOD blesses us in so many ways during the summer season! Today HE is sending much needed rain for our dry, thirsty gardens.

Spending time with friends and family always comes with summer activities ~ holidays, cookouts, etc. We still have cookouts at my grandparents house with my dad's side of the family, even though my grandparents have passed away. Sometimes, tradition is a wonderful thing! This past July 4th, we had fun doing old fashioned pictures..... :) What a crew! Yes, I am the hugely pregnant one on the end under the window!

New beginnings, fresh blooms, results of labor in the garden, skinned knees, lightening bugs, chiggers, trips to the pond, fresh vegetables and berries ~ these are the things that summer brings to mind for me.

Here is my littlest darling, fishing in the same pond that I fished in when I was little, the same one that my Dad fished in when he was young.... the same place my cousins and I would all pile on the back of the tractor and trailer and ride to, holding on for dear life and dodging briers all the way.

There is nothing more precious than MEMORIES. We are creating a bushel of them this wonderful and blessed summer!