Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

Balloons with the backdrop of a beautiful sunrise. Sagebrush when it blooms in September.  Love! Clean counter tops.  Does my heart very good. This kid.  She turns five this week.  Our baby.  (Disclaimer:  The baby boy is not ours but I would claim him in a heartbeat. :) That even though we sometimes don't like the way our country is heading...we can still fly our flag and hear our National Anthem!

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) The other day, I thought we were going to run out of milk so I picked up another gallon at Wal-Mart when I was there.  I got home to put it away and realized we still had a full gallon there in the fridge.  I had what I needed all the time - just didn't realize it. Isn't that the way it is sometimes?  God has already given us what we need - sometimes we don't realize it.  Sometimes, I don't feel good enough to do the "job" that He has given me to do.  I don't feel smart like women in the business field.  I don't feel ...

 Sierra, Summer and I went to the Great Reno Balloon Races on Saturday.  One of my favorite events in Reno.  The catch is we got up at 3:30am to go!  But, as you can see from the photos, it is worth it. :) They have a Glow Show and Dawn Patrol at 5:15am.   Then as the sun starts to rise - they have the national anthem.     This year, the bummer was the clouds and smoke from the wildfires.  The balloons didn't pop against the blue skies like normally.  But still very beautiful!  I love the checkered balloon with the Reno skyline to the left. Also love this one...Mount Rose to the right and Slide Mountain to the left.  These are the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  And the smoke.  LOL!  After the balloons, we made a stop at Wal-Mart and then home for some coffee and cinnamon rolls.  I did a little computer work and then left again at 10:30am for practice and two softball games b...

Monday, Labor Day, I coerced my husband into doing a yard project that needed done.  (To be fair, he had been complaining about it forever...I just put it in motion!  Ha!) We put this retaining wall and landscaping in a few years ago.  As you can see, the dirt and debris had blown in between the rocks making it a mess.  This is all the dirt on top of the plastic! Away with the old plastic...raked it and ready to put down the new! That's my husband. :) And our neighbor kid that we have gotten to know the past month.  He came by and offered to mow our lawn for $3.  He comes every two weeks.  He saw us working and spent a couple hours helping us.  14 years old and a great kid. While they worked on the front, I added a few mum plants and more soil and new bark to my front beds. All done!  We add mulch around our lilac bushes.  The summer heat with the rocks seem to burn them so we hope this will h...

Saturday, we had Community Outreach - the time where our church family passes out door hangars in different local neighborhoods for our church.  After CO and picking up Addie from softball practice and cleaning the church for services,  I was able to spend the evening at home catching up on all our camping laundry.  How good it felt to get it all done and finished! :)The girls put on a "play" for us that evening.  Here was my ticket to attend. Sunday, we had our regular church services.  Our family sang the special for the morning.  That afternoon, I took my husband to the airport for a trip he was taking to Salt Lake and then off to the church for Awana. After church, Chris and Abbie gave us some delicious tacos!  We enjoyed them very much!  A wonderful after church meal. Monday morning is back to regular routine.  Babysitting, school, church duties.   Since my husband was gone for dinner, we had mac and chees...