Introducing "Ruby" the van!!!

We have a NEW van - 12 passenger at that! We are so excited. The kids look SO far away though!:(

Frrreeeeeeeedooooommmmmm!

Tink knows that freedom is not free! Go John and Sarah!

Dog Days of Summer

We've been getting ready for tomorrow's big day. Three of my daughters are getting baptised at Lake Skonewood! I will be posting the pics after tomorrow, but today I'll put on a picture of the cake we ordered for this special occasion.


We've also been canning today (pickles) and freezing more corn. So far I think we have about 15 quarts done. Not nearly enough! Lots more to be done this coming week. The tomatoes are STARTING to turn red! Woo-hoo!!! We're going to have a ton of squash so I'll have to figure out what I can do with it as I've never "messed" with squash before. This is all so FUN! I've also posted a picture of our "canning shelf". Lots of raspberry jam left and we're just getting started with those pickles. The bottom shelf has a couple of jars of cinnamon flavored applesauce. I need to find a good source of apples as our trees aren't producing yet. It'll probably be a couple of years.


Ed's Grandma "B" isn't doing well. Yory and I went to visit her yesterday (she's in at the nursing home in Luck) and she didn't look good. I think she was aware of me but couldn't speak, so I read some Psalms to her. I think she liked that. Then some more of her relatives came, so Yory and I left. Ed saw her today, but she was sleeping. Pray for her please as I don't know how much time she has left.

Now Maddy would like to type a message to everyone...

Hi Everyone! (Aunt Leenie & Aunt Dawn)
I am so happy that Yory, Lily, & Paulina have decided to get baptized!
It is sure going to be a fun day for our family, and all the church members for that matter.

Helping Mom can has been fun this summer. Boy did we get a lot of raspberries!
We got like 47 quart jars of it, but it was sooooooooo good that we gobbled up a lot of it right away! We picked every day for about two weeks, (except for a break here and there), and all 7 of us that picked got almost full bowls each time we picked. That's a lot of berries.

I hope you all have a good Sunday tomorrow! -Maddy

P.S. We couldn't resist putting a picture of "the flying sausage" on the blog. She has been a great "help" in canning, yardwork, making beds, vacuuming, etc.!!! NOT.