fruit, friends and moving forward

Now that we've made it through the rainy weather this week it's about time for the new season. I just love Fall. I get out my big bins full of fall decor and begin to place it around the house and eagerly look forward to the brisk, coolness in the air ahead when I can sit out on my front porch and read in the morning. With a hot cup of tea. Mmmm...I just know we're moving into a new season in many ways.

This week the boys have been a little sick. I took them to our family doctor and they had bronchitis and a sinus infection, plus Garrett had some kind of intestinal virus...ick! But after a few days of bed rest, they are both much better now.

Since eating didn't sound like a super idea to them, I decided to get some fresh fruit to tempt them into eating a bit. So, for breakfast this week we enjoyed fruit, homemade bread and hot tea or OJ. I had the tea and they had the OJ.The watermelon was especially delicious this year. We found one at a good price and ended up eating all of it in 2 days. The cantaloupe was sweet and the apples were crisp. I think this helped the boys to feel better.

These photos were taken a couple of weeks ago...Micaylah with her friend Caila. They were having pizza and enjoying a time of fun playing dolls.

Brookelyn and Micaylah are making homemade wheat bread together. I asked Micaylah if she would make some bread and Brookelyn came into the kitchen and said, "I want to make some bread too! " So they spent the afternoon baking AND eating fresh, hot bread. Friends are like flowers...they are homegrown! Silly girls, 'tricks are for kids!!!' Remember that old cereal advertisement! Austin and Nathan are having a great time slip-n-slidin'. One day a few weeks ago, Bridget came over and we canned tomatoes. She brought Nathan and he and Austin had a great afternoon. Tanner, Trevor, Jody and Garrett are having a real bad time of it, with basketball. You never know what they will grow up to become. They are great with the younger guys! Thanks!

Well, we've covered the friends and the fruit...what about the moving forward? It's a new season and we know that all things work together for the good to them who are the called according to his purpose. Sometimes things happen and we know exactly why. Isn't that a nice feeling? And thank God we don't have to live in our feeling "world". It's not always that we have good feelings. We would be in bondage! Then, at other times things happen and we have absolutely no idea why. Our feelings betray us and we have to remember that God has been where we are. We must look to him. We must move forward and press toward the mark of the high calling. Moving on, moving up and moving forward into our new season.