Thursday

 

Chicken wrangling

Baseball

Gardening

Drivers Ed

Basketball

Pond swimming

Hanging with Friends

Favored Farmhouse consigning

Merit, Willem, and I went blue berry picking yesterday - before it got too hot. oh my gosh the berries are delicious. Some blueberries we recently purchased were zapped by the heat so we did not have high expectations for these, but they are so good. 

We plan to get to the museum soon. And Hazel and Oren are thinking the water park sounds fun! 

Regionals for River Dog is close to home this year! Ephrata! It has been fun. 

The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10

The Lord also will be a refuge... in times of trouble. Psalm 9:9

Goodness in pictures

 

Peace and Truth

 I have been seeing old men walking out of the grocery store with shorts and compression socks, knee high. This heat stinks if you have swelling issues. I bought Natasha some stylish compression socks (if there is such a thing) before their Florida trip several months ago.

Tasha is my bucket list beauty. What is amazing about her is that she is not trying to cross things off of just her own bucket list. She is trying to help me cross things off of mine, others too quite possibly.

Tony's Tavern in Custer, Wa will be a bucket list cross off this August.

Yesterday was a rough day. My sisters sent me a picture, it was of them on a walk out by Tasha and Reese's, out by my dad's, out where I grew up. The picture hit me in several ways. I missed that area. I missed my sisters. There was a light heartedness in their eyes, genuine smiles.  I realized nothing had been light hearted for a bit. I was not letting my heart, my soul, my mind, just be. Be in kind conversation, exploration, joy - it is okay to not worry about the next detail. 

Funny how powerful that all felt yesterday.

Ohhhh! Today while thrifting. I bought Books 1, 2 and 3 of Nancy Drew! 

The boys found a Tom Hanks movie they have never seen! 

I love this verse today;

I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6

The Blues and the River Dogs

summer ball is just this hot, fun, busy gift that requires a lot of juggling, sandwich making, dirty laundry and most of all fun

I spend a good portion of my days trying to figure out where I should be and when.

There is always room for improvement. I am happy to say we got to watch Willem play in Idaho Saturday and Merit in Pullman yesterday. 

Today, Merit is in Pullman and Willem is in Rathdrum, Idaho again. It takes a village, ours is incredible.

 

Fun at home, the Favored Farmhouse

 The silliness of home! 

I am having a really good time consigning at the Favored Farmhouse! Thank you for the support! 

#shoplocal

#beinspired

There is a lot of new merchandise there! Pillows, signs, purses, wallets, candles, clothing, earrings, baby items, essential oils...

There is also a lot of gently used and vintage! Kitchen items, signs, childrens clothing, home decor, baskets, frames, candle holders...

I have not had a lot of time to thrift and hunt but have found moments here and there and have done a little re-stocking this week. The chickens were hard for me to part with!! 

Have a terrific weekend. 

4th of July weekend

Talk about fun

Port Angeles, Washington

Getting here was no easy feat, on several levels

Vance, Willem, Hazel, and Oren were lucky enough to head up to King Salmon, Alaska to stay at his uncle's fish camp. Vance and I struggled with making plans for the dog, cat, chickens and garden as we planned to leave in 115 heat. The heat was getting to our brains and our planning stunk. We decided to board Nellie and asked our friend Maria to do a check in on everything else here. 

Nellie was not up to date on vaccinations and so many vets were booked a week plus out. Well, some awesome clinic fit us in. Soooo, she was ready to be boarded. 

People told me the drive to Port Angeles was 6 hours, Vance thought 4.5. Merit, Seth (baseball buddy), and I left Thursday at noon. We hit TERRIBLE traffic and I hoped to get the boys to the game by the second inning. (lol, it was bad but not that bad) 

We get there and I am stressed. It took us 6.5 hours, we were in stop and go traffic for 90 minutes. I open my car door and oh my goodness! Cooler temps and the most glorious ocean breeze!!

All of a sudden the stress that led to the trip escaped me and I was at possibly the most beautiful ball park I had ever been to. I was not sweating through my shirt anymore. I was wearing jeans. This was oh so welcomed. 

Beach nights were amazing. 

This kid of mine, this 18 year old, is moving out in two months. It makes me cry thinking about it. 

I don't wear mascara anymore. 

So, a vacay like this, well it was so amazingly good. They made it to the championship!!! We took second, played hard, and came home smiling. 

And getting pics from the rest of the gang in Alaska, well, there was no doubt they were having an incredible time!! 

They get home today!!

He was disappointed in his pitching performance. 

He did great. 

He is the kind of person who always wants to get better and be  better. 

We got home and he had me throwing whiffle balls in the front yard and we worked on pick off moves.  

 

 Today was a day of considering those with physical limitations. 

My heart sunk, it broke a little. 

And then I remembered that beautiful gift of encouragement and prayer. 

Wow. Some kids show a dedication and postitive attitude that is so contagious. So beautiful. And some of these kids have physical limitations. 

I see this and it is hard and it is inspiring, all at the same moment. 

Then I thought of my friend Jolene's daughter Katherine who has physical limitations after a car accident she was in over one year ago. She has very real physical limitations. In addition to this she has a range of struggles. These struggles are big and they are daunting and they are real and they require prayer. 

I know our God is so capable of healing and that is why I pray often for restored bodies! For healing and yes for miracles. 

Please pray with me. 

I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6

He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will quiet you with His love.  Zepheniah 3:17

HAPPY TUESDAY!

Sweet tea

Frozen veggies for the chickens

Pond swims

Braving the HIGH temps!

 

Monday

 This team is awesome. 

Both Merit and Willem had a good weekend of baseball. 

We found good mixed in with the hard this weekend. 

And the heat, oh the heat! 

Walk in love... Ephesians 5:2

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 19:105