GOT A MINUTE OR TWO

+ We have a window ledge outside the front door.  I try to decorate it with the seasons.  The last time I was shopping I saw this Sunflower and thought it would look lovely on the ledge.  This can carry over to Fall. During the summer heat, we have been enjoying salads for dinner. This one is a combination of veggies and fruit on lettuce.  Topped off with boiled eggs, beets, shredded cheese and a few crackers. This one is very similar, but I added a little more protein with strips of leftover port roast, avocado, and cucumber slices.   Two other salads we enjoy are potato salad, and pasta salad.  What are your favorite summer salads.

  Since I'm still figuring out how to do things on my new computer, and since my original blog layout is messed up, I will use this lovely beach picture for my header until I figure it out.  I love this scene, as my heart has always loved the beach. We were fortunate to serve in a Missionary Church is Santa Barbara for six years.  Our youngest daughter Jill was born there.  The three older siblings were school age, so every morning when I would drop off the children at school, I would head to the beach. Put Jill under my sweatshirt and nurse her and she would fall asleep to the sound of the waves. Those are my treasured memories of Santa Barbara. Fast forward...... Jill as an adult, has always lived by the ocean, whether San Diego, Encinitas, or Brooking OR, she never lost the sound of those early waves.   I'm going to keep the picture as my header, but now you know the story behind it! picture/googleimages.com

  Wishing all my blogger friends a wonderful 250 Year Anniversary of our county.  God bless America and keep us true to Your WORD.

Our first great grandson, Issac just celebrated graduation from High School and off to college.   He is a very disciplined and devoted young man, proving it by getting a wrestling scholarship to USC San Francisco.  He will be leaving the nest soon, and we will all miss his sweet face and great personality.  Here he is with his awards, proving that he deserved the scholarship.  We will be praying for him as San Francisco would not be my first pick for him to live.  He also had an offer in Tennessee, but that would have but him so far from home. We are very proud of him, and praying God puts a hedge of protection around him, and that he will excel in the sport he loves.   

Being without a computer there is a lot of catching up to do.  Our daughter Jill and grandson Tristan were able to visit for a week in June to celebrate his 13th birthday and the graduation of our great grandson from High School. (I'll save that for another post)  Tristan is proving he is taller than Grandma.  Yes, at 13 he is taller and proving to be a great fisherman.  I've shared some of those pictues.  Our youngest daughter Jill and Tristan at the beach.  Aunt Michel took them shopping and to the beach and Uncle Myk took him bogie boarding.  They grow up so fast, and since they live in Oregon we don't get to see them that often. It wasn't so long ago, that grandpa was helping Tristan.  Now Tristan is helping grandpa to the car as we all went to church together.  That was a blessing. Jill and her Daddy.  Being the youngest she was always special, (ask her older siblings, HaHa) Also because she is the only one that got my "red hair"....

  It's quite amazing how much you miss blogging and visiting your friends when your computer dies and you lose your dashboard.  I felt so lost.  Reminded me how much we depend on technology.  I love the new computer, but I have much to learn, so bear with me as I learn how get my blog the way I want it. But for now, let me share a few pictures that I haven't been able to do.  My dearest and I celebrated 65 years of marriage on June 24th. It was a personal and private celebration since we had all been together with birthdays and graduations a couple weeks back.  We decided on lunch at Sizzler.  When the waitress found out it was our anniversary, she brought carrot cake and ice cream and took our picture.  This was my dessert before I knew we were going to get the special Anniversary dessert.   We took the carrot cake home and enjoyed it later. My dearest knows how to build a salad.  He was a happy camper. He is having his struggles, ...