family WEEK OF FUN! -- day 4

Anyone tired yet?

*raises hand*

My quads are pretty sore from the two days of 'hiking' but all is well.  We had another fun-filled day planned and it was another keeper.  :)

You're probably all getting tired of seeing our dog, but we love her so much and are really enjoying taking her places.

A la, Lake Pleasant.

   

This picture cracks me up.  Dan was teaching the boys how to lift themselves up and inside the boat.  Every now and then one of them would pop up like a puppet.  I was just laughing.

We learned that Tallie would be a great rescue dog.  She jumped in and after each and every kid as they jumped from the boat to the water.  Then, she'd let them grab onto her collar and she'd swim them back to the boat.  She did it over and over until she was exhausted!

Smores snack mix (Golden Grahams, chocolate chips, and mini marshmellows, surprisingly good).

Friends came over for a late over.  The kids swam, played on the trampoline, and helped us prepare dinner.

 

Incidentally, I guess this is mint.  I'm not a big mint fan, but even so, I'm not sure what I would do with it.  Any ideas?  It's huge right now.

And this. . . any idea what it is?  It's growing rather well.  I like the ground cover.

The original plan for the week had been camping.  I'd had bought the food and everything.  So as we were planning the WEEK OF FUN we tried to stick as close to our original plans as possible, at least menu-wise.

Cameron needed to pass off some camping/fire/tent things for cub scouts, so although it was hot, we decided to just take care of these requirements at home.

Food over the firepit.

These are curly dogs.  I found them on Pinterest.  You wrap a thawed Rhodes Roll around the hotdogs, then cook them over the fire.

   I know they don't look all that appetizing, but they are surprisingly good, soft inside.

We'd definitely make them again.

  Then, in keeping with the camping theme, of course we had to make real s'mores.

 

Yup, and that's day 4!