Lazy Days of Summer

Can you believe it??? I'm so surprised. Gobsmacked!!! It's here! Summer has found it's way to our neck of the woods!!! Yay! Of course in proper fashion we go from showers and 50 degrees to 95 degrees in 3 days! So the kiddie pool is filled with water (someone please tell my dogs that this is NOT a giant water bowl... just sayin'), the charcoal is waiting for the next piece of meaty goodness to sizzle (yeah, Babe!), the shorts have been dug out of the closet and dusted off (don't get a lot of wear on them around here - sad to note that the capris that looked cute on me last year at Disney World now are seriously tight, the sausage-in-casing look is not working for me...ugh... have to start working out... tomorrow).
Kids have not killed each other yet but they're getting there, grateful that Vacation Bible School is starting on Monday so Little One will be busy for a couple of days.
We're trying to get a bunch of family time in these days, Hubby's been working shorter hours at the hospital (lack of patients) and I've not been able to find a new job yet. But we're staying close to Home Base and making the best of it. We've seen a few summer movies: "Toy Story 3" and "Despicable Me" - great fun! Soapbox moment: Why does it have to cost over $30 for a matinee showing for 4??? Good thing we ate lunch at home before we left, otherwise we'd be completely broke!
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We were all together at Grandma's, lots of good eats (have you ever had a Bacon Maple Bar??? Sounds strange but is actually not bad) and we celebrated America's Birthday with a bang, a whole lot of them in fact. The poor hounds had to be doped up with Benadryl to make it through the noise, the cats were even more neurotic than usual.
I was hoping to post some photos, but I'm having issues with Blogger this morning. Will try to post photos later.

The craft table looks very sad these days. Several unfinished projects are abandoned mixed in with scribbled notes and drawings of new ideas. I just haven't been inspired this last week or two. There are two things finished and I will post photos as soon as I can get it to work.

Enjoy these summer days.
C.