Forever Beloved

Faith, Love & Truth

hello. goodbye.

today i’m linking up with Allison for link up called…hello, goodbye!

hello september, goodbye august
hello days spent alone, goodbye summer days spent with my littles
hello fall, goodbye summer
hello jeans + boots, goodbye capri’s + flipflops
hello clean house, goodbye messy house
hello pumpkins, goodbye flowers

hello ladies Bible study

hello cool + crisp days, goodbye heat + humidity
hello truck pulls, goodbye swimming

hello crazy running littles every day, goodbye lazy days with nowhere to go
hello new personal goals, goodbye not having self control
hello canning season, goodbye grilling season

hello class reunion, goodbye feeling young

circa 1985

what are YOU saying hello and goodbye to?

Nestful of LOve

First Day

So, this happened this week.  My baby, my little toe-headed boy, is now a senior.  I would have posted earlier BUT Mama had to take a few days to figure out how she felt about it.
I anticipated being super sad and just sitting here crying my day away.  Surprisingly, that didn’t happen.  Instead of being flooded with sadness, I was filled with pride.  Y’all, that is ALL God, because this girl is a crier!  I find myself just over-the-moon excited for where God is directing his life!!  And I am so super proud of who he is, I hope he always knows that.  This picture is him and Nanny on the first day of kindergarten and the first day of his senior year.  Do you think he grew a little, geesh.

Every year, since the kids started school, we’ve always gotten a “first day” picture with Nan.  Bless her heart, she’s gets up early that day just to see them off.  She’s a great Nan!

These kids…how is it possible it’s went so quickly?  If you have littles, you know exactly what I mean.  You blink and here they are, starting their senior and sophomore years.

 

Canning

So, I love to can.  Love LOVE to can.  I know, it’s freakish BUT seriously, I love it.  I love at the end of the day having something to show for how hard I worked.  And that we basically reap the rewards of it all year long.  It saves us soooo much money.

So far this year I’ve done zucchini relish, chicken broth, bacon jam, green beans, peppers stuffed with hot sausage, peppers stuffed with sauerkraut and hot pepper dip.  The mister and I are going to try our hand at sauerkraut this year as well, as long as my amazing mama gives us some lessons on it 🙂

So what I want y’all to do is leave me your FAV canning recipe in the comments section.  I loooove to try new recipes!!!