Top of the morning to you all! Let me start out by saying I am SOOOOOO sorry that it's been so long since I've posted. Life has been super busy, wonderfully good, really hard, but super busy to say the least! BUT...I so love reading updates on all of you! And I LOVE my blog and keeping people updated on us....and I super duper LOVE pictures! LOVE LOVE LOVE them....and so I truly must make this a priority!!! Truly!! And so here goes!
So in May...right before Mother's Day, I ran a Spartan Sprint race. YUP...I did...it was HARD, wet, and super muddy, but this Mother of 14 and Grammie of 5 made it!! Will there be another one in my future....Ummmmm....I don't think so...but we shall see!
We had a really great summer! Really great! It went by super fast, but it was wonderful! Over the 4th of July we went camping in Bethel Maine and attended the River Rock music festival! That was awesome! Just incredible! Previously we had gone to Soulfest which was great, too, but we liked this MUCH better. Smaller, but still amazing artists! We got to see Mercy Me, and that was just great! One of their songs...Even If...has made a HUGE impact on my life this year!
"I know You're able,
And I know you can,
Save through the fire
with Your mighty hand,
But EVEN IF you don't,
My hope is you alone!
"I know the sorrow
and I know the hurt
Would all go away
if You just say the word,
But EVEN if you don't,
My hopes is you alone!
Oh how I let these words just wash over me, especially in the hard days, and there have been MANY.....but God is faithful, and He is good ALL the time...and I'm so thankful I'm here to write about it!
I continue to press forward on my journey to fit and being healthy! I still go to the gym, and last month I went to a naturopathic doctor for some health insight. I had muscle testing to see which foods my body accepts and which foods it rejects! It was VERY eye opening! VERY....Turns out I need to stay clear of gluten, dairy, peanuts, peanut butter, cocoa and chocolate, sugar, and MSG. It's going to be really tough...especially for me...NO cheese, (and this girl grew up on sharp cheddar NY cheese! )....BUT....I'm already seeing amazing results! Amazing! And so....I will press on with this!
We ran the Alton 5K in August. That was GREAT!
This has been a BANNER year for our garden! Amazing! We had raised 2 pigs this winter, and their pen was in the garden, and so we had GREAT fertilizer! We had an incredible asparagus harvest to start things off! 27 pickings!!
And then we've had an abundant amount of peppers, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, spaghetti squash, onions, corn, lettuce varieties, yellow squash, kale, swiss chard, peas, carrots, and we will have dried jacob's cattle beans, soon, too! Not to mention strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and soon grapes! And an abundant herb garden as well! God has been so good to us this year in our garden! And what a LOT of analogies from scripture to gardening, and weeding, and harvesting! Take a peek at some of our amazing harvests:
This year my daughter Brittany taught me to make my own sour dough and kombucha! That's been awesome! I now have super HUGE scobys and my kombucha is doing really GREAT!! That's soooooo good for gut health!! I also did some canning and made dilly beans and pickles and zucchini relish! I purchased a dehydrator that's amazing and I've made a LOT of kale chips and zucchini chips, too!
Here are some shots! Of course I LOVE the ocean! Just LOVE it! We walked the cliff walk in York, and ate lots of yummy food, too! We met some wonderful people as well! As Glenn's Grammie Winslow would always say..."I have good kids!" and we truly do!!
And then...we came home to another surprise! The kids had put together a 30th anniversary party for us! A complete surprise! What a blessing it was! My brother and his kids came from VT, and we had a LOVELY afternoon! Thank you all so much! We received some money as gifts and we were able to purchase some new bedding which was much needed! And so I cleaned our bedroom and put up photo collages and the new bedding and it's just wonderful! Take a peek:
And so! That pretty much brings you somewhat up to date on the goings on here at Grace Abounding Farm! God has been so good to us! Thank you for your love and prayers!
Tomorrow I go on my first Go Ruck challenge! It's a Go Ruck Light and it's 5-7 miles! Ellie is doing it with me! I PROMISE to keep you posted!
Good bye for now!
Love you all!
Mary
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