Passing Through

One of my sorority sister's from OSU who lives in Tulsa has a son T.'s age that is looking to play college soccer. He flew into Cville yesterday to go to JMU to a soccer camp today so T. and Em. picked him up at the airport. They had fun showing him around and talking sports and such.......It was such fun to have him here and to think that Jo Ann and I met when we were not much older than they are many years ago....

Dairy Queen Sunday

A cone on a Sunday afternoon from Dairy Queen is a very important summer ritual.........especially if you sat still during Church.

Farmer's Market

This is where I spend my saturday mornings in the summer............

July 4th

Happy July 4th! For some reason it is taking longer and longer for my pictures to upload to blogger........20 minutes last night for just 2 pictures. Just haven't had that kind of time today. We all went to yoga as a family this morning..........very interesting. My boys are more stiff than I am. The instructor spent extra time with T. afterwards showing him some hip strengthening exercises. We spent the 4th at a friends house who had multiple fireworks going on from a neighbor and a nearby country club. We watched them as we sat on her back porch eating. It was lovely....the best way to watch fireworks.............no crowds. E. and J. and I tried to sing all the "America" songs we could think of............E. was actually great coming up with them. I think we had 5.....Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, God Bless America, This Land is My Land, and My Country tis of Thee...............I made deviled eggs and a brownie torte to take.............but today, Saturday, we are still celebrating and will cook the brisket I have been marinating for 3 days...........can't wait!

Lazy Day

Just doing nothing with J. today...............he watered the flowers and asked if I had more bushes he could pull out.......

My Boys Again......

I can't tell you how big these bushes originally were, you should see the 7 ft. pile of limbs I chopped off, or how long they have been in this yard..........possibly 38 years.. T. is amazing getting them out...........and J. watched every bit of the way..........he broke 2 shovels on this job and had to go buy a new one.........T. left to have lunch with a friend and J. was determined that HE would get the last bush out and collect the money himself...........after all, he had watched his brother do it 5 times. At 7:00 tonight, the little dickens had gotten that bush out..........He had 7 tools down there, took several breaks, but he actually did it...........we were shocked.. He couldn't wait for T. to get home to show him.

These Boys

These boys are working so hard in my yard today. Of course, I am paying them.