Heading home

Jean went with me while I went to look for plants.  Arlen fixed breakfast and we headed to  DM and then home.  Missy and Brooks are at a BB shooting camp until noon.  Drive home for FCA meeting with the girls.  Not much sleep, no coffee ... makes for a long quiet drive.  That's know that I am not much of a talker anyway.

Full day at church

 I straightened CSA shed.  Flowers to church.  SS with Sierra.  I talked her into trying it again.  Quarterly business meeting, lunch put on by youth.  Put labels on 5000 water bottles.  Home for quick nap.  I started to work with irises, but it started to rain, so get cleaned up and we headed for DM with the pickup and Rav4 for Jensens to have a car while they are in the states.  We looked around Trader Des until they closed at 9.  Then to  HYVee for a walk around the store.  Then to the DM airport to wait until kids got off the plane about midnight.  Phillip put the bike rack on the RAv, and his big bike on that rack.  Loaded what they could and put the rest of the stuff in the back of the pick up.  Hugs and we headed to Schrums and they headed to Ames.  Full day!!

Home all day

Devo outside on rocker.  Denny worked like a dog today and then some.  He went to Rod B. to get crankshaft to take to DM for Rod.  He washed pickup and Rav 4.  We mowed the lawn.   He sprayed off patio.  And used the blower to move grass clippings off patio. I moved patio furniture back to it's place.   I moved chairs and long tables under tall pine trees.  I dug up more grassy iris.   I put together flowers for church.  We got done and we were tired.  

One of the deepest lessons a parent learns is surrendering adult children to God’s care. When they were young, you could keep them close. You knew where they were, held their hand, guided their steps, and stood between them and danger. But adulthood brings a different kind of love. There are decisions you cannot make, wounds you cannot prevent, roads you cannot walk in their place, and struggles you cannot remove by sheer devotion.     That is where worry often tries to take over. You think through old conversations. You wonder what they are facing. You pray they choose wisely. You carry silent concerns they may never hear you speak aloud.     But God is present with your children in every place your arms cannot reach. The Lord who guarded Moses on the water, Daniel among the lions, and Joseph in a foreign land still watches over your family today. No part of your child’s life is hidden from Him. He sees their fears, their pressures, their private battles, and the heavy nights they never mention to anyone.     A parent cannot control every outcome, but a parent can pray. And prayer is not a small thing. It reaches places human effort cannot enter. It reaches anxious minds, wounded relationships, unsafe circumstances, and hearts that have wandered far from home.     Never diminish the power of a praying parent. Your prayers still matter. They still cover your children. They still follow them through confusing seasons, distant seasons, and seasons you do not fully understand.     Release tomorrow’s fear into God’s hands. Entrust your children to the One who loves them with perfect wisdom and unfailing care. He is still leading, still guarding, still calling, still working in ways you cannot yet see. And while He watches over the children you love, He is also strengthening the heart that keeps praying for them.

The dreaded Ortho surgery #19 bye

 I got up , devo, loaded up all the  boxes in the garage and took to CSA born.  I dropped off Widow's flowers, and headed to Olive Branch.  Volunteered there until 11.  Met Denny and he drove me up to Spencer to get #19 pulled.  Not a lot of Fun, but DONE. Denny  shopped at Walmart while I waited in the car. 

Rain cancelled FCA

 Home and cleaning the airbnb.  Lots of bedding to sort thru. We went to IG for Denny perscription and a belt got the car.   I worked some on the iris.  Mary Kay came to help make flowers for widow's luncheon. I got all ready for FCA and it was canceled.  Then I really did nothing.  Watched tv.  

mowed

 We were home all day.  Mowing, cleaning the airbnb, working on splitting iris.  Good day.  Tired.  Lisa VK's birthday.  Oh, my the weeds/ grasses are very prevalent in the flowers.  

OGT

 I stopped to get Rita and we were at OGT until I headed to Cherokee.  Fun day with the boys.  We ate at the HS and then came home to visit while Mandy and Jason were on their noon break.  It was so cute when I got there the boys were arranging rocks out on the patio.  They had categorized them, put a value on the rocks and made gift certificates to each other.  We went to Paulina, played in the lake, played in the stream, played on the playgrounds.  SO FUN!!  We were home by 4 so they could go to soccer camp in Orange city.  On the way home I stopped to watch the girls play softball in Galva.