July 2026

July 2026
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Monday, August 8, 2016

Peach Daze

So after our weekend of travels to Detroit, this was our Monday morning - - -

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Tuesday - - -

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Wednesday - - -

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Of course, there was life beyond peaches - - -

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No pictures of Thursday. The only peaches we did were done in the evening; they were the soft ones that we sorted out from a couple bushels of Southern Illinois peaches that friends picked up for us.

Friday was fun with a few extra kids around - - -

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Saturday – yep, more peaches - some of ours plus the Southern Illinois peaches - - -

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And a few more dishpans from our trees that we picked Saturday evening. This has been fun!

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On Saturday we were glad to have this little buddy join us for a few days.

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Sunday evening guests – Henry went from being afraid to touch the horses to enjoying his ride on Diamond. Brave little man!

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And this morning was busy again with - - - you guessed it - - - more peaches! And a couple more favorite little Baers.

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Fun to have this blue-eyed little buddy around. Love his energy!

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And as the end of peaches is in sight, I am thankful. Thankful for many peaches, both fresh and in the freezer, and thankful they’re almost done. Ohh yes we’ve enjoyed this year’s crop, but I think most of us are about peached out!

That’s it.

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