celebrating with friends!

We had Russ, Vivian, and Co. over Saturday. We met this wonderful family while we were in Australia. They arrived a couple of months after we did, and we had a great time getting to know them and spent a lot of time playing together. They moved out here a year ago and we talked about getting together, but it never happened. So a couple of weeks ago when we saw them at the annual "business" barbeque I decided we were long past due and invited them over. Russ was as patient with AP as ever letting him talk his ear off about his Scribblenauts game. The girls went right to playing cats (their old favorite) and had a great time romping around outside.

These are the only semi-still pictures I got of the girls. We didn't see much of them after they were done eating.


Andrew and D hit it off! Russ said that on the way Andrew was a little apprehensive (being too little to remember hanging out with us in Oz), and said, "But I don't know them!" Once they got here though the boys went straight out to the sand and stayed there playing together for THREE hours. No upsets at all. I was amazed. Here they are playing "pirates" in the sand. When I went out to check on them they told me they were pirates digging for treasure.


Andrew watching AP play scribblenauts. . .
and D taking advantage of the neglected watermelon.
And finally, enjoying the cooler temperature right before handing out sparklers to the kids.