Vegetable garden stir fry

This was lunch today, oh my, it was so delish, most of the stuff was out of our garden, You would be surprised at all of the flavors with no salt, pepper and was stir fried in 1 tbsp. olive oil...yum and homemade basil pesto on garlic toast...!

Riding Little Toot and other fun times at Charlie Brown Park in Flora, IL

Riding Little Toot with grandma

Leaving the depot

There just happened to be a car show in the park, Garret especially loved all of the cars and the shiny chromed engines. 

This was Garret's favorite vehicle, it was for sale, so he thought we should buy it....lol.... — at Charlie Brown Park.

Of course, they had a great time playing here also. — at Charlie Brown Park.

Kids always love the merry-go-round, no matter what! — at Charlie Brown Park.

Time to leave the park and go to Julian's for lunch and ice cream. — at Julians Drive-In.

Swim Party at Carol and Mike's

Garret, THE FLASH (Peyton) and Lucas....... The kids got to swim for about an hour and a half, it started raining, but of course, no reason to get out of the pool, until the storm got too close and Mike yelled "Everybody out of the pool!" — in Salem, IL

It was kind of cool, but the kids forgot about it pretty quickly!

Look at the joy on that face!

Lucas found a little buddy to hang out with that was his age, the rest of the kids were Garret's age or older.

Such little hams....lol!

It got really cold after the rain came, everybody was bundled up on the porch, waiting for the pizza to get done.

Pizza party on the porch!

Ice cream sundaes for dessert.

It was storming, so the  kids all went downstairs and had a great time anyway.

Lucas said he needed some exercise..lol

More fun and festivities at the Halterman household

Making kool-aid play dough.and the finshed table made with grandpa.

Of course, the whole point is to PLAY with the play dough.

Making bottle cap "bug" magnets.

They had tons of fun making bubbles and chasing them all over the yard. 

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Yes, running power tools with grandpa. He taught them how to slowly squeeze the trigger on the drill and they both did a great job of putting the screws in the table/stool. 

The finished bottle cap "bug" magnets with googly eyes. 

My little carpenters!

I put some old shirts on them so they could paint the table, but they still got paint all over them...lol

Grandpa built us an evening fire, he let the boys throw some wood in there, but with strict instructions...because they have no fear! 

Lucas - first face painting...

Lucas finally let me paint his face, Garret still didn't go for it, but he told Luke he looked cool.. just a few pix...and then we are making play dough, I hope you all have a great day, mine has been awesome so far.

A relaxing Sunday...

It was a full house at the Omega Round Table this morning, a fun visit with all. Then we stopped by our friends house, even though we just saw them at the round table.. ( Janice Patterson Hanks and Dave).and did some more visiting under the shade trees, such a pretty day. We had Mexican scramblers for lunch and now just catching up on exciting household chores. I hope you are all having a great day!

Thunder Moon Festival

There were many things going on at the Thunder Moon Festival today in Kinmundy, but I was SOOOO busy painting little faces, the only break I had was late in the afternoon when it was time for the outhouse races, always fun! I sat on the grass and had a hot dog and some smoked cabbage, and enjoyed the races. This year they had to stop in the middle of the race and change the toilet paper roll, and the next time they had to clean the toilet seat, then continue on with the race. My favorite outhouse was the castle named The King's Throne..the people pushing it lost control and it went in a ditch...they got it out and continued on, but it cost them points...I had a great day. I hope yours was too.