Father's Day at PK

FATHER'S day is again at PK....(exactly the same place last year!)
*16 people,

*bright neon yellow waterproof cast

("don't worry, if it gets dark, I'll just hold up my arm!")

*Nerf dart gun war instead of big sticks
*fishing on the dock till wee hours of morning

*KG, Ried, and Ry got up and TRAVELed on the skis!!!

*Big guys on BIG TUBES and

*BIG fish!!!

*secret recipe bait

*EE and I hang out and play...

not much longer and she gets to join the lake fun!!!

(I cherish the time that I get to be "my Tahtee by my Pieya!")

Watching out for any "bad guys"... notice the weapons that are probably more than 40 years old!

Eric gave them to Em and El many many years ago... and here they are yet again in the hands of able bodied and READY warriors!

Encouragement everywhere~~
"This is how my dad taught me!"
(Mom is back at the house on this run!!!...
perhaps better to see it after they come home all in one piece???)

Time for a single run!

You never know who is watching...

waiting, and learning from "your turn"!

I think the special recipe was most enticing to some rather large carp!

Fun to catch, but NO we don't eat them!!!

Our potatoes were terrific with the help of two tiny almost 2 year old hands helping!

"Just exacly WHY are we over in this boat with the girls PopT?"

Happy Father's Day guys....

It was a weekend of guys being guys, and girls being girls!!!

Always good to know just who we are

AND

Who we are TO those coming behind us!

Thanks Nana and Pop for having the foresight

(vision beyond one's own)

to plant us at PK! We still love it!

Birthdays, Storms and WILDlife

Em turns 32,

Wibby turns 30 and

Moosey is 33...

the beginnings of our June birthday month is always a busy, fun time!

Strawberry cake and Mexican pile-ons for Em!
The Lord puts people into our lives at exactly the right times...
There are friends through the years that have NO replacements,
then there are friends brought into our lives that fit just right and also
have no replacements... simply because it is the LORD'S hands that tie those
heart strings (right Nancy? Karen? Di? Debby? Susan? and all the rest of you I love so dearly!)
I get to see it once again as it happens with my "children"... the beautiful seasons and
the gifts of God!
Wibby chooses Italian cream and has the perfect helper to blow out his candles!
YES... this is the LAST cast... off the end of July! Thank YOU Jesus!

At each event..... children.... everywhere CHILDREN!!!
This year there are no lap babies, or even crawlers or toddlers...
BIG KIDS... and notice that big white lady in the middle!!!
Scarlett absolutely loves her backyard in the summer... FULL of kids in the pool
and fun... she patrols and licks and loves every moment! Yes, she's still with us even though
we can now see the results of the osteo sarcoma diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago! AMAZING~

Jeff gets key lime pie and snickerdoodle cookies.... then such a Moosey b'day
off to the fishing hole!
TS catches his first catfish, and how many times did I see one or another daddy
in this exact circumstance???
Untangling fishing line, something immediately identifiable to outdoor adventuring dads!

God's creative genius brought several gifts from nature to our June beginnings...
Notice what Troy found in the middle of the supply barn.

Then as we get to see how little Morgan Samuel has grown,
Aden shows me a track in the sandbox!
Yes, we know the red lady... she has a litter of kits in the hills.
Little did I know when I took this picture that she would RAID my
guinea coop and destroy 10 of my 12 guineas...
YES... I was MAD!!! and so very sad....
but I cannot say that I didn't know this was a possibility!

I am hoping that the surviving 2 will make it to maturity so that they can do

the work that Guineas do best!
Search and Destroy speed freaks when it comes to bugs, grasshoppers, spiders, and even weeds!

They are the perfect "green" answer to a chemical infested world!

SJ has a run-in with the monkey bars, and gets a rather unwelcome addition to the
beginning of summer...
But signing the cast is fun! and now, he has a replacement!
NEON YELLOW and WATERPROOF!
Summer plans are back on!

Swimming pool and Lake... here we come!

I must say that the stunning storms that began this month rolled across our lands with
devastating force, BUT
I must also say that in their wake,
Flowers are blooming and grass is greener than I can remember in a long time.
Even the almost dry tanks are beginning to recharge, and
I think even the dryness in my heart that I've felt for awhile is subsiding!
Thank YOU FATHER for YOUR GRACE and KINDNESS to me!

Yet again, I remember

"every good and perfect gift comes down from the FATHER of LIFE"!

and BTW.... Happy Father's Day this Sunday....

so many of you Daddies.... and YOU, my Dad have shown me glimpses of what my LORD is!

Thank you all!!!! be blessed!