Happy sunday! :) Congrats Alyssa&Aj, Newlyweds! :) BBQ cookout celebration! :)

Happy Sunday Celebrations day! :) Celebrating Alyssa's and Aj's Marriage, with a BBQ Cookout! :) We had a great time! :)

Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a great day, and a nice weekend :) We're so happy, to be sharing in some sweet times, and lots of great summer time memories being made :) it was so much fun, celebrating Taylynn's birthday yesterday :) We're very happy Taylynn enjoyed her very special day :) Holly and i told my mom, that she, my dad, and Lisa, did such a great job, putting together the birthday party :) We love summer time celebrations :) Today, we celebrated Alyssa's and Aj's marriage :) We had a great time :) They recently got married at the Rose Garden in our city :) they wanted to have a small ceremony there, but a big BBQ cookout with all family to celebrate their marriage :)Alyssa and Aj have been together since 2011 :) We went to their house today for their marriage celebration BBQ cookout :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special times :) Thank you angel friends, for celebrating with us :) We're very happy and excited to share about the BBQ cookout celebration today :)

Congratulations Newlyweds, Alyssa and Aj! :) BBQ Cookout Celebration! :) We went over to Alyssa's and Aj's, family's house around 12:45pm :) We had some nice cards, and money for them :)We arrived at their home, and everyone welcomed them :) Bobby and family came too :) We all got some nice seats, on the porch, and Bobby and family were in shade area underneathe tree :) The kids were having fun, playing, and swimming :) Alyssa and Aj decorated for the BBQ cookout :) Aj's side of the family was there :) They are very nice :) Aj's grandma was there too :) Aj and his dad got the BBQ grill going :) We were enjoying sitting on the porch, my mom, dad, Holly, and i sat next to eachother :) They had a cool table set up, with a cool lemonade waterfall :) They have a trampoline, and other backyard toys for the kids, including a swing set, and playhouse :)

We all enjoyed some nice foods for lunch :) there was burgers, hotdogs, lots of salads, tacos, tortilla's, cookies, brownies, oreo cupcakes, and lots more :) The foods and dessert were delicious! :)We enjoyed, and were so happy to be sitting on the porch with everyone, enjoying the celebrations :) Aj's mom brought the cake outside, it's a huge, 8 layer wedding cake :) they also had balloons, and lots of coolers, with iced cold drinks :) Alyssa and Aj cut their wedding cake together :) we all congratulated Alyssa and Aj :) We all enjoyed some cake, it's awesome :) Alyssa and Aj opened their cards, they got lots of nice cards, money, and gift cards :) We were all hanging out :) it was a really nice experience :) both Holly and i were feeling very comfortable, my mom and dad were, and it was just so nice, enjoying the afternoon :) Lots of great memories made, to always treasure :) We thanked Alyssa, and Aj, family ,for having us over for the BBQ cookout marriage celebration :) They thanked us for coming and gave us some goodies/treats bags to bring home :) it was a great BBQ cookout :)

We're enjoying the weekend, very much, and all of the spirited summer times being shared :) This morning, as the new day was rising and shining, i was up early, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) our weather has cooled down a bit, after a stretch of hot, summer days. we're so thankful, for the cooler weather, and nice sunshine, plus some rain we recieved yesterday morning, and during the evening, which was very replenishing for the plants, trees, and nature :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies this morning, and went outside for my nature walk :) our huge tall sunflower greets me with a sunny smile each morning :) my mom and dad were talking about the sunflower yesterday, and how amazingly tall it's grown :) we love our garden, and the very special joy of these golden days of summer time :) i put lots of goodies, in our backyard, for our nature friends :) The bluejays love to gather the peanuts, and squirrels gathering goodies too :) i love taking in the peaceful moments of these times of the summer season, the nature glowing all around :) it's truly incredible :) These are some of the best days of summer :)

