A rainy summer day is a very pleasant thing. . . if one has no where to go and not to much to do. Fortunately, I am in exactly that situation today, so I am enjoying the rainy day. It is raining straight down, no blowing or anything, so we can leave the windows open, which adds greatly to the pleasure of the rain.
We should, SHOULD be closing on our new house next Thursday. We are very excited. The process continues to go smoothly and our anticipation and excitement are growing proportionately:) Once we are settled we will be sure to send out pictures and address and such. We are hoping to move in next weekend. NEXT WEEKEND!!! After this prolonged season of transition it almost seems to good to be true to be actually moving into our own place again.
Life on the farm is going well. Ethan and Hans are growing each day. Hans got his fourth tooth the beginning of this week. Ethan likes to spend as much time outside as we will let him. Jeremiah's brother and sister are home and Ethan is enjoying having extra people around to play with him.
Jeremiah has been nursing a sore back the last week or so. It is getting better each day, but it is a slow process. I am enjoying some extra free time as there are people to help with the boys and the house. It is nice. Life has slowed down a little bit, it actually feels like summer and there is time to sit and visit and read.
The weekend of the fourth was good. We went to the lake with the Miller's and enjoyed a day of laziness. There were fireworks in the evening. It was Ethan's first fireworks and he loved them! Shows he has a good dose of Martin blood in him:)
Rain truly is a blessing from above. Not only does it make things grow, but it is such a restful, peaceful thing to watch and listen to. There is a verse somewhere that says that God will water the earth. This is good!! Such mercy : God sends his rain on the wicked and the just. Enjoy the rain!!
Thursday we met my aunts, cousins and the boys' second cousins at the park for a picnic. It was a great day and the Ethan loved the park. The pictures are mostly in black and white because our camera met its end in the park. Yes, I am sad to report that our camera has died (moment of silence please. . . . . . . . . thank you). It was starting to do funny things like turning pictures purple or putting lines though them. Unbeknown to me it was doing this to all the pictures I took at the park (hence I converted them to B&W so our faces aren't pink). While walking about, I set the camera on top of the stroller and it proceeded to fall off, land on the lens and die completely. So, these will be that last of the pictures for a little bit. I will still keep you up to date on our happenings. 
