A week filled with "Happy Birthdays" including a birthday brunch with Loretta and small shopping spree...
And Emma's 8th (...very very WET) birthday party!
Emma, Brenden- and the Monster High Doll he brought her!
Think a small gang of children...and 500 water balloons! And complete with a Water Balloon Filled Pinata :)
Oh...and Snow Cones...with a leftover bucket of ice shavings that soon became a late August snowball fight :)
And Zach's arrival from Texas...prompting one little boy at the party to exclaim
"You even have a real live COWBOY!"
LOL!
I think one of the most wonderful parts (for me) was seeing some of the kids that my kids grew up with...with their own children now. And my youngest grandson Aiden being passed around like Champagne.
And passing on my Snow-Cone machine to Nicole...because she is the Neighborhood Mom now!
Also a week filled with The ALS Water Bucket Challenge! Raising $$$ for a good cause.
http://www.alsa.org/donate/
Really more of an Ice Pitcher Challenge
And my own Challenge Out to Donna, Kara and Angie!
Relaxing on this third day of the Holiday Weekend. Finally finished the Seascape!
And going to putter in the paints today...
This week's reading
Creative Paint Workshop: Mixed Mediums
Also Colette Freedman's new novel: The Consequences
A story of an Affair told from three very different perspectives...the Mistress...the Wife...and the Husband. The book is sectioned into three stories...each similar but seen through their own eyes. The ending will surprise you!
Very well done. An interesting, novel approach to the subject...and fast paced read!
Have a Wonderful Holiday Weekend!