Hot Chocolate by the Fire

Yesterday was National Chocolate Day, so we "celebrated" by having hot chocolate in front of the fire. I like these wide mugs since they comfortably hold at least 3 of Ana 's homemade marshmallows! ;-)

Sisters!

Visit from Aunt Shelly and Grandma

 They came last Friday and stayed until Saturday afternoon. :)

 Aunt Shelly, Grandma, and Dad.

 Since Grandma's birthday was in just a few days, Ana made her a cake. 

Chocolate with mint frosting - yum!  She was surprised! :)

Saturday morning we girls went for a long walk with Aunt Shelly up to "Little Siberia".  

It was beautiful up there, and we had a fun time together!!

An Anniversary!

 

Yesterday, the 26th, was Dad and Mom's anniversary!  

We cooked supper over the camp fire, and Ana spent the afternoon baking and decorating this beautiful cake which we had for dessert.  Well, they had it for dessert...we girls had s'mores! ;)  

I am so thankful for my parents!!!!!

Truck + Mud = Family Project

 

The truck got stuck in a wet muddy spot by the shed and we spent yesterday afternoon getting it unstuck.

 Since it was at a slightly up-hill slant and the ground is so soft, the tires spent a lot of time spinning....

 ...spraying people with mud....

 ...and digging trenches.

 Finally, we discovered that an old rug worked quite well for giving traction and preventing the truck from sinking down into the lawn.

Success at last!!

It was a lot of work, but it was fun to work on a project together!