Love Rocks at Camp Nana

The weather this past week has been rare for Kentucky at this time of the year, low humidity and temperatures in the 80’s. What a treat! I really enjoyed the breezes as I sat painting all our porch railings, hoping that the weather will be as good when I can finally sit on the swing with lemonade and enjoy my freshly painted porch. I have been painting and painting this summer (not only the porch, but several rooms in the house also), and I needed to take a break. Since school is out and I’m off work for a few weeks, I decided to have the grandkids come for a couple days of Camp Nana. We had a great time! We built Zacharie a tent under the trees, the old-fashioned way with a couple of sheets. He had a blast dragging stuff in to “furnish” it. After he had things arranged just so, he would invite us in to visit him.



Meanwhile, Audrie and I set up a crafting table on the porch. We made red, white, and blue paper lanterns for 4th of July decorations.



Jamie and Poppa worked on constructing a hobby rocket and later that evening we had “the launch”. The rocket achieved lift-off and disappeared out of sight.


We spotted it again on its way down, and watched it land in the highway, where poppa had to run and retrieve it. Of course, being men and enamored of anything mechanical with power, they had to kick it up a notch for the next launch. This time it went so high in the air it truly disappeared. We thought it came down in the neighbor’s field and Jeff went over there to look for it.

While we were waiting for Poppa to come back, the kids and I took a walk down our road. I can never walk down a gravel road without stopping to enjoy one of my favorite hobbies, looking for interesting rocks. The grandkids also share this fascination, and we always look especially for heart shaped rocks. On this particular evening, it seemed as if we found one every few feet. So many of them, in fact, that Jamie felt inspired to rename our driveway as the “love road”. We brought them back and added them to our growing collection.


Our walk was finished just in time to meet Poppa, who returned with the sad news that evidently not everything that goes up must come down – at least not where you can find it!
What a great day we had! And as things started to wind down, I was just glad that Zacharie didn’t ask to sleep outside in his “tent”.
Happy Independence Day! It seems like so much is going wrong in our country now, from the war and the economy, to every kind of natural disaster. More than ever we need to pray for God’s continued blessings on our land and to stop and appreciate the wonderful freedoms we enjoy, freedoms that we can celebrate with our families and friends. We had such a good time at Sarah’s house in Owensboro last year on the fourth, that we decided to go back this year. We’ll grill shrimp and steaks and we’ll have a Happy Birthday America cake and homemade ice cream. Sarah has water balloons and other water games lined up for the grandkids. We’ll walk around her neighborhood and watch all the neighbors setting off fireworks and then go to the Riverfront for the big display. But most of all, we’ll be grateful for all the blessings we have in the good ole USA.