Garbage Post

Every once in a great while, usually on a Saturday, our family will wake up and indulge in a breakfast concoction that is equal parts wonderful and terrifying....the garbage omelet. In a garbage omelet, anything goes. Literally. Some leftover chili? toss it in. that 1/2 inch of salsa at the bottom of the jar that you can never quite get a chip down far enough for? toss it in. Leftover broccoli? fried onions? stewed tomatoes? 3 day old Christmas ham? toss it in.

That's this blog post. The Garbage Omelet Post. A little bit of everything.

The past few weeks have been kind of hectic. It included a 10 day trip to New Jersey to visit Chrissy's family, Ivy's first birthday, and a day trip or two. Here's some photos and commentary of what's been going down:

Ivy's First Birthday



Birthday Balloon Girl



Ivy is wearing her present from her Mommy and I: a necklace with one pearl. We're going to give her one pearl every year for her birthday to add to a necklace. This year, we added some little diamond-looking things to jazz it up a bit.

One Candle for One Year



and Who doesn't like presents?



Next up: Party's at Playgrounds!!





Monkey Bar Madness



My Girls




Gavin and I checked out the Riverside Park Classic Car Show:



a sharp '63 Chevy



Gavin literally has these EXACT 3 cars in Matchbox. Same colors, too. We line them up, just like these.



The Rambler was like the mini-van of the 1950's.


AND....on the way home we stopped by the "Warbirds over Woodstock" R/C Air Show:





"O.K. for takeoff"





You've got to be a little bit crazy to fly around in this thing.



Future Pilot?


Well, that just about brings us up to speed on what's been happening around here. The Garden is still producing, lots of 'maters, TONS of cukes. The peaches were wonderful and the blackberries are HUGE, but kind of tart.

Later this week is the "birthday gauntlet". Chrissy's birthday is 8/13 (AND she's a twin :^), mine's the next day on 8/14, and my mom's is the next day on 8/15. Should be fun.

One last item: The Lord has really been drawing me to Psalm 55:22 lately: "Cast your cares (burdens) on The Lord, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous fall." Sometimes I hang onto the dumbest emotional and Spiritual baggage instead of turning it over to Him. But I'm learning. And He's faithful. And patient. Very Patient. Thankfully.

He WILL sustain you.