And so it begins . . .

It's the official start to summer around here and we now have an official 11th grader and 5th grader among us!!

Our 11th grader,

 

 

 

 

Daddy and our 5th grader on a sweaty afternoon.

It's also the official start to all the neighborhood kids in our pool, not knowing how many people will be stopping by for dinner on any given night, endless sleepovers and visits to the local ice cream shop.

This is what happens when you run out of clean towels for the neighborhood kids.  They're forced to use your two year old daughter's bath towel.  : )

Megan and our neighbor Bernadette enjoying a snow cone on our front porch.  Don't you just love how perfectly Bernadette's shirt matches her snow cone??  LOL!!!

I'm so looking forward to taking lots of photos and making lots of memories this summer.  These days will be a distant memory before we know it. 


Many blessings for a memory-filled Thursday ~ Wendy

Kool-Aid and S'mores . . .

As I type this, there is a rare calmness in the house. Megan is asleep on the couch, Brendan is on his beloved X-box, Trevor slept at a friend's last nite, Connor is working and my hubby is sleeping after working all nite and having to go in again tonite. All I can hear are the sounds of the summer bugs (not sure what they are but they're the ones that make that sound that crescendos to a loud noise and then just as quickly go silent again. I equate them with hot summer days and boy has it been hot!!), one of my sleeping pets snoring and the central air kicking in. God bless the inventor of central air!!!!

Over the last couple of weeks, since the beginning of summer vacation, our little cottage has been a whirlwind of activity. We have what we call an open door policy here.

This means that our front door is always flying open and a neighbor kid or two (or five) is always walking thru it.

Megan, Tyler and Brendan.

We are what I refer to as the "Kool-Aid" house. If you are a child of the 70's/80's like myself then you will remember those commercials with the mom serving Kool-Aid to all of the neighborhood kids that congregate at her house.

Hopefully, no large creepy things will be crashing thru my wall!!

You won't find any Kool-Aid here but you will find these.

These are the biggest marshmallows I've ever seen!! I found them at the Christmas Tree Shop.

I told my niece when she slept over that I was going to put a pillow case over them so she could sleep on them. She thought that was the best idea ever!!

It's summertime and what goes better with marshmallows than these two goodies?

Super big marshmallows equal a super big mess!!

And SUPER BIG Deliciosity!!!!!!

Many blessings ~ Wendy