Imagine with me

If my LAUNDRY ROOM looks this bad, you can envision pretty well what the rest of the house looks like.

Imagine with me a place and time that doesn’t have this much mess and this many activities crammed into 31 days. Somebody please send me there! SOS!

We just did a haircut, so now there is a mess of a different sort:

He wanted fuzzy. I started with a 3 and he wasn't satisfied customer so we went to the 2 and he still wasn't happy. You probably heard the squeals of glee after I finished with the 1 when he exclaimed, "I never noticed how big my forehead is!" And the ensuing peals of laughter.

I imagine that I'd have less mess and less crazy without them, but that smile just melts me. 

And now there's a fuzzy head to rub.

And it isn't mine!

Christmas in July 2016

I'd like to thank the 77 of you who showed up for our Christmas in July shindig. We were so blessed by your friendship and fun fellowship and food!

Just look at all those cars in the yard! 

We had a lunch rush about noon, some downtime around 2:30, then at 4:00 I looked up to see my entire downstairs packed full of people. I had a moment of panic as I realized that it wasn't even dinner and we were pretty crowded, but then folks meandered outside and it looked more like this

Of course the tree was up and decorated by the kids:

That cracked some people up, but how could you possibly have Christmas in July with no tree? I'm stymied.

"And there was far too much food!"

There were some activities for kids:

And some for grownups, like reading in the library:

There was even green eggs and ham for breakfast for our out-of-town-and-overnight guests, especially to ones who brought along their own holiday cheer:

77 people (not counting us) was a lot, but we're sure there would have been more had it not been ridiculously hot with even more ridiculous humidity. Thanks to all of you who braved it to come check in with us, we missed those of you who couldn't make it (and there were quite a few of you, so don't feel like you were alone in missing out), and we'll see you next time! Merry Christmas!