full weekend!

Hubby finally got to brew yesterday, after three weekends in a row that we had to cancel because the weather was too too hot for brewing. He was so excited, he kept telling me all morning: "I'm so excited!" This was also a good opportunity for him to apply some new things he learned while at a brewing school a couple of weeks ago. His nephew and girlfriend came over to help so we had a good time visiting. A couple of neighbors stopped by. We served some pulled BBQ pork which Hubby had smoked last week and I finished off on the stove simmering in BBQ sauce for 3 hours. We ended up brewing two batches so it was a very productive day.

We hung out at a neighbor's house for dinner, enjoying some really good steaks and corn on the cob while trying out her new patio furniture. It was a beautiful evening. Hubby had a chance to serve, fixing our neighbor's sagging gate. Took him 10 minutes and now it is no longer scraping the sidewalk.

Sunday was a blessed time at church. God spoke His Word faithfully and we were encouraged to break up our hardened hearts, for God's seed to grow and bear fruit (Mark 4). It was convicting, enlightening and inspiring.

The most special time was when we drove through midtown, trying to find possible retail places for our brewpub. This is probably the most real we've gotten about our dream of opening a brewpub. It was exciting and sobering at the same time. The Lord's will be done.

When we got home we took a few minutes to bring over some homemade chocolate chip cookies to our new neighbors. They moved in a week ago and we've tried twice already to come over but they weren't home. I told Hubby I'm eating the cookies if we failed our third attempt! But we finally got to meet them and they seemed like good people. We were happy to welcome them to our court.

For lunch we tried our first ever pastrami. The flavor was good but we didn't use the right cut of beef. Still excellent for a first attempt. Afterwards we worked on putting netting over our grapevines to protect them from the birds. The vines are laden heavy with fruit...it should be a good harvest! Hubby made me another post for the hummingbird feeder while I trimmed the roses and planted some annuals. I was bummed to do the latter because I had tried to grow some annuals from seed. But the seedlings aren't thriving and my flower baskets are looking thin. I had to post this picture of us sharing a bomber of Namaste...a great beer for a summer day. Light and fruity.

To end the day Hubby's decided to smoke some jalapenos for our first ever chipotle! We really are impressing lots of people with all our homemade stuff:-) It IS superfun and something we both enjoy. And we get to share with others which blesses us tremendously.