Sunny Garden greetings! :) our plants are soaking up lots of sunshine today, and are doing very well, growing and flourishing :) We have lots of string beans growing, Holly and i are gonna be picking lots more string beans this upcoming week, along with some yellow squash :) We're loving harvestinglots of fresh garden goodies :) We feel so proud, adding garden goodies to our meals, like steam boiled zuchinni, yellow squash, zuchinni with pasta sauce, string beans, and snap peas :) it's a very rewarding feeling, gardening, and enjoying the awesome goodies that grow in the garden :) We want to sautee some string beans this upcoming week :) We'll be picking some more banana peppers too :) We're so proud, my brother Bobby loves the banana peppers we made, and the jar we gave him :) i told him, we've made 8 jars this season so far :) Bobby said, the banana peppers taste just like the ones from the store :) it's a very nice compliment :) We'll definitely be making more banana peppers very soon :) They're growing plentiful :) our tomatoes, and carrots plants are also doing great, and we have some blossoms on our pumpkins and gourds plants :) We're hoping for some cool halloween pumpkins and gourds to grow :)

Our sunflowers, and all of our flowers are doing great, lots of flowers blossoming :) it's so nice, the beautiful colors of summer, lots of morning glory flowers, petunia's, aster flowers, marigolds, zinnia's, daisies, and lots more :) our popcorn plants are doing great in our front yard :) There's lots of popcorn cobs growing :) Our pears, and apples will be ripening soon : )We look forward to picking some :) we have lots of winesap apples growing, we'll be using some of the apples to bake an apple pie in September, like we did in september 2007, to celebrate the 14th anniversary of baking friday :) There's so much more to look forward too :) before going to the BBQ cookout celebration today, Holly and i watered our plants :) They're nicely replenished, and ready for another big growing week :) Welook forward to lots more nature walks, and gardening adventures all throughout the season :) happy nature, and garden season smiles :)

We're enjoying a nice day, and a great weekend :) Summer time celebrations :) my family,Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) We're enjoying the weekend, very much :) We're so happy Taylynn had a great birthday yesterday, and that Alyssa and Aj are having a great time celebrating today :) it was nice ,having foods, snacks, drinks, and treats :) Lots of great summer time memories being made, and so much more to look forward too :) We look forward to continued peaceful joys, as the days and weeks goes on :) We look forward to blossoming into the upcoming week, enjoying our daily routines, and traditions :) nature walks, gardening, writing, we also have sweet treats tuesday, super wednesday mailing envelopes here from home, ghost hunters party, andlots more, leading us into another super baking friday adventure :) i look forward to sharing our weekly adventures, traditions, and pictures with everyone in my daily journals :)

keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, gardening adventures, and continuing to enjoy the summer season to the fullest :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a nice day and weekend :) We celebrated Alyssa's and Aj's marriage today, we had a cookout :) We enjoyed some foods, snacks, and drinks :) We're enjoying the weekend, and are looking forward to a great upcoming week, with our weekly festivities, daily traditions, and routines :) We're gonna tend our garden, harvesting goodies, and looking forward to lots more summer time traditions, during these golden days of the season :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really good day, and a nice weekend" :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day, and a nice weekend :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in, and celebrating the season with us :) We look forward to continued joys of enjoying the golden days of summer season with everyone :)

Congratulations Alyssa and Aj! :) Marriage Celebration BBQ Cookout! :) We enjoyed a great time celebrating Alyssa's and Aj's marriage, with a fun BBQ cookout this afternoon :) You all were with us in spirit :) We enjoyed foods, snacks, cake, and drinks :) We gave Alyssa and Aj cards, with money :) They're very happy and excited :) The kids had lots of fun playing,they went swimming in the pool :) i took some pictures at the BBQ cookout to share with everyone :) Lots of great memories made, to always treasure! :)

Alyssa's and Aj's wedding cake :) 

Happy summer garden greetings, and smiles! :) Our plants, and garden are doing great :)We have lots of nice fruits, and vegetables  growing, and lots of beautiful flowers blossoming :) Holly and i watered our plants this morning, and picked some yellow squash, string beans,and our first tomatoes of the season :) We found some new  flowers blossoming :) morning glory flowers blossoming all around our yard, and garden :) it's an amazing time in the season :) happy nature, and garden season smiles :) 

Snapdragons :) we noticed these flowers in our garden, we believe they are snapdragons :) They are in planters next to our front steps :) 

Our tallest sunflower, amazes us :) it's spirit soaring in the sweet blue summer sky :) 

Our first tomatoes of the season :) 

Yellow squash :) 

Zinnia flower glowing in the sun :) 

marigolds :) 

a view inside the garden :)