Wow, who can believe it is October......  The summer garden is for the most part done with only a sparse tomato vine and a couple of persistent pepper plants.  The fall/ winter garden is healthy with cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli.  The pantry is loaded with (Forest Gump voice) Tomato Sauce, tomato salsa, tomato relish, canned whole tomatoes, tomatoes and okra, tomato and peach salsa, blackberry jelly, fig/strawberry preserves, pear preserves, apple sauce, apple jelly, pickled okra, pickled peppers, green pepper jelly, red pepper jelly, bread and butter pickles, canned pears..........my goodness.  The point is this will greatly reduce the number of trips to the grocery store!   
The chickens are enjoying the cooler weather...less panting and hovering near the shade of the building.....more roaming around purring and clucking.  Shelby now has official business cards and many egg customers.   It is nealy time for the lights to be turned on as the daylight hours grow shorter. 
School is in full swing and all is well on that front both Nutter children are exceeding academically which makes Moma and Daddy PROUD!  Shelby just amazes me with her reading ability.  Tanner is mastering his letters and getting started well with his sight words, and just as I knew he would he has charmed his teacher........so far he has managed to not have a single enounter with the removing of the crayon discipline tool.    Outside of school there is Team Kid on Wednesday evening, new for us but both seem to enjoy their new friends and learning about Jesus.  Dance on Thursday and a varied baseball schedule with 2 games per week.
This past Saturday was Kid's outdoor day at the Floyd County Wildlife club.........fun for everyone.........I just does my heart good to see kid's running outside taking in the fresh air and enjoying good ole fasion fun.  They were fishing and climbing and shooting bb guns and archery and giggling and squealing. SMILE!  This was my third time to coordinate this event and I learn something everytime.  What a blessing it is to serve God by serving others.

First day of school!  Bring on the fun!





see the mischief?  what a charmer......

  


 



baseball ready!





such a sweet girl, graceful and kind

Amazing how God has our path mapped out and sometimes we do not take note of it......recently I had felt God call me to a new congregation for worship and service.....upon acting on that I realized that there were people that I missed from the previous congregation.  I acted on faith and said " I do miss them but I will be obedient".... now to my surprise I register Shelby for dance, have some stuggle with what afternoon we will dance, change classes at least once , get on a waiting list so as to not dance on Wednesday......then when I get her to dance what do you know the one person I "miss the most"  walks in and sends her daughter into the same studio I just sent Shelby into!  See God knew we were going to need our periodic chats!  He always knows what we need and when we need it.  Learning more everyday to faithfully give it all to him!