Baking Day

Speaking of gratitude, I'm thankful for sisters!

Yesterday my 16 year old sister came for the day. It was far to hot to work outside, so we did a baking day. Actually, it was rather ridiculous to heat up the oven on such a hot day. Hopefully, by mass-producing some baking, we won't need the oven on some other days this summer.

The final count was six loaves of whole wheat bread, two loaves of chocolate chip zucchini bread, chocolate zucchini brownies, 36 hot pockets, angel food cake, granola, and grape nuts. I could have never done all this without a sister's help!

The cereal I'm attempting to dry in the hot van. The idea is to take advantage of all this solar power! I'll let you know how it works!

The temperature hit 104 yesterday if you believe the thermometer outside the kitchen window. Last night we were babysitting five children. Ed rigged up a water slide with a piece of plastic which delighted all the children (and the grown ups.)

We still have had no rain. After our unusually cold and snowy winter, we seem to be having an extraordinary hot dry summer. But God always provides and I'm so grateful that we don't need to excessively worry about the future. But I do feel bad for the farmers whose livelihood relies on adequate rainfall.