Fall is definitely in the air!

Wow, the air is cool and the sky is blue, well it is actually black right now, but it was so blue earlier! I think that fall is my favorite time of year because it is a refreshing season. The summer is so hot and smothering and the fall is light and crisp. I just love it.

Yesterday I picked up Patrick's report card. It was wonderful. I am so proud of his ability to learn easily. It is truly a gift and a blessing from the Lord. He had all "A's". We got his state test scores back from last spring as well. He did extremely well on those too. As a result of his doing so well on the state tests, he was asked to participate in the Duke University talent Identification and he will take the ACT in December.

Jon got a midterm report card today as well. He has a 4.0. This is the child that didn't know if he was going to be able to walk with his class until wednesday, May 21,before graduation on friday May 23! He was so fortunate to be able to attend a high school with a wonderful vocational program and he really excelled in Welding. (Unfortunately, he had to learn English and geometry, too!) As a result of this he is studying welding and fabrication at East Mississippi Community college in Mayhew. For the first time in his life he loves school. I am so thankful for the opportunity that he has been given. He has spent hours in prayer about what the Lord would have him do and he feels that he is going in the right direction. He may not weld for the rest of his life, but this is a starting point and I am so glad that he is excited about it.

Our mustard greens are coming up, but if we don't get an electric fence around the garden real soon, the deer will eat them all. They did last year. I cooked some "store-bought" mustard greens last week and Sid said they weren't very good. I told him, he better learn to like them, unless he managed to get a fence around that garden! I don't know what we'd do without our garden, because we are all so spoiled. We don't much like canned food!

Sid is off next week. He will do his annual woodcutting week. We heat exclusively with wood, so if he doesn't cut fire wood, we'll get a little cool!!! He is ready, with a new chain for the saw, a file to re-sharpen it and a chain that Crossroads small engine repair is sharpening for us. Just maybe he'll get that electric fence going, too!