When the Family Get's Together

So the past two weeks have been filled with work, the winding down of school and the family getting together to play games and let the 'kids' play. Because Kylie has a 'new' puppy, Tucker, she forgets sometimes, that she has a previous 'child' Lacey. So, at least 2-3 times a week, she will bring Tucker over to visit and play with Lacey while she reconnects with Lacey...ie; girl talks, 'puppy counseling' and just bonding. They are cute together.
The two puppies 'love' each other for about an hour and then the love turns into a battle over most everything in the house...their food, their toys and the attention of the people. But they are fun to watch, chasing each other from one end of the house to the other. We make them work out most of their problems on their own unless we can see that the jugular vein is involved, which has come up a few times. Then, it tends to be Tucker just trying to let Lacey know that he's present and on the scene. Lacey puts him in his place and at times, claims her turf and her possessions quite firmly.
The new game of choice?? 'Likewise'. Mike and Kylie bought this game last week and brought it over Saturday night. Jordan happened to call Kylie while we were playing it for the first time so we just put him on speaker phone and for an hour, he played with us 'long distance' from Oregon. It was soooo much fun, we laughed out heads off. Of course, we love the disguising of our faces and the giggles we come out with. Good times.
School is officially out for summer...now Kathryn is in full swing preparing for girls camp next week. We went swimming suit shopping yesterday - too many giggles watching us each try to tuck our excessive body parts into these skimpy bathing suits - Kathryn on 'top' and me on the 'bottom'. Oh, it caused for some 'belly' laughing. Del and I had 'date night' last night where we actually left the house and went to a restaurant with a gift card given us by a friend, and then we went to a small celebration for Jonathan and Bev Roberts at the church. It was a nice evening alone where we got to talk and visit with each other and friends before coming home to walk the dogs and then play games with Mike and Kylie.
So summer begins...still work, cleaning house, doing laundry, doing dishes, yard work and all else that happens every day, I just get to do it with Kathryn now. Thank heavens I really like spending time with her.