It is Kent's birthday. Another year for our little guy! SEVEN? Really? Seven? YES! Time flies by faster every year; and in the next couple weeks...we have Samantha's 5th birthday! He received a lot of great gifts from family, so thank you everybody. Jeff and I bought him his very first bike! He loves it! He is learning how to ride it (you can see him with the pictures). So cute, and what a good memory to capture. Kind of Kent's first step of independence, when he gets it all figured out for himself...wow! So far today we let Kent open his birthday presents; and Samantha got to open hers from Grandpa Bob and Grandma Gayle; and Uncle Mark and Aunt Paula. So as you can see with the pictures, she got some cute things! Then it was time for lunch at McDonald's! That was where Kent wanted to eat...so that is where we went. After lunch, we took a nice drive home, through our forests and Garland Prairie. We are currently home, with the steam engine steamed up, relaxing, and tonight we will have dinner and some birthday cake!
Now lets talk about yesterday's yard sale! I only took two pictures of two areas of the yard sale (there was so much more than what you see in those pictures; but those were the cutest "nooks"). We have had Dad and Mom Stafford here for a few days, and they helped out so much for my yard sale. God bless them, they are great supporters with everything.
It was a complete success! We met so many of our neighbors, and others throughout the Parks community. Jeff and his Dad gave train rides to so many people (that was a huge highlight)! Everybody loved it! I had hand painted signs to draw the crowds in, and Dad built heavy duty wood stands for my signs (very professional, and we got tons of compliments on them)! The homemade jams and pumpkin butter was also a success...sold $120 worth!! I sold five of my Christmas Cd's (and that is not bad, for having them at a yard sale in September). My friend, Adi and her family had some of their stuff here as well, to sell, and they did great with it too! It was a fun, busy day, talking and meeting with so many people; and spending it with our family and friends.
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