NO WHERE!!!!! It just seems that summer is either really laid back and I'm lazy OR we've been busy doing ...oh, I don't know.....a lil bit of everything!!
My son informed me last weekend that it's been 20 days since I made a post to the ol' blog..WHA???
So here we go with a lil bit of a catch up.....
1.) First of all, I have been overwhelmed with all the tomatoes that mah boyfriend has produced since June. They have been everywhere in my kitchen and we've given loads away. Tried to keep the kids stocked up and I've made relish, frozen some, made sauce and eaten so many mater sammiches that I've gained weight from all the bread!!!!!
love me up some Caprese Salad with fresh mozzarella and instead of basil, I love cilantro!
2.) Heat!
As most of you know, it's been hot. Really, really hot! And because of all the flooding we had in the spring, a lot of the trees have been falling down all around us. Big...Old...Beautiful trees. A very large one that was in the perfect spot to shade our pool fell over into the lake. (thank goodness it fell that way and not the other way INTO the pool) My baby boy and his dad ended up cutting it loose and hauling it out to sink it in the river.
Makes me sad. Not only because we lost a gorgeous tree with lots of history but now our pool water has gotten very warm. Bath water warm. And it never used to get hot until late late August.....
3.) Ballet Camp
KatieJane decided she wanted to dance this year so her mom put her into a dance camp to see if she would like it. Sorry for fuzzy pic but this lil girl literally was never still long enough to get a good pic....she was SO excited to wear her tutu and her ballet/tap shoes and she danced her little heart out!!!! But we soon found out that was the ONLY thing she wanted to do....dress up!! She decided she really didn't want to do ballet afterall (she's only 3) and she's going to go back to gymnastics!
It was fun to watch her tho!!
4.) Family Time
No. 5 grandchild holding No, 6 grandchild!
We've had lots of weekends together at the lake enjoying the summer. Gathered around the bar on the deck eating and having a few cocktails. Telling stories and laughing out loud with each other. Swimming. Boating.
and of course, enjoying Cap'n's pancake breakfasts!
and SophieJane sleeping FOR DAYS after everyone goes home!!
5.) Having Sleepovers with my Dallas babies!
6.) No. 4 grandchild, Case, turning 3 and looking so grown up, especially when his little brother, Lane, sits beside him!!!
7.) Learning about Worms!!
We have a Catalpa tree in yard at lake. When my boys were very small, their dad taught them about collecting them from the leaves of the tree to use as fishing bait. There were many a time when I opened my freezer to find frozen catalpa worms looking at me! Last weekend, we all went to the deer camp and Cap'n surprised the kids with a "Worm Lesson". He brought some leaves and some worms and told them the stories.
They were very attentive!
and before you knew it, the daddy's....my little boys.....were gathered round to listen too!! (geeze, I love them!)
8.) Back To School
and before we knew it, school started on Monday and our No. 1 grandchild started First Grade!
WHERE has that time gone?? I became a grandmother - blinked my eye - and she's a big girl in school now.....
9.) Lunch with my Homies!!!
We tried all summer long to get together for one of our looooong lunches but it just never happened. Between family vacations and grandbabies between all of us, it just never worked out.
But today.....as summer begins to wind down and fades back into the routines of Fall....we made it happen!! Sangria, homemade bread with homemade mozzarella and rosemary and the companionship of very good friends.......sigh.....Good Times!
~Summer of 2016~
I plan to get the big camera back out....I gotta tell ya I am not liking just using my phone for pics...just one more relinquish to modern technology...
