Jesus follower, Wife, Mom, GranJan, biscuit-maker, gardener, quilter.
Oh.my.word. I have found some of the most blessed and peaceful music I’ve heard in a long time. Breakway Music is a record company devoted to producing quality Christian music for children. They say on their website that their “goal and passion is for kids to have a relationship with Jesus.”
If you need a gift for a wee one in your life, or if you just want a blessing for your own quiet moments, order this CD, Scripture Lullabies, Hidden In My Heart, a beautiful lullaby journey through scripture. You can even get a free download here. (About the time I have decided on a favorite, the next song begins.)
I bought one for each of my two precious grandbabies (Master Jackson and Miss Madie Ruth), who will both be celebrating their very first Christmases this year! I will be placing a CD in each of their stockings.
Good afternoon friends! This post is what bloggers sometimes refer to as “random.” Random is really not me. I typically have a theme…or at least a point. But today, I just wanted to share some summertime pictures on Gran Jan’s Joy. And since Gran Jan’s Joy is really a blog about the JOYS of my life, let me begin with my three grandblessings…
This is a huge truck/trailer load of watermelons fresh from the field. They were coming in by the droves. The town is Cordele, Georgia, known as “The Watermelon Capitol of the World.” Truly. I have never seen so many watermelons in my life, and we bought a HUGE seedless one for only $2.00! 
This is a huge fig bush/tree. Have you ever tasted old-fashioned fig preserves on a homemade buttered biscuit? My, my, my. Truly a Southern delicacy and so good! This huge bush was behind Calhoun Produce, where we bought some butter beans and crowder peas to put in our freezer. Nothing like fresh vegetables in the middle of the winter.
This is my sweet husband coming out of Calhoun Produce with the goods. He will also be willing to enjoy them when I cook them this fall and winter! He helped me with putting them in the freezer too. We had a wonderful day together. It is so nice when the agenda is light and easy. Good times for sure.
In case you’ve never seen a house with a silo in the front yard, here it is. Maybe this is an old family farm and they just couldn’t bear to take it down, I don’t know. But it was worthy of a picture. 
This close-up of a cotton bloom shows how the bloom fades to this gorgeous rose color after it opens out so white. The field will be so beautiful when it is snowy white and full of cotton bolls as far as the eye can see. 
This is a half-bushel box of the sweetest Georgia peaches from right down the road in Peach County, Georgia. (Isn’t that sweet, peaches from Peach County?) These came from Lane Packing. It is a delightful place and if you are ever heading south on I-75 you should stop for lunch and a tour. I ended up with about 17 quart size bags in my freezer for peach cobbler. Click here for my peach cobbler recipe.
This is a picture of some squash pickles I made. They are sweet like old-fashioned bread and butter pickles. They turned out really well and look so colorful.
Thirty-three more will suit me just fine!
When we first learned about the double grandblessings back in September and that we would have back-to-back grandbabies in May 2010, I really had no idea how it would be – I was just so thankful and VERY excited. The boys and their wives were even so thoughtful that they paid to have early sonograms so they could announce the genders to us on Christmas Eve. They gave us these stockings wrapped up as gifts and surprised us…this kind of thoughtfulness blesses us every day with these four wonderful children. 
* Mix sugar, butter, milk and cocoa in a saucepan on top of the stove and bring to a boil for about 30-40 seconds, stirring the whole time.
5-10-10…My son and his wife were on the way to the hospital, and I went to keep Zeke and took this picture right before they left. Then on Monday afternoon around 1:45 my sweet daughter-in-law, gave birth to a girl.
(Madie is pronounced may-dee.) She weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is so beautiful.
Jesus follower, pastor’s wife, boy mom, mother-in-love, Gran Jan to 5, gardener, quilter, content homebody, biscuit maker, Wheel of Fortune Season 33 Winner!
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