Sorry it has been a bit since I posted. My computer decided it had served its useful life. Thankfully Matt was able to recover everything and install a new hard drive. I’m so glad he knows about that kind of stuff. I am clueless!

It is harvest time around here for many things. Our house is abounding with potatoes, fresh peaches, and sweet corn. YUM! You get spoiled when you’re the pastor’s family. Everyone seems to enjoy sharing their crops with us.

We went school supply shopping a couple days ago. That was fun – our first experience with that! Even Christian has a school supply list this year. So their backpacks are all packed up and ready to go for the first day of school – which is Aug 22nd. Both Christian and Ryan have seperate registration days coming up. Then the first day is only from 8:20 – 11:00 – Ryan only. Then the next day – Ryan’s Birthday – school starts full force.

Dane learned to walk down the stairs this week, so he has a whole new space to explore and get into trouble in…. Ryan and Christian are kind of disappointed their hide-out has been invaded. He used to go up and down the stairs all the time at our old house, but these stairs are hard tile – not carpeted, so he wasn’t willing to try them out for a long time. I guess he finally got brave…

Ryan and Christian did swim lessons this week. The baby-sitter we had the other night also teaches private swim lessons at the local pool. However, one day she had to cancel due to a family emergency and then one day it rained, so they have to have two make-up days sometime soon.

We went to pick corn yesterday at one of the congregation member’s farm. The heat is back on here, so it was HOT but the kids had a good time. I forgot the camera, but did try to capture a few pics on my cell phone. I haven’t checked them out yet to see if they turned out. If they did I’ll post them later. We were also going to pick raspberries, but we couldn’t find the place. I think they took their sign down – perhaps the season is over… If our memory is correct the place was near the fairgrounds, so the fairgoers probably did them in.

Well, tomorrow Uncle John arrives for a visit until Wednesday. I’m off to clean the house a bit. Matt mowed the lawn this morning, but everyone else has stayed inside for the most part. It is 99 degrees and humid. YUCK. It’s supposed to be that way for a few more days and then cool off again. We seem to be getting in a routine of 4-5 days of weather like this and then 4-5 days of thunderstorms and then it repeats itself. Although, fair week turned out to be rather pleasant.

Oh, and Snickers – the kitty – STILL hasn’t had those kittens! I thought for sure they would have been born by now. Maybe she’s overdue??? She sits on your lap and you can feel the kittens kicking in there like crazy. I feel kind of sorry for her.

Well, I better get some cleaning done before Dane wakes up from his nap.
C-