Nothing caps off a sweltering summer day like a visit to Snookies. Ian and Hope work there, too, though only Ian was working this evening.
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Nothing caps off a sweltering summer day like a visit to Snookies. Ian and Hope work there, too, though only Ian was working this evening.
We were at a friend’s farm this evening for their annual Independence Day party. It was a weird weather evening, but the shape of the storms made for a beautiful sunset.
This weekend we made our annual trip to a lake with the Liess clan. A good time was had by all.
This past week Mari and I celebrated our birthdays, with small parties on our birthdays and a bigger family party on the weekend.
For Father’s Day today Lucia, Rose and I enjoyed a very hot bike ride to Dairy Queen then did some light grilling on our “new” grill scavenged from our neighbor’s garbage. At least once or twice a summer we do te bike ride to Dairy Queen – about 4 miles each way.
A few pool shots from the past week.
As an add-on for Rose’s birthday, we went to Adventureland. It was Lucia and Rose’s first time going there and the first time they had been to an amusement park for a couple of years. They had a blast on the rides and with their friends.
Rose turned 9 today and we had a traditional family party this evening. Walking Tacos is the dinner of choice for Rose’s birthday and her cake this year was a Twix cake – she doesn’t always like traditional cake.