Hello, everyone!! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer. Ours is going well...we're just staying busy!
We've been working on getting things ready for the upcoming school year. We'll start back the day after Labor Day. I have some friends whose children are going back the first week of August...not much of a summer break there!
Next week our church will be having VBS. Dave from Animal Alley Ministries is going to be here. We've had him a couple times before, and he does a great job with the kids. He brings all kinds of exotic animals and uses them in Bible lessons. However, when he brings out the tarantula I am GONE! After the lesson, we have volunteers who are going to help with crafts and snacks. I have great memories of VBS when I was growing up, and I hope these kids will too. :)
In other news, Katie started a Facebook page recently, so I figured I had put mine off long enough. I've had a lot of fun catching up with my friends and family that I haven't seen in years! I never really thought about how many people I knew until I started looking around. There's my friends from school, friends from different churches, and since my mom and dad both come from large families, there is no short supply of aunts and uncles and cousins! The whole process has made me feel kind of old, but everybody else is getting old along with me, so that's just the way it is, isn't it??
I hope you're all staying cool. Our temperature right now at 2:15PM is 93°, and the heat index is 112°! I hung out some clothes this morning, and it was horribly hot already. I think I'm going to put laundry off for a couple of days until this heat wave is over. Tomorrow the forecast is for 102° with a heat index of 120°. Needless to say, we are staying inside with the air conditioning!
Here are some pictures of our flowers this year. We've been enjoying them when it doesn't feel like an oven outside.
We've been working on getting things ready for the upcoming school year. We'll start back the day after Labor Day. I have some friends whose children are going back the first week of August...not much of a summer break there!
Next week our church will be having VBS. Dave from Animal Alley Ministries is going to be here. We've had him a couple times before, and he does a great job with the kids. He brings all kinds of exotic animals and uses them in Bible lessons. However, when he brings out the tarantula I am GONE! After the lesson, we have volunteers who are going to help with crafts and snacks. I have great memories of VBS when I was growing up, and I hope these kids will too. :)
In other news, Katie started a Facebook page recently, so I figured I had put mine off long enough. I've had a lot of fun catching up with my friends and family that I haven't seen in years! I never really thought about how many people I knew until I started looking around. There's my friends from school, friends from different churches, and since my mom and dad both come from large families, there is no short supply of aunts and uncles and cousins! The whole process has made me feel kind of old, but everybody else is getting old along with me, so that's just the way it is, isn't it??
I hope you're all staying cool. Our temperature right now at 2:15PM is 93°, and the heat index is 112°! I hung out some clothes this morning, and it was horribly hot already. I think I'm going to put laundry off for a couple of days until this heat wave is over. Tomorrow the forecast is for 102° with a heat index of 120°. Needless to say, we are staying inside with the air conditioning!
Here are some pictures of our flowers this year. We've been enjoying them when it doesn't feel like an oven outside.
Two different colors of Rose of Sharon
Lily
Salvia
This is my very special stepping stone
Katie made for me several years ago.
Our tomato plants have done really well this year. We've had a good amount of rain to keep them growing. I'm anxious for them to get ripe! One of my favorite things is a sandwich made with fresh tomatoes and mayonnaise. Mmm Mmm.
Last but not least, is there anyone else out there who understands that these next two items are absolute 'must haves' in the summertime?? Katie and I would be a miserable pair without them!
Mosquitoes just love us!
Fortunately for Lee, they mostly leave him alone.
Hope you're enjoying your summer.
Thanks for stopping by. :)
Take care,
~Melanie
Last but not least, is there anyone else out there who understands that these next two items are absolute 'must haves' in the summertime?? Katie and I would be a miserable pair without them!
Mosquitoes just love us!
Fortunately for Lee, they mostly leave him alone.
Hope you're enjoying your summer.
Thanks for stopping by. :)
Take care,
~Melanie
