One Hot Summer

It's been hot down here in the south. It's been over a month since the last time I posted, with Sandra on Facebook now it seems like the day to day events get posted as soon as they happen now. I still like to blog about some of the other things that don't make it to Facebook.
We went to the hot air balloon festival in Dacatur a couple of weeks ago. They winds were too high so they wouldn't allow them to launch, but they did fill several of them. It was cool. This was the first time the kids got to see balloons up close.






It's summertime here and besides all of the frogs, crickets, coyotes, owls, and other unknown critters that make noises all night long, we have numerous snakes. These are my favorite. I love to shoot them when I find them. I shot two this week. I cut the rattles off for souvenirs for the kids. So far I've only encountered timber rattlers. Usually about 3-4 feet long. I've been told there are copperheads and black snakes around but haven't seen one yet. I saw this turtle on the side of the highway. It has to be the biggest dad-gum turtle I've ever seen outside a zoo. He had to be over two feet long, maybe three from head to tail.





Work has been slow but consistent. We have been really blessed. It always amazes me how God provides for all our needs. In spite of being slow with work, we have always had enough work to take care of all our expenses, never been without a roof over our heads, or without food on the table. I did another roof last week and bid two more in the past two weeks, both of which were very large jobs. I have no doubt God has a plan for my life and for my family here.

One of my favorite passage is Matthew 6:31-33 says So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

As for now, we are trying to save some more money to put the electrical in or possibly finish off the inside of the pole barn. We go back and forth on this one. On one hand it would be nice to have power all the time without having to run a generator. We could have all the nice conveniences that come along with that. But on the other hand, it would be nice to have more space for us and the kids to spread out. We would have a little more privacy and be able to bring some furniture from storage. Some of the decision will depend on if I can get permission from one of our neighbors to run utilities over the easement, it's a long story, but we are in litigation with one neighbor about a couple of issues with the property lines and where exactly our easement is. Not much to tell right now, but more to come when I know more. Just pray that God will work on everyone involved in this situation and no matter what the outcome is I know that nothing can stand against the will of God. He will use what was meant for our harm and use it for our good.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we moved! Most people get tired of their living room layout and move furniture, but when you live in a camper on wheels you can move you entire house! We get to change our entire view. We moved our camper down next to the pole barn where we can connect to the water. Plus I was getting tire of the view. We don't have a lot of windows in the camper so your view is limited to begin with.