Summertime

Hello everyone!  It's been a while.  It's been a busy summer.  Brett working 7 days a week (he and I are not a fan of that), busy being a mom and doing stuff with Thomas.  Boating, blueberry picking, pool fun, going to the cottage and just being goofy.  We've been having such a fun time, I just wish Brett didn't work so much so that he could join in some of our fun.....  I know his job wears on him (physically and mentally) and I know that he can't keep doing it forever, but for now, it is what it is.

Anyway, we had a great weekend of cottage and boating fun.  Saturday I took Thomas to my grandparents cottage.   We took the pontoon boat out to the "party" cove/sand dune.  It's a nice spot to park.  It's kinda beachy but it's shallow enough that the kids can play in the water and everyone can go swimming.  I think the water was the warmest it's been in a LONG time.  We were there for a good couple/3 hours and really didn't leave the water.  It was great.  Brett came for dinner and it was a nice end to the day.

Sunday was boating fun for all at Hardy.  Except that our boat decided to take a poop on us. :(  It needs a new impellar. That sucks.  Kinda funny how it started though.  We were taking off and Dusty was with us.  We thought we smelled barbeque and it smelled good.  Then it started to smell more like rubber on fire, yeah, it was our boat.  So, Joe and Rose gave us a tow to party cove.  Except that they towed us all the way to the back, it felt like we were doing the "walk of shame" into the cove....embarrassing.  But anyway, it ended up being a good day.  We were in the water most of the day, Thomas had soooo much fun.  It was nice to spend the whole day with each other and our friends.

So, in other news, I bought a daily meditations book.  I've been feeling a void, and whenever I feel a void, prayer helps.  But, I didn't know what to say, so I thought if I had something to give me a kind of "push" or starting point, it would help.  It has.  I came across this verse the other day and thought I'd share it:

"No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone.  God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it."  1 Corinthians 10:13

It just spoke to me and I thought I'd share.

Also, I've been doing some photo editing and photo taking.  I've added these below, I think it's fun and I find a lot of joy in it.  It's an outlet for me to express who I am as a person and for me to be creative.  Enjoy!!!