More Grandkid Fun

The last time I posted, I shared a couple of pictures from when Noah was visiting. As we do whenever we spend time with any of the grandchildren, we had a fun time. But the time always goes way too quickly. We only had two days with Noah, so we tried to do as much fun stuff as possible. Besides the bonfire, Jack and Noah spent time reading, playing cards, and talking about the Cat in the Hat. That was a fun conversation.  :-) 

David and Noah left way too soon, but Jack and I still talk about our time with them. We hope for another visit soon!

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when we had the long Labor Day weekend. We were excited to have Lynn, Ty, and kids here "camping" in our driveway. Lynn and Ty thought of everything when it came to entertaining five kids for three and a half days.

We don't have a pool but that didn't stop the kids from having "water fun." It was a warm weekend and the kids cooled off in this little wading pool and played with the water table a lot! Jayme even found a microphone to entertain us. :-) 

There was some work done to sight in Ty's crossbow. I love this pictures of the three guys working together. 

After the work was done, there was some target practice. Looks like it was pretty darn successful. 

You can't really camp without a bonfire, and we had one every night. Monday's lunch was also cooked over the fire - thanks to the pie irons that Sheryll brought. It doesn't look like it, but we put a pretty big dent in the "outside wood pile." 

Ty's parents came over Friday night and joined us for the first bonfire. We all thought it was pretty ingenious of Lynn to set up a barrier for the twins to be able to roast their own marshmallows and stay cool at the same time. 

Experimenting with campfire pies was fun!

There was a lot of chalk drawing done on Monday and that was fun!

Sadly the time together came to a close but we could still see the remnants of it for a few days until the rain hit and washed away the drawings. 

I think I'll go spend some time at the sewing machine now. It's been a while!  

Fun Times

We've been having fun and staying quite busy here - some quilting, some not.  

After quite a few days of very hot weather, it was nice to enjoy a comfortable evening out back and use the fire ring. 

Honestly, Jack and I have not spent nearly as many evenings doing this as we used to, but we had visitors and it was a perfect way to relax and chat. The picture above is with the second addition of wood; which we did, even though we knew we would not be out long enough for it all to burn.  Since there are still some unburned pieces in the ring, I think I'm going to suggest we do it again tonight - just the two of us.  :-) 

Our visitors may be gone, but we still have a few reminders that they were here. Young ones often forget to close the back door tightly, so we get flying creatures in the house. This butterfly has been hanging out on the kitchen window and I can't seem to coax it outside. 

I have been at the sewing machine today, doing some final prep for upcoming classes; but I sure am looking forward to going outside later tonight.