Gifts from Julie and Stanton's garden upon return from Yellowstone vacation!
2 1/2 laundry baskets full of fresh picked corn yields:
28 Quarts of Corn
Green peppers and zucchini from garden yields chopped and frozen peppers andshredded zucchini for quick & easy cooking in the fall and winter!
This foam project mess (and it got MUCH worse) yielded :(See below)
these darling pictures!Shredded zucchini yields cookies for the neighbors.
A cute face and sweet disposition yields MANY hugs and kisses from Grandma!
Thinking "outside the phase 10 box" yields a teepee, a picture frame, a face, and a stop sign.
There is more than one way to play cards!
There is more than one way to play cards!
A planned trip down to Julie's worked out doubly well when Greg left on a business trip to Greeley and Julie's corn all ripened at the same time. I left yesterday morning and came home tonight tired but happy to have had the time with my beautiful youngest daughter, her husband and four darling kids. Though we worked our buns off ( I only wish that were possible!), we accomplished a great deal and I had a wonderful time in the process. I am increasingly in awe of the overwhelming job it is to be a stay-at-home mom and the nurturer of these amazing, but very demanding little people. It takes a boatload of fortitude to get up every morning and face the day with so many responsibilities and demands on your every minute and several little people spouting "MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM" a thousand times a day (that is probably not too much of an exaggeration). I know I did it many years ago but my daughters (which includes my daughter-in-law) seem to do it a little better than I remember doing it. They all have their "moments" and freely admit them but I am truly in awe of the marvelous wives and mothers they are. I don't beat myself up over the fact that I should have done better, however, because in spite of my failings they have grown into remarkable adults! I hope it is okay to take just a little credit for that! But believe me, I am acutely aware who it is that "makes up the difference" and I will ever be in His debt.
1 comment:
Holy cow, you guys worked your tail ends off. It looked like a lot of work combined with a lot of fun. Loved the foam projects made by the kids. WHat a great idea.
Post a Comment