Oh What A Beautiful....Summer

Is every summer this wonderful?

This summer has been so full of wonderful memories made and so much of God's beautiful creation enjoyed that it must be like no other summer. And the most wonderful thing is we still have 28 days of summer left!!! I have kept a notebook of what we have done on a daily basis and I hope at the end of this month to post a listing of summer 2011 memories.

Until then back to the business of summer :)

Liesel

This summer the boys and I have spent our Friday mornings exploring area garage sales. We have had a blast and found some great bargains. I was so excited to find this little statue. I have seen it in this family's yard and admired it. Who would have ever imagined that one day they would be selling it at their garage sale? Colleen decided it needed a name and it didn't take long for me to come up with the name Liesel which came from the book entitled The Book Thief. John had to read this for his summer read and I really liked the book and the character. This also happens to be the name of one of the characters in the Sound of Music. Perfect!

goodguys

Gary and John went to the Goodguys car show at the State Fairgrounds in Columbus. They took the Escort but had trouble in Mt. Gilead and I had to go rescue them with a replacement battery. We traded cars and they had fun but very hot day sharing their enjoyment of classic cars.