A Lazy Summer Day

There is nothing better on a lazy summer afternoon than a pool and grilling out with friends. We're very fortunate to have several friends who have these kinds of amenities and are lovely to invite us over to enjoy them. These pics are from our outing last weekend to my friend Pam's house. Pam doesn't have any kids, so this was a new adventure for her. We all had a blast!


First order of business. Take over the pool float and declare war on the rest of us.











The girls had so much fun. Big A rarely wiped the smile off her face.











This is Mario. He's a trip. This is 1 of Pam's Italian Greyhounds. See that look of mischief in his eyes? Yeah, you have NO idea.










I love this pic of Little A. She's looking down at Mario. It's hard to pinpoint who caused more mischief that day. Little A or Mario?










And no visit by the pool is complete without playing on the porch swing. The girls LOVED this!









Every day this week, Big A requested that we move in with Pam because she REALLY likes her house. I have a feeling Big A is going to pick a new favorite house after we spend the weekend with my BFF.

Deck Accessories

Since hubby finished our wonderful back deck for Mother's Day, we have been anxiously awaiting some accessories for it. We gave it serious consideration and then finally decided on 2 purchases that we could no longer be without. Hubby came home late one night and delivered the items to our deck. (We wanted to surprise the girls the following day with our new items.)

The next day, I couldn't contain myself to reveal the surprise. I opened up the french doors and the girls squealed with delight! Finally, a sand box that they can play in freely! And we searched 4 different stores for sand to fill this turtle and came up empty. We finally found Crayola colored sand at Kmart for $7 a bag. Too bad it took 6 bags to semi-fill the silly thing.

Here are the girls after the big reveal. They are stunned to see blue & pink sand.

I love pictures of kids feet. Those tootsies are just too cute for words.

The girls played for almost an hour in the sandbox and only managed to get about half a bag of sand on the deck. Oh well. We headed inside for lunch and a nap and miraculously, both girls slept for 2 hours. Yahoo!! As soon as they awoke, they both asked to put on their bathing suits and head out to our new pool. How could I say no? I dressed them and let them enjoy part 2 of the surprise.

This pool is one of those hard plastic kiddie pools and it has a slide molded into it. The girls went crazy! Ashlyn took on the slide first, so she could show Ailey how it was done.

Ailey is a very quick study. She had mastered that slide in no time!
The look on Ashlyn's face pretty much dictated the whole tone of that day. Lots of excitement and very happy girls!

Serene Sunday

What is the recipe for a perfect, serene, Sunday afternoon?

A couple of Planter's Punch drinks.

And a best friend with a brand new pool.

This has been a fabulous weekend visiting with my BFF, Angela. She is an AWESOME cook and a wonderful hostess. To see all the yummy food that we've eaten this weekend, go check out her blog. You won't be sorry! Happy Sunday y'all!