Another week at the Varner's

Tyler came to spend the day Tuesday with Grandma while his mommy took Joshua, Kayla and two friends to God's Mountain for day-camp. First order of business was to organize the tub of cars, trucks, and trailers. Need to get everything hitched up and loaded!

All the trucks lined in a row!

Have to include some garden pictures. Everything is green....not because we've had lots of rain. I've had to water regularly for the past month. The green beans look promising (but I've said that other years).

The first planting of corn is beginning to tassel. Cucumbers are beginning to have blossoms.

Here are the tomatoes, green beans, and three different plantings of corn.

Last night's picture of Mr. Jordy right before getting his p.j.'s on for the night!

Yes, We Really Do Have Some Kittens

One of the mama cats that were "dropped off" at our house had some kittens.....5 of them. There was a black one (seem to have crossed-eyes), an orange tabby, a calico, and these two tan ones. We were debating how to name the cats. Long ago we named five kittens after our five children and it was a bleak day when "Lisa" got run over! Well, the black cat disappeared, the orange kitten rode the trailer over to the car lot and was so petrified it vanished immediately, and now the calico has disappeared in the last two days. Well, me not being a cat-lover, I'll have to admit these kittens are pretty cute to watch!

Happy June

First of all, you might have noticed that my last post vanished. I am naive concerning military precautions and some of my pictures in the last post needed to be deleted quickly!! It's been a busy month. Joshua, Kayla, and Tyler spent four days with us while their parents were in PA for a memorial service. Grandpa came up with a job for Joshua to earn some money....sorting wheel weights. Who can remember the days of sorting bolts?? Joshua was pretty excited about the opportunity and wouldn't stop until his bucket was empty.

Then Kayla needed a job, too! She picked up sticks in the yard for me.....the yellow wagon is a BIG wagon! I dumped three loads of sticks.

Westin came Saturday afternoon. Do you know how long it's been since I've had four little ones seven and under------about 20 years! :)

Dairy Queen children's meals were sounding really good by Saturday evening! We managed to fit in a shopping trip to Dollar General before eating.

Kayla, you are growing up way too quickly.

We headed to Richard's parents on Monday to celebrate their 60th anniversary. It was a nice day with family, good food, nice weather, and just a time to be together.

This is a pretty typical scene right now.....Carly and Rebecca with their babies undercover :)

I was excited to get a phone call offering to come and pick some cherries. What a treat! Cherries are nice: you don't have to bend over to pick & no stickers or thorns. But I always forget how long it takes to "pit" them by hand. Yep, one at a time, but oh, the pies will be delicious!