Annual Sarah visit

As has become our tradition, we ventured over the mountains to visit my childhood friend Sarah and her husband Nick.  On the way to visit their growing family...we spotted this turkey family!!

As ever, it was a joy to spend time with them.  They are both fabulous with children...and my kids love them!  Emma enjoyed smashing strawberries and helping make dessert.

And true to form...we took our picture on their lovely front porch...even waiting out a rainstorm to do so.  (That was actually God's timing....putting us behind that storm instead of in it!)

Speaking of form and God's timing...Sarah looked fabulous for a nine month pregnant gal...and this child is much prayed for and proof that God's timing is always best.  As I write this it is the due date for that baby to arrive...although, baby's tend to make their own decisions on these things...

I am so excited to meet this little one!

Home again...

Morning walks are my favorite part of vacation....Sooo peaceful and perfect...

I love the routine specialness of it (oxymoron)...and...

...I love sharing my childhood summer memories with my kids.

Ahhhhh....now, I must get back to my Indiana mountains...of laundry.

Vacation...

See yas later...

Sew Saturday: Peg Bear Secrets...

Little Emmer bean stuffed and I sewed...

And together we secretly assembled...

...a peg bear of love!

I promise a full reveal after he's been delivered and baby belly has been patted.

Happy Fourth!!!

"You may allow me to vote, own property, and associate freely in the public square in every other way. But if you do not permit me to speak and to act on those beliefs about ultimate reality that define who I am and why I am on this earth, then the other freedoms mean little. In a very real sense, then, all human freedoms depend on the freedom of religion."  ~Thomas Farr 

More Pictures with photo filters...

Took some great pictures last night during our sunset stroll after a Daddy was done working!!! Ahhhh...

This pic was tough to take...because little heads kept looking and toes kept sinking...

A sweet passer by took an awesome picture.  Thank you kind stranger!!!

Lover brains climbing the rocks with the Sweet Boobahs!!

MI Hodgepodge

Blogging from MI would be easier if I'd remembered my keyboard... Argh!

1.  Speaking of 180...when was the last time you 'did a 180' on something?

I'm better at making a 180 in attitude...especially as far as seeing business trips as an excuse for 
adventure and following and loving my Loverbrains.  I wish I'd done a 180 yesterday cuz I have a wind burn on my left side only...duh.

2. It's Independence Week in the US of A! What's your favorite thing about America right this very minute? Favorites only! Let's hear what you love about America.

Nothing shows your love of USA than blowing up a small piece of it....bwahaha!  We really love setting off small fireworks in our cul de sac with our neighbors.  They are super safety type people....which makes something dangerous great fun!!!

3. Stars or stripes? Red, white, or blue? Watermelon, homemade vanilla ice cream, or blueberry pie?

Blueberry pie!

4. When did you last see stars, figuratively speaking?

My son brought his head up under my chin in the pool....just glad my tongue wasn't between my teeth!

5.  'Clear as a bell', 'with bells on',  'lots of bells and whistles', 'saved by the bell'...which phrase 'rings' truest for you lately?  Have you ever seen The Liberty Bell?

Never seen the Liberty Bell...unless it was when I was young and I've forgotten.  Clear as a bell...we enjoyed hearing church bells ring in a small MI. Town this morning!!

6. Are you caught up in World Cup fever? Have you watched a lot or a little or none at all?

Observed the bummed USA fans this AM at breakfast...It is fun to watch...I especially love the 

goalies!!  Wow.

7. Bid farewell to June in 10 words or less.

Enough with the humidity already!!  Bring on the tomatoes!!

8.  Insert your own random thought here.
Tried out the baby powder method to remove wet sand upon beach exit...ahhhhmazing!!!