My mom is staying with us for a few more weeks before she returns home. At 87 she is a dynamo and loves to be on the go and doing things.....we have an extra furry visitor too, her dog Mitzi. Since our house is CrazyTown Central this only adds to the Chaos, however there are moments that also make it all worth it.....
Steve and Dylan have been teaming up on the dog walking duty!
We went to the thrift store and I found this adorable old world globe for my family room.....I thought it was perfect (until) I removed the price tag and noticed this spot....The paint removed was not on the back of the sticker so I think someone pulled a fast one on me! I should have checked it as that happened to me once before but that is another story for another day....
I drug out my little tub of craft paints and mixed up a blend.....
...and think I matched it up pretty well....at least if you don't look too close!
While I had the paint out two little visitors came by and decided that painting was a good idea!
But not as good idea as Mommy reading you the latest Spider-man Book!
When my mom is here I set up my family room dining table as Craft Central as we always have projects going on....this time we have a quilt, some mending, photo albums, teacher gifts, back to school ideas and some craft touchups to do....Mom loves to sit there and work away.....
Steve made us this great soup for dinner one night - yummy! Soup in the Summer - Yes!
Kristen did a Teacher Tower craft of all things a teacher needs during the school year....
She shapes it like a cake, kleenex, glue sticks, crayons, markers, rulers, pens, handsanitizer, notecards, pens and pencils....
What lucky teacher to recieve this!
One night we grilled veggies of all kinds, portabello mushrooms, onions, zuchinni, asparagus, peppers, eggplant and pork cutlets....it has been so nice we have been eating outside every night.....
Brody is always willing to help do dishes - he is really good at it....
One afternoon we had a burst of wind so we got out the kite we bought in China and flew it over the Canyon....
It was so pretty....fluttering like butterflies all in a row....
One day after work we went to Harbor Island and let the boys ride scooters and picnic...I love the picture of the SD skyline in the background....it was such a nice afternoon....
We found a shady place and put up our chairs and watched the fishermen while the boys scooted away....
Hard to see, however, they found this giant jellyfish right by the rocks!
This weekend it was Family Camp @ Lake Poway....since Kristen and Brian live in Poway they signed up and invited us....it was incredibly nice....Steve and Kristen went early and got a nice spot by the shade trees and overlooking the lake.....
The boys kept Gramps busy untangling the fishing poles....they fished for 4 hours straight, then took a break for dinner and back at it for 3 more hours......I can't believe their stamina....
Brody chillakin at the lake....
Dylan was a natural....he had casting down like a champ.....
We enjoyed watching them and had a nice BBQ too....
This little fisherman got up early Sunday morning to catch the big ones!
....and since Dylan is in modified year round school he goes back to school Wednesday :(
Summer fun is cut a bit short, however, knowing this family it will not slow down too much....I made a little montage for back to school month for him.....he painted the apple on the right on one of our craft days....
Hope your summer is going strong!!!!
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