Swingin' Summer nights!

Michigan summer nights...you just can't beat 'em.

Florida may have beautiful winters...but Michigan has a corner on summer. While those below us swelter in high humidity and unbearable heat...here we are= 83 degrees and sunny!

the day is closing and the sun is about to drop our cares into the horizon. there's a slight breeze coming across the field-so perfect. Add to that a wicker swing and a hammock swing under some big old evergreen and bean trees and you've got paradise (yes I love swings-you can never have enough ) .

These trees are very tall and solid. They are strong and tall rocking us back and forth in their mighty arms. So comforting. Almost surreal.

(You don't find trees like this in Florida . nope...ok they may have palm trees but who ever hung a swing from a palm tree?..)

So here we are as a family. Swinging. chatting, and solving all the worlds problems while we watch our toddler run back and forth, swing to swing, hug to hug--laughing & repeating phrases from our conversation-out of context of course which causes us to burst into laughter and forget what the topic was.

Joy. Pure and simple Joy. This must be what God was talking about when He said I came to give you Joy unspeakable and Full of Glory.

I wouldn't trade this for anything!