Make a Smilebox photobook

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It's been a busy end of summer and beginning of Fall here in Jville. I am soaking up every minute of the changing of the guard around our house. The tired-from-the-summer-heat green trees are shedding their summer drab and are embracing the new vibrancy of Autumn. It is amazing how beautiful they are this year. We have the most gorgeous Black Gum tree outside our bedroom window. It's trunk is about 5 feet in diameter. It is cloaked in a rich crimson that we haven't seen in a few years. I remember when we first looked at this land to buy. That was a good year for the tree. It was a huge selling point to this lot.
It's Wednesday night and I should be at church enjoying Mrs. Dreama's hamburgers tonight with my family, but instead I'm at home enjoying a bout of Dysentery (infection of the instestines). YUCK! Really bad stomach cramps for 5 days, and no food! On antibiotics now, hopefully this will hit the road soon.
The kids are all great, busy with school, dance, piano, violin, tennis, and church activities. Our down times are few and far between. It has actually helped a little with me being sick this week. I'm not running to beat the band and missing out on their life. I'm just laying around, moving slow, and watching them.
Like today. Mr. Marshall just finished a round of hay baling in our pasture. The kids have looked forward to playing on the round bales, and with a beautiful afternoon like we had, they headed out. I had to give them a boost up, but our neighborhood beagle, Lucy, (not her actual name, just what we call her!) bound up lickety split. Very frustrating for children 5 times her size who couldn't make it! Mr. Marshall finished up the last bale a little short, so it turned out to be just right for a good kid-sized bale. After conquering the climb, Macy and Garrett decided to just roll the bale around the pasture. Wish I had caught that on tape!
I love my kids. They are so great. I see new facets of their lives and personalities every day, and God certainly made each one of them very unique. It's been good to stop and watch this week. Blesses my heart. I think I might actually go eat something now. I think a cheerful heart really is good medicine.