The Joys Of Family and Hearth

The garden is spitting out TONS of pickles!!! :) Yeah!!! My favorite type of pickle is a half sour, I have yet to try and make these, but I did make about 3 qts of "refrigerator pickles". They turned out delicious!!! And super simple... http://allrecipes.com/recipe/homemade-refrigerator-pickles/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=refrigerator%20pickle&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page I omitted the sugar, and added garlic!!! :) Good Stuff, I tell ya!! :) Got any good pickles recipes to share.. I definitely can make more!! :)

The family has been out at our second home now for about a week. :) On July 4th, Dh and I celebrated 15 years of marriage. :) We have been together for 25 years total. Just took us awhile to commit to marriage.  And it was before we came to know the Lord personally. Anywho... We went to a spectacular fireworks show! It was held in a historic park out in Lancaster county.. http://longspark.org/ A military band  from Washington played lots of cool tunes while we waited for the sun to set and the show to begin. We met up with friends of ours out here in PA, the Martins.. And our families had a great evening of playing games, eating lots of yummy food and goodies and just enjoying the fireworks show. :)  Massive amounts of people there. :)  The fireworks started off with shots firing from 18 historic civil war cannons.. So cool!!!  Me and My friend Lisa~~ :)  Some of the kids playing Red Rover strategically in front of all the first ai...