Summertime!

Yes! School is out for the summer and we are now in Virginia! We are housesitting and pet sitting for some friends who live near Fredricksburg. They have a great place and live in a wonderful community! It's like going to a resort..with a pool and a lake. The boys took the canoe and went fishing today. The people here are so friendly. We just relax and have a good time enjoying each other and all of God's beautiful creation all around us. David and the boys saved a baby deer today that was stuck on the bank of the lake. It couldn't get out because it was too steep. They were so excited about doing that!
There are great places to run here. I was running this morning with the dog and all of a sudden he stopped and wouldn't go any further. We were about a mile away from home. So I just sat and talked to him, rested, petted him. He just needed a rest because then he was fine the rest of the way. Their dog is the sweetest dog...a little clingy, but very sweet. We have to come here to get our dog fix since David doesn't ever want a dog. We like to bike, canoe, kayak, sit by the lake. May is such a crazy, hectic and sometimes stressful month. It takes us a couple days to relax and unwind.
Mary Ellen turns 14 on Fri. and Katelyn turns 16 this month as well! yikes!
I picked 10 gallons of strawberries, froze them and made lots of jam. Jam makes great gifts. The strawberries were PLENTIFUL! We picked with two hands and had so much fun! I love picking strawberries and picked some for other people too.
Before I wrap this up I have to tell you what we had for dinner. Pork tenderloin with a mustard barbecue sauce! It was amazing! I made the sauce and the rub that I put on the meat (br. sugar, cumin, cayenne pepper, chili powder. salt and pepper). The sauce was bacon, onion, mustard, honey, ketchup, cider vinegar, cumin, chili powder....yummy!!! WE had cucumber and tomato salad with it. The meat recipe came out of Cooking Light mag. It was on the front cover and caught my eye! It was definitely a keeper! I love that mag.