Rural Thursday Blog Hop #29

Tuesday night was the boy's first practice in full pads. It's the practice they all look forward to!

Summer is winding down. School starts on the 22nd. Not looking forward to busy schedules, quick breakfasts, lunch packing, chasing kids out the door to catch the school bus. I'm not ready for fall. I just love summer. I love having the kids home with me. I love letting them stay out late on warm summer nights playing with their friends. Well I guess all good things must come to an end. We do still have a little more summertime to enjoy and we are going to take full advantage of every second!

Linking up with Rural Thursday

Black & White Wednesday

This old farmhouse sits right next door to Historic Sandusky in Lynchburg, Va.

Barn Charm Tuesday

Great little antique shop inside an old barn...and NO, I can't believe I've never been inside...one of those places that I forget about until I am driving past it and don't have the time to stop. Yesterday, I did stop to take its picture but we had stuff we had to get done so I again, put a visit off for another day. This barn/antique store is on Lee Highway in Troutville.

Check out Barn Charm to visit barns from all over the world!

Monday Murals

This is not a mural per se but it is hand painted mural wallpaper from France. This is in the front parlor at Point of Honor. I've shown you the outside of Point of Honor here. I'll show you some more of the parlor and it's wall paper next week :)

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Friday Fences

Taken along Glebe Road, Daleveille, Va

Yesterday after dropping Ozzy off at the new kennel for a couple of hours, Ashlyn and I went in search of lunch. We ended up at The Great 611 Steak Company. It was pretty good and we had a lot of fun laughing with each other, like we usually do. After lunch we had to head back over to the kennel and see how Ozzy did. I was so happy to hear that he fit in well and got along great with the other dogs. I've been in need of a good kennel for those times we want to get out of town!

The boys started football practice last night and it went pretty well. Now after a nice lazy summer we are back to a pretty busy routine with football practices 4 nights a week, but I do love it!

Christian just got his first job at our local Kroger. Tomorrow morning I take him in for training. He's pretty excited. Going to start saving all that money up for a car!

Linking up with Friday Fences ....Have a great weekend :)

Rural Thursday Blog Hop #28

Today my baby Ashlyn turns 18! 18?!

We've got to take Ozzy out today to try a new kennel out. It's down in Boone's Mill, about a 40 minute drive so I was going to take her with me and take her out to lunch. I've got to drop Ozzy off for a couple of hours so the lady that runs the kennel can get to know Oz. It looks like a great place and she's experienced with larger dogs, such as Rottweilers, and trains so I really hope they get along!

After that, she will probably have plans to spend time with her boyfriend.

Braden and Dalton have football practice this evening. The first one was supposed to be last night but about a half hour before it was supposed to start, it stormed pretty bad. We all met up at our practice field anyway, hoping it would blow over. It didn't. Got worse and even hailed!
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How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?
Dr. Seuss

August Theme Day - Numbers

The theme that won the vote this month for the City Daily Photo Theme Day was "Numbers". This is 16 West Marketplace in downtown Roanoke. Housed inside of an old 1930's eatery, the marketplace is your one stop shop for fine dining, chiropractic, a gym and a grocery store with "European flair". I've got to go see that! There are also 8 apartments on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

To see more interpretations of this month's theme, visit here!