First two days with our Florida family here

Too many good things going on, and I can't keep up!  

We had a great week of VBS last week.  Our last evening was Thursday, and we had rain just after the kids came in from their outdoor game time.  When Hunter and I were walking out to the car afterward we saw this beautiful sight!  We also saw a rainbow as I was driving.  

I had worked SO hard that day, just rushing to get everything ready for company, plus doing our laundry, picking up Hunter from day camp, prepping sloppy joes and peanut butter rice krispie treats, going to VBS.  When I had met Anthony to give him Hunter after VBS, I came home and made sure everything was ready, then I sat down and put my feet up for a few minutes until Lisa, George, and Sophie arrived!!   

I was having too much fun to take pictures until later when everyone was intently watching an exciting race at the World Athletics Championships.

When that was over and Dick had gone to bed, I sat and talked with them until 1:00 am!!  There was so much to catch up on!

We enjoyed a slow Friday morning.  We were amused watching a chipmunk that had gotten into the bird feeder!

At one point I pulled out a bunch of old Manheim Central yearbooks which brought more than a few laughs!

Sophie had a very important 1:00 appointment with the sprint coach at Penn State.  Here's a picture George took.  They spent a few hours with him.  This was the beginning of many college visits in the next few months.  Exciting times!!!  Even while she was meeting with him she was getting phone calls and text messages from other college coaches.

 

Meanwhile I picked up Hunter from day camp and we went to the Starbucks in the Penn State library where Destiny works.  After a while Lisa, George, and Sophie came too.  Hunter was so excited to see them!  But he was not about to allow Lisa to recreate a picture of her holding him when he was 6 months old, haha!  

We went home and I made burritos for a quick dinner, then we went to Anthony's for the evening.  It's amazing how cool and pleasant their patio feels in the evening even on a very hot day.  Anthony has a huge fan or two, a big umbrella, and of course trees that create a breeze.  

I brought ice cream and a bunch of toppings. 

Saturday was a really hot day, so we went to Bald Eagle Lake.  What a great time we had!  Unfortunately, Anthony and Austin were not able to come.  Both Lori and Austin had COVID last week.  Lori was negative by Saturday, but Austin had a really bad headache that day, so Anthony stayed home with him. 

We had a GREAT TIME!!!

Elizer LOVED being in the water!  With his floaty on he just bobbed around, not wanting anyone to help him with anything!  

After a long time we came out of the water to eat some more of the food we had brought along.  But before long we heard thunder and needed to SCRAM to get everything packed up and carried to the cars.  We cracked up when we saw my expression on the picture Lisa had taken.  That was my "oh no, thunder!" expression!

Elizer fell asleep on the way home, and when Sophie carried him into the house he slept on the couch so completely sacked out he almost looked dead!  

Dick and George went to pick up some pulled pork and brisket sandwiches at the Doan's Bones food truck at Axeman Brewery.  They were SO delicious with the cole slaw and their classic flour tortilla chips.  

We were watching the championships on TV again.  Check out this video of Elizer brushing Sophie's hair, hahaha!  

I'm going to stop here for now.  Hopefully I'll finish sharing the rest of our good times before this weekend, which will be another good time!