We were blessed with rain!

Tuesday we were blessed with the rain we needed so badly!  The garden was very happy to get a good drink from nature instead of a water hose.  Hopefully our cucumbers will start producing again, they are covered in blooms and the lima beans may have a chance too.

We also got the good news that all of our six grandchildren will be with us Saturday for our BBQ.  I am anxious to have them all here together - reminds me of times at me grandma's house when all the cousins were together we had such good times.  Family is so important!

Garden

Despite the dry weather, we put up dill pickles yesterday!  We also shelled two quarts of purple hull peas for the freezer.  We are watering the cucumbers and tomatoes and praying it will rain soon to help with the other veggies we have planted.  Vegetables just seem to like rain better then being watered with a garden hose! It is a very hot 98.9  degrees in our part of Arkansas today, so we are just enjoying our Sunday afternoon inside until we go back to church this evening.  God blesses us everyday even though we fuss about the heat sometimes.  The rain will come just when he thinks we need it the most.

Baby Joy

Yesterday my son and his wife became parents of a little boy!  He is our first grandson, Ethan Douglas weighed in at 6lb. 12oz., 19 and 1/2 inches long and a head full of red hair, just like his sister!  God is so good to us, it was a very easy delivery, mom and baby both doing well.

Garden news

My husband pulled up the last of the english pea vines  and pulled the last sprigs of broccoli from the garden yesterday.  We shelled peas and put them in the freezer,  nothing tastes better then home grown peas in pea salad!  He also pulled all of the onions and lettuce , we have really enjoyed some wonderful salads this year, we grew romaine, bibb and red lettuce, only wish our tomatoes had been ready at the same time as the fresh lettuce.  We are hoping the rest of the garden does well, it seems like it's an every other year cycle with our garden, last year we had an overabundance and canned 72 quarts of green beans, 64 pints of pinto beans and too many tomatoes to count.  So this year we aren't expecting quite so much.  However, we are thankful for whatever the Lord allows us to harvest.

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Outside my window - It's dark, can still hear some cicada.

 

I am thinking - My daughter-in-law is due in one week, so basically we are expecting a baby anytime now!

 

From the kitchen - My husband grilled fish tonight, with coleslaw and fried potatoes.

 

I am wearing - a green tee shirt and brown shorts.

 

I am creating - a pink gingham apron for someone at work.

 

I am reading - new issues of Country Home and Taste of Home.

 

Around the house - need to vacuum, didn't get to it this weekend.

 

One of my favorite things - scrapbooking.

 

A few plans for the rest of the week - we have decoration this weekend in Antoine.

Good News - God answers Prayers!

My daughter, son in law and grandbaby got home from Boston with great news!  The surgeon there believes he can fix the reflux in Caitlyn's kidney.  Without the reflux it should help with the infections and he also believes as she gets older and matures her bladder will retrain itself to completely empty. So, while we may have to continue to catherize her for a while, that should diminish until she is no longer catherized at all!   God has really answered our prayers in every area of this situation.  People have been so generous with donations and with prayer.  They will go back to Boston in July for the surgery.  I will be babysitting Calleigh and Bella for the first week and then various other relatives will help the second week.    Thank you dear Lord for your blessings!

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Outside my window........It's a little cloudy out and I can hear birds and cicada.

I am thinking.......that it's been an enjoyable time babysitting my youngest grandbaby. She has been so sweet and good the past few days.

 

I am thankful for.......God's blessings, he has really blessed us in the current medical situation with my oldest granddaughter.  So many people being so generous and kind and lots of prayers going up for her.

From the kitchen......I made lasagna last night, we might have leftovers tonight, not sure yet!

I am wearing..... pink shirt, blue shorts, I need to change for the day.

I am creating......a real bond with this youngest grandbaby, she is so sweet and we haven't had a lot of one on one time before now.

I am going.....back to work tomorrow after a couple of days off this week.

I am reading.....a book about Robert Frost right now, a gift from my oldest son.

On my mind.....My oldest granddaughter, she is in Boston for appointments at the Children's hospital.

Around the house.....Need to dust!

One of my favorite things.....hearing a baby's sweet giggle!

A few plans for the rest of the week....going back to work tomorrow, but will still have grandbaby tonight and tomorrow night. Her great grandparents will have her during the day.