June Fun

This is such a fun time in our kids lives. Now that school is out, Elisabeth has found the joys of friends. She doesn't like hanging around the house with the boys. She has been going almost every day to friends' houses. She and Ian both had friends over for sleep overs last night. Alex had a sleep over the night before. Alex is getting ready to go Chicago for a week to be with his two cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Tomorrow I sing in the praise team... I sure enjoy that. The opportunity to serve, to lead God's people in worship, the camaraderie of being a part of the team, all of it! I hope I'm not too tired. I worked like a dog yesterday and today. Yesterday I power washed the deck and redid the garden fence and enlarged the lawn area. Today after cleaning up the house and doing some shopping, I took the doors of the barn and painted the hinges black and the edge pieces white.

The Heart - A Poem

The heart sings joy
It quakes with fright
It trembles with anticipation

It's racked by sobs
It's drowned in tears
It soars with accomplishment
It revels in victory

Yet when it aches...
The pain is beyond knowing,
When doubt, fear or shame touch it
Abandon hope and chew pain's bitter pill.

My house, is a very, very, very nice house...

I have been so enjoying the yard this year. It is really coming together. Here are some pictures of the progress so far.

The top picture is the new fire pit Carol put together. Didn't she do a nice job? The other night we had our maiden bonfire. We did s'mores and burgers. Not in that order, but that was the order of preference. :-)

The other two pictures are of the backyard. Finally the yard is becoming what we had envisioned for the past couple of years.

New pictures of my crew... I loves 'em!

Worse than Icarus

I want to fly,

I flap and flap and flap and flap

I lose feathers

What a lot of noise.

People laugh,

I flap and flap and flap and flap

They look away

Embarrassed at my failure.

I want to cry

I flap and flap and flap and flap

My eyes burn

As tears streak my face

People leave

I flap and flap and flap then flop

I'm too tired

Let me go to sleep

Banjo ballet

Heidi ho, heidi hey

Piroette, plie

Turnin' and a bowin'

At the banjo ballet

Dosado, fiddle bow

Promenade, twinkle toe

Callin' and a cheerin'

At the banjo ballet

Whistle, slide, shuffle scoot

Call me a country snoot

Leapin' and a hollarin'

At the banjo ballet

Copyright, Brian Wilson