4th of July

What a busy 3 days!!! We went home to PA for a fabulous weekend with the family. It was hot, hot, hot. Felt like 90 degrees before breakfast was even over. Needless to say, there was water around every time we went outside. The little green pool, the hose, a slip n slide, and even the neighbors inground was tapped.

This photo is alarmingly similar to one of Phil when he was about Pip's age. I think Phil was jumping into a similar sized pool from a bench on top of a table ... this didn't seem even fun to me, but Pip got a kick out of it.



Other ways to cool off ... watermelon. Yum!!

All of the sun was just too much for Pip (who got this new swimmy that was too funny to even bother blogging about). Came in from the pool and passed out at the table.

We eventually got them to bed and then woke then up about 2 hours later for fireworks. Pip could not wrest himself from his stupor and insisted on being put back to bed. Vivie was equally unimpressed but did managed to cuddle with Phil until the finale when she also collapsed back in bed.

Grandpa has caught on to the fact that Pip, Viv, and I love ice cream. He now gets some whenever we visit. This time he introduced a new favorite ... Moose Tracks!

We were thrilled to also ge tto visit with Becky, Aidan, and Karl. What a big, happy boy Aidan is. And number two is on the way!!

We visit Sharon and Wert, who are due in August with their first. It was a much different game night this time around. With two pregnant women it was hard to sustain the late night antics of yore. Who knew game night could end before 2 am??

We also visited George, Jen, Al, Rhiannon, and Ever. Al kicked my butt at Monopoly (but made me laugh doing it) until Phil came from behind and cleaned up. Evers curls are out of control! And Rhiannon talks her little talk and makes me chuckle every time. Always great to see them.