Weekend Wrap Up

Last Monday of June.....school has been out 1 month.  And thankfully, we are having some cooler summer temperatures this past weekend due to recent rain.  It hasn't been too hot yet this summer.  I realize we haven't had August yet though!!

We started the weekend with Isabella finishing her week teaching VBS to latino kids.

Then Brook went to a conference early Saturday.....

Isabella and I went to our local farmer's market

Seeing all these peas had me telling Isabella how we would spend our time at my grandparents house helping them shell peas from the garden!  (while usually watching Hee Haw :))

If only we had one of these fancy machines which shells the peas for you!

These were our goodies which turned into dinner Saturday night.

Then we began some Saturday kitchen/house renovation project by laying new floor. Here is a before of our breakfast area.

Avery pulled up the boards to this step up we were removing to discover it was filled with sand!!  Y'all, we had an indoor sand pit! 

Shoveling sand on a Saturday, but I wasn't at the beach. 

Making progress

Currently

We did get flooring put down in our dining which makes a huge difference. It did have old carpet. 

After photo: 

Before:

And a strip was done in our den to get us started there with hopes of finishing that next week. 

I went to bed early Saturday night after a long day.  Oh, and it was my dad's birthday!!  The girls and I celebrated with he and my mom at lunch on Friday.

Sunday after church, Ashley and Pearce joined us for lunch.  While Avery, Ashley and I were talking on the back porch, I looked in the kitchen and found these 2 buddies sitting on the counter eating popsicles!   

Sunday afternoon, I was able to spend some time with a couple who leaves this week for a month training in Brussels and then moves to Bogota, just like we did 3 1/2 years ago.  It was good to have a brief visit with them before they leave.  

Here they are at our apartment in Bogota 2 years ago July 4th when they came for a visit! 

And, I finally finished all 9 seasons of The Office this weekend.  Hard work and determination :).  I cried the last 2 episodes.  There are some moments of the show that I didn't care for, but overall, it was such a funny show and you saw the good in everyone and they felt like your tv family.  Anyway, I am glad I watched it and think back to my time when I unexpectedly saw "Jim" in NYC last fall.

Whew, that was a full fun weekend for me!