Stephen's Golden Sweet Peas

Take a gander at those peas. They are as tall as Stephen. Their flowers and their pods are a pale yellow. I've used them in a couple of stir frys and they are delicious.

Happy Fourth of July Part II

We had a pretty quiet Fourth. I made this very pretty July 4th salad for lunch.

We did go into town to see the firework show with some friends. It takes a long time for the sun to go down nowadays so we brought things to entertain ourselves with while we waited. We played frisbee and some read.

We taught our friends to play Phase 10.

We had some great seats for fireworks and I got a couple of good pictures and one arty one (by mistake).

Fourth of July Part I

My husband's workplace had their annual Fourth of July family picnic the Monday before July 4th. My dh as usual was the grillmaster, assisted by his able bodied intern Adam.

There is a huge playground near the picnic area and Teri and Aaron and Deborah played hide and seek with the other children. Right now they are hiding out from Aaron who was it.

Nathan was thrilled that he got to play in the annual Ultimate Frisbee game. He's in red in the picture.

It did rain off and on during the picnic. The byproduct was two great rainbows. This one went clear across the sky.

Summer is OFFICIALLY here!

About a week later from the previous host, the same family by the lake had a Welcome Summer Party on June 22. We were met with festive punch drinks and little umbrellas.

There was eating...

and swimming...

and fishing!

What's a party without a chance to hit someone? I mean, without a pinata?!