July

I luuuuv July! Not just the 4th but the entire month, the weather, Kent's birthday, my birthday, vacationing at the cabin, watermelon, cherries, red gingham, fireworks, festivals, hiking, BBQing.....in fact I'm more thankful for Christ's birth in July than I have "time" to be at Christmas.

So let the celebrating begin! A half century birthday and a quarter century anniversary are fast approaching and those are just too momentous to be confined to a couple of day's so I intend to milk them for all their worth, all summer long!

Last year I threw a big party for Kent which he loved, but I'm not much for being the center of attention, so I opted for some local sight seeing instead....just the two of us...Yellowstone/Grand Tetons, here we come! Watch out fish, I intend to catch a couple of you...sorry horses, my diet hasn't got me as trimmed down as I'd hoped to be by this time.

In the mean time, we've been treated to a birthday dinner with our good friends Rose and Dale Patterson at a favorite noshery, Serafina's, where I also received a beautiful golden bracelet from them.

This coming week my BFF Linda and I are celebrating our 'day apart' b-day's by going to see Show Boat at the local theater with shopping, food and presents preceding the show.

Kent and I have already exchanged combined b-day/anniversary gifts so we can each enjoy them all summer, mine involves karats and sparkle and his involves grass and gas!

Long sunny day's, starry nights, music in the parks, farmers markets, garage sales, golf, and enjoying Leelu's enjoyment of Crescent Lake make for fantabulous times and I'm so thankful God has given me Kent to enjoy them all with.

Thanks to Jesus I can enjoy my summers in Freedom and Peace with Hope in my heart, His Love on my head and the knowledge that it's all a vague shadow of the Eternal Celebration that awaits the Faithful at His party!