Sabbath Afternoon Fun

Another blog found in drafts. Sigh! I'm SO forgetful.

This last Sabbath Jon and I almost had an upset that turned out to be a really great thing.

I was talking to one friend and agreeing to lunch at their house while Jon was talking to another friend and agreeing to supper with them. Thankfully it was for different meals. As it was the day was very busy, but so much fun. We started out at some friends property with a picnic and bonfire.

Caitlin was cold at first.

Our crazy boy and a friend climbing the rocks on the other side of the creek.

Our bonfire

Chilling out before our rides

Dominic was a bit apprehensive about being in the atv. But I knew that once he got over being scared he would love it. Sure enough he kept asking to go. I think he went about five times before we had to leave.

My grown-up, mature friends playing with fire. =)

The copy cats

The chip stealers

We left the lunch bonfire and went to our supper bonfire.

I didn't take as many pictures because it was getting dark, but we had as much fun.

It was a fun and crazy day. I'm so glad that we didn't overlap our bonfires, because I wouldn't have wanted to miss either one.

Bonfire

We finally had our bonfire after a lot of weather watching and a delay. It was postponed to Sunday evening because it was supposed to rain on Saturday night. When it didn't really rain we were kicking ourselves for postponing. But then the wind kicked up and we were glad again. It wouldn't do to burn the woods down. =)

So last night we wondered if delaying it would result in anyone even showing up. We ended up having six families come. It was very low key and relaxing. Nothing like last year. =) Dominic certainly enjoyed it better this year. I was busy talking and holding Caitlin and just kept an eye on Dominic. I assumed that Jon would feed him some hot dogs. Jon asked and when Dominic said he wasn't hungry he let it go. Most kids aren't hungry when they are having fun so it wasn't until after everyone left and we were cleaning up that we realized that all Dominic had supper was a small piece of pizza and a ton of marshmallows. He still said he wasn't hungry, but I noticed he had found a box of crackers and was following Jon everywhere eating them. Ended up eating most of the box. So a nutritious supper of crackers and marshmallows! Yum! Guess it doesn't hurt every once in a while. When I put Dominic in the bath at 9pm he was so dirty that he turned the water brown. I had to empty the tub and start over after rinsing him off.

We had worship and Jon prayed. After he finished Dominic had to add his little prayer.

"And thank you for the marshmallows!" Guess they were a big hit.