Charley and Jackie got final approval to travel to China to pick up their son, Joshua. They left on May 15 and returned on May 31. Joshua is such a sweet little boy. He will be 5 in a few weeks. He is doing well, but it was heart-wrenching this morning to have him crying and say he wants to go home to Beijing. So much going on for such a little person. Jackie got out the memory book they gave him at Bethel (where he was taken care of for the past year and a half).
It is also a big adjustment for John. He is doing excellent, though.
We are now living in our house. We are really pleased with our design. It "lives" really well. We had our first guest. Wilma came to help us for 3 days to get settled. She is such a hard worker and we LOVE having her around.
Bryce, our intern from Asbury University moved in and is SUCH a big help. He helped us move and is working in the garden and did all the animal chores while the kids were gone. We have enjoyed having him around also.
We are doing the door and window trim ourselves and have not had time to work on it since we got moved in. There just aren't enough hours in the day. We have made time though to enjoy the beauty in which we live. We take a few minutes to watch the pasture twinkling with fireflies, or to see how quickly the sun sets in a beautiful sky. We have time to sit on the porch and enjoy popsicles with the boys - a first for Joshua.
I have enjoyed my time in the greenhouse starting plants, but we haven't gotten them all in the ground yet. Charley is helping to do that before he goes back to work.
I have been cooking meals for 7 to 10 people each night. Bryce has invited some friends and Jackie's parents have joined us. It has been a great time. Wilma showed me how to make bread and I am trying it for myself for the first time. The first loaves are in the oven. They look good. Wilma has been so patient because I've had to call her twice today to ask her questions.
Our bedroom window faces east and we have no window coverings yet, so we have been wakend by the sun every morning - except the one morning when it was cloudy and then we were wakend by 2 little boys.
We haven't yet moved anything from our storage locker. My quilting machine, our 2 freezers, all my fabric, and a whole lot of other stuff. We have missed our "stuff."
The small garden looks really good. The potatoes, onions and kohlrabi are there.
The big garden has corn, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes. We don't yet have our beans planted. We are really behind, but are setting up a permanent garden. We have aisles and planting beds. Once we get to making our own compost, we will start adding to the beds each year. Today they are putting cardboard down - reusing from our building project - and then mulch which we get from the county.
Bob is kept busy keeping everyone else running. He is maintaining the big tractor, 2 lawn tractors and everything else we ask him to do.
So, hopefully you can understand why I haven't found time to write here. We are ready for company, so let us know when you would like to come. The trim isn't finished, and the boxes aren't yet unpacked, but we would love to see some of our old friends and share our little piece of heaven with you - down here in the Bluegrass.
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