Bittersweet...

Yep, that's my thoughts. Yesterday was the last day of school for these two -

So no more waking Chase up (twice), popping waffles in the toaster, drinking my coffee while they scurry then saying "I Love You, have a GREAT day!" as they head out the door to catch the bus.

Now it's summer! Woohoo! and there's no set bed time, there will be splashing from the pool late at night, dinners will be later than normal and no "do you have homework?" questioning.

In some ways I am very happy - we all love summer! But I'm also sad to see this chapter come to a close. Cierra moves to 11th grade and Chase will be joining her over at the high school in the Fall. Really?! Where has the time gone?

Oh well.....time is rolling on so I'm going to enjoy every second/minute/hour/day! Enjoy your summer guys - you deserve time to chill and be kids =)

Happy Birthday Ronnie!

Happy 40th Birthday - I hope it is your best yet and year after year, they just keep gettin' better =)

You are the best and we love you very much!

Memorial Day to me....

time to remember...

time to get the pool ready...

time to clean up the outside...

time for yard work...

time for 'some' to simply oversee=)

and time for a weekend filled with baseball!

I hope each of you have a wonderful, memorable weekend!

Retro...

Each morning as I get ready for work, I listen to Rona and on Friday she always talks about something from her childhood.  Sadly enough, most of the time I know exactly what she's talking about, ha!

Today was one of those days.  She talked about how much she loved eating popcorn and watching movies as a kid.  Her favorite part was this popcorn machine that her parents had.  She said it looked like a space ship.  It had a big 'dome' with a avocado green base and a place on top to put the butter.  Every time, it made the most perfect popcorn!

Can it be?!  Ok, so the color isn't quite the same. Our's is Harvest Gold instead of Avocado but this is exactly what she was talking about.  This happens to be Ronnie's and he shares the same love =)

Not long ago we decided to pick up some traditional popcorn -

filled the bottom -

then Chase watched it pop, LOL!

(one day I will have to dig out one just like this of Ronnie when he was just a little guy, doing the same thing!)

And that night, we even watched Hugo!  It was a pretty cool movie.  Very long but very worth it.

Anyone out there have the same popper?!

Friday's Feature -

For a few months now we have wanted to check this place out -

and finally had that opportunity last Saturday evening.

It was a beautiful night out on the patio.  Joe Ham was playing -

The food was very good.

Now keep in mind that the menu items are limited.  It appears they have two entre's each evening and they vary.  Typically one vegie and one chicken (or some other kind of meat).

One thing we did really like was the fact that it's a BYOB kinda place =)

It was a very enjoyable night and a nice way to wrap up the week.  So if you get a chance and are in Harpers Ferry, check it out!