Wordful Wednesday ~ Family, Food, and Fun

This post is not much of a rhyme

It is not much of a poem
It's just pictures of my life
Amid my family and my home

We had a busy weekend with a change of plans here and there. On Saturday our son and daughter-in-law had a wedding to attend and we were babysitting Mia, she wasn't feeling well, so we went to their apartment to watch her. Despite not feeling up to par, she was lots of fun and as always very well behaved!


Here's Mia with her ducks that she had lined up for a 'Duck Parade'!

(Now it would take a whole post to tell you all about Mia's duckies and all their names, so I'll save that for another day!)


You wouldn't think that one little girl and one Grandma could make such a mess, would you?

(That's Grandma on the floor back there, I was worn out!)

While Grandma put Mia to bed, Grandpa preformed this miracle!

Before:




And ~
After:


And, Grandma putting Mia to bed is another story. Grandma got herself into trouble with Mommy and Daddy by not following the bedtime rules! But if you heard, "Grandma, I need you!" from your two-year-old granddaughter, could you ignore it?
That's another long story that will have to be another post!

Well, the wedding was a late night affair, and we didn't get home until the early morning hours and I didn't get to bed until 2:00 AM. We were supposed to be having a pool party on Sunday afternoon, but as usual, the weather did not cooperate, we woke up to rain and another storm mess of sticks, leaves, and berries on the deck and in the pool:
(I don't think this picture does justice to the mess that actually greeted us!)





All these throws, tablecloths, cushions, and pillows are supposed to be dressing the chairs, loungers, and tables on the decks outside, but instead I used them to dress the back room. The beautiful flowers were from the wedding that Erik & Lori attended, Lori very generously gifted them to me!





Well, the sun never shone for us, and the rain remained steady, so instead of pool volleyball we played some Trivial Pursuit, and a few family members had their own indoor fun:




It was fun and it was wild at times, and we ate lots and lots, first appetizers, and then hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, and Susie made a great big tin of roasted vegetables.
And dessert was an assortment of cakes and cookies both bakery and home made! That's another post I'll have to do sometime, the many wonderful desserts that my brother-in-law Steve makes for our parties! He's not fond of having his picture on my blog, but I don't think he has any objections to his recipes being here, so that will be a future post!
Susie enjoyed one of his desserts so much that she took it home with her!

On Monday we went to the beach and it was perfect weather! And there were so many beautiful shells, I brought home such a bounty, and I was actually being very particular in the treasures I chose! This was just the first batch that I unloaded onto the beach blanket!



Jayden, Ray, and Donald spent the day body surfing in the waves, and of course, building sandcastles and digging trenches! (The battery went out on the camera, so I wasn't able to get pictures of the antics that went on in the water, but I was hysterical watching Donald tumble over and over in the waves. He didn't think my reaction to his 'drowning' was very funny though!)

Many nice days, filled with many nice Blessings!
But I'm so, so tired and I'm still playing 'catch-up'!