We returned in the wee hours of Monday night from our wonderful getaway to SC. Barry, Sara and I enjoyed spending the week with my Mom & her hubby. We had gorgeous weather, considering we were down to the wire figuring out where all the hurricanes were heading. We did a lot of beaching, biking, swam in the pool, ate good food (lots of shrimp!) and went kayaking (hard work.) We saw dolphins feeding every day, one startled me swimming under my kayak, and reappearing on the other side. We went on a beach combing tour to an undisturbed beach and collected some really nice sea shells. We toured Charleston by carriage (that's the thing to do in Charleston,) enjoying all of the wonderful history and architecture. We got to go hear my mom's hubby play jazz trumpet at very nice restaurant. On the way home we toured a rice plantation & gardens, then stopped to visit a niece and cousins. This was our first vacation in a few years and was such a blessing. Having horses, getting away is a big challenge, we needed a horse-sitter and a house sitter (dog/cats.) But the Lord graciously made the way, and it was such a pleasure.
Sara is riding her new horse Zoey every day, and has a renewed love for horses since her arrival. She's still riding Ricky, the little squirt, too. She will go to show Zoey next weekend for the first time.
Home-school is back in session and going well. We began our co-op semester yesterday. Sara is taking an art class, a music history class (which I'm teaching,) and going to volunteer at a local nursing home.
Like many folks we're learning to trust as we see the financial world's distress this week, wondering if there will be anything left of our 401K. The Lord is in control of all things. I love this farm and all of the blessings God has given here. But this week is a sober reminder that the things of this earth are passing away... we need to hold very loosely to the good gifts God gives and very tightly to Him, the giver of the gifts. In the end He will remain, the farm, horses, and stock market will not.
Will add pics when hubby figures out where he put the camera :)
