The Big, Brown Lawn: Summer Fun

Last year at this time we were heading south for our Costa Rican adventure. We met up with friends to celebrate Dave's birthday. It was quite fun and as you may have read on previous postings. This year we are staying home and family members are coming to visit us. We did miss out on the Los Angeles "pre-Thanksgiving" celebration yesterday, which was sad indeed making that two years in a row of absences. So perhaps next year we will be making our way south to celebrate with our LA posse.

Reminiscing on past events I got to thinking about our summer fun and our good friends out in Boston. Dave, Jeanne and, Gretchen made their way out here to our place last July, braving the summer heat to see us. Fortunately, the weather was not the blistering heat it can be in July and we had a great week. Knowing how chilly it must be in Boston right now, I thought I would send some warm memories their way. Mason and Gretty had lots of fun playing outside in the water tub (good thing they are both pretty tiny-I think we will need a bigger pool next year),

drinking "fancy" drinks,

and doing a bit of gardening. They enjoyed harvesting a collection of tomatoes, or as Mason calls them "May-toes".

Mason loves the garden. He loves to bring in the vegetables and wash them off.

And those of you who know him, know he loves to eat. Just the other morning at breakfast he said, "Jelly is tasty. I like food." He is willing to try many things. He loved to try the "May-toes" and really wanted to like them. He never gave up on trying them, however,

he just wasn't sure he liked them. Unless they were transformed into salsa, then eating was on. Full speed ahead!

This year as I think about all that we have to be thankful for, I am happy to have my family and friends (near and far), and lots of love and laughter.