While we were gone garage saling, Pete and Jeff got his fire pit ready for that night. Pete had so much fun helping Jeff. He loved it! Here's a picture I took of Livie helping them with the coolers of pop. :-)
Shortly after the kids came back and showed me the Build-a-Bears they got from nana and papa, everyone started arriving. Here's Papa with Livie and her Bat-cat. Dad's holding Caleb's karate bear.
Once the chicken and pork roast was ready (thanks Aunt Judi for the chicken recipe - it was awesome!!), everyone started eating. We had so much food and it was all delicious!
Uncle David sat at the kids' table and entertained them. He's such a great uncle! He was for us as kids and he is for our kids as well. They thought he was awesome!
After we all ate, we were waiting for the ice cream to finish up, so everyone gathered around Em and Jeff's giant tv and watched "Wizard of Oz". As I looked around at all of us there, it reminded me so much of how we'd get together when we were kids. It warmed my heart to see us all grown, with our own kids, doing this same thing. I know this opportunity may never present itself again, so I cherished the moment while it was happening. It was wonderful!
This is a partial shot of Em and Jeff's backyard. They live down a long gravel lane and are placed in a big opening between the woods. It's fantastic!! Pete and I both agree if we ever find another place to move, we want it to be in the country, just like theirs. This is only their backyard too. Their side yard is twice this big. Loved it!!
Then the boys got out the fireworks and explosives. Here's Pete showing the girls the snake thingys. Micah was setting off firecrackers towards the side of the house, by the shed. Eventually those firecrackers were used to try and blow up a variety of things. We discovered that Aunt Phyl's deviled eggs were the best things to explode. It went for miles! :-)
Of course, we got out the sparklers for the kids. Noah's scared of fire, but seems to be warming up more to the sparklers.
Mason loved them!
Livie took us quite literally when we told her to hold them away from her body. ;-)
This old stump was used to set off the fireworks. The kids loved to dance through the smoke bombs.
Livie got a little too close to the snakes Pete had burned earlier. She was covered in soot the rest of the night.
Here we're gathered for the fantastical fireworks display that Jeff and Pete set off.
OK... maybe not FANTASTICAL, but for first-timers, they weren't bad. The "solar flare" was not quite as awesome as we had hoped. The kids boo-ed. ;-) haha
All the fireworks disturbed a little snake that lived in that stump, so dad got it out and showed the kids. That's one thing that's very cool about where they live. They get to see little critters all the time.
We had such a wonderful time that day with everyone. The kids didn't even go to bed until after 10. We all just sat around and enjoyed each other. Laughed and laughed and relished our short couple of days together. It was a great way to end our visit. :-)
Uncle David sat at the kids' table and entertained them. He's such a great uncle! He was for us as kids and he is for our kids as well. They thought he was awesome!
After we all ate, we were waiting for the ice cream to finish up, so everyone gathered around Em and Jeff's giant tv and watched "Wizard of Oz". As I looked around at all of us there, it reminded me so much of how we'd get together when we were kids. It warmed my heart to see us all grown, with our own kids, doing this same thing. I know this opportunity may never present itself again, so I cherished the moment while it was happening. It was wonderful!
This is a partial shot of Em and Jeff's backyard. They live down a long gravel lane and are placed in a big opening between the woods. It's fantastic!! Pete and I both agree if we ever find another place to move, we want it to be in the country, just like theirs. This is only their backyard too. Their side yard is twice this big. Loved it!!
Then the boys got out the fireworks and explosives. Here's Pete showing the girls the snake thingys. Micah was setting off firecrackers towards the side of the house, by the shed. Eventually those firecrackers were used to try and blow up a variety of things. We discovered that Aunt Phyl's deviled eggs were the best things to explode. It went for miles! :-)
Of course, we got out the sparklers for the kids. Noah's scared of fire, but seems to be warming up more to the sparklers.
Mason loved them!
Livie took us quite literally when we told her to hold them away from her body. ;-)
This old stump was used to set off the fireworks. The kids loved to dance through the smoke bombs.
Livie got a little too close to the snakes Pete had burned earlier. She was covered in soot the rest of the night.
Here we're gathered for the fantastical fireworks display that Jeff and Pete set off.
OK... maybe not FANTASTICAL, but for first-timers, they weren't bad. The "solar flare" was not quite as awesome as we had hoped. The kids boo-ed. ;-) haha
All the fireworks disturbed a little snake that lived in that stump, so dad got it out and showed the kids. That's one thing that's very cool about where they live. They get to see little critters all the time.
We had such a wonderful time that day with everyone. The kids didn't even go to bed until after 10. We all just sat around and enjoyed each other. Laughed and laughed and relished our short couple of days together. It was a great way to end our visit. :-)
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