On the 4th of July we went to my best friends house to celebrate our country's freedom. Tammy took our family picture out in the their backyard.  It is very hard to get 9 people to all look at once!...lol

We are so very thankful for the inch of rain that we got yesterday!!!! We watched our yard start turning green.  For real, you could actually see it coming back to green!!!!!

My bestest friend came today and took Josiah's 4 yr pictures.  She did such an excellent job!!  This is just one of them.

We are having a busy summer.  Im starting to can beans. The kids are sssooo excited about that.  NOT!!!...lol  That is not their favorite job!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer

This is the cabin that we stayed in while we were on vacation last week in Tennessee.  We had an awesome time.  The weather was PERFECT!!!!. We went to the Ripleys Aquarium, Cades Cove, Clingmans Dome...Katelyn, my Mother-in-law and I went to the Titanic Museum.  Katelyn has studied alot about that and it was a wonderful museum.  It was very well done.  I really enjoyed it. On our last full day there we went to a creek along side the road and had a blast playing in the water!!!!.  AND WE SAW A BEAR!!!....That was what we were all waiting for!!...LOL.  Im so glad that we were able to go!!!

This is my birthday boy doing his science project for this year.  Jip turns 13 today.  I am so very proud of him!!!!!  Happy Birthday, Jip, I love you very much!!

Today is my little baby boys birthday.  Can't believe that he is 4 yrs old already!!  He is such a funny little guy and I can't imagine life without him!!!....Happy Birthday, Josiah!!!

We are officially out of school now!!...And Katelyn and I  painted her room yesterday and today.  Can't believe how fast this year has gone!!!....Not much going on here except grocery shopping this evening.....lol...and pizza night!!

Well, last night we went to Katelyn's 8th grade award ceremony.  I was so very proud of her.  She won the highest award for 8th grade, the American Legion Award.  And she won several other awards, too.  Im so proud of all the hard work she puts into her school work. 

I can't believe that school is almost over.  It will be over tomorrow.  Then we will all be home together.  Which I do enjoy. 

Hope everyone has a beautiful day today.  I am planning on posting some pictures of our house soon.  I try to take pictures of the place every year.