110/365 07/16/09 Playing with my camera and Rachel (Happy Birthday Jackie!)

109/365 07/15/09 Feeding the Ducks

Went to feed the ducks at the lake....they were so hungry!!

108/365 07/14/09 Beach in Granbury.

We went to the "beach" in Granbury on the lake. It was so nice and we had so much fun playing in the water and sand with the kids. Rachel saw the palm trees that were there and had no idea that we were not at the "real" beach!!

They had so much fun playing with Big Daddy.

It was a good day!!

107/365 07/13/09 A week with my sweet Rachel

Lance and Jackie have gone on vacation and I get to keep Rachel all week!!! Today we played and Drew came over they watched Charlotte's Web.

106/365 07/12/09 Home

Home from the scrapbook retreat.....got alot done and had a good time.

105/365 07/10/09 Gone Scrapbooking.....

104/365 07/08/09 Monarchs.

103/365 Another critter from the garden...

THIS was on my dill plant!!

102/365 07/07/09 Butterfly!

Wish I wouldn't have cut off his wing...

Chased this butterfly all over my backyard and finally he landed on on of my coneflowers.

101/365 07/06/09 Last Night of Esther Study

Last night with my Esther Bible study group--Shari, Julie and Ashley.... we finished all 10 weeks and celebrated with a dinner.

100/365 07/05/09 Hard Working Man!

My hard working man....planted many plants to finish our front flower bed today!! I've been wanting it done for about a year and we just couldn't decide what we wanted to plant--so we just went to Lowe's and picked out some things we liked and Mike planted it all. It was a very hot and hard job but it looks so pretty....and I'm so happy that it's done....

99/365 07/04/09 Happy 4th of July

98/365 07/03/09 AWESOME FIREWORKS!!

Went to the BEST firework show I've EVER seen tonight at Canyon West Golf Course outside of Weatherford. They were SO close and SO pretty.......

97/365 07/02/09 Hico Bible Study Lunch

Today I went to the FBC in Hico to meet with my old bible study group. This group is made up of several women, most who are older ladies in the 70's, who are so strong in their faith. I did studies with them for 5 or 6 years (before we moved) and they have taught me, inspired me, advised me, prayed for me and I miss them very much. It was great to see them today.

96/365 Done!!! Pickles Finished!!

After washing, slicing, soaking in pickling lime overnight, soaking in ice water 3 hours, soaking in the syrup for 5 hours, and then boiling for 45 minutes and putting into hot jars and sealing---we are finished!!! I had a great time learning (although the boiling vinegar mixture smelled up the house and the fumes burned my eyes to tears) but it was well worth it!

95/365 06/30/09 Going to Mom's to Make PIckles!!

Seven pounds of cucumbers bought --ready to go to Mom's to make her (and grandma's) sweet pickles. I have been wanting to do this for 3 or 4 years. I want to learn how to do it and to spend time with Mom.

Almost there.... I love this part of the road to their house........

94/365 06/29/09 Dinner at Rosa's

Tonight I met my friend Julie for dinner at Rosa's before Bible Study. We had a great visit and decided that we would start a new study called "The Creative Call". I'm really excited.