Baby Chicks, Greenhouse and Goodbye to a dear friend.......

Our Banty hen is a good mother.  Ornery as all get out --- but a good mother.  The peeps are "adopted" and will be about twice the size of the "mother".  But she doesn't care - they are HER babies!!!  And you better stay clear of her or she will let you know it.

Our greenhouse was planted on April 14 ......  things are really growing fast.....weeds too  :( .  Gary spends a lot of time weeding each day. 

Today I brought some beets to a neighbor.  It's been a really fun project (the greenhouse) and it's fun to be able to share produce with our neighbors.  We are concerned about the hotter weather AND leaving for Michigan in a week might prove to be dangerous to the produce......gotta get someone to come and look at it and water it when we are gone.  The beans are about ready to blossom --- onions are growing nicely and we are on our second round of radishes.......green peppers and jalopenos are forming.....lettuce (Romaine) are forming into heads..... carrots - - well we can't tell yet.......FUN!!!!  and YUM!!!!!

Barb Schelhaas passed away May 29 - loosing her  battle with cancer......and leaving a hole in the neighborhood once again.  We will miss her a lot. We praise God for the loving family she was blessed with and the care they were able to give Barb right up until she passed away - at home (which was her one big wish).   These are pictures of the loving way she was taken to the cemetery. The day of the funeral was one of the most beautiful days we have had in a while.....sunny - calm  - NICE - Barb would have loved it!!! Gary was honored to be one of the pallbearers and he was really impressed with the way the horses could back up into the spot - missing all the other tombstones.  

We have not been able to get the Youth Group started.....still looking for the right place to meet.  We might just end up traveling to White River.....will wait and see what happens.  But if you would keep that in your prayers we would appreciate it.  

We will be heading to Michigan to see our family once again - on June 14....by Greyhound bus!!!! A new "adventure" that we aren't real sure about ----- but as Gary says (after I read a batch of complaints) - "we will be just fine".    So - we will look forward to seeing many of you once again.

Love, Gary and Barb