Tuesday

Well thankfully the heat has abated to some extent and today was really a nice day with lots of cloudy skies and even a light rain shower after lunch which kept the temps in the normal range. The morning started out with Sam and Ava waking around at 7 AM and then we all were up shortly thereafter. After our quiet times we had left over buckwheat cakes, scrambled eggs and Cheerios for the kiddos. I took the kiddos on an early morning golf cart ride to the top of the mountain where we visited with Joe, Jetta and Zeke their friendly dog. The kids played with Zeke throwing the frisbee and really enjoyed seeing and petting him. Their garden is doing awesome and with a little luck the patch of ground Joe and I worked up and planted should produce some ears of sweet corn by the end of July or first of August.

We headed back to the cabin and the girls were getting ready to head to town for some shopping as we are having a large gang here for the 4th celebration with food and games. They headed to our favorite diner for lunch, the Mustard Seed and then went by a shop to exchange a necklace she bought a couple days ago that broke on only her second time of wearing it. The sales lady was very nice and left a message she found another just like it in the supply room after girls left her shop. I'm sure we will be back in town towards the end of the week for supplies. While the girls were gone we had a lite lunch then headed down to the creek on the golf cart. We weren't there long when it began to thunder and gray clouds moved in indicating the threat of a storm. It did rain for about 15 minutes which really cooled things off.

I put on a pot of raw peanuts to boil and yikes where they ever great, Yumm! We all love them and ate the whole pot after a couple hours of boiling in salt water. We decided to grill some barbecue ribs, fry some yellow squash and have a fresh salad for supper, dewisheous. After supper we did smores for all except for Tyler and myself. We started watching the Rays and the Yankees game and the Rays won again for the second straight night. Sam fell asleep after his bath around 8 PM so we put him to bed and a movie on for Ava. We played 5 Crowns and Amy really put a whupping on the rest of us.

Well it was a fun filled busy day as Sam and Ava ran around playing on the porches, decks and running around in the yards playing with buggies and flowers. They both love the golf cart rides as Tyler took them a couple while I elevated my knee and read. Today I walked down the hill in the back yard without any noticeable pain while not using crutches. I feel like I'm on the road for a complete recovery, thankfully. LATER