Ozark family

Greetings!

June is beautiful here in the Ozarks. My bird feeders are visited morning, noon and night.( well, late evening)  :) 

Finches, Bluejays, Cardinals,Wood Peckers,Blue Birds,etc. I could never tire of watching them swoop and eat and fly into the blue sky.

All the summer flowers are blooming. the yard is full of color!  Raining quite a bit for June but thats O.K. July will be greener longer. Mowed grass  is a favorite scent of mine.

Our children and grandchildren are enjoying the swimming pool.Lots of splashes and laughter.

B-B-Q's are great get-to-gathers for friends and neighbors. We had 53 gathered here for Memorial weekend. Our daughter Lacy was leaving for Canada to be a music pastor there.She is single and waiting for the one the Lord chooses for her.  All wanted to see her off !

The garden is showing promise.  Corn, green beans, tomato's, squash, orka, peppers. Only God knows how to truely water a garden. Thank-You, Lord !

The fruit trees have loads of fruit . Limbs are being propt  for good measure. Apples, peaches, plums, pears. Hope to make lots of jams and jellies. Grapes look hopeful. too.

Our bundle of  baby chicks, turkeys, and guineas arrived  the 12th. All are alive and well. Some will lay, while some will be for the freezer. I can't help but think of the first 13 years of our married life. We had a poultry farm , with 30,000 laying hens to take care of. Once we even raised our own replacements for 10,000 of them.  Chickens are still our  favorite farm critter.  We are still looking for our family milk cow..

All of you have a very good summer.  God Bless!

LaVone 54

Greetings one and all !

Its been  a busy time relocating back to the old homestead. We are settled in  for the most part.

Our garden is going to be late this year, but with the food prices ,we won't mind.

Husband is enjoying his work , with the National Park Service ( beautiful ozark area). He saw the wild horses while eating lunch the other day.

I'm doing my real estate traing now, its so much fun. I really like the way I can be home more than a traditional 9-5. Never did do much of that anyway,just didn't want to start.

Ben our 15 yr.old has really been busy with his deer food plot.  He also has fished /froze enough for a good fish fry over memorial week-end.

Danielle (our 6yr.old) wants to "live" outside. It 's  so wonderful to see her enjoying herself, swinging,playing in her sandbox, or having a picnic on the old quilt under the shade tree with her dog.

You know I saw my mom doing  something the other day and it reminded me that its an" OLD TIMEY" idea I want to pass along to others.  She had a dish of water with 3-4 sweet potato tubers in it just sitting on her kitchen counter.She will let them send up little shootsand they will vine out. Then she will snip off the vines and plant  them in her little garden. Mom has done this for years.She will turn 77 in a few days.

MORE LATER,       Have a Wonderful Mothers Day tomorrow!!      your friend,

LaVonne54

                                      Serenity Prayer

                        God grant me the serenity

                to accept the things I cannot change;

                  courage to change the things I can;

            and the wisdom to know the difference.

                         Living one day at a time;

                 Enjoying one moment at a time;

         Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

                  Taking, as He did, this sinful world

                       as it is, not as I would have it;

         Trusting that He will make all  things right

                       if I surrender to His Will;

          That I may be reasonably happy in this life

                   and supremely happy with Him

                               Forever in the next.

                                     Amen

My favorite poem.....Blessings .........

Its a good thing we let Ben move back home first. We really appreciate his room to put all the packed boxes in. I belive I can get it all ready by the 1st. of April. It truely is amazing how much one can accumulate!I see a yard sale in my future.

Since I have started on my blog I have been making some wonderful friends. This is FUN!  It'll just take some time for me to figure all the blogging capabilities out.  Thanks for your patience.

I have pictures I want to share and recipes for all those who like to do natural and herbal. Also some old-timey almost forgotten ideas.  

Till Next Time

In CHRIST LOVE

Ozark Family ( LaVonne 54 )

Guess the moving day will be around the first week in April.

My husband, James got a job with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, National Park.

It will start around the 15th of April.  I will be excited to decorate the old home place again.

Our oldest son and family have been living there while they build their new home.'

Our youngest son , Ben is already there helping with the carpenter work .

He is excited , we have ordered chickens and heritage turkeys to arrive from Cackle Hatchery in a week or two. Then he wants us to get a milk cow. :)) Out of the six children we have he is our country boy.

It's lunchtime , gangs hungry,  gotta run

Gods Blessings,

 Lavonne

Happy Easter  2008 ( I know I'm a LITTLE early, I just didn't want to miss greeting everyone!)

I am finally ready to get my blog going. My family and I are still in SA. TX. at  International Bible College.

Our 2 yrs here have been very rewarding. Many  former missionaries come and go. It's wonderful to see

and hear what God is doing all over the world.  We will be moving back to our little ozark town in Mo. in a

few months.  We do miss our country living.   Next visit I will try to get more involved with family history,

life in the ozarks, and making new friends.

Until Then, Keep a Merry Heart

LaVonne