A Summer Recap

Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! Labor Day is the unofficial start to the Fall season so we will "finish" out the summer with a recap. Here we go: Memorial Day weekend was spent with family and friends. Lots of garage saling, fun redos, befores and afters. On Father's Day we enjoyed a cookout with family. Ken's sister and her family came up to help celebrate. I took a friend out to lunch for her birthday. Lots of fun! Many, many days of temps at 100 0r above. I think we had least five heat waves according to the weather people. It might as well have been ONE BIG heat wave! This little lady--our Great Niece, turned 2 right before the 4th of July!! How'd that happen!!! :)

You may remember that Ken

was on vacation the week of

the 4th. We took a tour of the

Harley Davidson plant. Great

fun for the "Easy Rider."

Our traditional 4th parade took

place again this year. Many folks

lined the parade route, including

our friends Dan and Nancy. Yes,

that IS Nancy and I with our 4th

headgear. A tradition. Later that

day, we enjoyed grilled burgers

and other yummies at Dan and

Nancy's house. We passed on

the fireworks due to the heat.

Kansas City played host to the

All Star game and Fanfest took

place several days before the

big game. We had so much fun

at Fanfest! If your city plays host

to one make sure you GO!

Since it was so HOT this summer,

I did a lot of reading.

Having dinner with friends also

helped beat the heat.

I celebrated my 3rd blog anniversary

this past summer too.

Fun at the Farmer's Market-we

have made several visits this

summer. It will be open until

the middle of October. This is

a jar of pickled squash. Mr.

Ken loved it! Me--not so much.

You'll remember the salsa

making fun---Hot, Hot, Hot!

I also made several jars of

Refrigerator pickles--some-

thing else the man loves. I

have blackberries in the freezer

to make muffins with in the

fall.

Mr. Ken's birthday was in early

August and the lucky guy had

several celebrations. One being

lunch at a German restaurant in

downtown KC.

The food here is very authentic

and yummy too. This is what the

birthday boy ordered. Two different

kinds of sausages, mashed potatoes,

and red cabbage. It was all great.

The birthday boy, his Dad and

Dad's friend. I'm taking the pic.

Rumor was heard in blogland

about a sunflower farm not too

far from our house and of course

I had to see it.

Over 200 acres of these beauties.

They were a lot droopy from the

heat. But still such a sight!

Right before school started, a

very good friend of ours came

to town for a visit. I have known

Cindy since elementary school.

We also spent many a Sunday

together in Sunday school.

Above is our guest room--it is

a creamy yellow with blue accents.

I made her a welcome gift, which

you can see on the bed. It was filled

with little goodies for her to enjoy

on her visit here.

On her second evening with us

we were able to enjoy dinner

out on the deck. I think if she

could have gotten the swing in

her car we would have lost it.

It was BACK to SCHOOL for

me the next day and Cindy was

off on the next leg of her trip.

We had such fun while she

visited us. Mr. Ken gets the

biggest kick out her sense of

humor. She and I had a lot of

laughs too.

Lots of creating and crafting this

summer.

As you know the start of school

has been a little bit of a challenge

due to those changes we have talked

about, BUT I think we are finding

our rhythm.

FINALLY measurable rainfall

thanks in part to the storm Issac.

We had two days of gentle rain-

fall Friday AND Saturday through

the afternoon. A bit of sun peeked

out later in the day.

A well deserverd 3 day weekend to

do what we want to when we want

to. It's been great and to know we

have ONE more day to relax. YEA!

That's it in a nutshell. Thanks for

hanging with me through this post.

~Keep on Dreaming~