Happy 4th of July!!

Happy Holiday to all! Just wanted to write a brief update...nothing earth shattering. :O) We're all doing well...enjoying good health. We're getting a few rain showers here and there. Seems like the garden is perking up and the pasture looks greener now than it did a few weeks ago. We're still holding onto 8 of our cows, hoping and praying we'll be able to carry them through the winter. So far, we've not found ANY hay at all. Not a single bale. It's very scarce right now. So, we're going to try to hang on and hope and pray some more. :O)
We're getting ready to dig up our red potatoes. They've done really well this year, in spite of the drought. The onions have done great too! The cabbage has been late coming in this year, but it's been good. The brussel sprouts are putting out too, but they're beginning to get a bit "buggy."
The kids and I picked some blackberries this week. I was pleasantly surprised to see how pretty some of the berries were. I figured they'd be dry and tasteless, but actually they were wonderful! We made a little blackberry juice. I hope to get some jelly made this week.
Tomorrow Jacob leaves for his missions trip to the Dominican Republic. He is very excited about it! By the way, he'll be leaving on his 16th birthday! Nice present, huh? :O) We have been busy all day packing and repacking! I think we've finally got things organized. I hope to have lots of pictures to post from his trip next week. He is really looking forward to it. I'll be updating soon!