~Yesterday~

I looked out our bedroom window yesterday morning as I was enjoying the cool breeze wafting in the window :) and thought how neat the clouds were....then as the sun came up, I again took notice how neat the sky was, so I took another picture.

Then later Danny was outside and when he came in he said Mom, look out at the clouds (the 3rd picture). They were so wispy.

So, I decided to keep taking pictures of the changing clouds throughout the day....and this is what our day looked like......

At 6:30 AM

At 8 AM

At 11 AM

At 2 PM

At 5 PM

At 6 PM

And then Dan took these two later in the evening after the kids and I left for church, so they were sometime after 6:30 PM, but before 7:30.

We had such a beautiful, cooler day! Makes me look forward to Fall and all the festivities that go along with it! There are a few events that the kids and I are looking forward to that come every Fall! :)

Happy Day to you!!

Boiled P-nuts, Phones and Snakes

I've been saving my Tupperware $$ for a pressure canner. I did online research and priced them on different websites and then took that info along on our trip to PA. I was thrilled to find one for a little less than what I could have gotten it online.....and one that is safe for my glass top stove. I put it to work 2 days after we got home!! :)

Harveys Supermarket had green peanuts for $.99 a lb. Wed. only, so I got about 10 pounds.

I got 14 quarts plus a kettle full we cooked and ate one night! :) I might try to do a few more yet.

We still had one quart left from 2009 that I kept holding off on opening since I knew it was our last one! :) Now, it can be eaten to make room for a new jar! :)

On a whole new subject.....we had been having some trouble with our phone and internet before we left on our trip....and when we got back, the problem was still there. I called it in once and soon they called to say it was fixed. Well, that was not so. In just a few hours we would either be without phone or internet off and on. So, the 2nd call was placed on Thursday and a tech actually came to the door and did some research here on our property. He said there was a line that was about wore through and he thinks he fixed it. And it seemed he had! The phone line was clear and we had internet again....but again, it only lasted a few hours.....then back to the old, crackle, crackle, blink, blink, fuzz!

So, Saturday morning we called again and the same technician showed up very soon. He did some more investigating and not long after came to the door to say he found the problem down the road a bit. *Yay!!

Well, he also took care of another problem in the process....he killed this 5 ft. rattlesnake just out the road from us!! :) So glad that is no longer alive!! :O

Yeh, he was a good Tech!! I'd take him back to work on our phone lines again!! :)

FSU Game

Our good friend and fellow prison chaplain, Billy Farran, invited our family to the opening FSU game on Saturday! They played Louisianna-Monroe.

It was a 3:30 game and a hot day. Because of TS Lee, we did have a nice on/off breeze! :)

Dan, Allison (Billy's grandaughter), Billy, Tamara and Danny.

We got there in plenty of time, so we walked the grounds and played some games.

Danny tried his hand at fast pitch....

Billy and Allison throwing bean bags~

and Dan and Danny send 'em back....

Osceola and Renegade planting the flaming spear.

Game time~

Billy arranged for us to have our picture taken with Renegade and Osceola!! :)

Check out the garnet and gold fans....and that one couple about halfway down, near the left, wearing white...well, we happen to know them!! :) Hi Dan & Marilyn....from across the stands! :) :)

Kick off!!

The final score was 34-0 Seminoles!! :)

Billy treated us to supper at Olive Garden after the game. Mmmmm!

And then we stopped at Krispy Kreme and watched them make fresh, hot doughnuts....and were gifted a dozen to take home as well as a few to eat fresh right there!!

What a fun, family day! Thanks Billy!! :)

Wild Olive Tees

Has a giveaway till the 14th....check it out! It goes for a good cause!!

http://www.wildolivetees.com/so-loved-a-giveaway-to-remember/

This is our family 5 years ago.....August 2006.

I am so blessed to have 2 healthy, growing kids and a wonderful husband who loves me!!

I wanted to share this on facebook, but it says there is a problem with the image file....might have to try again tomorrow!

I am enjoying looking back at old pics I thought were lost forever when our computer crashed. I am so thankful for the computer savy guys who were able to save these!! :)

Today was our 5th day of school for the year! :) The children are really enjoying getting back into our My Father's World curriculum and it seems they don't even mind the Math at this point! :) They also LOVE their new spelling books. Not quite as excited about doing more writing....but our evaluator strongly encouraged it and I see it's worth!! :) Tamara loves to write on her own free will, not being forced to. Hoping this will help her enjoy it even more!!

Tonight I mowed the yard. It was starting to look like a regular field out there! I don't like that I saw a snake go slithering under the tomato plants....especially since I couldn't tell what kind it was! :P I was ready to come and stay in the house!!

Our pool is looking quite green. Poor hubby is overwhelmed with busyness right now and doesn't have time to take care of it....and I am not quite sure HOW to take care of it, so it is icky.....maybe the kids and I can conquer it tomorrow!??

I have a BIG prayer request.

Dan's boss got word that there is only 160 hours of money left for his position. No one in the "higher up" office seems to know anything about this, so we are praying it was a fluke in the system. If it was not, this means that our life is going to change!

Where this may take us and what this will involve, we don't know....but we are doing some investigating and offering lots of prayers for wisdom to know what the next step may be for our family.

Uncertain times always cause me to worry.....and I know that is wrong. I keep reminding myself tonight to leave this in God's hands....they are much, much more capable than my feeble thought processes or anything I attempt to do!

Pray with us, will you?

Parties~

Last weekend was a weekend of parties!!

Thursday night we were invited to Eric & Yolie's along with 4 other families to celebrate Ian's 5th birthday! :) Seems he was just a newborn!

He requested a cake that looked like a city, with Ironman on top of the one building! :) And that is what his mother and sister created!! Talented ladies, they are!

Friday night we had a Farewell party for two young guys who were working as summer interns at Gulf CI. They have been a blessing in the prison and I know God has big plans for them both!

Getting ready to start a rousing game of Taboo! :)

And then, Tie One On! :)

Lots of fun and noise!! :) Oh, and good food!!

Saturday afternoon we had a Bridal Shower for Allison. She just moved back from VA for the few weeks before her wedding. It was so good to see her smiling face again!!

And that was our weekend!! :)

Today we started History/Science/Bible along with Math and Spelling. We are studying Rome to the Reformation and it's been an interesting first day, already! The kids love My Father's World and I think I discovered that if we do that first, they don't mind doing Math so much! ;)

Have a good night~