One thing about living in Southern Cal is the perk of having lots of family and friends come visit.....this past week my sister drove my mom down to stay with us a few weeks and my brother surprised them by flying over and we spent the entire weekend having fun and doing things together.....I had so much fun that I forgot to take pictures a lot of the time but captured a few......In this one Adam has his building plans up on the mac tv showing his floor plan to everyone....I love how Rocky is truly focused and Kristen is distracted on the phone.....truth be told she has seen them before but apparently Rocky had not.....
Since it was warm we did lots of BBQ dinners and yummy salads and grilled veggies for the masses as all the kids and grand kids came for every meal they could fit into their schedules....I loved that....the more the merrier and people sleeping on every open space in the house....
Steve was uber busy on the grill, chicken, teriyaki beef, fish, eggplant, portabellos, red peppers....yum....
My sister was only able to stay a couple nights which made me sad however she can make more happen in a couple nights than I can in a week....She commented to me how my cabinets did not show my things very well since they were so dark....she had an idea....
We ran to JoAnns and got some muted sage green fabric with a small print and some foam board....
She enlisted Shannie and they measured, cut and wrapped the foam boards to the size of the inside of my cabinets....
Then they pressed it into place....
and arranged my things back in and they show up so much better!!!!! She did both but it was so sunny only the pictures of the one turned out.....she is so crafty!
I bought her fave Costco Lemon Cake as a reward....they don't have them at her Costco and she and Dylan love these cakes....along with Adam and several others!!!
Dylan goes to work on a slice.....
Several of her friends, my friends and my moms friends are going through some rough spots....I suggested we make them all a 'Pocket Full of Sunshine' so we ran to the Dollar Store. We had 15 minutes before our nail appointments so we split up and each looked for anything yellow....we found great stuff! Lemonheads, lemon drink sleeves, mary jane candy, yellow balloons, butterscotch candy, big bird juice boxes, yellow highlighters and pencils, yellow hostess napkins, chiclets, candies with smiley faces on them and yellow post it notes. Also found a roll of yellow duct tape and yellow shredding - score on the yellow loot!!!
We took a ziploc bag and filled them with the goodies and I wrote 'Pocket Full of Sunshine' on the post-it notes and then sealed them with the yellow duct tape...now our friends in California, Arizona, Washington and Idaho will be receiving a 'Pocket of Sunshine'....fun project to do together! I love random acts of kindness....
We were able to get a Family Game Night in....we played Yahtzee Tournament - Steve and my brother Bo are fierce competitors and this go we had some high scoring games....they each one a pot so that added to the competition!!!! Deb and I were $$ contributors. Then we played Left, Right, Center. The boys came down to see what all the noise was about....so we let them help roll....it came down to two of us, Kristen (Dylan rolling) and me (Brody rolling).....it was a roll off and the dice went back and forth several times with both brothers rolling safe....finally Dylan rolled a center and I technically won, however, declared that both boys were winners and they split the pot....$15.00 each - they were happy boys!
The next day we went to see Adam and Shannies downtown Loft and then walked to Little Italy Farmers Market....
I loved taking my handsome brother into all the little delis and Italian restaurants....
On the street people were shopping and eating....this guy is enjoying fresh sea urchin....probably an acquired taste?
Saw these and loved these Red Walnuts....wouldn't they be beautiful in a salad or on a cheese tray?
From there we went to the Tin Fish and had the best seafood lunch! It was beautiful outside.....
Came on home and mom fixed her famous fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans with bacon.....
however I had a prescheduled appointment and had to fast and drink a jug of yuk in preparation....cruel, cruel summer.....
So as my sister drove off to Vegas to meet a friend for a few days and my brother flew off back to Scottsdale I had to'soldier up' as they say and head to a medical procedure, after recovery everything turned out ok.....Thankful for that and my precious family.
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