Morning!
Three guesses what's on my schedule for today
. Big shocker, it's NSA work, going over the bathrooms, making the bed, finishing laundry, and vacuuming!
We had family over for a cookout on Saturday, and it was great! My mom brought my oldest niece over to spend some one-on-one time with me first, and we had a fun time picking blackberries, watching Little House on the Prairie, and baking. She is really into Harry Potter, so she got a kick out of meeting Grimmauld and baking Irish soda bread and making tea out of my Harry Potter cookbook. Later, everyone else (mom, dad, brother and sister-in-law, and two younger nieces) came over and we grilled hot dogs and zucchini.
Yesterday after church my brother and the nieces picked up Jean and I and we went to a local attraction, DinosaurLand. It's a super-kitschy place with dozens of life-size dinosaur replicas. I've wanted to go for a long time, and it was so fun (for us adults, as well as the kids!). Afterwards we all enjoyed lunch at Taco Bell, then we head to the beach/lake in our neighborhood for some swimming and sunshine. They all went back to mom and dad's late afternoon, and just us adults (Jean and I, my brother and SIL) went out for Thai food and Sweet Frog last night. Exhausting, busy weekend, but lots of fun.
Today is back to 'normal'. It's cool (mid-70's) and pretty breezy outside. Jean is finishing a job today, so he should hopefully be home fairly early. I'd like to do something active with him tonight - a walk, back to the lake for a swim , something - so we'll see! Dinner tonight is baked breaded fish, baked fries, and broccoli.
Have a wonderful day!
Mandy
