Summer is here!

So, has summer arrived where you are? We got summer, here in Southern Maryland, just in time for Easter! What a beautiful day is was, to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior!

I wish I could add some pictures to show you all how gorgeous this particular day was, but still, our camera is disabled - as is our bank account! Ha! So, you'll have to imagine the million shades of spring greens and the lovely pinks and purples of flowering trees and vines. Don't forget the smell of wisteria floating around on the buzzing wings of bees and butterflies! So lovely a day to celebrate! We spent the morning at church, and then ran home to finish the preparation that was our part of a three-family Easter meal, to be had in the afternoon. Wheat and Daiy free Peanut Butter Cookies, Sweet Potato Biscuits, Apple Cashew Coleslaw and last but certainly not least was our homegrown ham! This was the last 1/2 ham from the pig we raised last year. "Bacon", as was his name, was SO good! (No worries though, we'll be well stocked this year, as we just got two new pigs to raise for food! - The kids named them Ham and Turkey!)

The garden is just about ready for the starts and seeds to go in the ground, and we are already anicipating the juicy warm tomatos straight from the garden, as well as the green beans and peas. Cucumbers and squash, lettuce and spinach, beets and carrots too!

School is becoming harder and harder to focus on, as the days go by, and the sun comes out brighter and warmer each day. Our days are full of school, and church activities, and doctor appointments and well, life. We are so blessed to have to such "Friend Family" around us here, who help us to know how to enjoy the area we are in to it's fullest. We are pleased to have new friends to add to that list all the time. As we anticipate a move coming by the end of the year, we are cleaning out and decluttering - just a little bit at a time. Trying to enjoy the time we can spend out doors before it turns super hot and humid!

Well, I could go on and on, but like I said before . . . there is a doctor appointment with the name ward on it, in the not too far distant future. See you here again soon!