Ice Cream For Dinner!!!

We had a very fun sleepover with Evie and Savannah on Tuesday night.
Of course, Zoe and Emily came also to play with Jenny.

We checked out Jenny's desk and phone.

Dinner was lots of chocolate sauce on waffles topped with ice cream
and chocolate chips.





















We made trail mix to use for a snack while we watched "Wiener Dog
Nationals".  Here are chefs Evie and Savannah.

After dinner we told stories around the "campfire" while the room was
completely dark.  Whoever held the lantern got to tell the story.

The girls opted to sleep on the floor of the Doll Room instead of in
the guest bed.  It's always fun to be in the Doll Room.  In the morning
we took a walk early before it got too hot- 1.3 miles!  And then Evie
helped make muffins for breakfast.  We finished the morning with
drawing and some tv.  What a fun sleepover!!!

Lucy's Car

Boy, we like the Saturday Craft Day at Home Depot. Things are certainly well organized for the kids. Today we were with Savannah and Evie while they made Lucy's Car from Despicable Me 2. (BTW- we loved the movie!)

Grandpa helped just a little, but the girls pounded their own nails in and
loved painting the cars their favorite colors.  It also was fun to enjoy the
popcorn that Home Depot gave out! 

And here are the finished cars- pretty cute.

Fabulous Fourth!!!

We enjoyed a "Fabulous Fourth" at the Nays this year. Who could have guessed that just a year ago??? We started out with the traditional swimming.

Ruth made a super yummy non-traditional dinner.  She did a bbq of chicken, veggies,and PIZZA! All on their new grill. I had never tasted pizza done on the grill before...
but it is one of my all-time favorites! We ate way past the time we were stuffed.
Since we are such a non-competitive family (haha), dinner was followed by a "cranking contest" on the ice cream machine. You could hear the grunts and the pain.
















While the ice cream cured, we enjoyed Carole's fireworks in the front yard.
She keeps her tradition alive and kicking!  After the fireworks, we were ready
to cool down with that delish berry ice cream...super smooth and creamy!