Time flies when you're not sure if you're having fun

i don't know why, but july and december are always our busiest months. i don't think i've stopped moving in the last 2 weeks and it won't stop until the end of the month, if then. i haven't had much time to sit down and post anything. the last post was a re-post, even though i don't have many to re-do! i picked it because i've been doing a lot of canning in the last couple days and it still applies. tonight, i'm not pickling or canning, i'm making cookies-lots and lots of cookies. this week is our county fair and tomorrow is the parade. last year, i made 300 cookies and they didn't make it halfway through, so this year, i'm making 600.

i feel like we've been so busy, that we haven't done anything that we planned to do this summer. we're going to be stuck squeezing it all in come august.

so far, this summer has flown by. we have worries and concerns hanging over us like a black cloud and weighing on our hearts. we've changed a lot in our life to make room for issues that have come up. we believe that in the end, everything will work out to our advantage. why shouldn't it? we are a strong family, we are good people and we will work harder than anyone else to make it through. we'll make it because we have each other. even though this hasn't been the summer we had hoped for, we have become a closer family and i'm happier than i've ever been. hopefully, by the end of this summer, we will have news about adding a sixth member to our family!