Weekend fun with Alaina and Ruby

We had a fun overnight visit with Alaina and Ruby this past weekend. We started with supper on Friday night. We asked where they wanted to eat and they chose Chik-fil-A.

Here they are with some cow hats that came with their meals.

When we got home, we made some squishies which are always a hit.  Ruby's was an elephant.

Alaina's was a turtle which is pretty hard to see here.

Later that evening, we told them we were going on a fun road trip.  We picked up my brother and drove about 30 minutes away to an ice cream place that my Dad loved. He always wanted to go there to get their original chocolate malts.  So Bob, my brother and I all had one with good memories of Dad.

The next day, the girls enjoyed time outside, even though it was very hot and humid!

Girls being silly!

Grandma always bugs them for pictures, and they are pretty cooperative about the whole thing, aside from the occasional "another one Grandma?"

We made a cute craft before bringing them home in the afternoon.

We always have fun with them, and it seems quiet when they leave.

A day in my life - August

I know some of you are happy to see August.  I'm really not ready, Summer always seems to go by too quickly for me, so I'm hanging on to every day!  But, August is here, and here's how I spent the first day of this month.

I had the day off from work, so was able to sleep a little later than usual, which is always a treat.  

It was a beautiful morning, the mist was hanging in the trees across the street from our house.

I had a few things to do in the kitchen; including cubing up a watermelon.

I had purchased 5 pounds of ground beef the night before.  When I buy it like this, I brown it, rinse and drain it, divide it into one pound bags to be frozen. Now I have 5 pounds all ready to go when I need ground beef.

I did a load of laundry and then got ready to go to an appointment.

On the way, I stopped at Town Hall and dropped off our ballots for the Primary election next week.

Then it was on to my appointment; it was time for my yearly physical.  That went well, but I was there for about an hour.  They are never quick!

After that, I stopped at my eye doctor.  I got new glasses a few weeks ago and they needed to be adjusted.

I stopped at a blueberry farm that isn't too far away. Blueberry season will soon be done and I love to have them fresh in the house when I can.

I also stopped at a Farmers Market, another favorite place this time of year.

Then it was off to the grocery store to pick up a few things.

I was enjoying the beauty of the fields I passed driving home.  The Queen Anne's lace and cornflowers are in full bloom.

I had picked up a rotisserie chicken on sale at the store, which I shredded and made into chicken salad.

I also made something with the peaches I got at the farmers market.  I'll share that with you later.

We had leftovers for supper, a burrito dish that just needed reheating.

The kitchen was cleaned up and done for the day!

We wandered in the back yard and checked out the flowers.

Do you see the bee, busy gathering pollen?

Then we enjoyed a little time on the porch before heading in for the night.

It was a busy day, but a good one!

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