My Full Heart: Week in Review Link Up: June 25-July1

(I’d love to get my link-up going again! It may take awhile, but I’m patient. If you’re interested, you can link up any of your posts from this week below. Thanks!)

This week was hot. We had heat advisories almost all week with heat indexes of 112-116 degrees. Needless to say, the little ones and I enjoyed lots of time indoors playing. Silas and Titus have had to pick up a lot of slack this week with Eli being gone to Nicaragua for a month and Mercie being gone to church camp for the week. 

All of the farm chores fell on their shoulders, but they really stepped up and got everything done. Feeding chickens, horses, dogs, cat, and cows is just the beginning – they had to check every single water trough daily (especially with it being so hot, it was vital to make sure the animals had plenty of water), pick up limbs from our quarter mile long driveway after some severe thunderstorms, and help my father-in-law lay poly pipe so we can water our beans and corn. They stayed busy! 

As a reward, my mother-in-law took them to see the new Indiana Jones movie last night. They loved it but they did say it had too much language in it. Silas commented that at one point he thought he was going to have to walk out on it! 

Sunday was Eli’s 18th birthday! We didn’t have a big celebration but we gave him some gifts. I bought an ice cream cake since that’s his favorite! I did promise to buy him a mini-fridge for college this fall as part of his gift. I didn’t want to buy it now because I didn’t know where I’d store it until then.

Tuesday I went with Mikaela to her doctor’s appointment. She had another ultrasound to check her placenta (it’s low-lying, almost covering her cervix). We got to see little Mikenna and everything looked great with her. Mikaela and I did some shopping at TJ Maxx, Dillard’s, Carters, and Bath and Body Works. She also took some clothes to Once Upon a Child (a consignment store) and earned some money. We found several outfits with tags on them there, too!

The boys and I made some pickles and pickled okra with cucumbers and okra from our garden. They also chopped up about fifteen bell peppers and we put those in the freezers to use in soups and casseroles. We have lots of cherry tomatoes and I gave a big bag to Mikaela and my mother-in-law. 

We had our Wednesday night program at church, Codebreakers. Silas and Titus put on a puppet show for us to introduce the Bible lesson and it was so funny! I think the kids are enjoying it each week.

Eli and my parents left for Nicaragua Thursday morning. He’s having a great time so far! They’ve traveled horseback in the mountains already. It’s going to be a long month without him, but I know he’s having a wonderful experience. He gets to preach tonight!

My favorite moment from the week:

When I got to church Sunday morning, my niece, Laylah, and I were matching! We had to get a picture.

How was your week? Link up any of your posts from the week here.